Living life is kind of busy

Dear Children, Apparently taking care of you guys takes up a lot of my time. So I will not apologize for the fact that I haven't written you a letter since January. I have been back to work full time now for a little over a year, I still question everyday if I am missing out on big things in your life. For right now we are going to keep at it and just take it day by day. Chris. You are going to be in high school next year. That is super insane. You want to play football and I am freaked out, but I will let you spread your wings. I just hope that I don't have to put those wings in casts next fall. You challenge me daily with your intellect and ability to argue your side of things to the point of insanity. You are my child inside and out. Sometimes I wonder if you even have any other DNA. That is why I know you will be just fine, I like to tell all of my friends that you will either run the world or talk someone into taking care of you forever. (Guess that may end of being me).

Savannah. You are the reason I am now on blood pressure medicine and potentially a mood stabilizer before too long. You are a mean as a snake and as you like to say bossy. You are only two but you look and talk like a sassy four year old. You are doing so well in daycare and I know that was the right decision for you. You are so stinking cute and so smart. I can't wait to see what the next year holds for you.

You guys play and argue like you are a year apart instead of 11. It is hilarious. I have no doubt that you guys will be very close as time goes on. As much as you drive me crazy I am so proud of your intelligence and independence.

I know I don't always show it, but I love you both very much and I am trying to learn every day to live in the moment and not "freak out" so much as you would say Chris. I will try not to stay away for so long next time, but knowing you two I might not have much time to write for awhile. XOXO, Mom

Friday night

Loving Children,

It is a typical Friday night at the Shea's house..

Sav had to be picked up from daycare because she pooped three times, needless to say she is fine!

Chris brought a friend home from school, surprise!!!

Took Chris to get a haircut for the first time in almost a year,

I see two people I know from work and my husband proceeds to ask me if they are the people I am having an affair with and if they come to our house and steal his socks (he can never find his socks)and he wants to ask them for his socks back (his humor is one of the few reasons I am sane!!!)

We come back home, and the friend comes back over and helps Chris eat all the left over pizza.

Lamont takes a nap since he stayed up until three AM playing a video game.

Next, the boys will be off to a high school ball game of the friend's brother (maybe I can claim him on our taxes hmmmm....)

And by the way that is the first three hours of our Friday night...So when you look back and remember why your parents were so tired all the time, multiple this by the whole week!!!!

Wouldn't trade it for the world though!

Love,

Mom

WTF..........What tha Freak!

7 months since I have blogged! 7 months.... I try to think what have I been doing in the last 7 months that I couldn't even write on my little blog.

Well....I accepted a promotion and went back to work full time,

Sav started daycare for the first time,

we moved again,

Chris started 7th grade (speaks for itself),

Sav has been sick with every virus that could possibly picked up at daycare, pink eye was added to the list last week, and today we are off to the pediatrician for who knows what,

My Dad had major lung surgery and coded after and has had a long recovery, but he is not smoking!!!!

My paternal Grandmother passed away, and I only pray that I have the same peace and dignity when it is my time.

I have decided to change the format for my blog. I am going to start writing letters to both of my children. I hope it will give me something to look back at, it can be a talking point for us later, and in the event that I leave them before I would like, it could give them my voice.

We shall see how it goes!!!!!