Missing You

“Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.”

Just a quick thought- I am alone today (Samuel's at school, Adrian is at the Vail's, and Dave's at work) trying to accomplish something.  It's not going very well due to other activities, but a little time alone doesn't hurt.
So I was upstairs and I could have swore I heard a little boy's voice say "Mommy?!"  I almost panicked because I wasn't ready for anyone to be home yet!  But I must have just been anticipating it as I normally do, or I'm just really missing having someone around today!

 


It's crazy how your heart can be pulled in many different directions.  I never thought about it much before until Samuel started school.  Having the boys with me constantly never really made me concerned about how their day is going because I'm right there.  But now with Samuel in school, I feel a tug often wondering what he's doing.  And I actually feel the same with Rodeo... mostly just hoping he's being good wherever he is, but maybe a little because I miss having him around!
Anyway, the next couple weeks looks positive for more traveling.  Maybe I'll be able to get something done then???

Whew 2

I like being busy.  I love to have things going on, things to look forward to, places to go, etc.  BUT I also like to have a little down time, which is becoming rarer than ever!  So here I sit about to write about last weekend when the next one is about to start!  It's been a rather busy week...

To start out, we dropped the boys off with this lovely couple:

They had been wanting them to come over for quite some time, so this was a good opportunity!  They went to the pumpkin patch and got some cute pumpkins "to paint."  (Maybe I'll get some pictures of that later?!?)

Dave & I headed over to this lovely couple's house:








We had a fun weekend for this couple:


Complete with bridal shower and playing paintball!  It was a blast for everyone, but we were zonked when we got home at 11:30!!

So we all had a good weekend and getting back into the grind was a little difficult.  Luckily, Samuel had a class trip to the pumpkin patch on Monday, so at least he was moving a little faster than a snail's pace!

Healthy Hoots?

This week we've all been to a doctor.  Trying to keep everyone healthy is a bit of a struggle this time of year!

I started out on Monday going for my monthly chiro adjustment... nothing big, but helpful after learning earlier this year that I had a "curvature" in my back.  No huge surprise since my posture isn't the greatest, and having 2 kids and carrying them more than I probably need to certainly didn't help.  The curvature is not just a rounded back, like slouching, but where the spine isn't straight and actually curves to the right or left side.

Dave has been having neck issues and headaches again, so he's been going to the chiro as well.  Twice so far this week.  (We keep her in business!)  And today he's going back to our family doctor to check up on his general feeling bad from stress.  Hopefully a positive update from the doctor on that!  He's definitely been feeling more like himself.

Yesterday I drove Adrian to a Springfield pediatric allergist.  We found out that he has Dermatographism.  Nothing major, but he's had hives all over his body since his birthday and they come and go and it was starting to become a concern.  So I was glad that this is all it is and it's treatable and will hopefully go away before too long!  This picture shows the only "test" the doctor did to see how his skin reacted to a (rather hard) scratch.  Apparently normal skin would only turn red, but his puffed up.  You can also see where he had been scratching himself right below the doc's test scratch.

Sam went to our normal pediatrician in the afternoon due to his month-long coughing illness and wheezing. When he gets a cough, it takes forever for him to kick it and he usually ends up wheezing like crazy... which Dave says sounds just like he did when he was having asthma problems as a kid.  So we wound up with an inhaler for times like this.  He's already starting to get better, so hopefully it's not too often we have to deal with it!

Some funny things I jotted down as I've been typing this that Adrian says and is silly enough to want to remember:  "What is ___ made of?"  "Don't let the bug beds bite!"  This morning he asked what milk was made of.  I said cows make milk and after a long process, we buy it at the store.  His understanding was hilarious.  "We don't have a farm in our house, so we can't have a cow.  But do we have money to buy it at the store?"  (He's picked up on the "sorry, I don't have money for everything!" speech)  Funny little guy!

Busy weekend ahead, but hopefully I won't have as much to write and let some pictures do the talking.... If I post them- I may be too embarrassed! :-)

Falling Leaves

Adrian's sign of a "Map of France"

When Dave was in France, Samuel wanted to have a surprise party when he got home- all the trimmings with streamers, balloons, etc.  Hardly anyone we knew was available that night, so we made signs for him instead:

Samuel's sign with Dad and Samuel raking leaves, with leaves, a tree, and a wheelbarrow!

 

When we got home from Oklahoma, all the leaves on our front trees were down- meaning that we had a couple days of raking ahead of us.  This weekend we had good weather, an extra set of hands to help out (part of the time!), and despite coughing colds, we were outside most of the weekend.  We got a good pile built up for the leaf collectors, and we had some other fun with the pile as well... Check it out!

Whew!

After a whirlwind of a week, I finally have a minute (or less) to sit and say a few words.  "A few words."  Just kidding!

Since the beginning of this month, we had Mom & Dad here for the weekend, Mom here for the week, coughs and colds, stress, and a trip to Oklahoma and back.  And my head is still spinning from all I have to do the rest of today, this week, and this month!  I sometimes find it funny that I have so many lists, but it's the only way I can keep things straight!  And I write nearly everything down that I have to do... people to call, email, or otherwise communicate with, chores that need done this week, activities going on, etc.  My calendar is overflowing with people we need to send a letter back to or notes from places we need to go.  So after being gone, it takes me a while to get back onto the merry-go-round.  Wonder why they call it "Merry?" :-)

Mom and I had a great trip to Oklahoma to see Eric & Jennifer and their kids.  After having a redneck going away party for them, I think we were welcoming them into the redneck valley instead of hoping they'd never see the redneck stuff from around here again!  I actually think it's everywhere, and it wasn't horrible down there, but we saw some things!

The kids had a lot of fun together... all fighting colds/allergies, so that made it a little interesting!  But they were glad to see each other and we're going to have to plan to go back before too long!