Summer Time!!

I'm back for another blog, 4 months later. LOL

We now have a toddler! Elyssa is crawling around like a little army man or scooting around on her butt through the house. She is also a champion runner in the walker. She stands while holding onto furniture. I'm not sure if she will ever get her knees up to crawl the right way but she sure does get around! It's so hard to believe that she will be one year old in less than 2 months!! She waves now and shakes her head "no-no" when I say no (which is often these day, lol). Still, her favorite thing to do is hang out on my hip :o) Some days that gets old but I know someday I will miss this time.

Brandon graduated on June 4th. So, I guess I managed to keep my first child alive for almost 18 years. Thats always a good thing! He had an issue earlier that day and almost didn't go to the ceremony. Thank God for my Mom, the talker. We convinced him to go and I think he was glad he did in the end. He looked so very handsome in his cap and gown! He is a good boy and I am proud of him for sticking with his morals all throughout high school even though it cut him off from alot of people. That says alot about a person, especially a teenager.

It's summer so all of the kids are home for the summer. I was a bit nervous about that but it's going alright so far. I really was getting into a slump about Motherhood. I was starting to slightly think of my children as burdens instead of beautiful blessings. LOL I have been taking better care of MYSELF, praying for a more positive attitude, and sleeping more and I feel much better about life again. I really am blessed to have these 5 munchkins.

I started typing this about 6 hours ago and got sidetracked a few times. Now it's 11:30pm and I am heading to bed.