Despoiling

A few weeks ago my friend Joy talked about having to "de-spoil" her baby after a weekend visiting family. Turns out I'm now in the same position.. ughh. After a weekend of taking all his naps in vibrating planes, vibrating cars, and in the arms of someone walking around, Bruin refuses to nap alone in his crib. He will fall asleep for about 40 minutes but when he surfaces and realizes he is in his crib he cries and cries and won't go back to sleep. At first I thought that maybe he needed more wake time and maybe his naps were just becoming shorter because he was getting older... But yesterday after waking 40 minutes into his nap and listening to him cry for another 20 minutes I finally picked him up and tried rocking him back to sleep. He then slept for THREE HOURS in my arms (while I just put on a movie).. Grrr... Its such a predicament to be in because on one hand he needs to learn to nap in his crib again - but on the other hand I want him to get his sleep so he's not grumpy all day.... SO frustrating!





Anyways, on a more positive note.... :)
Phil and I got to Pasco on Friday night after a long day of travel. We had a 6 hour layover waiting for an open flight in Salt Lake but luckily we found out my sister was in town for the week visiting her in-laws so they picked us up! It was so fun to be able to hang out with my little nephews who are getting so big! My sister Kristen and her husband Bryan are such fun people and we were glad to be able to see them. We went to the fountains at the Gateway Mall and then celebrated my sister's birthday at her inlaws. It was a MUCH better way to spend a 6 hour layover!





Saturday we went to Phil's little sister's soccer game and then to his cousin's baptism and post-baptism family gathering. It was nice to see all the family and have them meet Bruin.

Sunday was Bruin's blessing and all went well. There were a few cries from him as they walked up to the front but then he was quiet.. its funny how nervous you get that he'll be crying the whole time.. why is that embarrassing? After the blessing we were Sunday school ditchers and hung out with friends in the cultural hall the rest of the meeting :) Thanks Josh and Jade for coming up to see us, it was so fun and Max is adorable!






With Grandpa

Getting home was an adventure. Sunday evening they had only one seat to give to us and so Phil and I split up and I left with the baby. It would have been fine had I not NAILED Bruin in the head with my fingernail right as we were sitting down. He howled and I could barely quiet him with some food (which I had to ask the guy next to me to fill the bottle with MY breastmilk.. haha poor guy) He finally fell asleep and did fine on the next flight to Fresno as well. We got home around 10pm and I just slept at my parents house because I was exhausted. In the meantime, Phil stayed behind and tried ALL DAY Monday to get home. Literally all day. He started at 3am and didn't get home until after midnight. He went from Pasco to Salt Lake to L.A. to Fresno. Poor guy. Thats why I'm not too bummed to be giving up my flight benefits soon. I'm so sick of standby! Especially now with a baby!