Thursday, July 17, 2008
Milestones
Yesterday was a good day. First, it was our anniversary -- 9 great years! We didn't do anything particular to celebrate, but we had a good day. I felt loved yesterday.
Last night at bedtime, Jayden said her first "real" prayer. I told her we needed to pray for my friend because her mouth hurt, and we could ask Jesus to help her mouth feel better soon. I prayed, and then she wanted to pray! She basically said the same things she had heard me say, but it was so sweet. It was probably about a 3-sentence prayer -- which I am pretty impressed about! I wish I could remember how she ended, because she got her words mixed up a little. It was something like, "Jesus, help her feel better mouth." It was cute.
THEN, another first -- Gabriel did not sleep in our bed last night! It's been all my fault all along, but last night I did good -- I fed him in the living room and then laid him back down to sleep. He fussed some and David had to help him go to sleep, but eventually he slept another 3 hours, and by then I was up anyway. And boy was he hungry! So he woke up around 2:30, ate, slept, and then woke up again around 6:30. I can't remember for sure what time I fed him last before bed. I think it may have been around 9:30. I'm okay with this schedule for now. He's 9 weeks; I won't try to get him off his middle of the night feeding for at least a little while longer. Jayden was 4 mos old when we got her to sleep through the night. The dr. told us then, though, that she was plenty old enough by then and we could have done it sooner. Well, one thing at a time!
David is at the halfway point with his summer class (Chemistry). He has 2 weeks down, 2 weeks to go. Then we'll have one last week of summer vacation, then a week of back-to-school work for me to do, and then fall classes begin! Gabriel starts at daycare (same Center where Jayden goes) on that Monday the 18th, the first day of classes for all of us (except I think Joshua's first day is Wednesday the 20th). Jayden moved up to her new 3-year-old class at school this week, on Monday. I don't really know any details, but I think she's enjoying it.
Last night at bedtime, Jayden said her first "real" prayer. I told her we needed to pray for my friend because her mouth hurt, and we could ask Jesus to help her mouth feel better soon. I prayed, and then she wanted to pray! She basically said the same things she had heard me say, but it was so sweet. It was probably about a 3-sentence prayer -- which I am pretty impressed about! I wish I could remember how she ended, because she got her words mixed up a little. It was something like, "Jesus, help her feel better mouth." It was cute.
THEN, another first -- Gabriel did not sleep in our bed last night! It's been all my fault all along, but last night I did good -- I fed him in the living room and then laid him back down to sleep. He fussed some and David had to help him go to sleep, but eventually he slept another 3 hours, and by then I was up anyway. And boy was he hungry! So he woke up around 2:30, ate, slept, and then woke up again around 6:30. I can't remember for sure what time I fed him last before bed. I think it may have been around 9:30. I'm okay with this schedule for now. He's 9 weeks; I won't try to get him off his middle of the night feeding for at least a little while longer. Jayden was 4 mos old when we got her to sleep through the night. The dr. told us then, though, that she was plenty old enough by then and we could have done it sooner. Well, one thing at a time!
David is at the halfway point with his summer class (Chemistry). He has 2 weeks down, 2 weeks to go. Then we'll have one last week of summer vacation, then a week of back-to-school work for me to do, and then fall classes begin! Gabriel starts at daycare (same Center where Jayden goes) on that Monday the 18th, the first day of classes for all of us (except I think Joshua's first day is Wednesday the 20th). Jayden moved up to her new 3-year-old class at school this week, on Monday. I don't really know any details, but I think she's enjoying it.
# posted by David and Aleecia @ 7:52 AM 
