Five People in My Family

Do you remember that old Sesame Street song where they sing... "Five people in my family" I live it now and while stress and exhaustion go hand in hand with motherhood, I wouldn't change it. WCH is loving the first grade and seems to be just fine with my presence in the building. JDH is doing better now that we pulled him out of pre-school. He has such a wonderful outlook on life and he makes me laugh constantly. We are excited that he possibly qualified for speech services. JCH is growing and changing so much. She can already sit up and is on her way to getting around the room by rolling and possibly scooting soon. Pretty good for a once three pounder. So, if you thought I was off my rocker before... You should see me now.

Where do I even begin?

Not much time lately to really write from the soul. Life has been dragging me every which way. Although sometimes I feel that I can barely rise out of bed and do it all over again, I made my self stop and look back at the last few months. I am proud to say that we did it! Dan and I managed to make it through all of these things since summer:

0. Losing an old dog and training a rescue dog
1. The Pataskala Street Fair
2. The beginning of school
3. Taking my first grader to work everyday
4. Papa Bill's campaign for 91st District (State Rep)
5. Accepting a dirty house
6. Dan's new presidency of Pataskala's Rotary
7. Dan's new chairmanship of the Licking County Republican Party
8. Dan and I threw the biggest birthday party of our life (at school).
9. Soccer season for both boys
10. solid food for Claire
11. realizing that Will is my genetic dump off site and he will suffer for that
12. Teaching Will how to contain all of that energy during the school day
13. Teaching James not to beat the tar out of the "first child"
14. Getting James tested for speech services
15. Is she sleeping through the night? Can't tell
16. Parent/Teacher Conferences
17. Dan's travels
18. Watching Papa Bill gracefully accept a Republican defeat for the State House.
19. Enjoying my Grandmother now that she lives in town at the Oaks.
20. 10 years of marriage
21. a concussion for me... Performing in Camp O'Bannon's Murder mystery is dangerous

Phew!