So I've decided to learn how to play piano. I've never played any sort of instrument, but I've always wished a little bit that I knew how, so I'm doing it. Chris is taking piano lessons right now and so he's got a lesson book and he whipped out his mom's old keyboard and I've been teaching myself the ropes. I've already gone farther than Chris, but I'm skipping over a lot of boring technical stuff... who needs it? But I just realized tonight that I'm not really learning, I'm just sort of memorizing the songs that I've played already... And I'm already getting to the point where it starts getting hard and I'm thinking I might not make it much furthur. But it has been entertaining me so I'm going to stick with it as long as I can. It makes me feel pretty good about myself :-)
Speaking of things to occupy my time... Darren and Alaina are coming this weekend so that means I get to clean. I know I don't NEED to clean for them, but I do really need an excuse to clean since I've been meaning to for a long time. So this is good! The only thing left in the basement of Phil and Kathy's is 2 bookshelves filled with books (obviously) and they just gave me the go-ahead to pack 'em up and put 'em away. So I am stoked for that. It's not like they take up much room, but they take up wall space and I think it will really open things up in here when they are gone. So if I get enough motivation I am going to do that tomorrow so that I can have it done before we have our guests :-P Yay, something to do!
Let's see, update on the munchkin... He can now roll from his back to his belly! He accomplished the belly to back roll waaaaaay long time ago, so this is pretty exciting that he finally figured out how to get back. Although now when you put him on the floor he rolls all over the place, silly kid... Also, he has stopped sleeping through the night. That I am not too thrilled about. He's started waking up at around 2am and 5-6am, which is really bizarre since he used to sleep straight until 6 or 7 or even later! It's been going on for a while now so it's not because of sickness or anything... It's possibly a growth spurt, but again I wouldn't think it would go on this long. I'm really hoping he's not making a habit out of it. I can't get him to go back to sleep unless I nurse him, but I don't see how he could be that hungry since he's been just fine sleeping all night before. Frustrating! Plus when he eats at night he always ends up peeing through his diaper so we have to change him in the middle of the night, which definitely sucks the big one. Thankfully I have the most wonderful husband in the world who gets up to change him every time, thank you honey!!! So yeah, I'm really hoping and praying that this habit breaks soon because it is totally exhausting!
Just want to add on here how much I love my husband. Not just because I know he's going to read this... but seriously he is a great man and I am so thankful for him everyday. I mean, he definitely knows how to push my buttons and he often drives me crazy, but I just don't know what I'd do without him. He is absolutely fantastic. We have been able to have so many more good times together since we've moved. Since he's not getting up at 3am to go to work and coming home for a couple hours just to leave again to go to school... Then constantly stressing about our bills and selling our condo and everything. We still stress about our bills, but they have definitely gone down since we've moved and we certainly don't fear being kicked out on the street anymore. I know this time together won't last long since he will be gone a lot this summer for military stuff and since he will be getting a job eventually so we can continue to pay our bills. But it's been so great being able to recharge our batteries a little bit and have time to spend together as a couple as well as a family with Elijah. God has truly blessed us beyond measure.
I guess that's about all that's new for now. Just livin' it up in good ol' Iowa :-P
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