goodbye jenn monty....

becca, jessica, jennifer, kathleen, carlotta, silvania, monica, joanna, michelle

well, damn you woman you really are moving to canada.

my new mommy friend jennifer and her family are transferring for her husbands job next week. we met through mason's school, you've heard me talk about, and i've posted pics, of her daughters ryleigh and avery. mason and ryleigh are the best of friends and as a result of them playing so well together, and both jenn and i deciding to stay home after babies #2 were born, she and i have become good friends. the relationship has really helped me transition into this new role and new life. i am grateful to god for putting her and several other mommies into my life when i needed them most. i think the sanity, yes i have sanity, truly has come from sharing my life with others that are on the same path as i.

i love you jenn, i will probably write more about this later ......

we had a going away party for her last saturday. we went to see a show at the alley and went for dinner & drinks at mi luna (well, obviously i did not have drinks :-)) it was awesome, it was the first time in awhile that i did not have a diaper in my purse. and if you've never been to mi luna - you must go with a group and order several things and share all around. thank you daddies for watching the kiddos for so long!

it really is the little things....

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