Connor's birthday

Finally, I have some beautiful photos from Connor's fourth birthday! He had soooo much fun, as you can clearly see! I think it's really great to see these photos and think back to last year. He's had the most tremendous year, and I'm sooooo proud of him. This year was a new experience for him, really, as so many things lately have been. This was truly a birthday to celebrate. He is not only four, he's a "big four!" as he likes to tell us! So happy birthday Connor, I'm awfully glad to get to share these photos with everyone!

Connor's birthday

Hey all!
I don't know if this will work, but here's a link to see Connor's birthday video! I will be putting photos of his birthday on here as soon as someone gives me some of them, but for now, here it is: http://www.photoshow.net/watch/
Looking at that address, I suspect you will not get to see it. Hmmmmm....
Anyway, for those of you who know us well, this has been an enormous year for Connor! We are so proud of him, it's unreal how much he's accomplished this year!

I hope you get to see the photo show, and I really hope you get to see photos on here soon!!

Have a great day!

Well good morning then

Hi all,
Well here we are, at 6:00 in the morning (isn't that the start of an 80's song?), and I can barely see the screen because I fell asleep last night at about 8:30 while putting my baby to bed.
My job hunt is still on, I am still unemployed for the 2007-2008 school year. I have a job interview this morning that doesn't sound terribly promising, but my hopes are high just the same. Now if I can only get someone to help me watch all of these kids!

My one little boy I babysit has ADHD, and just found out his parents are getting divorced three weeks ago, and then a couple of weekends ago his dumbass father took him to the park with his new girlfriend, and made out with her in front of him. Now he's a big risk for me. He has these huge meltdowns where he freaks out, screams, throws things, etc. He threw all of my patio furniture off the porch the last time he was here. Who on earth do you get to watch a group like this for an hour and a half?? Lucky for me the interview is local, so I may not be gone all day.

Coffee tastes really good. Lots of splenda, lots of milk, really strong coffee. Mmmmmmm.....

Tomorrow is Connor's fourth birthday, so stay tuned for photos of that! His progress is so tremendous these days that it's just unbelievable. I swear he's like a different child than the one who moved into this house with us last August. He slept in a crib, he had no words at all. Now he talks up a storm! And of course he's in a bed, now if he'd just sleep in it all night! Of course vey few of our kids are sleeping through the night at this particular juncture, so oh well. Such is parenthood. But look for the pics, I'll put them on here on Thursday or Friday, I imagine.

Robert enjoyed his day, too! I may end up regretting the Blackberry I bought him on ebay. He is either on it or reading about it or messing with the settings or on the other phone talking about it ALL THE TIME. Hopefully the newness will wear off and it will be the very helpful tool I imagined it to be!!

So that's all I've got this morning! We're just here trying to get our schedule all back to normal, and looking forward to the upcoming school year. It's only a couple of weeks left now, and everyone will be off to school! And Charlie will be off to the babysitter, (sigh). I am happy for Jackson to start first grade, I think he'll love it. I'm worried about Katelyn, she has to start her first SOL grade, and that's going to suck. I'm happy for Connor, he loves his preK class, and misses his routine and his friends. But poor Charlie! His whole world is about to get turned upside down. (sigh)

I hope everyone has a great day! I'm going to interview with a daycare that provides PreK, Kindergarten, and first grade. Let's hope it will pay the bills. It would be nice to work somewhere so close by.

:)

Tennessee swimmer

Wow! Look at my baby swimming! Two weeks ago he was afraid to get his head wet, now he's a fish! I just had to put some vacation photos on here, I'm so proud of him!

As a side note, Happy Birthday to Robert! Yesterday my sexy boyfriend turned 45 years old. It's hard to believe, looking at him!

And while we're talking about him, can I just tell you what a good guy he is? For those of you who keep up with this blog, I just have to tell you that this one is a keeper.
I think I may keep him around a while, you know? We have our frustrations, and we have our moments, but we make it work.
Thank heavens for that.

So here's my new post, it's a bit random. Hope you enjoy the new photos!

Relationships

Hmmm...yes, relationships are hard. Funny thing is that they are usually not as hard as we think they are.

Turns out all of my frustration, though clearly it was not unfounded, it may have just been a bit premature. I do get frustrated a lot, but apparently I was facing my first round with PMS in 19 months. Yea me. Isn't that fun? Breastfeeding a baby keeps those kinds of things at bay for a long time, but alas it has all returned, including some issues with my mood. Fun for Robert, but then he's not them most evenly-mooded guy in the world either, so I'm sure he understands.

Pictures are easy to remedy. He now has a lovely picture of me on his desk, and I'm making him a family collage to hang. I'm making us a beautiful framed piece for above our bed, it's a black frame with six white mattes inside, for six black and white photos of us. It will be really pretty in lieu of a headboard, I think. I'm making a small version with family photos, not just us, for his office. See how easy that was? Oversights don't always have to mean problems.

As for anything else I've been frustrated about, well.....like I said. It wasn't all unfounded, but maybe I don't have to make a big deal about it. Sometimes life is much easier when we just let go of things.

Like I said before, I feel lucky to have Robert and his family in my life. I don't have real complaints, but sometimes it's fun to air frustrations, just to vent. This life is a blessing. I have four happy children, and they get two happy parents, most of the time, and I think that makes us all lucky.

Of course, with the return of instability and hormonal surges, let's just see how I feel tomorrow! LOL!!

Good morning to Jackson in TN!!

This morning's post is for my son, who is visiting TN this week.
I couldn't express adequately how quiet and still my house is without him here! I babysit three kids and have a baby in the house, but the house is quiet and still. Strange phenomenon about your children, when they're gone, your house is not a home!! :)

So here's to Jackson:

Good morning sweetheart!!
I am so proud of you for swimming under water! I hope MiMi is taking lots of pictures so I can see the event myself, or maybe she'll even remember to get out the video camera! You haven't missed much around here, yesterday was spent in a rousing and very long game of Dance Dance Revolution. Alyssa got 9 A's in a row on Bye Bye Baby Balloon! It was the big news of the day! After much practice, Codey got an A, too!
They are also enjoying your Star Station quite a bit as well.
It is very hot here, so we're hoping to go over to Jill's today. We haven't seen her in a couple of weeks, but I hear Zane had one more surgery! I'll let you know how it looks, and how he's doing.
I am making a CD for you that you'll love! I won't tell you what it is, so it will be a surprise, but the girls brought it over today for me to copy for you, and you sure will love it!

Have a beautiful day, and swim a lot! Take good care of MiMi, Poppy, and Aunt Billie! Call me a lot!
I love you!!!!!!!

To all:
Can you believe my baby is gone for over a week????? Wow, it's nearly impossible to stand!
Have a great day everyone!

Oh, and Ginger: I'm in Chesapeake! I saw your blog and responded somewhere on it. You're only a few hours away! I'm teaching and starting my masters, and I see you're working on your grad degree too? What are you studying? Email me!

:)