It's been a while

Sorry its been so long since I've blogged, Raymond was teething, had a nasty diaper rash, got his first tooth YAY, and we've been working on our elimination communication. I got both diaper free books from the library. Great books by the way. Raymond is doing really good we are catching about 2-3 pees a day one at nap time, before bed and during the night. Im working on trying to notice when he needs to go pee during the day BEFORE he goes. Its much harder during the day cause all he wants to do is play and crawl around. Besides for learning to pee out of the diaper and getting a tooth he is also learning to walk! They learn so much at this age...

Daven is also learning a lot. We just did the letter "R" this past week. He is also working on numbers, shapes, and signing. :)
I really want to work on getting him to memorize prayers but Im not too sure if that would be too much for him right now. I guess I could always try and find out lol.
In the midst of all this learning we are all LEARNING to be a happy harmonious family and its absolutely wonderful.

Lazy Day Today

Raymond and I had a rough night last night. He tossed and turned most of the night and we co-sleep so it was hard for me to get any rest. So needless to say I am exhausted! We did however catch a poopy this morning in the toilet! That was our highlight lol But havent caught anything else. With both of us being tired and cranky potty time can wait til after nap or even til tomorrow. Still doing my best to keep him dry though by changing him quite frequently.
Daven started the letter "P" today! He did so good writing it all by himself! I was so very proud of him! He really is catching on to school stuff really fast.
And...I also need to get some sewing done today I have two orders that need finished ASAP!

Letting Your Husband Be the Head of Your Household

Recently my hubby read, "More Than A Dad" by Scot Anderson, this book has really showed a lot to my hubby and ME. It really teaches men how to take up their role as a Father and the head of the household. If you are a wife you should read it as well, this well help you to step back and let your husband rise up to his God given position. Since he has read this we have talked about him taking over the bills. Not because of any error of mine but because he says I have enough to worry about. He needs to make sure his family is taken care of and taking care of the finances does just that. I was really upset at first, mostly because I enjoy doing it. OK dont get me wrong I hate the stress of it but I like numbers. But God kinda whispered to me to let go and let my husband rise up. My hubby wants to start doing a family night, biweekly dates for us, and a yearly vacation. He also wants to do little things for me and the kids that will have large results. There is a section in the book that basically says that if a man values his wife and sets aside time for just him and his wife that it will teach his male children how to properly treat a woman and also teach his female children to have high standards. We really really like this book and most of the ideas Scot has.
Now maybe some of you reading this are thinking "My husband? He is nowhere near ready to do this! He would freak if I told him to do these things!" Well ladies, first you should buy this book for your husband for fathers day. Begin praying for your husband to rise up to his position and for you to be able to patient and to allow him to take his position as head of your household. When you give your husband this book tell him if he is ready to be open minded to read the book. Tell him it has hilarious dad stories in it and you heard its a really good book for Dads. None of this is lying, just so you know. But leave the rest a mystery and let your hubby read it for himself. Continue to pray for your husband while he reads this book. You will be amazed at his excitement to change things in your family for the better. I truly believe God has blessed this book and I think all husbands/dads should read it. Wives also! It helps us to understand what it is our husbands want to change and why.
I really hope that God blesses your family through this book or even other means if necessary. Ladies I am in search of a book that will help us to back down and let our husbands be the God fearing Men they are destined to be. If you have any suggestions please let me know.

Wow am I embarrassed!

So I lost control of my emotions today. I wanted to share this to let you all know that no one is ever perfect. Especially with two young children at home!
I woke up at 7:50am YAY. But much to my surprise hubby had texted me to tell me that he had locked his keys in the car while at a training class for a job! I should have stopped and prayed and trusted God. I have to admit that was not how I actually handled the situation. Instead, I lashed out! Yelling at the phone, browsing the internet for any quick fix, and texting everyone I knew hoping they had a solution. I asked everyone but God for help. If I just would have went to him first my day and my family's day would have went much smoother. Everything started to snowball after this, Raymond was fussy cause mommy was, Daven was short tempered cause mommy was, no housework or schoolwork got done. On top of all of this I was unable to make a doctor's appointment. *That is another story all in itself!* Although I let myself lose control and didnt seek God for help first. I did end up having a good evening once I let myself calm down. Thankfully tomorrow is a new day and God is a merciful God and will forgive me for my mistakes and short temper. I will do better tomorrow, I will keep my temper, I will complete my necessary responsibilities, and I WILL NOT take any anger out on my family.

Tomorrow is a BRAND NEW DAY!

Had a good relaxing Sunday today. Woke up and went to mass together. Came home and ate lunch together, started laundry, and headed off for naps. Then we ate assorted dinners, lol grocery day tomorrow. Laundry is almost done and its almost bedtime. I want to get to sleep by 11pm and then up at the latest 8am. I would love to eventually be getting up between 6 and 7am but its best to start with baby steps. Remember tomorrow will start the new goals. If you would like to join me in this please comment with your 6 month goals and we will start together tomorrow. But tonight enjoy relaxing and enjoy your family. Tomorrow is a new day!

My Goals for the next 6 months

So I am up late and reading on cafemom. I know I should be sleeping but here I am. After looking at my Christian Homakers Group I am face to face with who I really am. I am not the wife I long to be and pretty far from it. I know I dont need to be perfect, just better. So I am going to list goals to accomplish and be Routine 6 months from now! On October 19th, 2009 I will post about how I accomplished my goals and then post NEW goals for the next 6 months. Feel free to join me and make your own list of goals. Do not let your list exceed 12 goals. This will give you 2 goals a month to reach.

• Read Daily Bible Reading EVERY morning.
• Pray the Rosary EVERY day.
• Wake up by 8am at the latest and go to bed by 11pm.
• Read the Bible to Daven EVERY day.
  
• Work on my appearance, be dressed, washed, and primped every day!
• Have a gentle peaceful attitude to my husband, children, friends and family.
• Lose 5lbs by doing the Wii Fit for 15 minutes every day.
• Make my husbands lunch every night before bed.

There ya go! There is my list of goals. They are going to be difficult and rough for sure. But by Gods grace I will accomplish them. I was thinking about picking 2 that I would accomplish each month. But I would like to work on working towards all of them everyday. They all are things that NEED to change!
Philippians 4:13---I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!

Honestly... Where did it go?

As I have posted on here, I have been sick the last two days and tonight time got away from me and I forgot to take my sleepy sick medicine. Therefor, when I went to get off the computer at 11 I was not at all tired and I was sniffling. So, now I have taken my medicine and played around more on my computer and it is after 11:30. Just thought I would be honest that I did NOT make it to bed for my bedtime tonight :( None of us are perfect or good at sticking to new resolutions. For those of you that have made it to bed for your new bed time you are awesome! Congrats! Good night.