A Really Rough Start

 

 

This sweet girl has had an incredibly rough start to kindergarten. She has spent more time crying over the last few weeks than not crying. We have counselors helping. We have tried all the tricks we can think of. I honestly thought it would last forever. I was feeling so awful for her and like I was failing as a mom. It was really draining on both of our parts. She just said she missed me. She cried from the moment she woke up until she was in school for a while. She was fine coming out of school but the crying would start again in the evening and sometimes she would even wake up crying that she would miss me. It seemed so traumatic.

 

I am happy to report that she had no tears this morning. She just woke up and said she was fine. Wow! I was so relieved. She walked into the school with the counselor and a smile on her face. She happily said bye mommy. Bye mommy. What sweet words. I have no idea what changed. I had a list of counselors/therapists I was ready to call and make appointments with. I was so worried about her.

 

This mama gig is some hard stuff, totally worth it, but so hard on the heart!

Oh My Cuteness

Good or Bad?

 

 

Is it good or bad that my 9-month-old knows just where the food is stored and how to get more? He also knows we keep a few of his snacks in the diaper bag and crawls his way over to bang on it as well. :) Boy knows what he wants and goes for it!

Thinking outside the box

Ainzley has been creative in finding ways to get stuff done with the cast on. I couldn't resist this pic when I saw her chilling with my phone.

Selfies ~ Doin it myself

I love my camera. I love snapping pics. I love editing those pics. I love sharing those pics. It brings me such joy.

 

 Everyone who knows me is aware of this. Everyone knows that my camera is mine and I really don't like anyone touching it. My camera is usually in my hand, pocket, or somewhere near by.

 

 As a result, I have tons of pics of everyone else and I rarely end up in front of the camera. I end up snapping a bunch of selfies of me just to prove I am there most the time!

 

 I also have been trying to snap pics of me with my kids. This is not such an easy task to get myself and the child in the pic and be able to see what is happening. 

 

 I think I succeeded in this series of shots though. I am completely in love with them. 

 

It started one summer afternoon while we sat in the driveway of our new home playing and watching the sisters run around.  Dax was having a blast crawling all over the place so I had fun snapping some selfies.

 

Dax caught me not paying attention to just him so he came to investigate.

 

He happily accepted my loves and kisses.

 

Then he offered his own.

 

He decided he needed to see my sweet eyes so he snatched my glasses.

 

 

He was surprised and happy that he got them off.

 

Then he gave up on me and tended to the glasses.

 

My sweet Dax Evan. He is just growing and learning so fast. He is so stinkin smart and full of joy. I simply cannot get enough of him.

 

My sweet girl

My sweet Ainzley fell at the park shortly after we moved into our new house. She broke her humerus and had surgery with the placement of 3 pins. She will start kindergarten wearing her cast. :( she is healing fine but miserable as one can imagine.