Week 50 - Beautiful feelings

We live in a crazy, sometimes dark, always beautiful world. In my life thus far, I've learned that the things that make life worth living are the people that we love and the people that love us. Everything else goes away. 

Thank you for reading my blog. Chances are, you are one of those people to me.  

It's almost been a whole year since I've started this thing. It hasn't always been easy. Many weeks, I just feel like there is nothing that I want to say. At least not until I start writing. Jay's birthday is next Friday, so I've got a blog to make up between now and then. Thus, I'll leave it here for now.

Have a great weekend.

Week 49 - A place of our own

Visiting family is great. It really is. But there's something really nice about being home in your own house, in your own bed, in your own routine. Especially around the holidays. This seems to become more and more true every year that I get older. Having a family of your own let's you start your own traditions and enjoy all those things that made the holidays great when you were a kid new again. Plus, you don't have a 24 hour drive hanging over your head when you're already home.

I'm particularly positive about being home this time, since it allowed us a chance to really commit to sleep training Jay. It hasn't been a cakewalk, but it's working! And a teaspoon of progress is worth a pound of lost sleep in our yearlong battle. He even went the entire night last night in his crib, no intervention needed from us. It's great. It really is. I hope it keeps up.

We've got a good life here. And it's all ours. Sometimes, that's worth more than you think.