Mama's little helper

Wes helped me do the laundry the other day- too cute!

A little update- sleep has been going much better. Actually last 2 nights he has gone to bed at 7pm and did not wake up to eat until about 2 am! This is so much sleep for everyone! He as also not been getting up until 6:30 or even 7:30am sometimes! Hope this is the new trend. Also we still have greenish yellow poop but the doctor is not worried and I get to eat dairy again! YEA!!! Life is good right now- Dave was home for 4 days, now he is off again but we are headed to Nana and Papa's in Santa Paula for the weekend. Should be fun!

Hand Flusie

We are going to have to watch that Wesley Thomas because at 3 1/2 months old he is already trying to make the moves. We caught Wes and Annie Hill holding hands. Maybe his mama and nana weren't good enough Valentines he needed Annie too.

Which seed are you?

"Still others, like the seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful." Mark 4:18

This verse really spoke to me today. I feel like this is me and a lot of the church today. We are so consumed with worries, pursuit of the American dream and our obsession with possesions that we are unfruitful for the gospel.

I have been struggling with prayer- believeing that God not only hears me but that I have the ability to plea with him to change his mind or answer my prayer. I know in my head that he does hear and so many times has answered- but why now do I wrestle with unbelief? I think it has to do with the effectiveness of the Word...meaning the worries, wealth and idols in my life.

I pray that I would be transformed into verse 20..."Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop- thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times what was sown."

Lord, I want to not be a hearer of the word but a doer and believer- make me affective for the gospel.

Does this speak to anyone elses heart?

Snow in A-town

Yes believe it- at 8:00 this morning the rain turned to snow in my backyard. I was so excited I started calling all my nieghbors and Dave (who is in sunny Florida). It only lasted for about an hour but it was magical and we definately went out to enjoy it. Me and Piper more than Wes- his little digits got sorta red and very cold so he got to take a hot bath when we can back inside...but it was worth it and I have pictures to prove it.

At home Sunday

You start to understand the sacrifice of being a mom when the whole world halts to your child's nap schedule. We are not at church today because it was crucial to maintian the his nap (for this week at least). We have been working with Wes on self soothing and getting himself to sleep. It has been painful at best. We were the typical household with me crying on the couch wanting to go rescue my baby and Dave being the voice of reason convincing me that this is for his good and ours. So hard to see when your baby has been crying for hours. Yes Wes was determined not to give up- but we stayed strong and after only 3 days we can lay him down in his crib fully awake and he will be asleep in 10-15 mins. A miracle seeing as last week we had to run upstairs every 5 mins to replace the binki and rock him back to sleep; always living in fear of the red lights on the monitor. Victory in Jesus- he is due the credit. I spent every cry session in hopeless prayer for our son and for our strength to hold out and let him figure it out. He wasn't a good sleeper but since the sleep boot camp he has only woken up 2 times a night and taking longer naps! I found this article written by a college friend on the Dollahite's blog- it really spoke to my heart in where I'm at as a mom....can you identify? http://www.kiqlo.com/content/sdollahite/18363__demoHer-Arms-are-Strong-for-Her-Tasks-Hearts-at-Home-Version.swf Also if you have any baby sleep nightmares or victorys tell me about them.

3 Months

Yesterday Wes turned 3 months old. During the day we can't believe where the time has gone, during the night we wish he was a little older...ha ha. He is doing so many fun things right now like cooing at his toys and smiling at anyone who sticks their tounge out at him. He loves his Baby Einstein videos...actually tv in general is pretty cool right now. Also he is starting to figure out how to make his bouncey chair light up but hitting the blu bird. So fun to watch! Still not sleeping well so that is the next hurdle. Seems to be feeling better we will hear from the doctor soon. We will post about that soon.

Dave and Wes representing for the Chargers at the Neighborhood Super Bowl Party