I am bored. Joe is gone test driving a car (story to come in a minute), Jacob actually didn't run out of his room after I put him to bed, which means that he is exhausted and sleeping, and I don't want to make our bed yet. I'm being super lazy today. So I thought I would catch you guys up on our life instead of doing what I should. First off, we are looking for a cheap little car because Sprinter is trying to cut back on overhead so they can't drive the vans home anymore. Blah. I hated car shopping the first time and was hoping we wouldn't have to do that for a while. But alas, the opportunity arises. We are looking for something that is cheap because we don't want anymore loans. We aren't quite done paying off the Jeep, so we would rather stay clear of anymore of that. Hopefully we can find something decent.
I am primary chorister. That scares me. There is a reason I play the piano. It's because I don't sing. Apparently they are desperate for anyone. 2 weeks ago, the chorister leaving said that she agreed to the lady in charge of the program in sacrament meeting 2 weeks away for the kids to sing. She then told me to choose what I like. AHHH! I didn't know what they knew. So we did a song they had been working on. We practiced right before the meeting. They blew it. They were whiny and grumpy and difficult. The older kids refused to sing and complained. So we had the words for them and held them up in the meeting. The president held them up for me thank goodness. In the middle of singing in Sacrament meeting, they just stop. What the...!! Then one kid yells out "It's upside down!!" You should know the words well enough to keep going dang it!! Maybe it was just because I was grumpy and didn't get much sleep the night before that I felt this way. I think this is the part where I pray for patience.
Then, I am also one of the ward organist. Not officially but I am covering for the Primary chorister who just moved. This past week was insanely busy and I didn't get over to the church to practice. So I get up to play prelude (AKA the songs for the meeting because I hadn't practiced yet) and find out someone CHANGED THE PRESETS!!! Who does that!? They have presets on the organ so that you push a button and it has a certain sound. None of them were sacrament song appropriate so they got in a loud upbeat preset. I think this is the part where I need to stop procrastinating. Had I practiced during the week I would have noticed that it was different. Oops.
It was quite the Sunday. Eventful. Not in the way that I like it to be, but I learned many lessons in a 3 hours time span. I guess the Lord has His ways of whipping us into shape.
One more thing to add to this REALLY long post, weening. I need help. Jacob refuses to give up his bottle. He is almost 2 years old and still has a bottle. I don't give it to him at nap time and I now hate nap time. It used to be so good but now he is a little stinker about it. He won't take milk in a sippy cup. Just his bottle. Is that normal? PLEASE HELP!! I need tips, hints, anything!
Well enjoy the random Stewart thoughts. Now I have to actually make that bed I've been procrastinating all day.
6 comments:
Eek, good luck with the bottle. I can't help you there since Malcom's only 9 months... let us know how that works out! I know what you mean about being whipped into shape. It's alostt always like that for me when I get a new calling, but if it's any comfort, I usually love it by the end. Good luck Val!!
Kyle used to spit out his milk when I first started him on cow's milk, so I put Nesquik in it. I don't know if Jacob likes flavored milk, but that induced Kyle to at least try it. Maybe it will convince Jacob to try it from the sippy cup if it doesn't taste like the milk he's used to from the bottle.
I went throught the exact same thing with Trenton at about 20 months. I bought every kind of sippy cup you could think of and he wouldn't take milk out of any of them. I tried flavored milk, but he wasn't fooled. He wanted his white milk in his bottle. Finally I just took it away cold turkey. I have to say it was hard!! Two days of whining for his bottle and me refusing. Eventually he gave up asking for it and he'd fall asleep fine without it, but he still refused to drink milk out of a cup or sippy cup. He didn't have milk for a couple of weeks until my husband had the good idea of letting him dip cookies into milk with him. When the cookies were gone, he would say one, two, three then take a swig and Trenton would too. I have to admit that for a while that was all the milk he would get, but about 3 months later he started asking for milk in a sippy cup/regular cup! It also helped that Trenton still had his pacifier, but we recently got rid of that cold turkey too! Good luck and hang in there! It is possible!
Oh, Val, you have the before Christmas blues - I've seen it many times in myself. The worst, when my kids were little, was the Christmas that Chris spent in the hospital for bronchitis and asthma, he was two. I had not finished my Christmas shopping and it was 2 days before Christmas - I could not take him outside and I had no one to help me - Bob had to work and we did not get vacation pay or sick leave. Everything seemed to go wrong that year - so I can identify! My biggest fear was always primary chorister - and I sing! It's just that we can't control what kids do! I'm sure you will be wonderful at it. You have had a lot on your plate - and it's Christmas, so be kind to yourself, you are wonderful. It is my opinion, that sometimes just taking the bottle completely away is the best way to ween a baby. It takes a couple of days, but they actually sleep better after it is all said and done. Good luck with the car shopping. If I hear of anything, I will let you know. Take care of you - love Aunt Barb
I don't think that's really bordom... your just trying to regain your sanity among the chaos of life. And just think of primary chorister as classroom preparation for el ed. You'll be super ready for music methods. I guess I should ask if you are still el ed? Otherwise it isn't really preparation...
I am so proud of you Valerie. You are such a wonderful wife, mommy, daughter and sister. Thank you. Keep your chin up. Things will get better, they always do. Barbara's idea was a good one. Maybe you need to lose the bottle. Love you.
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