Obviously blogging isn't on that list, but I don't want to forget what has been filling my time. I've been busy...
-going to way too many doctor visits, which will hopefully be tapering off now that Charlie's scheduled for ear tubes a week from tomorrow. I'm ready for no more ear infections for a long time!
-celebrating Pat's dad's 70th birthday last weekend with a big surprise party and a whole lot of family togetherness. Chrissy and I put together a slide show full of grand kid pics and sentimental feelings. I'm so grateful for such a great man in our family and it was fun to have so many family and friends around for the occasion.
-loving my new and improved Carolina pulled pork methods. We shortened the smoking time by an hour and the cook time by several hours and still had excellent results, making this a more do-able recipe because we don't have to plan ahead quite as much. We tried it out last weekend for one of the family gatherings and now I can't wait to make it again!
-shopping for back to school. We went to the outlets on Monday and found a few cute things for Addie. I'm still really struggling with the fact that she's going to school but trying to do fun things to get ready to help distract me.
-cleaning up mess after mess after mess after mess created by Sam. I'm just spinning my wheels all day never really accomplishing much because I'm always a step behind this boy. Much time is also spent carding my doors open because he's on a kick to lock them and then pull them closed, making it really inconvenient to do a whole lot.
-trying to create order in my bedroom since we moved Charlie into our closet. It's a big enough walk in that his crib fits ok, and considering I haven't had a full night's sleep for 8+months, I'm ready to do whatever it takes to make that happen. Sometime in the next few nights will hopefully bring uninterrupted sleep.
-digging in my heels in disbelief that August is half over and that summer is drawing to a close. I had high hopes for what this summer might hold. There have been nothing but glimpses of what I was hoping would be regularly occurring. The next 2 weeks we're going to be pretty busy doing nothing, because the long, lazy summer days spent with swimsuits on and high rates of popsicle consumption and forgetting about everything but playing haven't really happened, and we'd better fit in a few of those before school starts.
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I'm so glad some of your crazy summer days were spent with me. ;)
Cute Charlie. I hope he starts feeling better. He is the happiest little guy.
Oh...and I'm in dire need of a trip to Sephora since you told me it was in Utah. If you are up for an outing, I need someone who'd appreciate good makeup to go with me.
It's time for a full nights sleep. You deserve it.
Oh, and I still can't believe A and H are both going to kindegarten.
Here's to living up the rest of the summer. Hang in there!
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