Blogging again?

I haven't blogged in over a year. Tristan is almost a year old! (next wednesday) I cannot believe that he is so old already! It feels like he was just born. He sure has been a handful at times, and a joy all of the time. As I think back, I find it important that I learn that all things will pass and get better with time. He didn't start sleeping through the night until 11 months old! He is a very, very light sleeper (so we have to use a fan on high as white noise, and I can't do anything during his naps). He didn't nap at all until 6 months. He still cries before each nap and bedtime. He was a very late crawler. He had a flat head and almost needed a helmet, as well as physical therapy to fix his neck. He had a heart murmur that healed itself. Now we face ourselves with a near one-year-old who vomits when he eats basically anything not completely pureed. It is hard for me to realize that he won't have these problems forever.

Along with his eating problems, I am starting to wean him this week. That was always a point of anxiety for me because he never took the bottle or binky. Not only is he very attached to me and nursing, but I was afraid he wouldn't learn the sippy cup. Well, he is doing surprisingly well with the sippy cup after introducing it very early and very consistently. He got his first taste of cow's milk yesterday, and he seemed to like it! I am going to wean him to only a morning and right before bed nursing. He started biting me, so I had to wean him earlier than expected. We have to have him completely weaned by our Anniversary trip in August.

On another baby-related note, we have been trying for another baby for 6 months now. It hasn't seemed like that long because i've had Tristan to worry about, and also because nursing can hinder getting pregnant. But in the past month, I have started getting massive baby fever again. I loved being pregnant the first time, and I want to have my babies close in age. If I got pregnant this month, they would be 20 months apart. Ricky and I both want 4 or 5 kids. Ricky used to want 3, but God has really changed our hearts on the issue. I keep fearing that i'll never want to stop! haha

Recently Ricky and I have been focusing on becoming a Christ-centered family. I have seen so many amazing improvements in our marriage, and Ricky as a leader of the household. I have been experimenting with praying for others, my family, and worshiping at church. God recently started putting people from our past back into our lives (not good people), and we have been able to deal with old issues and keep a strong marriage while doing so.

Life is pretty good right now. I believe that God put Tristan in my life for joy. I didn't realize this until this past week, but I used to have bad depression and bipolar problems, but I do not anymore. Ricky even told me that I am am much more mellow and do not have mood swings like I used to. I am excited to see what will happen next in my life.