The Rays of Sunshine

Oh my, I am the parent of a 1 1/2 year old. Man how time has flown. I still remember when he was a helpless little baby, and depended on me for his every need. Now Derek still needs me, but each and every day he grows a little bit more independent, and I realize that one day, he will not need me for every little need. How am I coping with that? I am treasuring every moment I have with him.  On the down side of that, I have been enjoying every minute of it, I have failed to take pictures of him this month. I am a picture queen, I always have a camera handy, so to realize that I have 7 pictures of this month, kinda bums me out. His new thing right now is the youtube videos of " Mother Goose Club". It has all the nursery rhymes that we grew up with, and they sing and dance with it. Derek loves it. The other big thing to hit the toddler house, Barney, that's right, this kid loves Barney, and since I did to when I was his age, that's OK. A f...

 Earlier this week I posted that we were going to try to get Derek to sleep in his own crib. Unfortunately that didn't work at all. The first night we attempted to try it, we put him to bed, like we do every night, and he cried and coughed so much, that he thew up, everywhere. It was horrible. I felt so bad for him. There was no way I was going to make him cry for not being in my bed so,  he slept in my bed that night. Once again the next night, after praying and praying that it would not be terrible, we put him to bed, and the same thing happened, he coughed so much he threw up again, but not as bad as the night before. So we decided that until he felt better and was not coughing so much, we would wait. To me I seemed like a blessing, and God's way of telling me, now is not the time. The sleeping hasn't gotten any better, and I find myself stressing out about this more and more, and wondering what I need to do next, and I find myself crying a...

Christmas Time  The biggest day of the year is finally here. I have been so excited for Christmas this year for Derek, and the family. That time has finally come and it was awesome. Derek had an awesome Christmas. This time last year, I was holding him and opening his presents for him, but this year he was able to do some of it, until he lost interest, or wanted to play with the toy that he just opened. It was such a joy this year for all of us. I remember when I was  a little kid and Christmas was the biggest day of the year with Santa and family time, and then as I got older I didn't get as excited for Christmas. Now that I am a parent, all the excitement and many more emotions have come back. Not only do I enjoy it so much more, but the realization that I am now someone's "Santa" was an awesome feeling. I know as Derek gets older I will be able to share with him the Christmas story of the birth of Jesus, and the real meaning of Christmas. We will be able to s...

Well, here we go again. I have decided that is it time once again to try to transition Derek out of our bed into the crib. I know that it is time, and it has to be done, so I thought the best time to do this was while I was on Christmas Break, so if we had a rough night, I could take a nap in the day time. So tonight we will start. Pray for me, Derek and Ricky, and that this is a smooth transition, and I have the strength to be strong, and not to cave and pick him up and put him in the bed. He has already woke up once, it 8:40, but he went back to sleep on his own. Lets hope it works this time!

Derek is now 16 months old, and I am ashamed to say that I have been slacking on the picture taking, the note taking, and all the awesome stuff he has been doing as he is getting older. Is it because I don't care anymore, absolutely not. We are living life, and having fun, and I have just let the "blog" side of it go to the back burner. Even though I would like to be done with the every month update, I feel like I need to keep it up, at least till he is 2. Who knows, by then this "dry spell" may pass, and I will be back on my game. We do have the holidays coming up really soon and that is my favorite time to take pictures, so I am sure it will pick up. So for now, here is my little boy at 16 months old. Currently everything is "Mamma", we are trying to get him to say more words, but nothing has stuck just yet, other than "yeah", and that is my mistake, and I am trying to correct it with "yes". We celebrated his second Hall...

How do I teach my children the ways of Christ and teach them all the things that they need to know when I am not sure how myself? As a parent do you ever have those questions, I know I sure do! Let me explain, I know Christ as my Lord and Savior, he died on the cross for my sins, so that I could receive salvation and one day rejoice in heaven with Him, my father! Growing up, we always attended church, every Sunday, as Catholics, I did all that you were  "supposed to" in the catholic faith. I was Baptized at age 12, my choice and lead by God.  Then I received my first communion, then conformation! All those are happy, wonderful moments of my life that I will never regret. I am glad that I grew up in that faith. As a young adult, I was ok with this, it was all I had known! Once I moved to college, I was able to see what all was out there in the line of faith! Now I am proud to say I have found so much faith in GOD through trials, struggles, and searching. However tha...

WOW can you believe that Derek is 15 Months old? Bye Bye curls, I am really sad to see them go, but they had to. His hair was to messy and wild. Also I was really afraid if we cut them, they wouldn't come back. He sleeps in the bed with me every night, the only difference is I am ok with it. He is only little once, and there will a time when he will not want to snuggle and cuddle with me anymore. He has also learned how to get up without using anything, and he no longer says bath time. There for a while, everything was bath time, now when it is bath time, he says Mamma, and I guess that is fitting since I am the one to bathe him. Although he doesn't get into bath time anytime any more, he is ready to get out 2 minutes after I put him in the tub.  Every month, for some reason, the pictures are getting harder and harder to take. My child will not stay still for them any more. I am thinking that I need to come up with a new way of taking pictures of him ever mont...