Today was the day we....

Well, we....

1. Changed from an international adoption to a dometic adoption.

2. Went to get our fingerprints and should have been in and out in 15 minutes but ended up being there for over an hour due to a mix up and the change in our adoption. This with our kids and in a very small office.

3. I got sick today and it is just so hard to be sick and get anything done. I hate being sick

4. Realized that we will be getting a baby in our house sooner than we were thinking and need to do some planning and preparing. It is still awhile off but not as long.

5. Put our daughter in time out at least 6 times (this morning)

6. Watched the season premeire of Gilmore Girls. I really enjoy that show.

7. Need to go to bed because we all need to be heading out the door a little after 8am tomorrow morning and that is a feat that I do not feel up to at this moment. I hope I wake up feeling better.



( I will put more information on my adoption link soon)

Dress-up at Grandma's house

What?

My husband just explained to me that he used to wish that he could use his sleeping time more productively. So instead of having dreams he wanted to figure out things, like solve problems. I already thought this was crazy but he then proceded to tell me that he is able to do this now. He wakes up most mornings with an idea that he worked out in his head, in his sleep. I think he is crazy. If there was ever a time to take a break and relax it would be while you are actually sleeping. I don't know what else to say but that he is one of a kind for sure.

It's a boy!

A beautiful baby was born last night. I was asked to be a doula and the woman had her baby last night. It has been a long journey for her, from starting to go into labor at 32 weeks and being put on bed rest to being induced 10 days late. I got there at 5p.m. and they had started her on pitocin at around 4p.m. She labored really well and her husband was a great support. I was amazed at how well she did. She stayed calm and really just took one contraction at a time. Then she delivered a very healthy 9lbs. 9oz. baby completely naturally! We were all shocked. He is just perfect and the mom and baby are doing well. I am so glad that I got to be a part of such an amazing miracle.

I Did It

I am very proud to say that I had a great two days and I did not get a lot done but just enjoyed myself. Thanks to my wonderful husband I got to go out to breakfast with a friend (for 4 and a half hours), get some shopping done, buy myself a purse, watch a movie in bed, take a bath, read the paper and drink coffee, go to a ladies tea, and now I am getting ready to go out to dinner with some of my family. Am I spoiled or what? I have loved every minute of being alone but I am missing my kids and husband and am looking forward to them coming home.

There were these questions in a magazine I was reading and I thought they were fun so I am going to answer them on here.

1. Life would be simpler if....

I knew that I was always doing the best thing for my kids and family and we never had to say good bye

2. I feel most beautiful....

After being outdoors either riding my bike or hiking or walking or after a good swim

3. The quality I like least about myself is...

Worrying that everyone else is happy and not mad and not just being able to relax

4. Something that no one knows about me is....

That being social makes me tired and I can only do it for a little while at a time without getting really worn out

5. Guilties pleasure?

Reading magazines

6. My favorite possession is...

My house

7. When I was little I wanted to be.....

A mom

8. What surprises me most about my adult life is...

Everything, where I live ( in a city), homeschooling, my husbands job ( land developer), the list could go on and on

9. The big decision I'm currently wrestling with is...

Should I join a gym and swim a few days a week or wait until the kids are older

My motto is....

This to shall pass ( told to me by a friends mom)

Two Wonderful Days

Right now my husband is packing the kids and himself to go to Tahoe with another friend and his kids tomorrow morning. I am very excited. What to do with all of my time. That is the hardest part for me to decide. Do I get a lot done, or just rest the whole time or a mixture of both? That is what I think I will do. I am loving having my son home and doing the whole homeschool thing but I am about to go crazy with the constant talking. He has so many questions and sometimes I think I might go crazy if I do not have a moment to just think a complete thought. I am going out to breakfast tomorrow morning with my wonderful friend Vanessa. I love to go out to breakfast and I am looking forward to catching up with her. Then I am going to go on a hunt for a purse. Then on Saturday I am going to have the whole morning to myself and then a ladies tea in the afternoon. I am not really into the whole ladies tea thing but I want to see the women that are going to be there so I will go. I feel so blessed to have a husband that will take the kids by himself for that long and that my kids are old enough to go without me. Maybe I will be able to have a complete thought this weekend and be able to write about something that is actually interesting.

Life Right Now

Ever feel like you are playing catch up all day long? There is so much to do and not enough time or energy. On the other hand does it really matter if I put all the clean clothes away today or tomorrow. Will anyone suffer if I don't pick up the toys today and just wait until tomorrow? When do I pass the line of being lazy and just trying to enjoy life? These questions go around in my head a lot these days.

I am not a person that likes to have a " right way" to do everything. Some weeks it works to do a meal plan and make dinner every night, other weeks we eat take out almost every night. There are times when I like to have my days planned and know what to expet. Other times I like to wake up and say " let's go to the beach and have a picnic".

We had a good weekend. We went on a couple of bike rides, we went out with friends and no kids one night. My dad came and went to church with us where we celebrated the churches one year anniversary. It was exciting to see how much the church had grown in the year that we have been there. I did a ton of laundry and we ended the weekend by riding our bikes to one of our families favorite places The Big Spoon. It is this self serve frozen yogurt place that has more toppings than you could dream of and it is all self serve so you can pick any mixture that you want and pile it on. The kids love it. I love it. We left very happy.

Today we continued on with our homeschooling and it is going well. We even did two math lessons because my son was so into it. My daughter is pretty much potty trained and that is a nice feeling. She is also a big handful and a very funny girl. She keeps us laughing all day long.

We start community Bible study this week and I am looking forward to the study of Acts. I think I will learn a lot and make some new friends.

We are also going to go visit my great-grandma tomorrow who is not in very good health. She is such an important person in our family and it is so sad to watch her body start to give out. I will write a whole post on her soon because there is so much to say.

So, now I am going to go and decided if I am going to put all those clothes away today or tomorrow?

Those Hiking Dads

These are pictures from the latest dadshike. They did an urban hike this time all around the city. If you did not go this time and want to go next time check out the web site on my links.

Firsts

It has been a very busy week. We had our first day of school on Tuesday and it went well. I have some learning to do but we had a good first day. The kids were bursting at the seams on the first day. I like the program a lot and it seems to keep their attention pretty good.
Tuesday was also our first soup night. I was so excited getting ready and then a little nervous wondering if anyone would come. As it turns out we had about 12 adults and a handful of kids. They were people that we know from all different places and I was surprised at how well everyone got along and it just all went really good. We had plenty of food and the kids had a great time playing with their friends. My daughter said " let's do that again". She will be happy to discover that this will be an on going thing.
The last fist for Tuesday was that it was the first full day of my daughter being in underwear for the whole day without any accidents. I am so happy. It looks like we may be able to have her out of diapers before we get the next one.






Us in our new " school room" it is also the room that we just got done painting.

I Love Three Day Weekends

We have been having a great weekend. It is the last holiday before school starts and summer goes away. We stayed home considering that we had been gone for so long but we have had a very productive and restful weekend. We painted what is going to be the "school room", I got it all organized, we cleaned the house, we did other ramdom projects around the house, moved my daugther to a " big bed", and today we went to an art thing in the park and later after naps we are off to a BBQ. Overall we have just had a good time as a family and getting things in order to start our new adventure of homeschooling. The kids are so excited they can hardly stand it. I feel prepared now and things are in order so I can relax and enjoy the rest of the day. Tomarrow night is also our first " soup night" and we are looking forward to seeing how it goes. I hope people come, eat, and have a good time. So, for the rest of this day I am going to enjoy the tail end of our three day weekend which I think is one of my favorite things. It is like that extra added bonus that you were not expecting.