God is SO good!

So, I had a great surprise this past Saturday! I met my friend Stacy at Firewheel Mall and after shopping in a few stores we were just walking down the sidewalk and she stops and says (something like this, I don't remember exactly) "There is something that I want to talk to you about that has been weighing on my heart." At this point, I start to freak out and wonder what the heck is going on. She then says (with tears in her eyes) "I think God is calling me to stop seeing my 'kids' on Tuesdays and Thursdays so that I can watch Pierce." I almost fell over in shock...and then I got tears in my eyes! Stacy is a speech pathologist and sees kids on the side on Tues and Thurs so that she can be a stay at home mom to her little girl Ani. She has been very stressed about her workload and knows that God is telling her to slow down. She watched Pierce for me last week and had an absolute blast...enough so that she wants to watch him EVERY week. I told her that the day I found out I was pregnant, Sheldon and I said to each other, "I wish Stacy could watch him!" And now, she is opening her heart and her home to our little guy and I could not be happier!! As many of you know, I sent out a prayer request before Christmas for God to bring the right person into our lives to watch Pierce and I found a lady that I really liked in Coppell. Well, that was the only catch now before Stacy could watch him. The lady in Coppell requires 4 weeks notice before you stop using her. I was fully prepared to take Pierce there for 4 weeks because I didn't want her to think I was some sort of flake or something. Well, when I dropped him off on Monday (his first day with her) I told her the situation and she was totally cool with it and said to bring Pierce to her this week and then take him to Stacy the next. She thought that would be better for him that getting used to her for a month and then going somewhere else. Doesn't God work in great ways?!

So, now onto Monday. I know that his lady is all about structured routine and honestly, we don't really have a routine yet. I feed Pierce when he's hungry and try to get him to nap when he's tired. Sometimes we aren't successful. Well, she watches 6 other kids so I totally understand why she wants each kid to be on a routine. So, I go to pick him up Monday after work and she says to me, "Do you have a few minutes to come in and sit down?" Ugh, yikes!! She basically told me what I already knew...long story short...that he needed to be on a better schedule and it would result in a happier baby. So, I left there feeling pretty bummed out that he hadn't had a good day and my sleep last night proved it, I think I was lucky to get 4 hours all night =( So, this morning I tried something a little different when Pierce woke up. He was up at 4:45 am (I had been up since 4) and after talking to himself for about 15 minutes, he started to get fussy. I wanted to see if he would go back to sleep because honestly, I don't want him in the habit of waking up that early all the time, especially on weekends! Well, after about 15 minutes of fussing, he eventually went back to sleep until I went and got him at 6:15. I was so proud of him for learning to self-soothe! I'm hoping this will make nap time a little easier. So, I drop him off this morning and prayed for a better day. When I went to get him, Tammy said to me, "Well, yesterday I told you all the bad things, but today...he was a PERFECT BABY!!" I was so freakin' excited to hear that. He actually went 4 hours between feedings and took a couple good naps. He didn't even need his pacifier all day long. I was so proud of him =)

So anyways, God has done great things. I feel that He has put Tammy in our lives for this week for a reason (maybe to get us on a schedule?!) and He has provided Stacy, a wonderful friend to me and a loving caregiver to Pierce. What a great start to the New Year.

Below are some pictures of Pierce in his new high chair, though it's just one of those booster type things that can sit on the table or in the chair when he gets bigger. He loves it and he loves eating in it. The kid can put down some food and we are having to move to stage 2 foods already because he's eating us out of house and home!!