Life happens

and you go with it.

(Enjoying a special convo with daddy)

That's been going through my mind lately.  And the constant reminder with all this 'stress' I feel I really don't have "problems" - no big problems or serious problems - at the end of the day I have my 2 beautiful children - my wonderful husband - and our health...I know this...but of course we all get stressed and at different points in our life there is MORE stress than other times.

And so when life happens, we adjust.  We may not want to, it might not be fair, we might be sad, it might be a lot of work - but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.  And even though that light is hard to see sometimes- it's there...even if it's dim.

For example, it's hard on all of us when Livy is gone in Nevada for 6 weeks of the summer visiting her dad.  It's especially hard on her mama, but we all come together and rally as a family and do the best we can.  It's hard for us - the people who see her everyday and are with her all the time.  Greyson asked almost everyday  "mama, when is Livy gonna be home?"  He missed his buddy..  With all that being said - we are happy to report that we welcomed Livy home last weekend.  And, we celebrated!!!

We made signs - we blew up balloons - hey - we had a party because family is worth celebrating!

 happy mama to have her baby in her arms

 I must give credit where it is due - I made the letters on the sign but then Papa Mike decorated all of them...if you look closely he even intialed his work - ha!  That would be why the M.P.R. is there;)

Check out Miss Ladybug...are you digging her shoes as much as I do?!

(moving on with my thoughts and scattering pictures in between of our mini-celebration)

It's also going to be a HUGE adjustment for my family when I go back to work.  I have enjoyed every part of this year.  As I have said before I have truly never been happier.  I was home with my kids ALL year.  I got to be with Sailor her first year of life and that was very important to me.  But, now I am going back to teaching and the stress of a new school year, my son starting preschool, not seeing my daughter during the day, moving to a new house, and moving to a new grade is upon me.  And let me tell you - I.Feel.It.  Lots of life is happening around here and we are going with it.  Taking it one day at a time, because that's all we can do.  I am going to use this year as a learning experience and see where this road takes us.

I truly don't know what I want to do as far as staying home or going to work.  Let me explain that.  I am going back to work to teach 2nd grade.  My school made some changes, some teachers retired, and I was moved to another grade, which is a chance I took when I decided to take off the whole year.  I also want to state LOUD and CLEAR - that i have absolutely NO regrets about it.  At first I wasn't sure, but now I'm actually looking forward to a little older/maturity level of kids.  Like I said, I'm going to take it one day at a time and see how it goes.  I know after being home a whole year that I want to do 'something' I just don't know what it is yet.  I, myself, could not stay home FULL time-ALL the time.  However, I'm not sure if I want full time work either.  That's why this year is going to tell me and my family A LOT! 

It's so hard to balance as a mom.  I struggle with it constantly.  Is my child getting enough sleep, is my child getting enough healthy nutrition, is my child getting along socially 'correct', am I reading enough to my kids, are they meeting milestones...the list goes on and on...I know the 'worry' will never go away...it's part of the job...and now I have another job (my work job) to add to all of this...

I registered this lil' guy for preschool.  He is gonna go 5 mornings a week at my school.  So, he will come with me in the morning and then get picked up at 11:30 by his Papa.  He has a new Quicksilver backpack all the way from Hawaii that is from his Uncle Just.  He's all set.  Not sure how he will do with this transition but for now the mom in me knows it's time.  Once he gets used to it and knows his routine I know he will love it.

 

Life for this little girl has been painful in the mouth if ya know what I mean...Sister is really teething...and she has been miserable.  We can totally tell because she is just not herself. 

And life for Livy and Grey (as buddies) is getting back to normal as well.  They just returned from an adventure at KeyLime Cove.  Grammy Ann and Auntie Amy took the two of them for a couple days where they indulged in the indoor waterpark and the arcade and of course some chicken strips along the way.  Grey returned with a GIANT pen that he has been writing on himself with - NO NO! ;)

(the light at the end of Amy's tunnel)

 This one cracks me up...check out Grey's face...you'd think we were welcoming him home with the way he's holding that cake - haha!


 Life is happening all around us.  And, even though I don't like too much change we must be prepared for it because it's inevitable.

I'm doing my best to embrace what is happening around here.  I am trying to make the best decisions for my family and that's all I can do.   I want to be the best wife/mommy I can be and at the end of the day, my family is what matters most and comes FIRST!


Life happens...

Happy Monday!