Bedtime is a Battle

I'm happy to say that I am officially done with classes..... for two weeks. Then I start right back in again!! Ugh, I feel like I will never get finished! I have to brag on myself a little bit though (and I hate bragging) but I ended both classes with a 97%!!! I couldn't believe it! I was so proud of myself - as you can tell :) It is my goal now to get an A in every class. We'll see how that goes though! 

In reference to my title of this post, the last two nights have been terrible for Copeland at bedtime. He has always done GREAT with bedtime. We had our little routine, read a book, brush teeth, turn on music, pray, and then I would just lay him down. Piece of cake. Not these last two nights... I don't know what the heck is going on. Last night he actually slept with us in our bed because he would cried and cried both times we tried to lay him down. He would just keep saying "hold it, hold it" which is what he says when he wants us to hold him. He acts scared. It did storm yesterday and the thunder was pretty bad, and that is the only thing I can think of that would be bothering him, but today was beautiful and I would have thought he would have forgotten about it by now. Tonight he actually laid down, but I held his hand through his crib for almost a half hour. Is this normal??? After months and months of going to bed on his own?? I know it has only been two nights, but I just don't know what to do. Hopefully it won't last long! I mean I will do anything for that little booger, but I really want to stick to our normal bedtime routine. 

Anyway, just say a little prayer for us if you think about it! :) 

Hope everyone is having a good week. 

Today after Beau got home from work, I went for a walk  - by myself! Usually I take Copeland but it was kinda nice to just listen to my music and get some me time. I was listening to Natalie Grant and she has a song called Wonderful Life. Part of the chorus is "Everything's alright...it's a perfect day to be alive.... cause it's a wonderful life right now". I thought, how true this is. Although I have heartache, today is a great day to be alive! I want to know everything is alright and I want to feel alive! I haven't really felt this way the past few months. But I'm going to start!! Everyday is a great day to be alive. 

I'm thankful for each day God allows me to be alive!! 

Comparison

I just had to compare these FL pics of Copeland. 

April 09 - miami

June 08-sarasota

October 07 - sarasota

Wow, he sure has grown!! I thought this was fun and cute! :) 

Back to Reality :(

We are home from FL. Things have been crazy busy ever since! Unpacking, laundry, getting groceries (we had nothing), school, and just trying to get back in our own routine!! We had a great time though, and we hated to come home :) We went to the Miami Seaquarium, the beach, a water park, did a little shopping, went to south beach, and just hung out with my sister Alicia and her hubby. Copeland did great - except one night - he woke up throwing up... and did off and of for about 3 hours. The next morning he was fine though and was begging to go play! Then he got a cold and was pretty out of if one day... but that didn't seem to slow him down. We loaded him up with Tylenol and hit the beach! The first day we were at the beach he kept saying mama snow... snow.. and I kept telling him it was sand, cute little guy :) They are so funny at this age. By the end of our trip Copeland was saying "home?" "bye bye?" I think he was ready to get home, but I'm pretty sure he enjoyed his aunite she-she and uncle matt (with the t's being silent!) Every morning since we have been home he has been asking for them.
Here are some pics.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
(there are quite a few pics, sorry. this is not even half of them!!)

This is the day Copey didn't feel very well from his cold... you can kinda see snot on his nose haha

not feeling well.. daddy doesn't look so good either lol


alicia and matt


easter sunday



at the beach!



at south beach


he loved the sand!





cheesing with his shades on :)


at the seaquarium











Untill next time! God Bless!!

I have thought about writing several times and just didn't really have anything to say. We haven't really done a whole lot lately. The weather has been cold or rainy, so we have just been stuck inside a lot! We went out to play for a little bit yesterday, but the wind was so bad we didn't last long. The day before we went shopping all day!! It was exhausting but fun. Beau's best friend Zane was here for a few days. He stopped in on his way to Cali. We love having company, and Beau enjoyed seeing his buddy. 

We are heading to FL next week and we are soo ready for that warm  sunshine!! Alicia, my sister, lives down there and we will be staying with her and her husband for a week. Can't wait! I should have lots of pics to post after that! :) I've kinda slacked on the pics lately. 

We are starting to plan for Copeland's 2nd birthday! (it's not till next month, but i get excited haha)  I cannot believe he is going to be 2. Where did the time go??? He is a crazy, all boy, boy... and we love every second of it! His new thing right now is to take all the couch cushions off and jump on the couch! I shouldn't let  him but it keeps him entertained while stuck inside and it's pretty funny too! We are hoping to get him a trampoline for his bday. Well this post is kind of all over the place, so I'll wrap it up. I have lots of projects and school work to get done before our vacation, so I'll post when we get back. 

God Bless!! :)