This Blessed Little Life

 So I know that we are a little late in the game, 🙈 but I have to say how amazing it is to get a full night's sleep again! I began the weaning process with Owen last month with the goal of being done with nursing by his first birthday. Around 6 months, he was down to nursing only 1x a night but then we moved 2 months later and any sort of routine we had went out the window. I probably should've tried to pick it back up once we were settled, but then his daddy started a second job where he's gone 3 nights throughout the week so that caused me to have to get him during the night when he woke up and instead of being "strong" and putting him back to bed- I'd just let him nurse back to sleep....Ah, I know, rookie mistake Lol Anyway, this past weekend, my husband and I decided that we'd let this go on for long enough so Sunday we agreed to let him CIO until he fell back asleep.   Owen's first word was "momma" but he only would say it when he ...

   So it's been a few months, but I am back with an update! Life has been as crazy busy as ever and I have to continually remind myself to just sit and be still for a couple of moments every day. Writing is a good way to get my thoughts out and has a therapeutic affect for me. Some of you may have heard that our family will be moving, and to clear up any speculation, I'd like to share with you the events leading up to our decision. I know that I do not have to or even need to do this, but I am a "sharer" by nature, and for my praying friends, I'd like to give you some specifics to pray for concerning our family. :)    Back during Christmas break, my husband and I were reflecting on our few months of parenting and the subject of when we'd start thinking about another little blessing came up. When we moved to New Mexico in 2014, the Lord worked it our for us to buy a 2 bd house close to the church. It really has been a great little house for us, but we knew...