Amelia is in that stage of dropping things to have you pick them right back up. Well Aleigh is in the stage of wanting to hand things to you over and over again. Guess what? They are the perfect duo. Amelia drops an item, Aleigh fetches and gives it back to Amelia and they can entertain each other doing this while I sit back and get a minute breather.
Amelia is now a crawling pro. She follows you all over the house. She also knows the nightly routine pretty well. When she hears the bathtub faucet on here she comes crawling in ready for her bath. She is also pulling up to a stand on anything that comes her way. If you are laying on the floor watch out unless you want a hand full of hair ripped out of your head. She thinks hair is a great thing to grab onto to pull up to a stand. Haha that's ok it grows back.
Jake has been applying for a lot of jobs recently. He had one job offer, but the job itself didn't seem right for us. Right now we are waiting to hear back from a job in Las Vegas, Louisville Kentucky, and Salt Lake City. The job we really thought would work out didn't. This made us very confused and didn't know what direction to go next. We finally realized the meaning of God's will for a person.
God's will is for you to do something that makes you happy as long as it is not sinful and as long as nothing in the Bible contradicts what you want. Before we were constantly thinking what does God want us to do? Well if there is nothing wrong with that option and God didn't close the door then more than likely it is in God's will, you just have to decide if you want to take it, if it would make you happy. Knowing this now, it is so much clearer what path we want to take. If we start to take a path and the door is closed it obviously is not the right path. If the door stays open and you are trying to follow God then it is a good path. Now we are testing the paths. We will see where they lead. Wish us luck!
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Bye bye bedtime cuddles
It has been a long time since I have updated everyone on life changes, so here we go!
Aleigh for the past month has been trying to get her way and stay awake when it is time to sleep. Starting about 7 months old I found that holding her until she was sleeping worked best. We also off and on tried just putting our hand in her bed because she liked playing with our hands while falling asleep. 90% of the time she was held though. Now she will shove your hand away, try to climb off your lap, cry and scream and turn while being held etc. We have decided since she no longer wants to be held and is just going to throw a tantrum it is now time to put our foot down and when it is bedtime it is bedtime. If she is going to cry one way or the other then she will learn to fall asleep on her own. We are going to go in every so many minutes and tell her it is OK, mommy and daddy are here but it is time to go to sleep then give her a kiss and leave again. Tonight it took 35 minutes. Hopefully this will work.
Tonight when we were reading a book before bed Aleigh picked out a book that has different textures to feel. It was the cutest thing every time I turned the page without even prompting she would grab Amelia's hand and make Amelia feel the texture. Cute kids, she is such a good big sister already.
If I am smiling really big at Amelia, Aleigh has started doing the same, she will crouch down and give Amelia the cheesiest smile she can muster and Amelia just smiles right back at her.
Amelia has started to pull herself up to a stand this past week and the week before she learned how to crawl on her hands and knees. If you are on the floor trying to do something beware of the baby she will now climb all over you, pull your hair, eat your nose and stick her slobbery wet finger in your eye. I love my little baby wrestler. Her two favorite hangouts are the backyard and the bathroom. If the back door is open you better believe she will be out there soon. If you put her on her bedroom floor while changing Aleigh's diaper next thing I hear is pounding on the bathroom scale.
Its pretty neat that Aleigh and Amelia learned the exact same week, 32 weeks old, how to crawl and the very next week they both learned how to pull up to a stand. It will be interesting to see if Amelia also starts walking at 9&1/2 months. Not sure if I am ready for that!
We found out this last week the new update on the place we are living in. We were originally told that we would have to move out by the time our lease ended, that was the end of May. We never heard from anyone as to if we could sign a new lease. Well we finally heard and more than likely the bank will sell the place. They said we will have to be out in about 3 months but they don't know specific dates yet.
Aleigh for the past month has been trying to get her way and stay awake when it is time to sleep. Starting about 7 months old I found that holding her until she was sleeping worked best. We also off and on tried just putting our hand in her bed because she liked playing with our hands while falling asleep. 90% of the time she was held though. Now she will shove your hand away, try to climb off your lap, cry and scream and turn while being held etc. We have decided since she no longer wants to be held and is just going to throw a tantrum it is now time to put our foot down and when it is bedtime it is bedtime. If she is going to cry one way or the other then she will learn to fall asleep on her own. We are going to go in every so many minutes and tell her it is OK, mommy and daddy are here but it is time to go to sleep then give her a kiss and leave again. Tonight it took 35 minutes. Hopefully this will work.
Tonight when we were reading a book before bed Aleigh picked out a book that has different textures to feel. It was the cutest thing every time I turned the page without even prompting she would grab Amelia's hand and make Amelia feel the texture. Cute kids, she is such a good big sister already.
If I am smiling really big at Amelia, Aleigh has started doing the same, she will crouch down and give Amelia the cheesiest smile she can muster and Amelia just smiles right back at her.
Amelia has started to pull herself up to a stand this past week and the week before she learned how to crawl on her hands and knees. If you are on the floor trying to do something beware of the baby she will now climb all over you, pull your hair, eat your nose and stick her slobbery wet finger in your eye. I love my little baby wrestler. Her two favorite hangouts are the backyard and the bathroom. If the back door is open you better believe she will be out there soon. If you put her on her bedroom floor while changing Aleigh's diaper next thing I hear is pounding on the bathroom scale.
Its pretty neat that Aleigh and Amelia learned the exact same week, 32 weeks old, how to crawl and the very next week they both learned how to pull up to a stand. It will be interesting to see if Amelia also starts walking at 9&1/2 months. Not sure if I am ready for that!
We found out this last week the new update on the place we are living in. We were originally told that we would have to move out by the time our lease ended, that was the end of May. We never heard from anyone as to if we could sign a new lease. Well we finally heard and more than likely the bank will sell the place. They said we will have to be out in about 3 months but they don't know specific dates yet.
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