The Rays of Sunshine

Wow I can't believe how much daycare has grown up my little boy.  We knew this time would come, but I didn't know it would come so soon. Each day I see a new change in him. It may be a new word, a new sentence, or the new adventurous side I see in him. He has also be "talking" about the potty, "cause all the other kids are doing it." This weekend we decided to buy him a potty seat.  Of course all he wants to do is play with it! Well I made him wait 20 minutes, then let him "go potty" and after a few grunting noises, he "made potty" in his potty seat! I decided to spare all pictures.  Big moment... At that moment, my baby was no longer a baby. I got a tear in my eye! Now on to pull-ups...

So I got busy/ lazy and have not posted an update for this last week of daycare, so I have decided to combine 2 weeks. Things are daycare are going GREAT!!! He no longer cries, when we pull into the parking lot, and he goes inside without a fuss. This morning, he went right in, and sat down on the mat to watch TV, and only fussed, which is awesome. When I come to pick him up, he is very calm, yet happy to see me. The other day, he saw me, went right to his cubby, got his blanket and headed for the door, while telling everyone " bye", which melted my heart. We have also been trying to break him of his habit of waking up in the middle of the night, My fault, since I would get up with him, and snuggle with him, as we laid on the air mattress in the living room. The other night, we were there, and he would not go to sleep. For 2 hours, he would wiggle, roll, and touch my face, or try to put his fingers in my mouth, AT 2AM, so I told him to go to sleep or he was going to his...

Praise the Lord! This week at Daycare has been so much better. When we pull into daycare he will still cry, but not cry with tears. I am constantly telling him we will come back for him.  He will walk in daycare, without resistance, and go straight to the morning teacher. However he does get a little upset, when we tell him bye, but he stops crying shortly after we leave. When I go to pick him up, he doesn't scream and cry when he sees me, he will call Mamma, and run to me. All these are wonderful things that everyone said would come, but would take time, and I am so grateful that he feel comfortable enough not to be so upset. This daycare is keeping him active, and you can tell they really care for the kids they keep. Now at home that has been a different story, I don't know if it is because he is overstimulated, or if he is tired and hungry, or a combination of both, but he has been very fussy, and clingy this week. Most of the times it only lasts a few minutes but one...

Another week of Daycare is in the books, and although it is still hard, it may be getting a little bit easier. I will be the first to say that taking Derek to daycare alone, was to much for me to handle emotionally, so Ricky has gone with me each day, to help both of us cope. It is so hard, to do something with Derek and him not understand that this is the best for everyone. There were a few days where I cried, but it was so nice to have Ricky there, reassuring me that this was the right step, and it will get better. By the end of the week, the mornings were still rough, and I would have to force him to walk through the door, but the ladies assured me that within 5 minutes he has stopped crying and had begun to play. He still has his moments through out the day where he will fuss, and whine, but realizes that it will not get him what he wants, and he will stop fussing. He has also started to eat and nap, which is a BIG relief, and shows us that he is growing more comfortable with th...

If you listen to Christian radio, then you have probably heard about the book, It's a God Thing, where people are telling their stories about how God has been present in their lives. If you know God, then at some point, I am sure he has presented himself in your life wither it be by speaking, providing a miracle, or showing his presence. Today I would like to share a few of the stories of how he has reminded me that he is always with me. I would love to hear your stories as well, please leave them in the comments, and let us all see how Great our God Is: When I was about 18- 19 years old, my best friend, her Boyfriend, and I decided that we wanted to go on a cannoning trip. Sounded like a good idea, but 3 teenagers+ no canoeing experience= disaster. We were in the water maybe 10 minutes and we had already flipped twice, but we were having a good time. It had rained recently so the water was moving at a good speed. We get to this one bend, and there were some trees down, and som...