Roho Fam: June 2016

Anderson got a baby blessing from his daddy on Sunday, June 5th. Jared gave him such a sweet blessing and reminded him of the names he carries and what great men he was named after. It was so nice to have so much of our family there to support us and Anders on such a special day. I was so worried about Anders crying through the blessing, but he slept through it and was a pleasant, sweet little guy throughout all of sacrament meeting and the after party. The day before was a totally different story. He was a bit of a demon. He was crying all day long and would not take a nap for the life of him!! So I think he got all his sad and angry emotions out then so he could be a happy boy on his special day. Really I think it was a tender mercy from above to keep mama sane! I bore my testimony about this after his blessing, but on Saturday when I was so frustrated and felt like I was failing as a mother, unable to make my baby happy no matter what I tried, and therefor making me feel like a failure of a wife as I tended to Anders all day while Jared worked his tail off around the house and outside, I was given a little hope. After one of many failed attempts to get Anders to nap, I went down to the piano and decided to try picking away at a hymn thinking maybe music and sound would make Anderson happy. I opened up the hymn book to "I Need Thee Every Hour". I was already feeling emotional and frustrated, but opening up to this hymn was a little testimony to me that I'm not in this on my own. I've thought many times about how the Lord can trust us with his children and what a big responsibility it is for me to raise my baby boy and provide him with a good, healthy life (physical, spiritual, etc.) Well in this time of frustration and the feelings of failure, this gave me hope and reminded me that I'm not alone. That I always have our Savior to turn to. This may not have made Anders stop crying, and my day was still challenging, but it really lightened my load and brought things into perspective. It's amazing how the Lord works and helps us when we need him and when we turn to him. He doesn't make everything easy or perfect at the drop of a dime, but makes it bearable and lightens our load or gives us hope through struggles. I'm so grateful for my knowledge of our Savior and for the love I have for him and that he has for me. And I'm so excited to help my baby boy grow to love our Savior. I pray that he develops a special relationship with him as he grows older.
After the baby blessing, everyone came over to our house for waffles. Who can resist my mom's waffles!! It's always fun bringing my family and Jared's family together. We had a really good time and had some nice weather.

Nana and Grandpa Ray

Anders blessing day

Great Grandpa and Grandma Anderson

Great Grandparents Anderson, Grammy Tammy, and Grandpa Kipp

Grandpa Kipp and Grammy Tammy

Napping after his big, special day

Who our little man is named after, Great Grandpa Anderson and Grandpa Ray

Today I took Anderson in to the pediatrician for his 2 month check up and vaccinations. Anders is still a little squirt. He weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. which is 1 percentile, he's 21.1 in. long which isn't even on the charts, so 0 percentile, and his head circumference is 38.1 cm. which is 16th percentile. The pediatrician isn't concerned because despite being low, he's following the growth curve perfectly. So we have a little, but a healthy boy. He was given 3 vaccines in his legs while we were there. He screamed when he was given them, but once I picked him up he nuggled on in and was totally calm. He's been sleeping for about 3 hours now since. We'll see how he is when he wakes up!

Anderson is a total mama's boy. Sometimes it's fun, but sometimes it's a pain. Sometimes daddy or others can calm him when crying, but if he's legit upset, no one can help him but mom. It's sweet for now I suppose, but I'll be happy when he's more comfortable with other people too. Come June 27th when I go back to work, he's going to have to get used to it! I'll be working every Monday and Tuesday, and every other Saturday and Sunday. Jared will be with him the weekends and work from home on Tuesdays, and on Mondays I have various family and friends to watch him each once a month. I'm hoping it goes smoothly! I'm already getting worried about my 4 shifts in a row every other week and if I'm going to miss him too much! I'll just have to make sure I'm getting lots of pictures sent to me throughout the day! I never thought I'd be this way, but I'm already getting sad thinking about spending 12+ hours away from him. But it will be good. I'm missing work, my friends there, adult interaction, using my brain, and helping sick and injured people and their loved ones. I really am so lucky to have a job I'm so passionate about! That will make it a little easier to leave my baby.

Here are some pics from our past two months together.