Some big things have been happening at the Garner home this past week...
Julien
Since day one Julien has been completely OBSESSED with his binky...seriously I don't think that I have ever seen a kid more in love with it than Julien. About a year ago we decided that he was getting older and didn't need to take it everywhere so we tried to tell him he could only have it in his bed...this slowly turned into OK only in bed and church, then we added the car, then if he sat quietly at a restaurant or in the stroller, or while we were at the Dr or in the shopping cart... It started to get a little out of hand but honestly it kept him quiet and made him happy, which made us happy so I didn't really care. I think I even said that I didn't care what people thought...if it keeps him quiet and still he can walk down the isle with that thing! And I was serious I had no plans of taking it away from him. Landon had other plans so one night a few weeks ago he cut the end off of one of his binkys and of course Julien had a meltdown and would not touch the thing cause it was "broken" After a few minutes of crying at bed time I gave Julien the spare binky. Then last week we were getting ready to go somewhere and I could NOT find his binky anywhere! We were in a hurry so we just had to leave without it...something we never do because he had to have it in the car. Surprisingly he did really well in the car without it...I just kept telling him Julien you lost it, I don't have it, you are a big boy and don't need it! That night before bed I still couldn't find it and was trying to decide if I should take a quick trip to the store or not but I decided that maybe it really was time to get rid of the binky and see if we can all survive without it. He cried for almost 2 hours that night but I was strong and didn't give in and he finally fell asleep. The next night he cried for maybe 5 minuets and then that was it! Nap times have been a different story...I used to be able to say ok its nap time and he would say ok and go get in bed, because he knew he would get his binky now its a little harder and he has even skipped quite a few naps but I at least make him go in his room and have quite time which has sometimes turned into screaming for an hour or so until I give in and let him out but the binky is gone and he doesn't even really ask for it! I just hope that we all survive the flight back to the mainland in 2 weeks! I am really proud of Julien though and he is pretty proud himself...he loves to tell everyone that he is a big boy and doesn't need his binky! I think it really helped that he was the one that lost his binky, it wasn't me taking it from him.
Kai
At just 11 weeks old Kai started sleeping through the night! He is such a good baby and an amazing sleeper! I really got blessed with such a good baby! I feed him around 10 or 10:30pm and put him down and he will sleep until 8am or 9am! His little smile and laugh and big blue eyes just melt my heart! I love that little boy and am so glad he is letting me get some more sleep!
Our Family
We have big news...we are moving back to the mainland! We have absolutely LOVED living in Hawaii and are definitely going to be sad to leave but we have decided that we want to raise our family on the mainland. We are leaving in just 10 days and when we are not running around like crazy trying to pack and clean and get everything ready we are trying to get in as much beach time as possible. We are going to have quite the adjustment going from 80-90degree weather year round to SNOW! I think Julien is going to have the biggest adjustment...he runs around all day barefoot and shirtless. He is not very excited about having to wear a jacket, socks and shoes. But we are so excited to be with family and are glad that we will get to see them all the time. We are moving back to Utah and will be staying with my parents through the Holidays and then hopefully finding our own place. It's going to be a big change but we know that it is the right thing for our family.
