sinking ship

I feel like I should post a picture of a sinking ship and call the picture: Nicole. That is a good visual on how I have felt a lot lately.

YES I love being a mother and YES I chose this life. This really is a very good life. And YES God chose me to be Little Man's mommy. (He obviously has more faith in me than I have in myself.) I have been a mother for over 10 years, but I don't have a clue what I'm doing with him. I don't know what makes him tick. He makes me soooo tired!

So right now I am starting from scratch. Clean slate. New goals...new ways...and a few new rules. Please pray for Little Man and me.

Wow.....5th grade!

I wrote a facebook message last week to my favorite teacher, Mr. Jacobs. 

It said, "I just registered my oldest for 5th grade. It was my favorite year!"

I can't believe we have a 5th grader.  

I remember 5th grade.

Her Daddy is also in shock.

He remembers 5th grade too.

Along with a 5th grader we also have a 2nd grader!

We moved to the South when her big sister was in 2nd grade.

Time is flying!

Little Man was slightly upset that he could not start school today.

He will be starting after Labor Day.

He's going to miss tormenting those girls EVERYDAY.

Goodbye Summer!  I hope to appreciate you more next year.

3.5 months old

She rolled from back to front yesterday.

Today we went to the doctor b/c of another episode of thrush. She weighed 11 lbs. 5 oz.

What we have been up to

Here's a quick recap of the last two weeks.... 
-Papa and Grandma were here. 
-I surprised the kids with a visit to the Krispy Kreme to see the whole assembly line and eat them fresh off the belt.  (This was our first visit to a location where you can watch the whole process.)  YUMMY!!!!
-We went bowling with our pals.
and
-We went on a short trip to go see our favorite people in North Carolina!

Perfect ending to this summer.  School starts this week.  Can you hear my cheers?

In training.....

Oh Canada....

We were blessed with a business trip to the beautiful Victoria, BC. 

I think the pictures say it all!

Baby girl tagged along. 

She and another little one (who was 7 weeks old) needed childcare.

My mom was up for the challenge.

My attached daughter ended up being the challenge!

 

Baby girl on her first plane ride.  12 weeks.  She was awesome!

Her first bus ride

Our Hotel

 My hunky hubby and me!

Randoms

I have lots of things to say and tons of new pics but blogger says I am at my picture quota and I dont have the energy to figure out what that means. So here are a few randoms and no pictures....

-our trip back to Illinois was very challenging
-Mara is 3 months and she is beautiful
-4 kids is A LOT of kids. :)
-the South has become home!
-I love having a 10 year old!
-I'm very excited about how things are going in my life right now!
-our trip to Canada was great.
-this heat makes me feel gross. Hurry up fall!

I have more to blog but it's boring without pics. Hopefully I will figure out this picture thing soon. I'm sure they want my money. I can't blame them, I have 4 years of my favorite pictures on this site.