Graduation....Yeah...

Brian graduates from Basic training on Friday April 1st. And we leave on March 30th to go see him. I can't believe that I haven't seen him in over 3months. I'm so looking forward to seeing him. Family Day in Friday so I think we are going to be able to spend most of the day with Brian. I don't know what we are going to do. I think if we have time I'm going to try and Skype with my parents. I think we maybe able to go out to eat. What I really can't wait to see is Brian's reaction to seeing Iain and how much he has grown since he left. And how Iain is more a little boy than baby.

Making cookies with 2 under 2

So yesterday my sister-in-law Leslie and I made cookies with Iain and her son Gabe (they are 11days apart). It was so much fun to bake with the boys. We had each of them pour the measuring cups/spoons into the bowls. Than we had them stir the flour to mix all the dry ingredients together. And they thought that it would be fun to flipped it out of the bowl and all of themselves and the floor. It was so cute. They also thought that the flour, baking powder, and salt teased good. They were eating it by the spoonful.

It was such a great way to spend the afternoon. And a wonderful opportunity to teach the boys how to measure out stuff and that if you add stuff together it can be make into something else.

Oh we are going to OK

So on April 1st Brian graduates from basic in Oklahoma. So on the 30th of March Iain, Brian's parents, and I are driving to OK. I can't wait to see Brian, it's been way to long. I really miss being able to talk to him and seeing every day. I think 3 months is too long not to be able to see the person you love. I can't wait to see him. (Originally I thought that we wouldn't be able to go and it wouldn't be till late May early June that Iain and I would get to see Brian again).

Family History

How many people have started their family histories. I know for me I have always been really confused as to where to start. I over the years I have gotten so many conflicting information from so many sources that when I was given this web site by my sister I felt like it was sent by heaven. Now maybe I can actually get down to business and start putting all the names in individual family trees. It's going to take forever I think (its a lot of names. http://www.handfield.ca/).

Talking to people from the past

My older sister has been in contact with one of our birth mother's sisters. So the other day when I called her she was at our deceased grandmothers house helping our aunt go through everything. So our aunt asked Susan to ask me if it was ok for her to talk to me. I had some mixed feelings about that. But I said sure. My biggest fear is letting that side of my family (well past) into my life again that it'll bite me in the butt. I don't want my little boy to be hurt or scared. But I have to try, right. The things I remember about her are all good. These are memories that I have I want to know that are true. I also want to learn more about my family history and our past as a family. So here's hoping that it doesn't bite me in the butt.

Sleep Training

When did you moms out there sleep train your babies/kids? I know I waited to start sleep training Iain really late (I mean he is going to be 2 years old next month) but I just couldn't bring my self to let him cry it out. But I hate to hear him cry. So I've been letting him cry it out since last Sunday. I'm glad that my sister-in-law and her husband pushed my hand and started to sleep train him during his nap (they had brought him home early from church he had a cold so I didn't want him to go to nursery and his uncle Mark was giving his last talk before he leaves for the MTC (he is going to be sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ for 2 years in the Washington DC North Mission). So for the all of this week I've been putting him to bed and leaving the room. Iain cries for less than 5 minutes and that is while I'm still in the room. Once I'm gone he stops crying and settles down to sleep.

Sleep Training

So on Sunday my sister-in-law and her husband put my hand and started sleep training Iain without talking to me. Iain had a cold all last week and I didn't think it was a good idea for him to go to Nursery (I don't want it to be passed onto any other kids and their families). But Mark was talking for the last time in our ward before he leaves on his mission to Washington DC North and it was important that we were all there him. So I asked them to bring him home at 1st hour. Well Iain was very tired and I told them to make sure he got a nap. Well when they got home they put him in his crib and he screamed/yelled/cried for 15minutes. Well Julie saw that he was holding something small and ran down stairs to take it away from him. When she got down there she figured that maybe she should change his diaper. And while she was changing him she was telling him that it was going to go to sleep in his own bed. That when he woke up that mommy would be home and that Uncle would take him outside to play. After she left. He cried for 45minutes more and than finally fall asleep (well the stinker through all his stuffed dogs onto the floor). He took a long nap.

But that night Iain cried for 30minutes and I slept on the couch for a week and a half.

Its been awhile

So I kinda decided to not write on here for a little while. Too many things have happened so good and some not so good. A while back Brian and I decided that it was time to try for another baby. Well over the (almost 2years) we have been pregnant 5 times since Iain. And lost all of them. (For those of you that know what that's like I'm so very sorry). We lost them at varying stages in my pregnancies that it was too early to really tell people that we were having a baby. But it still broke my heart. I often wonder weather we are going to have another baby. I'm decided that since we have insurance that I'm going to go to a specialist and try and figure out what is wrong and fix. Here's to hoping that it's something as simple as me losing weight.