It’s hard to stand
On shifting sand
It’s hard to shine
In the shadows of the night
You can’t be free
If you don’t reach for help
And you can’t love
If you don’t love yourself
But there is hope when my faith runs out
Cause I’m in better hands now

It’s like the sun is shining
When the rain is pouring down
It’s like my soul is flying
Though my feet are on the ground
So take this heart of mine
There’s no doubt
I’m in better hands now

I am strong
All because of you
I stand in awe of
Every mountain that you move
I am changed
Yesterday is gone
I am safe
From this moment on
And there’s no fear when the night comes around
I’m in better hands now

(In Better Hands by Natalie Grant)

a few pics

Megan loves to dress up!

Megan with her babies

Megan's newest baby

A beautiful Christmas present handmade by Uncle Rod

Escape Artist

So Megan has started waking up at night. Usually around 3am, she starts calling for me. But then she wants me to sit in the rocking chair until she falls asleep, which does not happen quickly. If I try to put her back to bed and leave the room she throws a complete temper tantrum. Obviously this is not something Mike and I want to deal with every night. So on Monday night we decided we would just let her cry it out and not go in the room. Well, the little sneak "one-uped" us. She climbed out of her crib. This happend twice on Monday night. So on Tuesday we picked up her "big girl bed", and she was very excited about it! Finally got her settled in it and asleep and then, sure enough, at 5 am we hear her calling for me. I didn't come, so she got out of bed and went to the baby gate we had put in the doorway to keep her in the room. I still didn't come, so next she climbed over the baby gate!!! Next option? Close her door and hope that she doesn't tear the room apart trying to get out. So last night we did this and at 12:30am we heard her wake up and start crying for me. Mike sat by the door and Megan was on the inside crying and pounding on the door. (I was in bed crying my eyes out...it's hard to not go to your child when they are calling for you, no matter how frustrated you are). Miraculously, within 30 minutes she had quieted down and we were able to go back to sleep. I'm pretty sure Megan spent the night on the floor right in front of her bedroom door, but at least she was in her room and quiet! I'm hoping that tonight she stays in the bed......guess we'll see what happens!

Autumn pics

We had thanksgiving with Mike's family on Sunday and decided to update our family picture. I think the pics turned out pretty nice.

Megan started daycare 3 days/week and today was the first day I left her without her crying! I was pretty happy about that. It's so hard to leave her when she is upset. Normally, she is quite the little monkey and keeps us laughing!

PJ party

I will admit that I just haven't been in the mood to update my blog. Plus there just isn't enough time in the day to do it! Being a working mom is tough. Anyways...

Mike and I had an amazing weekend with Megan. She was so much fun. I had a great time taking some pics of her in her pj's, with her saying "cheese" for the camera. Here are a few...

Charleston Lake

Hey all,

We went camping with a group of friends a few weekends ago, so I thought I'd post a few pics. It was a great time (even with the rain), and it was fun to see all the kids play together. This year there were 14 adults and 12 kids....next year the kids will outnumber us! I'll try to write another post soon to update you on what's been going on with us. The last few weeks haven't been to great, but it looks like things are finally taking a turn for the better.

Liam, Eve, Ethan, Seth, Jordan, Megan, Annika, Cadence, Ryan

(missing from photo: Caleb, James, & Cole)

Take care!

Oh Canada

Our little sweetheart all decked out for Canada Day