Breakthrough

Yes... I know I am behind on my blog (Christmas, Lincoln's Blessing, etc)... but I had to put this blog up.

Lincoln found his thumb! He isn't the best thumb sucker yet... but enough that he is sleeping longer through the night. We are SO happy about that. Lincoln is sleeping 6-8 hours at night the last few nights. Yee-haw! The only bad thing is he still doesn't go to sleep until 1-3am. We will work on that next. First we just need the AMOUNT of sleep to be great. Then we will work on the timing of it.

Go Lincoln! (I hope I am not jinxing him by putting up this blog)

Lincoln's Two Month Checkup

Well, Lincoln just got back from his two month checkup.... yes, he screamed bloody murder when he got his shots. The receptionist asked me after if that was Lincoln singing a song :D. Yes, that was my son, hahaha.

Anyways, as a comparison between my three children:

PARKER:
Birth:
8 lbs 7 oz (75th percentile)
19 1/2 inches long (40th percentile)

2 MONTHS:
9 lbs 10 oz (10th percentile)
21 1/2 inches long (50th percentile)
36 cm head circumference (maybe 0 percentile)

TYLER:
Birth:
8 lbs 0 oz (50th percentile)
20 inches long (50th percentile)

2 MONTHS:
11 lbs 4 oz (40th percentile)
22 inches long (20th percentile)
I don't have his measurements for his head.

LINCOLN
Birth:
8 lbs 3 oz (60th percentile)
20 inches long (50th percentile)

2 MONTHS:
11 lbs 2 oz (35th percentile)
23 inches long (50th percentile)
39 cm head circumference (25th percentile)

....So Parker had a rough start to this world... so that is probably why he didn't weight much at his two month check up. But just by looking at Parker's I thought "oh hey, Lincoln is way bigger. Maybe I will have a bigger kid yet." Then I looked at Tyler's two month measurements and saw he weight 2 ounces more then Lincoln at this age. So then I thought "Oh never mind... he will probably be a little stick boy also". Hahahah. Oh, but check out the size of Lincoln's head! I have never had a kid have a head over 20th percentile! No wonder he doesn't fit his tie I try to put on him for church.

There was a girl who was getting weighed before Lincoln this morning that was also two months old. She weighs almost 5 pounds more then Lincoln. It is truly amazing the range kids can have at the same age.

A sad note... the medical assistant, Alicia, for our amazing doctor, Scott Peterson, is going to have a baby next month. We will miss not seeing her at each visit. She is the greatest! The new person who is being trained seems cool though. But we will sure miss Alicia. I am glad she is going to have a girl though. Most of the people I know are having boys... so I am glad girls exist too. :D.

Oh another note: I need Lincoln to find his thumb ASAP!!! He doesn't really like the pacifier much. He can't quite find his thumb... so he wakes up searching for something to suck on. So I try to help him find his thumb or else he sucks on my finger. Needless to say... I don't get much sleep. Please find your thumb soon Lincoln! Tyler was the same way... slept horribly until he found his thumb around 10 weeks of age. Can I survive two more weeks? I hope so.

Mixed Emotions

So I know the whole purpose of having your child blessed is to have their name on the records of the church... but I am having mixed emotions right now. Let me explain:

I realized after Lincoln was born that January 11, 2009 was a Sunday! I was so excited. The reason I was so excited was that was the EXACT date that Parker was blessed in 2004. I remember dates quite often and I know that was the day my youngest sister, Sharolyn, gave her "homecoming" talk after serving a mission in Philadelphia. Parker was blessed along with his cousin Reese. I was so excited to have Lincoln blessed on the same day and have that tie with him.

I was also excited because we were changing the time we went to church from 1-4 last year to 9-12 this year. 1-4 church is HORRIBLE when you have young children who need naps.

So a week ago our Stake President informed our ward that there would be boundary changes to the wards in our stake to even them out more as our ward had way more people then the other wards. We were told the changes would be told to us on Jan. 4... yesterday. I figured we would be a part of the main part of the ward and wouldn't have to worry about things, though I would be sad to see some of my friends go to other wards and not see them each Sunday.

Boy was a wrong... and this leads to my mixed emotions:

1. In the meeting last night we were informed that we would be moved from the Aspen 9th ward to the Aspen 6th Ward. We were also informed that we would be attending at a different church building. We were also informed we would be attending church from 1-4pm again.

Just thinking about this makes me want to cry. This is why:

I want to cry because we are back to the nightmares of Tyler not getting a nap on Sundays because of church from 1-4. I want to cry even more because we will be blessing our son, Lincoln, in a building where 2/3 of the ward doesn't know us, and don't know Parker. I want to cry even more because we are going to a building where we were with Parker for 2 months (as a new building was built). I have so many memories of Parker in the 9th ward building... memories of him running up and down the halls and seeing all of his friends in the ward. All the people in the 9th ward who were there with us at his funeral (which was in that building).... How do I find closure when I was expecting this? I wasn't ready for this change. I wasn't ready to move churches. I want to cry.

My friends who remain in the 9th ward also moved to the 1-4 time slot for church... so now they won't be able to come to see Lincoln blessed even if I invite them because they will need to be there as the new people who are now a part of the 9th ward come the first week. I love the 9th ward... I have served so many and love them so much and they have served us so much and helped us through the hard times with Parker and this past year when we lost our jobs. My testimony has grown so much in that ward.

I know I will find more friends in the 6th ward and we will help each other grow together... but it is just so hard right now. I don't know how to get the sadness out.

One positive note: Rodger was called to be the Ward Clerk in our new ward. I am so excited for him to have this opportunity. It will help him grow so much. Go Rodger!