I remember going to California with my family when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I don't remember any of the preparation. I remember how hot it was in the car, drinking country time lemonade the my mom mixed in the trunk of our Chevy, getting stung by a bee. I don't remember all the preparation. I'm sure I just got out of bed, ate breakfast and got into the car. Let's go!
Here I am twenty-eight years later getting everything ready for our whole family to go to Spokane. Seven hours away. I'm running on very little sleep since baby Noah woke up four times last night with the last wake up happening at 5:45. I am not a morning person. I'm a little stressed but so happy that I'll be with my family tomorrow all day. I still can't believe that we have a family of four.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Change
The past months have been filled with family visits. Cousin Elijah came to stay with us for 2 months. He comes from his home in New York City and spends six weeks at summer camp during the day and all his off time with us at our house. His mom, my sister, Bekah comes the last two weeks and they hang out here and in Spokane where Missa our other sister lives. It's pretty busy the whole time he's here and I find it hard to even have a moment to myself. But it's well worth the time that we have with him. He's a really nice boy. Of course it wasn't easy because Noah was still taking upwards of three naps a day. Hannah had been laying down for a nap but not falling asleep. So I had a mere hour to myself if all the timing worked out right.
We went to Sacramento to visit Robert's mom. It was one of the worst trips. But not because of any fricition between any of us. Hannah stopped sleeping. It all started with me convincing Hannah tha she didn't want to go out to dinner with me and my good friend Bethanee Hunnicutt. She screamed the whole time we were gone and then refused to stay in her bed and sleep. She often woke up at night and just screamed and screamed. We tried to lay down with her but it didn't work she just figeted the whole time. This lasted about a month after we got home. What ended up helping Hannah was that we stopped trying to nap her during the day. We started a new routine and got a great little clock that shines different lights when it's time to wake up (yellow) and when it's time to be in bed (blue). She started to stay in be until the light shone yellow. I did offer he lots and lots of rewards. Cupcakes, educational video games, toys. What ever it took to get her to stay in bed. So rewards in combination with a new clock and we had a new routine.
During this time of no sleep I really had a hard time seeing myself staying at home with her to home school her. I started looking into schooling options. I needed to think that there was a way out of the craziness that I called a life. Robert and I talked about sending Hannah to the new public school right out side our door, the Adventist school less than two miles away, or the local waldorf school. We decided that we liked the Waldorf school. Hannah needs more specialized attention. She'll get eaten up in a public school or large classroom setting. We also don't want her to become a lazy Christian by going to our denominational schools. But the reality is that things have gotten better. Hannah hit this new stride where she is funny, silly and so sweet. Lately I've been feeling like I can totally homeschool this child. Plus if you ask her where she wants to go to school she always says "I'm going to stay home with mommy". Isn't that sweet!
We went to Sacramento to visit Robert's mom. It was one of the worst trips. But not because of any fricition between any of us. Hannah stopped sleeping. It all started with me convincing Hannah tha she didn't want to go out to dinner with me and my good friend Bethanee Hunnicutt. She screamed the whole time we were gone and then refused to stay in her bed and sleep. She often woke up at night and just screamed and screamed. We tried to lay down with her but it didn't work she just figeted the whole time. This lasted about a month after we got home. What ended up helping Hannah was that we stopped trying to nap her during the day. We started a new routine and got a great little clock that shines different lights when it's time to wake up (yellow) and when it's time to be in bed (blue). She started to stay in be until the light shone yellow. I did offer he lots and lots of rewards. Cupcakes, educational video games, toys. What ever it took to get her to stay in bed. So rewards in combination with a new clock and we had a new routine.
During this time of no sleep I really had a hard time seeing myself staying at home with her to home school her. I started looking into schooling options. I needed to think that there was a way out of the craziness that I called a life. Robert and I talked about sending Hannah to the new public school right out side our door, the Adventist school less than two miles away, or the local waldorf school. We decided that we liked the Waldorf school. Hannah needs more specialized attention. She'll get eaten up in a public school or large classroom setting. We also don't want her to become a lazy Christian by going to our denominational schools. But the reality is that things have gotten better. Hannah hit this new stride where she is funny, silly and so sweet. Lately I've been feeling like I can totally homeschool this child. Plus if you ask her where she wants to go to school she always says "I'm going to stay home with mommy". Isn't that sweet!
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