Friday, November 28, 2008

Long Night!

Well, things didn't improve much last night. We, meaning Collin and I, Wyatt somehow manages to stay asleep or at least act like he's asleep-anyway-we were up most of the night. After I brought him downstairs and let him watch TV for a bit I decided to turn it off and try to get him to sleep by holding him. No luck-so we went to the nice comfy bed in the basement-didn't work. Next, I shut the door to the basement so he couldn't escape. I snuggled into bed and waited for the screaming to end and it did...for a minute.Then it sounded strangely far away?? I had shut the door and he can't open it yet...his head wouldn't fit through the cat hole...or would it?



Yes, it would! He had pushed his head through the cat hole and was trying to get the rest of his body through. Trust me it did not come back out very easily. So, needless to say this upset him even more. I finally had to give up and put him in his crib and let him cry...and cry and cry. But finally he went to sleep-only to wake up at normal time-8:30am.

I only need one sleepless night to make a doctor appointment so off we went this morning to see what was going on!?! Good news is, just a head cold. Bad news, it will have to run it's course so there may be a few more sleepless nights in our future. Strangely enough it doesn't seem to bother his napping-unfortunately I have to leave for work soon so I will have to wake him up to take him to my mom and dad's.Poor Baby!!!
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy