Catch Up

"Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever."

It has been a long time since I have sat down with my laptop.

We've been very busy doing some home improvements.

I love it, but now I'm just waiting for someone to stain our new carpet or couch and someone to nick our newly painted walls.

It was a lot of work! And well worth it!

We still have a ton of organizing to do. We are really trying to cut back on the stuff in our home. I want to try and teach our children to focus on what is really important in life rather than the materialistic things in life.

But now our basement and garage are filled!

We wanted to spend the weekend putting our home back together, but I was hit hard with mastitis suddenly on Friday night. (A boo boo from nursing.)

My body started aching all over, I got chills and a fever.

Then the "pain" got unbearable. I went to the doctor and got put on

antibiotics right away.

So now I'm feeling better, but on my own to go through everything.

I will. I'm going to try and be strong & picky.

Some highlights of the last couple of weeks...

After one of the days spent painting, I got myself a "drink."

Our oldest son Brandon asked me, "What are you drinking?"

I told him I am an adult. I'm allowed.

He smiled and said, "I am actually happy to see you drinking. It means you're not pregnant."

Guess I should expect that from my oldest of 8.

Our 4 year old daughter Sarah was asking Tom to go upstairs with her and tuck her in to bed one night. Tom told her he couldn't go up right then and that he'd be up soon. Sarah whined a little bit more trying to get Tom to go up right then.

Finally she "gave up" and walked around the room giving everyone a goodnight kiss - everyone but Tom. Sarah started going upstairs when Tom asked her where his kiss was. Sarah looked back and with a sweet little smile said,

"Your kiss Daddy...is upstairs."

She played that very well.

Sarah also learned to ride a 2-wheeler. Yay Sarah!

Rachel decided she was going to teach Sarah and within a half hour, she did it!

Now Sarah can't get enough of riding her bike. She is a pro!

Little Miss Leah lost another tooth.

Her first top one.

But she swallowed it.

We were eating dinner. Rachel was sitting across from Leah.

Suddenly Rachel announces, "Leah your tooth is gone!"

And, well, yes it was.

Leah wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining that she had swallowed her tooth. The tooth fairy was kind enough to still leave a dollar filled with fairy dust.

Cameron has started eating a little bit of "real food."

He still prefers nursing over everything else, but he does open his

mouth when I offer him some of the food on my plate.

He is pulling himself up to stand. He is almost ready to start walking.

(He does dance when he hears music.)

Jacob is really talking now. And he is all boy!

He loves cars and swords and wrestling around with his brothers.

Brandon, Ethan, and Noah are doing a great job "raising" my little boy.