The Weather Outside is Great, The Weather Inside is a Flurry!

The crazy times have begun! Although it may seem I have time to actually blog, I don't. But out of habit I am procrastinating. Yes, and I do it so well. I don't have anything pressing that I must accomplish immediately, but in the back of my mind I have to get the address book out, address Christmas cards, perhaps attempt to write a newsletter to send along to a few, take pictures of my angels, develope them so I can send, to show them off for some old friends.
The tree is up and decorated, but all the other decorations are sitting on a coffee table waiting to be appropiately placed.
The kids are quiet, upstairs, Caleb is watching Dora and Amberly is enjoying the time alone in his room with all of his toys. Dora is my Hero. I love her, and Diego and Bob & Larry. They bring peace to a house of chaos. Solitude to a worn out soul.
Tonight I have a ladies Christmas event to attend at church. I'm not sure if I will enjoy myself, I mean, the prep time alone has been un-enjoyable. We have to bring a dessert, a cash donation and a gift from our home that isn't used (DON'T ASK BECAUSE I STILL DON'T GET IT!) but is cherished?!?!? HUH? Anyway, I made some shortbread cookies, I wraped up a video and I'll rob my husband's wallet once he's home!
Tomorrow I'm off for the day with the kids to my parents. I'm giving a day for Dave to do Christmas shopping for his beautiful wife and time for just himself. Sunday is a normal day, and then we're heading into a week with December entering in. From then on, our weekends are booked! Next weekend we're hosting a party for Dave's highschool friends. The week after that is my work's Kids Christmas party as well as Caleb's 3rd Birthday party. Through out the week we've got lunches, planned, more evenings away, and all I can say is Christmas will be at the doorstep before I know it!
Well, it's almost too quiet upstairs. I'm getting a little concerned. I better go and see what those little "angels" have destroyed!

Another Quiet Night

I have a night to myself again. Amberly is sound asleep, and Caleb is watching a Veggie Tale movie before his bed time. Dave is at a poker night with the guys from work. So here I am. Over the past week, I've eliminated the soother from Amberly. Christa hasn't given it to her for months now, and so I thought I might as well go with the flow. I started last Wednesday night. To my surprise, she didn't seem too upset at bedtime. It was her naps that we are still continuing to struggle with. Now I have to go and rub her back until she relaxes enough to go to sleep. I don't know which was better! I feel bad because she's my baby first of all, and I think all babies look cute with their sussies! I kind of feel like I've rushed her out of it. And she's having a rough time cutting these silly eye teeth, and I took her comfort away. But I think we were successful and the tylenol is helping her with her mood swings and fussiness!
Caleb is getting so good at writing out his own name, it's amazing! We dot it first for him to trace, but he does a great job at doing it. Plus he's becoming more and more talkative. He cracks me up. He sometimes copy-cats Dave when Dave is trying to tell me something and it makes me laugh so hard!
Dave happened to have mentioned to me that he "thought he heard that U2 was coming back next summer" and then I discovered on Facebook that Jay got tickets! I was shocked. So I scrambled and started to look for some tickets hoping that there was some left. There was. Not the cheapest ones that I wanted. But I ordered myself 2 tickets. I loved their show so much, that I just couldn't pass it by again. After ordering them, Dave wanted to know who I was going to take, because he wasn't interested in going again! Yikes! So I called up my brother and asked him if he would be willing to spend that kind of money on a night out with his sister. I just might have him convinced! I hope so! It would be so much fun going with him. But I already have a back up plan, Lesa has already jumped at the opportunity if Steve isn't in. I feel the excitment already. July 3, 2010 is pretty far off!
I'm so tired of hearing about the crazy swine flu. The media has everyone paranoid and I am tired of hearing co-workers go on and on, feeding off of every word they hear or read from the media. I dont' know what to do about getting the shot. I'm still confused. But I know what ever decision Dave and I come to, will be the right one for our family. I just hope I don't make any mistakes.
Well, I better go check on my little guy. See what's happening with the Pirates who don't do Anything!