Love and Logic

Kyle and I went to the parenting class "Becoming a Love and Logic Parent." Kyle thinks the concept is great, I still need to be sold on it a little more. Basically the love and logic method teaches parents to hold their children accountable. It causes the child to see the parent as the "good guy" and the child's poor decision as the "bad guy." Last night was the first two modules and there are 4 more modules.
Besides the parenting class we also had a pre-deployment thing last night. I have been pretty numb to this deployment up until this point, and it has hit me this is really happening. We have known about it basically since the day he set foot on the ground from the last deployment, but it seems so unreal still. Saying goodbye to your husband for a year is not an easy thing, especially knowing he is going to an unsafe place. This is our third deployment since we have been married, and his fourth overall, it is crazy how much he is gone. I am thankful that we have a strong marriage to withstand these times apart as they are not easy. He has now been home a little over a year and the time has flown by and what changes we have had. I spent 9 months of it pregnant and now 3 1/2 months of it have been spent loving our little Gunnar. Kyle and I are fully relying on God to get us through this. It is especially hard on Kyle this time, having to say goodbye to not just me, but Gunnar. Gunnar will change so much while he is gone, and I will do my best to keep him updated through email, pictures, and videos it won't be the same. He also doesn't look forward to spending another year dirty and hot.
More fun stuff, Gunnar and I are still battling this thrush. I have tried all week to make an appointment at the health clinic, but keep getting told they are booked for the day and they aren't scheduling any appointments in advance. So frustrating. I even set the alarm to call them right at seven so I can be first in line the last three days. Today I sat on hold for 15 minutes, and apparently I called a minute to early so I was going to be sitting on hold all day. When I tried again at 7:15 I was caller #5. When she got to me, she said "sorry, I just booked the last appointment for the day." I feel horrible for Gunnar and really hope it doesn't hurt. I am in a little pain from the infection, but I worry more about Gunnar than myself.
Enough sad stuff, here are some pictures from yesterday. We really were busy, running around pretty much all day. Gunnar did great all day, and only got fussy at the parenting classes when he was exhausted.
Gunnar loves putting anything in his mouth he can get his hands on, even his own hands.

Here is some proof that Gunnar does sleep in his own crib at night, but the swing is his favorite for naps. He is pretty good about holding on to things now and likes his snuggley bear and doggy.


This cracks me up, it is a few days old, but oh well. Kyle was sitting in the back with Gunnar on the way home from the Black Forest. Gunnar like I have mentioned hates the car and was screaming his little head off. Kyle was doing everything he could think of to calm the boy down. Finally, it got quiet I turned around and he had the blanket over both of their heads and both were sound asleep, Kyle with his head in Gunnar's lap.