The hardest part...

I would say one of the hardest parts of being a mommy, is listening to your child cry in the other room, and you know the cry is because of two things.... 1) exhaustion and 2) teething. I have learned that I HATE teething, not because of Joshua, but the fact I cannot do anything to soothe him. Sure I may be missing lots of sleep due to rocking and just loving on him, but thats the easy part. The hard part is knowing that if I just let him cry it out for a couple of minutes he'll go to sleep. THAT's the hard part. I have learned that it is what is very best for him. I pop some teething tablets in, and then love on him for a couple of minutes, and then lay him back in bed. And I have to give him his blanket, give him a sugar, and then walk out of the room quickly, all the while he is screaming. I HATE IT, but within a couple of minutes, he's back fast asleep. It's funny, because teething really does mess with their sleeping schedule. We use to put Joshua to bed around 8pm, and he wouldn't make a sound till 6:15-6:30am, in which we go get him, and lay him back in bed with us until we get up... but this teething has started the night wakes again, which I know are because he is hurting, but we just rock him to sleep, and kind of have to let him cry it out sometimes.

But onto the easiest part, JOSHUA.. He is by far the easiest baby. He makes it so easy because he is adorable, and he is just a easy-spirited baby. This is from the Lord. Joshua has taught me so much about myself. It has taught me how to think of someone constantly other than myself. I have to put his needs and interests first, even if that means, me knowing letting him cry it out is what he needs to be able to be independent, but everything in me wants to get up and go and get him... Listening to the Lord has made parenting simple. It may not be easy all the time, but he makes it simple. The Lord has given me and John so much energy thru this teething stage, and every other stage. Sometimes, when we finally lay down to go to sleep I ask John.. ."Where did our Energy come from.. man, we were able to run around with him, and play with him", in which John will answer "from the Lord". But yeah

Sorry, no pictures this post. But we did get Joshua's 9 month pictures taken, and well, they are super cute. I am in the process of getting them dispersed! I promise! But I will scan them in sometime soon and post them for all of you to see! he's precious! And yes, you PLEASE do not have to tell me.. he is a big boy... I swear if I hear that comment again, I may just scream. Some day VERY soon, I will scan in one of my baby pictures, and place it on here with Joshua's, and maybe that will prove to everyone where he gets the chunky baby syndrome from... ME!! <--- HA!

Well keep checking back! I am going to try to also get a pic of Joshua showing off his two top teeth! :) He's going to look so grown up!!!