Playing House: An update

I must admit I have been less than diligent about keeping up with my blog, I find my free time limited and would rather read other's blogs that post on my own.

Christmas was busy and passed by far too fast. Christmas Eve was spent visiting the "Heppners, Laurie, Dale, Shane & Ashley. A family tradition for Duane's family for years. They ordered Chinese food and we had a nice visit. This year our late nights are limited as we know of we don't get to bed at a decent hour we are going to sleep deprived once Devon wakes up around 6am. Chrismtas morning was CRAZY! Devon was spoiled and in fact so were Duane and I! My favorite addition to our little household was the Nintendo wii and the wii fit! So much fun! And it was quite a site making mii charactors for Lyle, Nicole & my Mom and they were all great sports trying out bowling and COW RACING. I wish we had taken some pictures! Later on we had a wonderful dinner at Dave & Amanda's! My Nephews got a gumball machine filled with jellybeans and they filled Lyles boots (there was A LOT of snow this year, thank God for AWD), he got quite a surprise when it was time to leave.

Boxing Day was spent relaxing and playing the wii, Lyle and Nicole went visiting so Duane and I cleaned up from Christmas and put some of Devon's new toys together. I feel quite anxious when things are busy and messy and cluttered. So that was a nice relief to see everything mostly back in order.

Duane was back to work between Christmas and New Years. New Years morning we headed up to Kelowna to spend 4 days with Lyle and Nicole and see his Auntie Lise and Nana.

Over this time Devon developed a habit of screaming for about 3 hours each and every night when I tried to get him to sleep. I think maybe it was because his schedule was off kilter. That was frustrating and sad. It lasted almost a whole month but I am SO thankful to say that he has out grown that phase and is back to his normal sweet self. I guess it didn't help that he was going through a growth spurt, had a nasty nasty cold and is teething. The poor thing didn't have a fighting chance of being a good boy.

Devon is changing so much. At his 6 month (YES 6 months!!!) He was 23 lbs 15 oz & 28" long. Pretty sure that he is the size of an average 1 year old, but he's happy & healthy and that is what matters most. His eyes have stayed that amazing shade of blue that they were when he was still an infant and his hair is getting blonder and blonder each day! I think maybe there is bleach in his baby shampoo. He can roll over now, bursts into random fits of luaghter, He can remain sitting if I put him in position, And he is making new noises daily! His favorite pass time is petting the cat! Diva and him have a special bond. If Devon is screaming she will come over and lick his little head and he looks at her and most times will stop crying.

His bottom front right tooth is almost through. Surprisingly he slept through the night last night but the night before that was awful. His sleeping patterns are at best sparadic. I KNOW he can sleep through the night b/c every so often he shows me he can just to get my hopes up then reverts to waking up 2 or 3 times a night. I do admit it most of the problem is me. With Duane working nights Devon often ends up in bed with me and we both sleep less b/c of it.

He knows what he wants and he also knows the way to get what he wants is to fuss and cry! I have been working on not always giving in b/c I don't want him to think he can always have what he wants! Parenting is hard. Much harder than I thought. And I am tired, much more tired than I thought that I would be...But I have never EVER loved a human being as much as I love Devon and I love Duane more too...Although b/c I am so tired I am not always very nice to him. He's very understanding though and tries to give me naps when I get too tired. I don't know what I would do without him. And I have so much respect for all the single Mom's (and Dad's) out there who do it on there own everyday!

I hope that Now that Devon is a little more independent and will play on the floor with his toys I will be able to post a little more often.