Hello, Again

Sorry it's been so long since I have posted. We have been so crazy busy with everyone's schedules. S's birthday is on Saturday (her party too) and I haven't even gone shopping for any of it. I'm still giving out invitations... I know... very bad, but I just have been way too busy. I'm going at lunch today to get party favors and decorations. M is meeting me with the boys after work so we can begin her present shopping. I'll finish that up on Friday because that is the next time that we are not bombarded with extracirricular activities. Oh, did I mention that her party is a sleepover... 10-12 screaming little 6 & 7 year old girls. I am going to be out of my mind. I am preparing tons of food and activites so maybe they will just stay busy until they crash. We did this last year and it actually went over very well. I'm looking forward to it again this year. Hopefully mommy will offer to watch D so that he doesn't stay up the whole night. It would be totally unfair to ask the girls to be quiet so that he can sleep. Even though his room is on the opposite end of the house from S's, so is ours and we could hear them clear as day last year. They are so funny when they think that an adult is not around to hear them. They try to act so grown up and know-it-all. It's way too cute, but I really hope to not have another girl.

H is doing wonderful! He is so "age appropriate." That's a new term that I learned last week from my girl friend Keri (mother of 3 boys). When she is asked how the boys are, she just says "they are age appropriate." I think that's a good way to express it. H is by no means a bad behaved child. In fact, he is one of the better ones that I have seen (I'm not just saying that because he is my son). But he does try to push his boundaries every once in a blue moon. He hates to clean up after himself, but I am so big into cleanliness and organization that he really doesn't have a choice. It's either do it or no TV and no friends over. So obviously he decides to clean.

D, on the other, may have a little more attitude than what is "age appropriate." He has a mind of his own... it either goes his way or no way. A little spoiled you ask, I say absolutely. He is spoiled by bubba and sissy, mommy and daddy, granny and papa, and anyone else that he comes into contact with. Do I regret it, not for a minute! But I guess I should be truthful and admit that all of our children are spoiled. That's just what we do. This is a question to anyone out there that has an infant: Does your child wear assorted sizes of clothes? D is 8 months old now, but he can wear anything from 0-9 months. Of course, some 0 months are way too small and some 9 months are way too big. It's weird. He's not small by any means. He was 28 inches long and 18 lbs 6 oz at this appointment in July. He has another one at the beginning of October. I'm anxious to see how much he has grown.

M and I are doing great. Always on the go. I'm ready to just slow down for a day or two, but it doesn't look like that it going to happen anytime soon. It's ok though because I love the life of a mommy... never a dull moment.

I'm still disliking my job tremendously. I should be hearing something about my teaching certification in about two weeks. I am sooooooooo ready to get started on that! My ideal situation would be to start teaching when school is back in session after Christmas break. The more logical solution will be that I won't get an available position until school starts back next Fall. That would be fine with me as long as I knew that eventually I will be out of here.

Have a good day everyone!