3 months!

James continues to be our angel baby. He's happy, patient, quiet, and content.

At 3 months old, his typical schedule is:

bath around 7pm
nurse about 7:30
bed 8pm
cry for 15-20 min. (sometimes we have to go into help him but many times he's fallen asleep after crying 20 min. There's been 2 or 3 times this month where I've put him to bed wide awake and he puts himself to sleep. SO awesome)!!
He wakes up once at night - usually around 2:30 or 3:30am, eats and goes right back to sleep (usually only 1/2 hour). We had a couple nights this past month of sleeping till 5am! It was amazing!
His longest night sleeping stretch this month was 9 hours!
Naps are still hit or miss which I'm ok with since he's sleeping so good at night.

The earlier bedtime has been so nice - it's wonderful having a little bit of time to myself at night before bed. James continues to be loved and adored by his brother and sisters. I love hearing Calvin say things like, "Let me see James - I haven't gotten to see him yet. . . Oh he's so cute. . . . James is the sweetest baby ever."

There's usually always someone ready and willing to play with him, read to him, and hang out with him so I can get things done around the house.

When James isn't napping (crying or making noises in his bed) one of the other kids will usually go in, rock his cradle, sing him a song, read him a book, and next thing I know James will be asleep. I can always tell when Calvin's the one who got James to sleep cause he'll have all sorts of toys tucked around him! 

May 7th was James' first time in the bumbo. Love having him be able to sit up and not always laying on the floor or in our arms. 

LOVE him SO much!!

Camarillo Stake Ward boundary changes

On April 24th a stake meeting was called to discuss new ward boundaries. At the meeting our 5 Camarillo wards were condensed to 4 wards. Everyone was released from their ward callings (all stake callings stayed the same) except for 4 of the Bishops. Our Camarillo 6th ward became Santa Rosa ward. The changes were pretty crazy for most people - our ward didn't change too much though. 

It was weird being released from my calling like that. After serving as Primary President for over 3 years it seemed very sudden. I breathed a huge sign of relief though and felt a weight lifted from my shoulders! An official thank you was emailed to me later that evening. 

I was able to enjoy a full 4 days without a calling. Then Thursday evening Bishop Whetten came over  with a calling for me - Primary President! He apologized and let me know that he is very aware of our family situation with new baby and all. My name wasn't even on his list, but the feeling to call me kept coming back to him.  Ya, I had my fingers crossed for a more chill calling, but I love serving in primary and am ok with getting to serve just a little bit longer.

It's been a few busy weeks since then and we almost have our primary reorganized. Life just doesn't seem to be slowing down. It's killing me not to have my blog updated. I've got a bunch of posts to finish. James is growing so fast and I can't document all that I want to. Soon!!