Elah, Sleep Is A Good Thing.

So for some reason the past few weeks Elah has not been sleeping well at ALL. We're not sure if its where her teeth are coming in or what, but I can tell you, its really starting to get old. She started throwing tantrums every time she wakes up and Sarah usually will have to sit her down in the floor and let her do her thing because we're afraid she will throw herself out of our arms.
I gotta say tho that last Monday night had to be the worst night since she was born. We put her down around 7 like we normally do and she fell asleep pretty easy. I think she woke up once between 7 and 12. Then around 12:30 she woke up and didn't go back to bed till 3:30.
We tried everything, I rocked her, Sarah rocked her, but nothing was working. a few times she would dose off but when we laid her in her crib she would start screaming. Eventually we just sat her in the crib  and let her cry while me and Sarah laid my sleeping bags in the floor of her bedroom and tried to rest a bit. hour and a half later shes still crying(The cry it out method doesn't work with her, trust me we tried).
SO we then got her up and calmed her down. We put a few toys in her crib with her this time since she was wide awake, while me and Sarah tried to get some sleep cause at this point we could barely hold our eyes open.
I remember waking up and looking in her crib and saw that Elah had put herself to sleep by herself so I'm thinking "finally we can all get some sleep". 30 mins later she was awake and screaming again. We eventually got her to sleep  at some point  but she only slept about an hour and a half so i just got up with her and let Sarah sleep till 9:30 then we traded off.
Thank goodness I was off the next two days otherwise I doubt I would have made it at work.
I'll be so glad when she finally sleeps through the night. If any of y'all have any suggestions I'd sure like to hear them.

My Resolution

So I'm sure a lot of you have either seen or at least heard of the movie Courageous. I read the book way back before it was released in theaters. It touched me in more ways than one. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
Anyways in the movie the main character Adam Mitchell comes up with something called the resolution. It challenges all men to stand up and take responsibility for their families. Men everywhere has decided to take the resolution challenge, including me. After I read the book I decided right then that I was going to "sign" the resolution. For Christmas my wife bought me the book "The Resolution For Men".

 

Which is kinda like the love dare but different, its kinda hard to explain.

If you are a father,or husband MAN UP! And take the challenge.
Here is the Resolution.

The

Resolution

I DO solemnly resolve before God to take full

responsibility for myself, my wife, and my children.

I WILL love them, protect them, serve them, and teach

them the Word of God as the spiritual leader of my home.

I WILL be faithful to my wife, to love and honor her,

and be willing to lay down my life for her as

Jesus Christ did for me.

I WILL bless my children and teach them to love god with

all of their hearts, all of their minds, and all of their strength.

I WILL train them to honor authority and live responsibly.

I WILL confront evil, pursue justice, and love mercy.

I WILL pray for others and treat them with 

kindness, respect, and compassion.

I WILL work diligently to provide for the needs of my family.

I WILL forgive those who have wronged me

and reconcile with those I have wronged.

I WILL Learn from my mistakes, repent of my sins,

and walk with integrity as a man answerable to God.

I WILL seek to honor God, be faithful to His church,

obey His Word, and do His will.

I WILL courageously work with the strength God provides 

to fulfill this resolution for the rest of my life and for His glory.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua 24:15

Taken from The Resolution For Men by Alex and Stephen Kendrick.   

So will you take the challenge? I promise you it will not be easy, but it will change your life.

My Resolution

So I'm sure a lot of you have either seen or at least heard of the movie Courageous. I read the book way back before it was released in theaters. It touched me in more ways than one. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
Anyways in the movie the main character Adam Mitchell comes up with something called the resolution. It challenges all men to stand up and take responsibility for their families. Men everywhere has decided to take the resolution challenge, including me. After I read the book I decided right then that I was going to "sign" the resolution. For Christmas my wife bought me the book "The Resolution For Men". Which is kinda like the love dare but different, its kinda hard to explain.
If you are a father,or husband MAN UP! And take the challenge.
Here is the Resolution.

The

Resolution

I DO solemnly resolve before God to take full

responsibility for myself, my wife, and my children.

I WILL love them, protect them, serve them, and teach

them the Word of God as the spiritual leader of my home.

I WILL be faithful to my wife, to love and honor her,

and be willing to lay down my life for her as

Jesus Christ did for me.

I WILL bless my children and teach them to love god with

all of their hearts, all of their minds, and all of their strength.

I WILL train them to honor authority and live responsibly.

I WILL confront evil, pursue justice, and love mercy.

I WILL pray for others and treat them with 

kindness, respect, and compassion.

I WILL work diligently to provide for the needs of my family.

I WILL forgive those who have wronged me

and reconcile with those I have wronged.

I WILL Learn from my mistakes, repent of my sins,

and walk with integrity as a man answerable to God.

I WILL seek to honor God, be faithful to His church,

obey His Word, and do His will.

I WILL courageously work with the strength God provides 

to fulfill this resolution for the rest of my life and for His glory.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua 24:15

Taken from The Resolution For Men by Alex and Stephen Kendrick.   

So will you take the challenge? I promise you it will not be easy, but it will change your life.

Catching Up (Part 2)

So, we had just finished our Christmas at my parents. A few days later on Christmas eve  we went to the the Christmas eve get together that my in laws have every year. Elah got to meet most of her family on Sarah's side, an she LOVED the attention. We had alot of stuff to eat and Elah ate alot, either that or she gave it to Maggie(Her uncle Dylan's dog) without us looking.
After everyone left we opened presents with Nene and Papaw. I swear between Me and Sarah, my parents, and Sarah's parents, Elah had enough toys to last her two Christmases. Once again she had a good time playing with the wrapping paper and ribbons.
                           

Christmas at Nene and Papaws

Christmas day I had to work 9:30 to 6, so I only had Christmas morning with my two ladies. After opening so many presents at  her grandparents we were afraid she wouldn't want anything to do with opening anymore. But we were sure wrong. She had a ball, even though she was half asleep. I think her favorite thing she got was her books. She LOVES books, so we got her a backyardagains book. Even when we tried to open another present she wanted to look at that book.

Christmas Morning.

Notice my red long johns Sarah got me, complete with the butt flap. Come one you know your jealous .

So you read it plain as day on here, yes my little angel is one year old. I'm still trying to believe it. Shes growing up so fast and is getting smarter everyday, maybe alittle to smart.  Here's some pictures from her birthday party.

Its know been a few weeks since then. and Elah is walking, she still needs alittle help but just in the past few days she has really taken off. She saying more words, and is getting more rotten each day. Just tonight she figured out how to climb up on the couch and that's all she wanted to do.

My baby girl isn't a baby anymore, shes becoming a toddler. But no matter what whether shes a toddler, teenager, or a grown woman, she will always be my little baby girl.

Catching Up. (Part One)

Wow, its been a while since my last post, 3 months to be exact. I now have a little more time on my hands to blog so I'm hoping to at least make and entry once a week every Wednesday.
OK, so my last post was back in October. As you can imagine a lot has happened since then. I guess we will start with last thanksgiving. I had to work and I didn't get off till 5:30 that afternoon but Sarah had cooked thanksgiving dinner at her parents so we ate there. Elah had her a pretty good time with Nene and Papaw.

Elahs 11 month photos

OK, now on to December. It was a pretty exciting month cause for one it was Christmas time, and Elah turned one year old! can you believe it? Sadly I had to work Christmas day, I know it sucks right? But You gotta do what you gotta do I guess. Anyways a couple days before Xmas we had our Christmas get together at my grandmas house. Elah had a blast, and we got to meet our new little cousin Andrew. Elah would point at him and say "baby!" Nanny got her a little tea set as her Christmas present and she loved it. Later on that night I saw my dad and my little brother playing tea party with her. I swear she has them wrapped around her finger more than she does me. . We then went to my parents to open presents. We were afraid Elah would get bored with opening all of them but she had a good time with it. She definitely loved the paper.

Christmas and Nana and Paw paws.

To be continued.....