Happy New Year!

It's so hard for me to believe that 2010 is upon us-where did the time go? It seems as if it was just yesterday that I thought I was pregnant and really was not and ended up having to have surgery. I remember thinking that this Christmas I would not have a child and with that I wondered how I would feel. But as you already know-God is so good and blessed both Luke and I with our adorable little guy! We are so in love!

As I sit here and type, I'm trying to not get my hopes up-last night Liam slept through the entire night! Oh how wonderful it was! He ate at 9:30 pm and went to sleep at 10 pm in his crib. He did not get up until 6:00 am! It was SO NICE! So, while I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tonight and night's to come, I also don't want to get my hopes up just yet! But oh how great it would be if he starts sleeping through the night, especially since I am going back to work on the 11th!

Luke's sister is here and we ware so happy about that! Once again, the Lord has answered our prayers and provided a care taker for our little one. I was so not wanting to put him in daycare nor with someone I did not know-but like always, the Lord provided. We couldn't have asked for more. I will miss Liam terribly when I go back to work-so it will be interesting to see how that all pans out!

I'm really looking forward to 2010. I'm believing that God is going to do some great things in the Bennett household. I'm getting ready create my 2010 dream board-a board that allows me to express what I hope for in 2010 and beyond. I went to Michael's the other day and bought some really cool supplies-so, I'm excited about developing a piece that will encourage me to follow after the dreams that the Lord has placed within my heart! I'll be sure to post a picture once I complete it!

New Mommy Diary!

OK, last night Luke tried to put Liam down for bed. Well, after a few minutes, he just wasn't into it nor ready to go to sleep. So, once he started doing that frantic crying, I picked him up and held him and comforted him until he calmed down. Once he calmed down, I took him to his room to lay him on his changing table to give him a nice clean diaper. OH MY is all I can say. When I TRIED to lay him down on the changing table, he not only gripped me, but screamed bloody murder! Honestly, I HAD NO CLUE what was wrong with him. HE LOVES being on the changing table because he gets to look at the wall and the picture on the wall that just brings him much delight! So to have him scream bloody murder when he was put on the table, just baffled me! Luke also tried to lay him down and he did the same thing to him.

Needless to say, the only thing we could think of was that he either had a bad dream about the changing table (Yea I know, this may be far-fetched), or, he just really felt that by being on the changing table, he then would go straight to bed afterwards and he just wasn't having it. Thank-goodness, once he did get to sleep and such, his fear of the table seems to have diminished. It was absolutely crazy the way he responded.

The good news in all of this is that Liam slept for nearly 7 hours straight last night!! Now, let me preface this with saying that we did place him on his tummy. I have really come to the conclusion that this boy is a tummy sleeper and the ONLY way he will sleep for long periods of time is on his tummy. Not only does he settle down quicker, but he doesn't startle himself so easily and he just seems so much more content. So, I truly think this is the only thing we can do at this point and with that, every night I have to tell myself-God is in control-I'm not. I pray that the Lord would watch over this love of my life and that He would give him peaceful and good sleep! I've come to realize in life that once you truly realize that you really are not in control, you are then free to just truly trust God in everything and with that, come a peace like never before!

Here's to hoping for good sleep tonight! :)