Back to Blogging...

OK...so we have taken a sabbatical from blogging, but we are officially back in action. I have set a goal for myself to write at least one good blog posting once a week, and I'm really going to try and stick with it. What was once just a place to put a few pictures and captions will now hopefully serve as an outlet for maternal thoughts and family stories. Needless to say, when your life revolves around the life of a toddler, there are just a few stories to tell along the way...which takes me to my first maternal thought. Sleep. It is no secret that babies do not allow you much sleep during their first few months of life. As a parent, this is expected. However, as they get older, they hopefully and prayerfully will fall into some sort of excellent routine where eventually, you can place them in their crib...not your bed...and they can soothe themselves, and by extension, everyone else in the household, into a peaceful and quiet sleep. This may last for awhile, and then something upsets the routine...be it a cold, or in our case for the last few days, teething. At this point the entire routine is thrown out of whack...sleeping through the night is a thing of the past for the littlest in the house as well as her zombie parents. So as full time working parents, you have one goal when your child wakes up screaming at 3am...damage control. You use your "What to Expect: The Toddler Years" book as a door stop, and do what desperation tells you to do because at this point, sleep for everyone has become the number one priority.
Our little family has been experiencing all of the above over the last few days. After dealing Caroline's cold that lasted for almost two weeks and was eventually passed down to me, we got two nights of full, uninterrupted sleep...and then the rain came. She is now cutting her third tooth. It is definitely something that every parent inevitably goes through, but nonetheless, is never easy to handle. So we are doing what we have to do at this point...Tylenol, Motrin, Oragel, musical beds.
Despite our latest challenge, we are absolutely blessed everyday by our healthy baby girl and all the happiness she brings us. These little bumps along the road are just that. Tomorrow is another day!

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances."
-1 Thessalonians 5:16-18