A silver lining

Since my last post, things have gotten quite a bit better I am happy to report! It all kind of came to a head on Easter weekend. Nathan cried a good portion of the trip to Edmonton, and was extremely gassy the whole weekend. He had content moments but was very unsettled most of the time. It was pretty discouraging, but we still enjoyed the weekend:). Lynsey loved the Easter egg hunt yet again, but Adam did not participate at all. Maybe next year he'll be ready! The drive home was again, not great. A lot of crying:(. HOWEVER - and here is where the silver lining comes in! - I fed him at 9pm and he went to sleep at 9:30, feeling pretty relaxed. He slept until 3am! Best night stretch ever! He was much better all week, although he definitely still has his gassy times. It would seem he's turning a bit of a corner, which I am welcoming! His nights are not consistent yet, but he's having a higher ratio of good ones to bad ones now (and I call a good one a night where I only have to feed him and not get up and bounce him to get him back to sleep for an hour). All in all, my world seems a lot brighter these days, so that's good:).

Joyce and John came to visit us last night and stayed over night! It's such a treat to get family visitors, especially family from La Crete that we hardly ever see. They were the first guests in our basement, which was kind of exciting for me:). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to totally set up the guest room since we haven't got our new bed yet (our old bed is going down there as a spare bed), but it was still so nice to have that space for them to stay. Looking forward to hopefully being able to host a lot more people in the future!

Adam has started being a bit silly, which is really fun for us:). We'll ask him, "What does the cow say?", and knowing full well what the cow actually says, he'll answer with a grin, "Cow says neigh" and laugh:). So cute! We love that he's starting to show a bit of his personality! His tantrums are not as frequent as a few weeks back, but he still has them from time to time. I really have to work at not getting frustrated at them, especially when he has them when he's supposed to be napping.

Lynsey has been growing up so much lately! The things that come out of her mouth amaze me sometimes. Just today she was telling me that I might have another baby because God decides whether or not we will have another one. I confirmed that this was in fact true, and she says that we should just leave it up to God whether or not we have another one:). Somebody is ready for another baby a lot sooner than I am lol! Poor girl - she's been told a few times that Nathan is our last one, and I think she would desperately like us to try for another girl. Well, Lynsey, it will truly have to be God's decision if we are to have another baby!:)

So I had my first run of the year last Saturday at Brian's parents house on their treadmill - I was able to run for 30 minutes, but I only went 4.5km, so I'm a bit more than 10% slower than pre-pregnancy. It's all good - I've been doing some elliptical workouts as well and I'm improving each time. I doubt that I will break any records at my Canmore 6K in mid-May, but I'm hoping I will be at least close to last year's result (I'm giving myself a few extra minutes on account of my recent child birth:)). It feels good to get back at it - I've missed being active, and I really want to get back into a routine soon. It's harder with a baby that is still so unpredictable, but it's doable!