Welcome to Wyoming Williams’

Well we made it safe and sound. We are now Wyomininas…..Wyomites….Wyomans……ok just Googled it and we are WYOMINGITES. I was close.

The drive was long, really long. It is a long story but we ended up with a huge 26 foot truck. You should try lifting a 28 pound kid up into a huge truck over and over and over for three days. We had hoped to just drive straight through and get to Wyoming quickly but that was not the case.

We did not even leave Independence until after 10pm on Wednesday. So after only 4 hours of driving we were so emotionally and physically drained we had to stop in the Dalles and stay at a hotel. Then we drove all day on Thursday and stayed the night in Evenston Wyoming (about two hours from Rock Springs). Finally Friday morning we checked into our apartments and started unloading the truck. It was such a long trip, our bodies hurt for days from being cramped in the truck.

We love our apartment, I really mean I LOVE it. I will post pictures once we finish organizing but it is so nice and open and two bathrooms are great when you have two stinky boys living with you.

I must say that I am so glad we brought all our stuff with us. It is really helping to make this place our new “home”. There are so many familiar things that I am instantly comfortable. It was hard to pay over $1000 to rent and fuel the truck but it was the best decision we could have made.

I think I am adjusting well, I miss everyone but I have loved being with Landon. I love that the mornings are not rushed. We just snuggle and read a few books until we are ready to get going. It is also nice that Selene and Lennon are here. Ryan and Selene’s boyfriend have been friends for years and now Selene and I are getting closer. I would be lost if she were not here to talk to (it is also nice that Lennon is 2 and likes playing with Landon.)

Please pray for Landon. He has been a total grump since we got here. All he wants to do is have me hold him and watch TV. I feel so guilty that we are watching so much TV but he really can’t go more than a half an hour without a major breakdown (lying on the floor, screaming, crying, mama-ing, for twenty minutes or more). The only way to make his stop is for me to pick him up and walk around the house with him and his blankie, then sit on the couch and cuddle with the TV on.

I am really struggling with what to do with him. I know that his whole life has been turned upside down in the last few months so I feel really bad just letting him lay on the floor and cry when he wants to be cuddled. BUT I have to cook and clean and fold clothes etc…

How long should I give him to start adapting?

He is now sleeping much better (at Morgan’s he was waking up three times a night! I almost lost my mind.) I get him outside to the playground or on a walk everyday but he can only last 20 minutes at the playground before he wants me to just hold him. He wont play or climb or eat rocks. He just wants to be held. He is also VERY tired he starts rubbing his eyes an hour after he wakes up from his naps. Yes, he still has two naps an hour in the morning and three sometimes three and a half in the afternoon.

I am kind of frustrated because I feel guilty for changing his life but I know that it was worth it to stay home with him. Now Ryan leaves on Sunday for two weeks and I know that will just make Landon worse. Prayers and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Well sorry this was so long! I hope to start posting two times a week. I am working on a post with some of Landon’s birthday festivities! Hope you come back and read it!