Where have you been?

I am here...I have had a couple of people ask if I am around because it seems my blog is frozen in time! :) I don't mean to ignore it, but this "working mom" stuff is not easy! It has been two weeks now, and it is definitely hard to balance...and my sleep anxiety this week has been evident to that! I thought I could catch up on my sleep this weekend, but to no avail. C had a 103 temp all night, and kept us up...then Abs decided to start screaming she was scared at 5:20...and I haven't slept since. Maybe tonight...

Other than sleep issues, I have actually really enjoyed being back on my game. The reason why I chose teaching in the first place is that it fits my personality perfectly. I knew I had been missing it for quite awhile, but I really have felt in my element this past week. It has been nice to work my brain, and I love "getting things done". Because I knew time was crunched, I spent all day yesterday doing laundry and cleaning...so my entire house is clean at once. This would not have happened even two weeks ago. I use to just clean one or two things a day...so it was never "dirty" but it never was all cleaned at once. It is one of the best feelings to me...to have all my work done for the week (okay, well most done), and to have my "house" work done...ahhhhh....maybe tonight, I will sleep a full eight hours!

More Birthday Celebrations!

We must have a family party...and that was just what we did! Needless to say, I am kind of birthday'd out right now! Luckily, Caleb's isn't for several months! Abby and Parker celebrated together since they share the same bday (he is one year older). I think they had a great time, and enjoyed their new presents. Abby absolutely loved her new little dog that Rachel gave her. I tried to include some pics of adults too...which I rarely do! :)

Happy Birthday Abby...until next year and we do it all over again!

Abby's Birthday!

We started the day with a candle in a muffin...which she loved (as did brother). Then, we headed to the mall to do build-a-bear with my nephews and some of our close friends (Abby was born on my nephew's one year old birthday--so they are exactly one year apart). The experience was slightly overwhelming for her, but she loved it! We then went on to Red Robin for dinner with the family. It was a busy day but a fun one!

Happy Birthday Abigail!

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San Diego!

We headed out super early on Thursday morning and arrived in San Diego just after lunchtime. The cool breeze and salt water air was so incredibly refreshing from our very humid and hot air we are use to (don't believe anyone when they say it is a dry heat). We went with two other couples who both have kids the same ages as ours....you will see in pics below that Abby now has a boyfriend. I don't know how her dad feels about it, but I think it is cute!

One of the days, the moms all took the older kids to Seaworld, and I would have LOVED to post some pics of that fun time, but...I didn't take my camera, which I very much regret now. Caleb loved SeaWorld and we got to see so many amazing things there! I love SeaWorld myself, so to get to share that with C was amazing for me. I felt so blessed that DS was willing to stay home with Abby and let me have that time with Caleb getting to do such a fun thing.

The kids LOVED the beach and we all agreed that they were best behaved on the beach. Sleeping arrangements are always difficult when you have 6 kids...three of which are 2 and under, but we survived (trust me, it was worth the lack of sleep!).



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