Monday, July 14, 2008

No more pacifier face!!

I recently noticed that in almost all of the recent pictures of Collin he has a pacifier in his mouth. I thought it was time to get rid of it all though it has been a great friend to Collin!! Everyone has an opinion on how to do it. We decided to go cold turkey so it required my mom to agree to get rid of all pacifiers in her house too. In other words, no pacifiers for my nieces either. My 3 year old niece still used one and you can tell it is messing up her teeth. She stopped a couple of times but the smaller kids always had one and so they eventually would reappear in her mouth.

So about a week ago we began the torture. Actually for the first few days it didn't seem too bad until bedtime. He goes to sleep but he doesn't stay asleep. He was such a good sleeper but that has all changed. I'm hoping things will get back to normal soon. Of course he is teething again so he is extra fussy.

It is nice to be able to see his smile instead of seeing the pacifier. He is also trying to talk more so hopefully not having that thing in his mouth all the time will help with that.

Peyton and Alexis have been over the last few days. Those kids are really a big help. Collin loves having them around, he has constant playmates and they love to entertain him. Alexis babysat for him all day on Friday so I could spend the day with my mom. That seemed to go well.

It has been so cute the last couple of mornings. We usually put him in our bed when he wakes up early in the morning.When he decides it's time to get up he crawls over me and slides off the bed. He will stand there and look at me until I open my eyes and then he says "bye bye" and waves. His next stop is Peyton's room. He pushes open Peyton's door and goes in his room and starts yelling until Peyton wakes up. He steals one of Peyton baseball hats and then says "bye bye", waves and heads back to our room. He has to put the hat on someone which makes him laugh and then he does the bye bye and heads back to Peyton's room. Poor Peyton gets about as much sleep as we do, which isn't much lately!

We are actually ale to decipher some of the things Collin is saying now. He says bye bye and goodbye really well!

Tomorrow we are headed to Zoombezi Bay (the old Wyandotte Lake) for the annual Police Picnic. We are taking all of the kids so it should be a fun time.Wyatt and I both have gone to this picnic since we were kids. We joke that we actually probably met eachother there when we were younger. Hopefully I will have some pictures to post.
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New Pictures

We had new pictures taken of Collin. You can click the Flash link to the left and look for Heather Wilson and the password is Collin. He did not have the best session. He was in a great mood in the waiting room but as soon as we went in to the studio that all changed. I probably should have had a reshoot on a later date but I really wanted 4th of July pictures. We need to go back to Tenille King!!

Take a look.
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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