So I realized that it has been over a month and a half since my last post so I guess I should start by giving a brief recap of what that time has held... So of course my job is no longer... and now Chris's job is no longer. So the Craig family is completely unemployed (feel free to pray on that for us - we are!) and trusting that God has something for us. We're both looking for jobs (mostly focused on Texas jobs that will bring us HOME) and spending our days with CJ. And boy is CJ exercising his right to be a terrible-two-year-old! So I guess that is the brief recap for you. :)
So on to what fun things we've done. We went to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum - CJ was in heaven around all those airplanes!
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| CJ in a helicopter |
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| CJ running back toward me - startled by a loud sound |
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| Chris & CJ next to a helicopter |
I've taken up bicycling and CJ really enjoys riding in his trailer (helmet and all) and often catches a brief nap while I pull all 70+ pounds behind me. Lucky, boy! We've been doing a lot of deep cleaning around the house (I guess that's not fun, but totally necessary) and figure at the very least, we're lightening the load before it all gets hauled off to Texas. It's also been really encouraging "cleaning out" my closet - donating clothes that are too big is reassuring in my quest for weight loss and will help ensure I never get that big again!
Now the CJ updates... I love that boy! He is terribly smart, probably too smart for his own good (and ours). He is also so independent and very stubborn (hmmmm... wonder where he gets that from?). I guess all of this adds up to some pretty intense tantrums. I think he may have burst some small blood vessels around his tempers with these tantrums... yowza!!! He is hitting both me and Chris and we're trying everything we can to stop it. We definitely don't want a hitter on our hands... but nothing we do seems to work. We're trying to be patient and really remove him from a frustrating situation before a melt-down, but obviously we can't always catch them in time. And I think a lot of his short fuse is stemming from his lack of sleep... the boy won't eat, won't sleep and I don't know how he is even functioning at a basic level. When we first started putting him in bed in the "big boy bed," he was an angel - wouldn't get up to even get something that fell over the edge... but fast forward to the last few weeks and we have a boy that plays peek-a-boo with his bedroom door mere minutes after tuck-in. (Oh, and the "child-proofing" door knob things - he has mastered the art of opening those after we had them on his bedroom doors to help keep him in...) Tonight was a little better - trying new tactics and a more rigid bedtime routine. We'll see how that goes tomorrow night...
And as far as the potty-training front goes, it is a slow movement there. He likes to sit on the potty, isn't afraid of the potty flushing... just doesn't really have the timing down or the desire to drop playing for pottying. Oh, well... I knew that potty-training a boy was going to be an adventure and it sure is proving to be just that. We're just going to be patient and encouraging and I'm sure it will all click at exactly the right time.
So keep us in your prayers - for employment opportunities and for some patience and guidance with our dearest son... and I guess for my self-diagnosed insomnia. :)
