{ONE:} Work & SAHM
Matt has worked for over 2 weeks straight. He has some goals for Christmas and wants to pay off some bills so he's been helping a buddy remodel his house. It's a win/win situation because his friend isn't paying a bunch of money to a contractor and Matt is making a few hundred bucks every weekend. Matt past experience managing a lumber yard and building houses has come in handy.I've been taking the kids to a lot of movies (including Pete's Dragon.... Zeplin and I cried.) But we sure do miss him and wish he was able to come with us.
His career-job has been nothing shy of discouraging and frustrating with all the politics involved with working at the state. Up until recently, he didn't talk much about it. But late the other night he finally opened up. it was so obvious that he was upset because Matt is a very patient and accepting person. He used to joke that he can make a good punching bag for people who need to vent their frustrations but there is only so much one person can take. I wouldn't be surprised if his buttons get pushed just enough that he decides to change his career path.
He was able to have an extra long meeting with the people causing the issues and call them out on their lies and nonsense. He also has his superiors completely backing him up. They were in the meeting with him and were appalled at how Matt conducted the meeting with such professionalism while basically telling the (crook) off.
Matt came home that evening after the meeting with an extra pep in his step and was so happy to talk to me about it! It definitely made me feel a lot more comfortable and less anxious!
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I'm really missing my job. I don't miss the new manager, obviously, but I really enjoyed the work and bringing my kids. I cancelled my membership so I can't even go workout. It makes me sad but I'm sure I will understand why. . . . Right now, my why is my children.
I've been really stressed out & emotional (not crying emo but very grumpy). I feel horrible because I've been taking it out on my son. It's become a habit to raise my voice at him and it makes me cry. I cried to him last weekend because I wanted to take him to a movie but because he wouldn't do what he was told so we could go, we missed our chance to leave on time. I snapped at him and it became very heated because the more he cried, the angrier I got.
Eventually I sat down in his room and we folded his laundry while I cried. He kept turning to me and saying, "Oh mom. Please don't cry. I don't like to see you cry."
I would love all the prayers to help me be calm, patient and tender with my son while we transition to be being home bodies.
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The Bucket List Family on Instagram is going to send a lucky family to Disneyland in a few weeks and I decided to nominate my husband & son. This is what I wrote....
"I mostly want to nominate my husband & son.
My husband is the most selfless, loving and giving man I've ever known and if the last 3 months, to help pay for bills, my husband picked up a 2nd job remodeling a house and has only spent 3 days in the last 3 months not working. He had to call in sick to his 1st job to stay home and be helpful to me with our littles when I got sick.
On a side note, My children (daughter was 3 months old at the time) and I were in a serious car accident on June 1st that totaled our car but we were all safe. My husband drove up to the accident as he was following us to a location. That image of us standing outside our car, all crying, has never left his mind. My son still talks about the man that hit us & the police officers that gave him stickers. I've since been carting my children around to chiropractic appointments & physical therapy all summer instead of taking them on fun adventures that we all had hoped our summer would have entailed. I feel so sad that my son's summer was cut short and my daughter spent so much time in her car seat at doctors offices.
My son wakes up every morning with the same question, "Do we get to see Daddy today?" It breaks my heart that we don't get to see him as often as we want to. My husband gave up a lot of wonderful hobbies that we all love to do so that we could feel peace of mind with finances but at the sacrifice of being together. He reminds me that this is all temporary, which I understand. We just really love him and miss him dearly when he's away. He opened up to me the other night about the burden he feels leaving his family every day but the responsibility he takes on to keep us taken care of, so I can stay home with our children. My husband is most deserving of a break and I want so desperately for our son to be with him so they can relax, let loose and be happy. None of us have ever gone to Disneyland and I know it would be the perfect treat for an otherwise hectic year. Oh and my son turns 4 on December 18th and my husband turns 34 two days later - so maybe even a special birthday gift to the two of them."
I'm sure we won't win but I would really love it if we did!!
{TWO:} LipSense
{THREE:} Friends
We had a lot of fun times with friends this week.
Last week, after spending some time in Nampa visiting my mom, I met with Tina and Chloe at Chick-fil-A for dinner. It's been so fun being friends with them and see how much Chloe has changed.
On Sunday, we went to Trevor's birthday party and had a great time. Their home was full of family and we were the only friends there. I'm so glad we got to celebrate Trevors 4th birthday with him. Zeplin is really excited to have Trevor come to his party in December!
Then on Wednesday, I met up with Michelle (Gage, Trevor and Madelyn) so we could deliver Get Well Soon cards to the 2 officers and police dog who were shot in the line of duty last week. It was so sad when we later found out that the puppy died from his wound. One officer was just released and the other is still in the hospital recovering from undergoing a couple surgeries. We pray for their recovery!
{FOUR:} Zeplin
2 weeks ago, Zeplin made it all the way to 5 consecutive nights without peeing the bed when he had an accident. I was super disappointed for him because it was such an awesome goal to get his new bedding. He woke up on the 6th night and came downstairs naked, apologizing that he peed the bed. So..... we had to start over Saturday night.
From that Saturday up until this morning, he didn't pee the bed but sadly Friday morning, he came down with all new clothes. He told me that he was sorry he peed the bed. When I told him it was okay, he said, "I know. I'll just have to try try again!" I sure love this little guy.
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Zeplin got a big boy hair cut by Travis again and he did so well. He actually told me that he doesn't want anyone else to cut his hair besides Travis. Towards the end of the hair cut he said, "Oh gee Travis. I really like my hair cut!" We all started laughing because he hadn't even seen it yet! hahaha.
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Zeplin has been wanting to create fun things lately. We were watching Big Hero 6 when he turned to me and asked if we could make a Baymax costume out of an empty diaper box. Zeplin helped me cut out paper and glue it all to the box. He was beyond excited!
He's also been drawing a lot. Even a few self portraits. They're super silly looking. He's trying to give them emotions and asks us to guess what they're feeling.
{FIVE:} Arrowlyn >>------> 38 Weeks
➸This little bundle of love is growing like crazy! But she's still a petite thing - especially sitting next to her boy friends that her age.➸She thinks she's starving all the time and constantly wants to nurse and eat. She used to love eggs, avocado and tomatoes but now she gags when she eats them. It's hilarious to watch her - it's as if she knows what I'm trying to feed her because she will completely shun it. Arrow is most certainly a meat eater. She loves turkey and chicken the most.
➸Arrow is so close to crawling!! She manages to get around and be destructive without actually crawling though. Its a mixture of scooting, rolling and shimmying!
I love that she's getting into things all the time. She loves to play with toys, and her brother. She especially loves to sing, dance and mimic noises
➸I think she's getting more teeth. She's had a horrible runny nose and was a little fussy earlier in the week. She has been sleeping a lot too. Which is nice for me to get stuff done but she's so much fun when she's awake that I miss her.
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