Erika Bonham dot com

November 11, 2007

I have been busy lately and haven’t really had much to write about. We had our house painted and it is now the color “camelback” and white and looks much cleaner and nicer and fresher. I will post a picture, but I want to wait until we get our new door and garage door so you can see all the newness at once. Maybe I will post a before and after picture. Hopefully that will all happen soon.

Ethan has been busy and trying my patience. I am trying to be consistent and a good mommy, but sometimes it is hard. I have been praying about it a lot and reading a book that is very encouraging. It talks about how we need to be changing their hearts and not just their behaviors. It has a lot of scripture to back up it’s points and I am hoping that I can put it all into practice and be a goldly mama and raise godly children. The book is called Shepherding a Child’s Heart

Tegan is 8 months old and full on crawling. She has started getting into stuff and doesn’t like to be left alone. Still no teeth, still not sleeping so well. I tried three nights this last week to put her in her crib in with Ethan and each night, she woke up screaming. Ethan seemed to sleep through it, although he put his silkie on his head while it was all happening. The third night, I took her out and put her back in the office. I guess it could work, but I am not willing to sacrifice the other child’s sleep- Tegan waking Ethan up at night and Ethan waking Tegan up at the crack of dawn. I don’t know what to do. Any advice on this? I wish she were a better sleeper, but what can I do?

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