Happy Lent... which apparently means springtime. I'm feeling my weakness pretty well today...overwhelmed with things to do, commitments to meet and some general adversity.. but I'm hoping I will find the springtime during this Lenten journey this year. And when I think of the Christians at the hands of ISIS, I feel pretty bad in complaining.
Instead of giving something up this Lent, I'm sharing the #sharejesus (redeemedonline.com) videos on Facebook. Have you heard of Fr. Leo... the cooking priest? He's pretty great.
I wasn't able to get my act together for Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas. Not even a Christmas tree or a nativity set went up in our house. I know, depressing. So Valentine's day was a priority this month. It's a special holiday for us because it was the day we went on our first date! So it's our dating anniversary. I was able to make simple paper hearts to put up around the house and even get a little surprise present for my very deserving husband. Unfortunately, the chocolate rose cake I tried making was an epic fail... and an epic explosion in my oven. Better luck next year.
Everyone... everyone... in Portugal always asks me when they see I have a baby, "Does she sleep well?" I always smile and nod, and answer, "yes, reasonably". However, I have no idea if she sleeps well. Some days I guess she does, others not, and I never have any clue why. Her sleep is as elusive to me as a unicorn galloping in the forest.
She used to sleep eleven hours, wake up once (sometimes twice) and go easily back to sleep after breastfeeding. Now for the past week she's been waking up at 1am and has a really hard time getting back to sleep. The night before last it took three hours of crying and squirming in her crib while I held her there and tried to sing, offer her a pacifier, etc. Then yesterday I stumbled upon this post and thought, to heck with sleep training, and last night at one o'clock I tried cradling and rocking. It worked like a charm... UNTIL I thought she was deep asleep three times and tried putting her in bed and the beast woke up inside her. So I gave up and she finally went to sleep in her bed, me insisting and with her pacifier. Two hours later. I still think sleep training is it.
What do St. Valentine, love and 50 Shades of Grey have in common? The fact that the movie is premiering on Valentine’s Day (or Sts. Cyril and Methodius day) and that many people will see it while on a date shows there is a little confusion about these concepts.
We went to a restaurant... a pretty rare thing these days. Addie behaved just like a little lady in her big girl chair. As long as she has bread to eat, she's happy.
