Priorities

I think I'm finally beginning to grasp the importance of priorities.  It's not a top priority that the living room gets picked up every nite.  It's not a priority that laundry is washed, dried and folded every day.

Today was a great day.  My sweet husband took off today to spend the day with me.  We had breakfast together (I had my first mimosa!  Then ran some errands and ended up with a few doctor's appointments.  It was not exactly the day I wanted to spend with my hubby but it was nice to spend the day with him regardless.

Today was Alex's 2nd day at Scales ESP (Extended School Program) and he is absolutely loving it!  I'm so glad :)

I'm hoping my days will be looking up over the next week or so.  My doctors have made some changes and hopefully I'll be feeling more like myself soon :)

Well, it's getting close to bedtime so I'd better go.  Here are some pics from the last few days :)

Love,
E

Birthday Blessings...

Well, we made it.  There were several occasions that we were afraid we might not and if not for some very loving, helpful friends we may not have.  First and foremost, thank you to all of our families and closest friends who were there for us when we truly needed it.  As Walter Winchell put it, "A friend is one who walks in when others walk out."  There were many days I was surprised people even wanted to come over.  I felt like all we had was a messy house and screaming babies!  Now, a year later, I know that's how it's supposed to be.  Houses are never spotless (and true friends really don't care) and babies will always scream.  Usually at the most inopportune time.  Funny how you learn these lessons too late :)  I guess it's so we can raise our children and grandchildren and help them though.

Work has been the same.  Tomorrow is a day of doctor's appointments.  Chris is taking the day off to spend with me :) So we'll probably have lunch before my first appointment, then my sweet friend Brooklyn is coming over to trim my hair (yay!  So excited to find someone I like so much and is so good with my hair!  And she lives just down the street!)  then (honestly) take a nap.  Trust me, without kids in the house it really is nice to just sleep!  Then we'll be off to Franklin for some afternoon appointments.  Nana and Aunt Leslie will be coming over to watch A and the twinkies.

Ok, I'm literally falling asleep typing this, so without further ado, here are some pics of the twins 1st birthday taken by our (incredibly talented friend and neighbor, Jay Parr).  Enjoy!

Love,

E

Decisons, decisons...

These past few weeks have been really rough on me.  I've had struggles in just about all aspects of my life.

I feel like since the twins were born I have become a whole different person.  And not necessarily a good one.  I'm stressed now.  I'm frustrated now (things aren't done the way the way I was used to).  I'm angry.  My babies are growing up so fast and I feel like I'm missing it.  Alex will be starting kindergarden in just a couple of weeks and the twins just turned 1!

Some of you know (because I love you and depend on your support) that I've been having trouble at work.  I've narrowed the "issues" I've been having down to April.  My first slip up came March 30th then the rest of them all occurred after April 8th. The day my Dad died.  I feel a little better every day (it seems) about Dad's death but I truly believe that down deep I'm not anywhere near where I need to be.

Well, that's all for now...

Love,
E

July 2011

July was a BUSY month for us!  We had SO much going on!  Here are just a few snapshots from our adventures!

June 2011

June was actually alot more calm...

Our little graduate and Daddy!

Alex and his best friend Nate!

His party pool Nana gave him for graduation!

Just some twinky time : )

Doesn't he look innocent?  

Nana's new playset for her backyard!

May 2011

For some reason all of my blogs seem to start with the same sentence.  It's been a while :)

Let's see what's happened since our last posts...

May was a busy month of fun!

Yummo blueberry pancakes at The Readyville Mill!

Flirting her way to someone else's food!

Alex's waterslide at his 5th birthday!

The "Mommy Zone"

Uncle J.J. has the special touch :)

I see teeth!

I finally did it :)

1 tooth down!

A new day...

***(This blog was written on 7/12 but never got posted...so here it is!)***

Wow. It's been a while. I had no idea it had been so long since I've blogged.

Alot has been going on! I'm dealing alot better with the loss of Dad. I still have many moments when I just lose it but overall it's gotten MUCH better. We've had several events lately (Mom and Dad's 47 wedding anniversary, Father's Day then what would've been Dad's 70th birthday) and those have been hard. I came across some pictures of Dad's grave as it looks now. It was so hard to look at. Just red clay with some grass growing in. It's so hard (SO HARD) for me to think about it. I'd rather just push it to the back of my head and envelope myself in the daily grind that is our life. But I know that's not what I should be doing but it's so much easier. Mom and I ordered Dad's headstone the other day and that was incredibly sobering. I had to give the company Dad's date of birth and date of death. It literally took me a minute to process that. It's still hard to believe he's gone. I am blessed with great friends yet most of the time I feel totally alone in this. I have a good friend that lost her mother a year and a half ago and we got together a couple weeks ago and unintentionally ended up having a mini grief session. It was so nice. That's what I need. I need people that know what I'm going through to understand and know what to say. It's not that I don't need others as well but it's so nice when someone knows exactly what I'm going through. We might have to schedule more of those :)

On a more positive note, the twins will be one in just 1 week! Can you believe it? We SURVIVED the first year! YEAH! We will be celebrating with a grill out at our place on the 23rd! We're having a bounce house and all! Our theme is "2 peas in a pod" so everything will be based around that :)

Love,
E