Perspective

It’s amazing how the fear of loosing everything can change how you look at your life and family. The messy kitchen doesn’t seem like such a big deal. Chasing Alex around the house, keeping him out trouble, doesn’t seem like such a hard chore. I’m busy almost every moment Alex is awake. There always seems to be a dozen things that need to be done. Every day I note the big projects that absolutely have to get done, projects that I haven’t inested any time in. There is so much that I have been getting stressed about. Those things are real, and they will stress me out from time to time. That’s ok. I just need to stand back now and then and remember how lucky I am to have this family. I also need to remember to take lots of pictures and write every day. Because the cute things my kids do will just be faded memories and the are growing up so very fast. I wish I had a blog long ago for Allison growing up. At least we have video of some of our more interesting adventures. I love this family of mine.

Wow.. long day

Alex did not sleep well last night.  He was up about every hour.  I think he is having nightmares. On top of that he seems to get more adventurous every day! He is really starting to wear me out.  He has his 9 month checkup tomorrow. I’m curious to see how much he weighs.  I think he is 26 lbs.  Shannon thinks he is much more than that.  I think he feels a lot heavier because he spends a lot of time reaching for things and wiggling to get down. It’s a lot of work just to hold on to him.