True Friends

What's a True Friend?

I just spent the last 6 hours peeling, halving, coreing, and canning 64 lbs of peaches with my good friend.

It was long, hard work, but somebody had to do it. It'll be another 5 years before I do that again.

For SURE. But for now, we will enjoy the 13 quarts we were able to produce :).

Lately

I haven't been blogging.
I haven't been eating good.
I haven't been too patient.
I haven't been going to school like I planned (got accepted, enrolled, purchased books, took out loans)
I haven't been exercising regularly.
I haven't been working too much.
I haven't been babysitting as often.

But...
I have been painting my living, family, dining, kitchen, and Mikenna's room.
I have been cleaning and scrubbing (ok my cleaning lady has but I have been ORGANIZING)
I have been up to my ears in laundry.... do we ever catch up?
I have been exploring some "career" options.
I have been cutting my hours at work, which is SO awesome :) (*even though they still call me nightly to come in)
I have been baking lots of tasty treats (and eating them...)
I have been walking some.
I have been potty training a two year old.
I have been potty training our dog (did you see that? I got a DOG!!!)
I have been losing my mind because of said potty training... AND dog.
I have been growing a baby inside me, which makes me a bit tired and feel really old, cuz its harder now that I am 31 and not 21.

What have YOU been up to :)?

O Savannah, O don't you cry for me

Remember how we were having such a time with my lil peanut? Well I do!!!

It was a rough first few weeks of school, with a lot of big changes for Savannah. She moved from the MOMD class to the MIMD class (a higher functioning higher academic class), moved schools, teachers, aides, and friends. SO it was a rough start to say the least. The behaviors were out of control at school, home, and church, and I was seriously at my wits end. Really.

I did what any mother in my position would do, I made an appointment with the principal, the psychologist, the teacher, and put in a call to the superintendent of the School System... just to be sure I was heard :). All in all, it has improved. We got a psych eval, which showed no bad behaviors because Savannah was having good days by then... a 1:1 aide, and overall things are better. Much. Better. Extremely grateful for the changes and the people who helped with those changes.

These Two are SO hilarious. We sure love them. They make me smile (most of the time). Mikenna got her own room for her birthday and poor Isabella has just been fit to be tied and a misfit child because Mikenna doesn't want her in her room, and Savannah doesn't want her in her room. Poor Isabella. She is just a baby. It isn't her fault. :).

Our little peanut and her favorite cousin. She loves to hold her and feed her and play with her. She asks, "Mommy, can I hold baby Charlotte?" And who could resist....?