been awhile

its been awhile since i've posted because, well, having two children at home is work man.

the kids are doing great. me, i have my moments, but doing well.

stephen is getting so big. he's been working on sitting up and been saying "gah" & "gak". he's more effecient at rolling to get around, still no signs of intentions to crawl. mason was the same way, he never properly crawled even, just the army drag.

mason is a character. his imagination gets more vivid every day. he started gymnastics two weeks ago and really seems to like it. i've had him out of swim lessons, although we've been going to the pool, since may but he starts back up in july.

we've been having a good time, although some days are, as mike would say, all about passing time. which sounds kind of bad but hey lets face it, some days are like survival.

thats all for now...

a hot date

yesterday afternoon i went with a couple of girlfriends to see sex in the city, i haven't gone out with friends, sans children & husbands, well in a REALLY long time.....
it was nice, just a few hours, but a good getaway. the movie was good, there were a couple of good hardy laugh out loud moments; good messages about life, love, forgiveness, marriage, etc.; a couple of hunky dudes (oh yeah and a little, and i use that word lightly, hanky-panky) so don't go with a parent, grandparent - anyone that you would feel uncomfortable watching a little late night cinemax with!
mike is a gem to watch the boys while i got away, but let me tell you he sure was glad to see me when i got home, then went to bed at 8:30, there's jst something about moms, women in general i think, that we just kick some serious a$$!

i really really want stephen to start sleeping through the night again, i am tired! i feel for the legions of women who wake up with their babies every night, sometimes twice, or more, then go to work the next morning. i am grateful today that i am able to stay home with the boys. although today was one of those irritable days that i wished i had a job to go to.

which carries me to my next thing, stephen is cutting teeth #7 & 8. He was 7 months old on saturday. i cannot believe yet another month has gone by. he's rolling over a little more and i've been working with him to help him to start sitting up on his own. he's also making more guh sounds.

things have leveled out with mason for the time being, too. bedtimes & teeth-brushing has much improved and i can actually take him to the grocery store with me without incident. i need to work on never losing sight of "this too shall pass" ........

until next time

summer's in full swing

i wanted to report on the first full week of having mason home with me. we have been BUSY - with fun, outside activities with good friends. after a week i am EXHAUSTED, in a fabulous way, but have gotten nothing done, really. i wanted to share that everyone is alive & well.
i'm grateful today for the breeze that we have been having along with our 90 degree weather, being present enough with stephen to know that he's teething again and that i am being more aware of my recovery and what i need to be focusing on, i.e. how i can be of service (to people other than my family).
what a great life, playing with my kids all day. now i need to remember that when mason wakes me up in the morning, after mike has held him off until he has to leave for work, needing attention, milk, breakfast, another tv show RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! a friend mentioned to me the other day she doesn't know how we do it, mothers that is. luckily i get that i "get" to do it, not that i "have" to do it. but whew, talk about high energy - he starts out going 90 to nothing!

silly boy

i will post a pic soon of this - mason with multiple items shoved down his shorts (3 swords, a wallet, his blanket, police badge, a car, etc.) this is a riot, so i laugh and smile at him b/c he is hysterical, and he gets self conscious and tells me to stop. i reassure him that i am not laughing at him, but that he makes me happy and that is why i laugh.