i promise to blog soon. i promise!

31 days left till we are UT bound. All heck will break loose I bet. We can't wait!

Modeling?

I've always said Brielle knows how to work the camera and look where it's landed her!

http://www.ocls.info/ - Front page of the Orange County Library System website
(top right: pictured Brielle Roberts)

Web Log neglect

Sorry. I know they say being a stay at home mom is difficult and a full time job yada yada yada. I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings here but man was it easy to stay home with the baby. It's not like I've never worked before but I can't seem to find a minute for myself most days. I tried running with Way but I think I did it wrong and now I have sharp pains in my knees that won't go away. I used to read before bed but now the thought of losing 20 min. of sleep is unbearable. Up at 5:30 am down at 12:00 am usually. Tonight. Tonight is different. It's 10:28 pm now and I'm crawling into bed as soon as I hit the publish button. But not before I post an Elaine video. Of course.

What's the deal?!

Yep. She crawls and pulls herself up to stand! She is almost 6 months and thinks she's 14. I guess it's time to start baby proofing. I've been putting it off.

Love you Nana and Grandpa!

Paxman/Roberts Update.

Elaine has grown so much. It's sad to think she's almost a toddler and I will never have another infant. She has been very grumpy lately because of teeth and growth spurts I think. She has been waking up several times a night and I'm exhausted. Between working and fighting off two colds in two weeks I'm not doing so well. I admit I was conflict seeking yesterday with my other half and I had to apologize this morning when I felt better (that doesn't happen very often).

Gretchen has grown so tall so fast that her fat cells need to catch up. Any aspiring supermodel would be envious.

She is now facebooking for those that don't know her well and she has quite the sense of humor. My kids usually annoy me with their goofy jokes and stories but Gretchen's humor is maturing and I find myself enjoying conversation more and more with her.

Brielle is so excited about her science project on gravity. She longs to do well in school but it is such a challenge for her. As a matter of fact she has been off her meds since Christmas and we haven't had any behavioral issues since February. I think holding her accountable for her behavior is giving her a life long lesson of self discipline and she's maturing too. Getting her to do her work isn't the problem. It's getter her to do it right that's like pulling teeth. She'll come around though, she's just really busy like me. Always looking for something new to try.

Grant is not with us very often so it's hard to give an update without being vague. I saw him at dinner tonight and just before bed. He went to cub scouts this evening and seemed to have had fun. He told me he took some poems Gretchen wrote out of her trash and was planning to bring them to his school to show his friends what his sister is like. I said told him even though they were in the trash they weren't for him to take and if he asked her she might have given them to him. I didn't make him give them back though because I didn't see the harm since they don't go to the same school.

I'm looking forward to meeting with one of my friends on Monday about a photo shoot. It turns out she and her husband have a photo studio in their house! I've been wanting portraits for our walls for a long time. Plus we need pictures to frame with Elaine in them.

What else? Oh I could go on for a while longer but wont because It's 11:00 pm and Elaine has been asleep since 8:15. She's bound to get up soon and I need my rest to get through my day tomorrow.

Why does Elaine make so much noise every time she eats?

fresh out of the bath and drying her pits.

Easter 2010

My mini-me ain't so mini anymore.

What's up with that grin Lainie?!

oh wait. It matches Grants grin!

Brielle is always ready for a camera.

I only have 2 min. to blog

I started work yesterday and I literally only have 2 minutes to blog about it this morning. I will be spending the next couple of days being crammed with information about insurance services and how TPA's (third party administrators) work. Not very interesting stuff but I have identified about 5 issues they are in need of correcting immediately other than what I was hired for. I think I could stay busy there for quite some time. Everyone is very nice and my hours are from 9 - 2:00 with 1 hour for lunch if I want it. Well I'm off to get dressed, drink my coffee, wake up the baby for her feeding, drive the girls to school and drop Elaine off at the sitter's (this will be her first day since Wayland stayed home with her yesterday) and go to work. Now that's what I call a Soccer Mom... but without the soccer.