Totally late as always for everything

I swear no matter how early Brian and I get up we cannot get anywhere on time or early. We have 1pm church and we still end up leaving at quarter till 2pm. One of these days we will be there on time but for now I'll have to deal with us being late. When you live with your in-laws and their 18 year old son (who likes to take 2 hour showers/baths) there just isn't enough hot water for all of us to have a hot shower. But when you have a baby that hardly sleeps because of all the noise in the house (from said teenager), we as the sleep deprived parents need HOT showers to function for the day. Brian and I liked to read our scriptures and say our morning prayers (this is basically the only time that we have alone time without being accused of being anti-family) before we leave our room at 9am on Sundays. So you would think that since everyone is normally up really early on Sundays that they could/would take a shower earlier than that. But no, everyone waits till Brian and I want to go and get ready. So, I'll just have to deal with ALWAYS being late for our church meetings.

No sleep

I was able to get Iain to sleep by 6:30- 6:45pm last night but he woke up at 7pm. Every time I laid him down in his crib he would wake up crying. By 8pm I had laid him down 15 different times and at 8 o'clock he woke up screaming and I could not get him to fall back to sleep on his own. The only way he would settle down to sleep was if I laid down with him in our bed and hold him all night long. I have read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (while my sister-in-law was out here for Christmas. I'm also on a waiting list at the library for this book). But I have tried a lot of things. Recently, Iain cut out his morning nap and he is trying to cut out another of his two remaining naps. What should I do?

Have you done anything on this list

1. Started your own blog...est. October2008 2. Slept under the stars...many times 3. Played in a band -does Rock Band count? 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower...December 2007 in Buena Vista Virginia with my husband 6. Given more than you can afford to charity...paying our tithing even before we paid our bills. 7. Been to Disneyland...Does Disney World count? Because I've been there a bunch of times. 8. Climbed a mountain...2000 on vacation with Grandma and Grandpa Golightly 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo...In middle and high school 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea...On a cruise ship June 2004 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch...I taught myself to quilt and knit 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning...Many times through out my life 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty...With my family when we went to visit my dad's sister. 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight...At many sleep overs. 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill...Once or twice while in high school 24. Built a snow fort 25. Fed a llama 26. Gone skinny dipping...oh yeah. You can't miss out on this freedom. 27. Run a marathon 28. Ridden in a Gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse...While I was in middle school. 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset...One of my favorite things to do with my Hubby. 31. Hit a home run...Does the Wii count. 32. Been on a cruise...June 2004 and January 2007 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors...Yes and no. 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language... I'm teaching ASL(baby sign) to my son, my husband, and myself 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38.Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing...Once and I'll never do it again. I'm scared of heights. 40. Seen Michelangelo's David in person 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful Geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight... June 2004 while I was in Florida 46. Been transported by an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling...Sting Ray City in the Caribbean 52. Kissed in the rain...Oh yeah. It was great. I hope to be able to kiss under a waterfall soon. 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Been out if the country... On both cruises that I went on. 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies...In first through fifth grade. 62. Gone whale watching 63. Received flowers for no reason...Brian brought me flowers one time when he came over to pick me up. Purple and pink roses. I was surprised and thrilled. He has brought me roses a few times for no reason. 64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma 65. Gone skydiving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy...A few of them for my children to play with 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial... Many times 71. Eaten Caviar... Never again, once was enough for me. 72. Pieced a quilt...I'm working on one now. 73. Stood in Times Square...Every time I go to New York to visit my aunt. 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the changing of the guards in London 77. Broken a bone 78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Have been published...In the Young Poets of America while I was in middle school. 81. Visited the Redwoods 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Years Eve 86. Visited the White House... Of course I did I lived in Northern Virginia 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had the chickenpox... Many times 89. Saved someone's life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Got a tattoo 94. Had a baby... April 23, 2009 I gave birth to our son Iain Russel. 9lbs 4.5oz and 22inches long. 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Ocean... June 2004 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Used a pay phone 99. Been stung by a bee... Once and I had to go to the hospital. I would like to tag Mer, Maryellen, and Juliana. Bold everything that you have done and than write a little something about it. If you want to add pictures you can. I hope you have fun with this.

For all the people that have ever wanted a baby

If you or somebody you know has suffered BABY LOSS or INFERTILITY. ♥♥♥Because unlike cancer, baby loss/infertility is a taboo. ♥♥♥ Break the silence. ♥♥♥ In Memory of all the ~Angel~ babies gone too soon but never forgotten, and the babies who were not possible but are so loved. Prayers are being said for you all that this year is the year your dreams come true.

Cool give away

http://babymakingmachine.blogspot.com/2010/01/road-from-ttc-to-pregnant.html Brian and I hopefully will start TTC sometime over the next couple of months and I would love to be able to win this give away from the blog babymakingmachine.blogspot.com If everything falls into place in the next few months we should be able to start trying for our second baby. I would love to give our son a little brother or sister to play with. But I would like to know when we get pregnant not 12 weeks after the fact. I don't want to be shocked again or scared about being pregnant.

I realized that...

This morning I realized that Brian and I are no longer new newlyweds. We are still at the beginning of our journey together but we are not new to this being marry thing. I mean we have an 8 1/2 month old son and are coming up on our third wedding anniversary this October. Brian and I are still newlyweds in the sense that we haven't been married for very many years. And we have just barely started our eternity together. Brian and I still consider ourselves as such. When do you stop considering your selves newlyweds and start considering your selves an old married couple with a child/children? Or is it okay to consider your selves newlyweds for as long as you are still in love with one another? What do you think?

Why won't he sleep

Yesterday Iain decided that he was going to cut out his first nap of the day. But because he cut that nap out his pushed his other two naps later. But yesterday he didn't want to go to sleep until 11:30pm. NOTHING that I tried or that Brian tried got him to sleep. We just let him stay awake and play to he was so tired that he basically fell asleep sitting up. Anyone have an ideas to get him to sleep when he gets like that. I mean I laid down with him in my bed and sang to him and had him asleep but he woke up screaming and WOULD NOT go back to sleep. I about cried when he did that. I wanted to spend time with Brian for a little bit before we went to bed. We have not had the chance to read our scriptures together because he works nights or I fall asleep with Iain while getting Iain down for the night. I just want to spend time with my husband. But on the flip side to him staying up so late was...He slept in his crib for 8 hours and than kinda woke up to eat and than slept for another hour and a half. Amazing, I know. And for the first time for I don't know, Brian and I were able to have our bed all to ourselves. I hope that it happens again tonight.

Favorite Songs

There are two songs that Iain loves me to sing over and over again at bed time each and every night. And they are Hush Little Baby and A Child's Prayer. Anyone know all the verses to Hush Little Baby. I know I don't know all of them and I need some more verses to sing at night. Hopefully, he will let Brian and I sing other songs as he gets older.

Food Poisoning

So, Brian has food poisoning. All because he eat something at work the night before that one of his co-workers girlfriends made. Needless to say he will never eat something that I didn't make him again. We only went to the first hour of our church meetings. At least we were there to pay our tithing.