Raining in my house!

Here are a few pictures after our disaster. Yes, the roof caved in on my house and completely flooded the whole thing. Here are a few pictures mid-flood, only about thirty
minutes after my house started raining.
I have never been so scared in all my life!

Elijah's One!

Elijah turned one on the 4th of September. We had a birthday party for him and invited lots of pals from around here. We had swimming, a SlipNSlide, a trampoline, lots of fun games, and of course, chocolate cake. It was so much fun. I can't believe my little man is a year old! He is as sweet as ever and I am loving every minute of mommy-hood!

Bum looker

Willpower

Forty-five minutes... that is how long my eleven month old son has been crying. I fed him, I changed him, and I sang to him. He was very close to being asleep, so I laid him down. He' s been crying ever since. I did go in after 25 minutes and he had a poopy diaper. So, I changed it and we began again.

I am trying to remember why I am doing this. Sure, an hour every night, trying to make get him to sleep is long, but it only lasts for a time, right? I can not stand letting my little sweetheart cry! I honestly think I would rather snuggle him for that long than listen to him cry. I have been told over and over, though, that this will only last for a few nights, then he will get the picture. Then, maybe I can get a little more done at night. I hope so, because he is very strong willed and I am a sucker for my little man.

Retrospective Pics of Elijah

I figure since it has taken me this long to start blogging, you might want to see some pictures of Elijah before now.

Question for Expert Moms out there

I have created some poor habits for my little guy. I pretty much feed him to sleep for naps and bedtime. I am trying to break this habit, but it is hard. I have to wrestle him down for over an hour every night. Also, after a few hours, he wakes up and I usually feed him back to sleep (in bed with me). I know, I am weak, but I don't mind it. I just know that I need to get him in to his own bed eventually. It would be much easier if he slept through the night, but he isn't even close. I have read Babywise, but it is pretty much opposite of everything I have done up until this point. I really don't like to just let him cry it out. Any suggestions?

Blogging Troubles

So, I have finally decided that, even though I am still blogger dumb, I am going to try to get back into this. The email address on my account is wrong. It says marilynwas@yahoo.com, which is not my email, but hopefully it will work out, anyway, because I can't seem to get them to change it.