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One of the lovely meals I have made :).. yes I AM bragging. I can do that
It is MY blog after all! |
Life has been changing around here again. I guess that is to be expected… seems like things are always changing. But the biggest change for us is that Adam is now working on a first shift job. Meaning he works 7:00am to 3:00 pm instead of 2:00pm to 11:00pm like he has for the past 4 years. Knowing this change was coming is what motivated me to jump on the "learn how to cook so you can be a good wife and mother" bandwagon. Now we have family dinners at night! Like the kind where you sit around the dinner table and eat food together! But it isn't as picture perfect as the movies (yet…) because we have to beg and bribe and yell at our children to get them to eat. BUT… they ARE eating which in itself is a GIANT step forward. I am a bit annoyed by how long it takes me to make dinner, and clean it up, only to have two mildly ungrateful children balk at it. But, these are the sacrifices we make. Right???
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NonaJane decided she would dress as a worker bee
for the day… ALL day |
So Adam being home at night has its definite advantages. For example, when NonaJane gets out of bed for the 10th time-- I'm not alone. When the kids fight about getting into the tub, and then complain about getting out of the tub (I mean really?? Why do I have to convince you to get IN AND convince you to get OUT??) but the point is.. I'm NOT ALONE! I so appreciate his presence at night. However, after the children go to bed, Adam keeps sitting in my spot on the couch. Not cool. I sit there, and I watch whatever I want on the TV. So obviously there are some glitches and compromising that must take place. But I'm sure we will work it out.
The early mornings aren't too bad at all either!! At least not for me. I'm not the one who has to get up at 5:30 in the morning to go to work. You would have to ask him how he feels about that one :)
So what other changes are occurring around here?? Well, our beautiful property is full of gorgeous colors and leaves. The massive number of spiders seem to be dwindling (thank the lord) and Jack seems to be growing up overnight. Would you believe he was picking dried worms up off the driveway? He also stomped on a grasshopper that NonaJane and I were trying to have a conversation with (No, I did not condone this. I was quite shocked and taken back by the unexpected squashing of our little friend. But I was equally amazed that my little boy who has never been much for the rough and dirty activities is finally starting to!) Jack has also been hungry lately. If you know him… this is a BIG change. My little man has never been one for eating. It was more like punishment. But lately he has been asking for second servings! He has also been eating dinner with us, and eating what WE eat! Even things like carrots, tomatoes, peppers, etc.!! Seriously!!
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I found Willie the wildcat on our couch one morning… he had ripped
a hole in the screen and jumped thru the window! Mischievous... |
An update on NonaJane… well… NonaJane scares me a little. She is bossier than ever, and sweeter than ever at the same time. Kind of like a light switch, or one of those sweet and sour candies from the commercials. For example, she may go ape crazy on you if you try to help her onto the potty.. but three minutes later she may be hugging on you and telling you how much she loves you. She has developed her language to a point that we are now getting whole conversations, and she is using the potty like a champ. By far the easiest potty training experience! She stayed the night with her cousins at Mema and Papa's house this past weekend. Mom reports that Nona would start singing "Twinkle twinkle" and if her cousin Luella tried to join in Nona would yell at her "You NO sing!" So… obviously not the most caring or generous of children. Let's just all hope that she doesn't grow up to be a big meany. Okay? At least her adorable little face is deceiving enough. We get comments all the time about what a "cute and sweet little girl" she is. I smile and giggle on the inside.
As far as me. Well, I feel like I'm swelling like a blimp. I'm 22 weeks along and feel like 40. But who's complaining (besides me obviously)?
I'm off to make some dinner now...
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