Yes!! Anthony is 4 months old today. I can’t believe it!
He is a joy to have around. The happiest little guy that I know. Loves his Mommy, can’t stop smiling at his Daddy and giggles at his brother ALL the time.
He is such a gift to this family.
That’s right – as of right now, we are in FIRST place for the Playspace contest. It’s a $25,000 grant for a NEW playground!
The first round of the contest ends on Tuesday, Aug 31st — which leaves a lot of time for the 2nd and 3rd place teams to rally their troops. Little do they know that Fletcher Hills Presbyterian Preschool has a pretty good rally leader on their team.
We still need lots of help!
Fletcher Hills Pres Playspace Page
Click the link above and add to our score.
(1) Register with Kaboom (you need an email address — and an email confirmation will be sent to your address before you are registered)
(2) You have to BECOME a FAN of our page (there is blue button on the right/middle side of our page — click there)
(3) Add points to our score! There are 3 ways to help.
*Rate our playground (10 pts)
*Leave comments (5 pts each, with a max of 5 comments)
*Post pictures (10 pts for EACH picture). I have a TON of pictures that need to be posted, so if you would like to really help out – send me an email and I will send you 5 pictures to post 
Thanks to everyone for all the help. I really think we have a chance to win this thing — but, we have to make it to the next round where the judges will select only 10 playgrounds to advance. If we are NUMBER ONE, I would think our chances are GREAT at making it to the next level.
Do you ever think to yourself — “Why can’t I just be content?” It’s a simple question…but I bet your answer is probably complicated, just like mine.
There is always SOMETHING, right? If it’s not this, it’s that. We fix one thing and something else breaks. We clean up a room only to find it dirty/messy 5 minutes later. One good night’s sleep followed by 5-6 awakenings the next night. It’s always something.
Do I sound like the Mother of two young children — just trying to make it through another day? Yup.
You know, it’s not bad…it’s just hard. And it’s really no surprise, after all — who ever said that raising kids was easy?
Tonight, both boys were in bed, asleep by 8:02pm. That is miracle. I was happy. It’s 8:45pm, and I have already taken my shower. Another miracle. Now, if I can convince myself to turn the light out by 9:30pm…that would surely be the third miracle of the night!
So I guess I should feel content right about now, right? It sure sounds like it…but, it was a tough day. A very long day. It didn’t end up quite like I would have liked it — but as they say, “there is always tomorrow.”
Maybe tomorrow I will feel more content…after all, that is the way Anthony lives his life. How hard can it be?
Day 1 – Back to work. I survived
It was a million times easier than my Day 1 with Nicholas. I was a complete disaster back then….and I was leaving him with Daddy!
This time I was fully confident that Anthony would be in the best hands possible. And I also kept in mind that I only had to work 2 straight days and then I would get to work from home for a day.
Everyone at the office seemed happy to have me back. I missed quite a bit (some of which I am thankful for) but, I think I will be able to jump back in without a problem. Well…I take that back…I am going go be incredibly tired by Friday. That 5:15am alarm is EARLY!
I meant to snap a picture of my baby tonight so I would have something to post..but I was too busy cuddling and staring at him
**It was a big day for NCL, too. Not only did he move up to the 3 year preschool class (today was the first day of the Fall Session at school) but he did his VERY first #2 in a “public” toilet (public meaning: outside of our house!). Sorry if that is gross to anyone, but it’s our current life and we couldn’t be more proud of him. Have to celebrate all the good with Nicholas..seems like things are getting a big better with him. We are seeing some good days…and its nice.
How in the WORLD am I going to be able to say good-bye to this face? (for 8+ hours at a time)
The longest I have been apart from this little angel is 5 hours (not counting sleep time–but even then–I have been right next to him or just down the hall).
Monday is going to be tough.
