William got his first two teeth a week or two ago. They're the two middle bottom ones. They're so cute but so sharp!
The last two weeks and this week, I've been watching Ben and Jan's kids down in Tucson. I have been coming down and staying Monday-Thursday and watching them during the day. Ben works during the day and Jan is taking a 3 week real estate course to get her license. Jan gets home around 5 each day, so she takes over from there. But I stay the night so I don't have to commute every day. I go home on the weekends. I'll be finished in two days, on Friday! I'm pretty excited to be done. It's been a good experience. I've had fun spending time with Ben and his family, but it's also exhausting. I'm ready to go home and have my own routine again. And I'm ready to be able to to give William more attention and spend time with him while I can. He's growing up so fast. I feel like if I look away for too long, I'll miss something. He started crawling right before we came down here. And he got his teeth shortly after. And he's been pulling himself up on EVERYTHING lately. Which was a nightmare at night for a few weeks! He's getting better at not waking up as often to pull himself up on his crib. Thankfully!
Today was full of whining and crying from Ivie and Merrell. They were both SO tired, and Merrell threw up in his crib when he was supposed to be taking his nap. So he never got a nap. It was rough. Ivie kept melting into her whining and crying over so many small things. But once she starts whining or crying, she is impossible to understand to know what's wrong. So something will happen and she starts whining, but I don't know WHY she's whining. And she won't explain because she just starts crying. Sometimes I can figure it out but then she won't listen to me when I try to explain or reason with her to help her calm down. Finally at one point I just sent her into her room to cry. At one point I sent Merrell into his room to cry as well. I couldn't handle all of the whining and crying!!! Now I TOTALLY understand why my mom would always send us to our room if we would whine or cry. And she'd tell us we could come out when we were ready to stop crying. I totally did that twice today. And I completely understand WHY she did it now!! It's totally for sanity's sake! My mother was a saint! I don't know how she put up with all 8 of us!
William has been so patient and so happy! He is such a sweet boy, and I love and adore him so much! It's incredible how much I am capable of loving him. He is so sweet and innocent. I am SO grateful to be his mother! I don't know how I ever deserved this opportunity! Motherhood is beautiful and sacred! I hope to be able to become a wonderful mother to all of my children. I want to fill them with my love and allow them to have a safe place where they can learn and grow. I want them to be able to explore the world and discover their full potential in life.
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