Sorry...

I know... I've done a crappy job of writing on my blog this summer. In my defense, I have kept myself really busy with the kids and when I wasn't busy with them, I have been reading. This is really the second summer I have fallen in love with books again. I get so excited about reading and I can't put them down until I finish them. It's like I am just starved for them! So everytime I have a spare minute, I find myself picking up a book insteads of my computer. Sorry.

So, let's hit the higlights of the past week or so. The major headline: Bye-Bye Bobby!!! It would seem as though Lily has given up her pacifier habit. Her fourth birthday was this past Tuesday (22nd). The night before her birthday, Brad jokingly said that this would be the last night she could suck her bobby because she would be turning four the next day. Later that night when he put her to bed, she said she wasn't going to suck her bobby for at least three days. And that very night she went to sleep without it. Miraculous!!! Then all day on her birthday she never mentioned it. The night of her birthday she went to bed without it again. She asked me Wednesday morning what I had done with all of her bobbies. I said I hadn't done anything, what did she think we should do with them? She said to bury them in the yard so the dogs could dig them up and play with them. A couple of times she has seemed surprised not to have it in her mouth and she mentions it, but the change is nothing short of a miracle. I don't want to get too excited, just incase, but it would seem as though bobby is history! Hooray!

While Lily has been a real angel and has made me proud in so many ways this summer, I have been extremely worried by Sam's behavior. He has completely changed this summer. He has always been so sweet and loving but for the past month, he has been giving me a fit. He has been talking back, being hateful to myself and his sister, hitting at me, blatantly disobeying me, etc. I really don't know what the cause of it is. The only thing I can think of is that he is competing for my attention, which Lily does seem to get so much of. I have tried to entertain him and keep him busy but he refuses to take an interest in anything, with the exception of Spongebob and fishing. He would go fishing 24/7. He says everything is boring. I just am praying that this is just a phase and that when school starts back he will go back to the same sweet boy he used to be. I am not sure that he, or I, can take much more of this.

I had a few of my buddies from school over to the house today for lunch while grandmomma kept the kids. (Thursdays are mommy days this summer.) We ate taco salads and razzleberry pie and talked for hours. It was a good relaxing adult time. I am so thankful for my good friends and for those occasional times when I can revert back to "adult mode". It surely helps my sanity!

My husband and I are continuing to enjoy what I consider to be a very turning point in our relationship. We have totally reconnected this summer and we've become best friends again! It has been so refreshing! I love him, love him, love him! He is so good to me and good FOR me. We definitely have characteristics that complement each other. I am actually dreading the time when I have to go back to work because I feel like we are on a sort of honeymoon. It has been so nice!

Well, I have chicken in the over that I need to check on and I have a book beside me that is "calling my name". :) Ta-Ta for now.