A Wonderful Blessing

I've been super busy the past couple days. I'm only taking the time to write now because we had a wonderful blessing today.

Yesterday was our roommate Aaron's birthday. We went to his parents' house for cake and ice cream. His sister always makes new and interesting cakes for everyone's birthdays. This year for Aaron's, she tried doing a giant cookie with a giant brownie on top. But there was a dip and she needed to make it level, so she melted chocolate chips and poured them in between. As I was taking a bite, I felt a crack in my mouth. I had cracked the cement on my bridge trying to bite through almost 1/2 an inch of solid chocolate. It was painful and my bridge could come out. It's actually a fake tooth that's cemented to the backs of the teeth on either side. We had no idea how we were going to pay for any dental work. Then Mitchell's mom called to ask him something and he told her about what happened. She told us that one of the Brothers in the ward works with Mitchell's old dentist. We got an appointment today and he fixed it for me for only $50. What an amazing blessing! It normally would have cost at least $200. Thank goodness for the kindness of members of the church.

A Big Project

Mitchell let me buy the stuff to sew Joseph's costume. I couldn't find it to buy anywhere. There isn't an actual pattern for it, so I'm using a different pattern. And I could only find the right color fabric in lining and the pattern calls for double knit cotton. I talked with one of the ladies at the fabric store and she thinks I can do it. We'll see how things go. Hopefully I'll finish in time.

I'm annoyed right now. Joseph is awake and excited. It's my fault. I needed to do some errands and I have the car, but I kept him up and we missed his normal bedtime schedule. He fell asleep in the car, but then he woke up when we came in. I wish that I could do errands in the day time or that I could have Mitchell watch him in the evening while I did errands. I feel like I'm stuck at home now, at least if I ever want to get him sleeping normally. It's frustrating. If I want to go to a Relief Society activity, that means keeping him up past his bedtime. So I have to choose between Joseph sleeping at night or socializing and having friends. I hate decisions.

The Wonders of Sleep

I got to sleep last night!! It wasn't the best sleep, but it wasn't Joseph's fault. My old sleep problems have been returning since I've been off of my medication. But Joseph was in bed by 8:30. He did wake up in the night, but there wasn't any screaming. He slept for 4 straight hours without waking up!! And he slept in his own crib the entire night! I think this might be the very first time he's done that. He did wake up at 7 instead of 8, though. But because I got some peaceful rest, it wasn't as hard for me to get up with him.

Today is my first appointment in the series of appointments that are supposed to get me in to see a psychiatrist. I hope everything goes alright with this. I've been waiting for a very long time.

Change of Plans

First, I'm going to tell you something a little funny. We got our couch for free from a family in the ward. It's got some stains on it from their two little girls, but it's still a very nice couch. Joseph put his first stain on it today by trying to take a bite out of a cushion while he had a mouthful of berry yogurt.

Okay, so Mitchell told me to take today as a rest day again because I got hardly any sleep last night. Joseph was waking up about every hour last night and if I tried to put him in his crib he started screaming. I was in the rocking chair until almost 2 and then I gave up and took him to bed with me, but he still kept waking up and crying a lot. The only thing we can figure is that it's his teeth bugging him.

I might work on other things, but my main goal for today is to relax so that I don't have a breakdown. Things like this are very hard on my depression/anxiety.

Same Goal, New Day

Okay, I'm setting the same goal for myself that I did on Friday and Saturday. I'm going to complete it this time, though. I'm always ready to get back into my normal routine after the weekend.

A New Calling

We were sustained and set apart as assisstant nursery leaders today. I don't know if I'm ready, though. I enjoyed being nursery leaders last year, but it's harder now. I was so tired today after Joseph keeping me up all night. There are twice as many kids as there were last year, too. And there's lots of cryers. It will be good, though. It's a good chance for me to work on my patience.

A Plea For Help

Joseph is 10 1/2 months old and he still doesn't sleep through the night. In fact, he wakes up an average of 5 times per night crying and sometimes screaming. The earlier in the morning that it gets the more frequent his waking and louder his screaming gets. Any ideas of what I can do?