still on the map!
so… it’s been over month since the last post, but i promise i didn’t fall off the map! just had my hands full of baby and toddlers and holiday stuff and other stuff and man, it’s nice to sit and breathe for a minute.
in short: life is not so bad. people are growing, things are changing, we’re all alive and healthy and God is still good. and i finally put up the christmas tree yesterday. don’t judge me. i have my reasons.
in not-so-short:
x. ransom is “little potty” trained. haven’t transitioned up to the “big potty” because our two step-stools don’t seem to be tall enough to get ran safely to the seat without falling off somewhere, which has apparently scarred him for life. we’ll try again soon. also haven’t ventured out of the house without a diaper yet because i kind of don’t trust him to reserve pee-time to when he’s on a potty, or to tell someone he needs to go potty in time, but we’ve been doing excellently at home and i know it will all eventually be just fine.
x. avery is toddling. everywhere. and climbing. everything. i often find her perched somewhere high up in our home. it is very frightening. she also pitches herself off of things often, like chairs and tables. also frightening. i hope it’s just a phase. she also cut a bunch of molars all at once and has been cry-faced for over week at a nearly non-stop pace. i get it, teeth-popping is painful. but so is living with someone who cries non-stop. it’s been real fun around here…
x. hardison is a chunk. first baby of mine to grow fatty cheeks. : ) love it. he’e been an amazingly good baby in comparison to the others. sleeps great, eats heartily, and is pretty laidback. only cries when he’s not getting attention, like when i’m bathing the other kidoodles, or, you know, taking three minutes for myself to get a shower. seems to have “mommy is trying to have a moment of peace” radar. works like a charm… but it’s cool. eventually other people come to my house and i gladly hand them a small person and say “i’m getting a shower” and go about my merry business.
x. darin scored another raise this month. pretty significant one, at that. sadly, most of it will be sown into either family insurance or a 401K because that was the purpose of the raise. but i guess that’s okay. we should probably do “american things” with our money at some point, it’s just hard when both things seem so darn financially ridiculous to us and we pretty much live paycheck to paycheck on darin’s salary. regardless, a raise is a raise, and we’re thankful for it.
x. i am itching to get back to the gym. and that is pretty much all i’ve got going for me.
well, two of three babies were asleep when i started this post and now they are all awake, so i’ve kind of got to go… here are a few pictures to tide you over until my next big break when i can post. enjoy. and merry christmas!
