Big changes!

     A lot of changes in few months time. Sweets and Buddy (4 and 2 and NOT their real names) are as busy as ever, talking, asking questions, playing nicely together, fighting over toys, creating general mayhem around my home, and me loving them for being them. Part of the reason for the few month break in writing is the other big news around here. We're expecting baby #3 this fall! We are all so excited and cannot wait for this new little person to arrive. Sweets is especially thrilled, but wants the baby to be a girl. She reasons that we already had Buddy, a baby boy, so now we need a girl. Makes sense. She also says that she wants to share her room with the baby. If only she knew!

     The reason why this news accounts for my absence here on the blog, is that I spent weeks laying on the couch with my only goal each day to try to keep some water down. Zofran and Sea-Bands were my best friends (Zofran still is at 18 weeks). Phenergan was my only saving grace on those really, really bad days when my mother in-law offered to come watch the kids. With Sweets, I was only sick a few times, and was mostly hungry. With Buddy, I was sick, but Zofran helped a lot and I was still able to function most days. This time, completely different. No ability to keep food down or function. Beyond thankful that I am past those weeks. Looking forward now to better days.

     Needless to say, laying on the couch for literal weeks did nothing to help the state of my home or my goal to try harder and make my home a more clean, comfortable, relaxing space for myself and my family. Even though our weekly routines have slowed down some (I am no longer working outside the home and my daughter is finished with dance class), my lack of energy some days means that I am completely unproductive. My daily To Do list consist of cleaning chores to keep my home sanitary, planning tasks to get ready for the upcoming church camp that my husband and I direct, and projects to complete around our home before the baby comes (including sorting and consolidating all of the kids' toys and clothes in order to move Buddy out of the nursery and into Sweets room). I can't lie, I'm dreading that!

    My crazy calendar of events for those things looks something like this....

• Direct Camp in late July
• Move Buddy into Sweets room in August
• Sweets begins preschool in September
• Sort and wash baby clothes and ready nursery in September
• Enjoy time as a family of 4 in October and November until baby comes!

Loving this crazy life!!!