It has been nice that Rob has not had to travel as much lately. He has only been gone once so far this year to Wisconsin. There is 2 trips planned to Puerto Rico one the end of March (he will be gone for his birthday) and then he is home a week and then back to Puerto Rico. We will see if it works like that. Trips tend to change. We are grateful for his job though which allows us to pay our bills.
The kids are well over all. They have been pretty healthy this winter. We had the battle with swine flu in October and have only had little colds since. We are grateful for our health. Being sick is no fun. Ethan is getting excited to start kindergarten. This is a big relief because he is a shy boy until you get to know him. A little like me i guess. Big groups are really intimidating for him. We did Itty bitty soccer and he was really scared. the first and last day he wouldnt go out there at all. He stayed by me. The 2nd and 5th day he held his coaches hand and the 3rd and 4th days he just stood around with his team. I am sure it will hit him on the first day of school but we have registered and he is excited as of now. It kind of scares me to send him through a public school system but we will try it at least for now. He asks when he gets to go to real school and said that he will get to do lots of fun stuff in school. I think it will hit me harder then him. So will his birthday. He will be 5 this year. I know that is not normally that big a deal but for me it is a little different. My mom died when i turned 5 so realizing that and knowing my son is almost the same age makes me realize just how young i was and that every day i get with my son after he turns 5 is more than i had with my mom. Life throws us curve balls and it is how we adjust to and hit them that makes us who we are. I hope that i have been able to hit it out of the park.
Kaylee is pretty good. She has had a problem with wetting her pants lately. She peed on the floor 6 times in three days. 3 of those were after i cleaned the carpets. I was a little upset by that. I think I was a little meaner than needed. We hope to break her of this habit and soon. She also wants to go to school. I might look into a preschool or play group for the fall. That would make her happy. She is a smart girl. She already counts to 20 (she is just over 2 1/2) and is learning her ABC's and knows her colors and some shapes. I think having an older sibling close in age is a great help.
Taylor is almost 9 months old. She started crawling the beginning of january and has not stopped moving since. She is a determined little girl. She cruises around the furniture and is gaining confidence and lets go of things and stands for several seconds. She doesnt quite sleep through the night yet. We moved her to her own room and got Ethan and Kaylee bunk beds in the other. Since we put Tay in her own room she went from Waking up 3 times to 1 time. It may not be perfect but i will take it. We need to work on that and weaning her though because Rob and I are going to Hawaii the first week of May. We are going on a cruise and are so excited. Tay loves to eat real food and has pretty much given up baby food. She does pretty well with real food and feeding herself. She is so cute. She is beginning to like Rob more too. She will play with him when i am in the room now too instead of crying and trying to get to me. It is probably because he has been away less often. She is a cute little girl.
As for me, I am well. I just try to keep up with the demands of motherhood. These demands have stretched my limits. Patience should be a virtue I own but never seems to be one i fully can grasp. There are so many opportunities to master patience but i continue to fail. Maybe someday....when my kids are grown with kids of their own. My home never seems to be clean but i try. There is always something to do and never gets done. So in essence i am never bored. I look forward to spring and i know my kids do too. Especially Ethan who has a great love for the outdoors. I am excited to go camping and hiking this year. So is the rest of the Family. We love the outdoors. Life is good and i am greatly blessed. I love the Lord and hope i am able to teach my kids the same. bye for now
Renee
