Sleepin' single in his mini bed....

...  Last night makes the 2nd night that Micah has slept in his own bed.  No, I'm not talking about his bassinet sitting right next to my side of the bed.  I'm speaking of his own little bed in his own bedroom...all the way across the hallway from our bedroom.

I've mixed feelings about this.  There are pros and cons to him going to his own bed.  And, I knew that eventually it had to happen.  But I miss my Cuddle Bug!  He's growing up WAY too fast for his Momma.  And, I'm sure his Daddy is glad to have more than 1/4 of the bed back to sleep on.  Yes, 1/4.  We seemed to give Micah all the room and both of us have slept with our rear ends or other parts of our bodies hanging off the sides of our Queen bed to give our wee one all the room he needed.  LOL

I am pretty sure that on weekends we'll still probably bring him into bed with us.  But, it seems to be working very well for him to be in his own room during the week.

Oh!  And, he slept from 11 pm until ... NOW!  7:30 am and I'm headed in there to wake him up.

Change is inevitable.

Life is a dynamic entity which the basic premise of is ... change.  Some change we enact with conscious decisions and actions seeking a certain kind of alteration for an outcome that will be beneficial to us or those around us.  Some change is totally out of our control, but it is the spirit with which we receive it that makes it either a positive or negative experience in our lives.

There are so many changes going on in my life right now and continue to.  Some I have control over and some I do not.  Am I worried about the ones I do not?  Well, of course I am.  Anytime someone else has the ability to affect change for us without our say so or conscious decision, then it will always be a time of uncertainty.  In my Polly Anna view of life, I would hope and pray that the upcoming changes will be for the better...for everyone concerned.

I pray that those that are getting ready to go through change will have the ability to accept the changes and to see the positives that these changes can bring about.

"Our only security is our ability to change."  ~John Lilly

Shades of grey...

 Sometimes that is how we go through life.  One day to the next is not but a smidgen different than the day before.  But, what if we dare to seek within the various shades of grey?  Is grey not also a color?  Indeed it is.  And, once we begin to explore the subtle differences and variances within the shades we begin to see in true color.


Life can change for us once we open our eyes and truly see what is around us... and see the honesty within those images.  Fragments of time exposed in our hearts and mind... indelibly... forever... shape who we are.  All to often we allow others to paint the picture that is us.  It is not until we take up the paint brush ourselves and direct the strokes that we gain a better insight into the work of art that we are... each a beauteous creation.