I cannot believe that Kaylie's birthday is just two days away! But most of all I can't believe that it's been a year since I started this blog and didn't write in it quite as often as I'd hope to. That in itself makes me very sad.
Let me update...both kids just had birthdays making Elysabeth 4 (an age she was quite proud to arrive at) and Alekzander 2. Elysabeth has been on anti-sseizure medication for about 9 months now and everything is going well. She had a mild seizure in the spring just before her first follow-up appointment with the neurologist, he credited it to her growth and just upped her dosage and we've been fine every since.
Both kids are now in school and finally loving it. Alekzander had a rough first couple of weeks; he cried everyday when I dropped him off but he's finally starting to come around and being OK with the whole drop off and Mommy will be back later situation.
My work schedule has changed quite a bit due to Mom's health. I am now working part-time while the kids are in school and during Kevin's day off. I am having so much fun spending more time with the kids. I feel like I'm really getting to know them. I'm seeing all the things they do everyday rather than hearing about them when I pick them up at the end of the day. This is what I intended for motherhood to be and I can't wait until we are in a financial situation where I don't have to work at all and finally get a little bit of time for myself. However due to this change in schedule and reduction in income we have decided that we are not going to purchase a new house (something we've been saving for the last two years to purchase), we are going to stay in our little house that we have severely outgrown. But I'm willing to give up my new dream home if it means that I get to watch my kids grow up!
In my previous post I promised photographs of a couple of projects that I was working on. I'm happy to report that the family binder is working out great for us; I have however made tweaks and changes to it as the year has gone on and I'll post all about it very soon. The chore chart however was discontinued shortly after we began to use it. It turns out that Elysabeth doesn't really care much about how many stickers were on the chart. She was just as happy with one as she was with all 7, so I figured there was not point in continuing to use it. I still have it up in the kitchen and I'll be glad to post photographs of it.
Now that I'm home more often I'm going to try to blog at least once a week with some type of project or recipe or even just some thoughts. We are planning on doing some renovations to our little house and I'd like to blog about the progress and changes we are making.
I'll be back soon!
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