My god, what a whirlwind these last few weeks have been! A few days after we returned from Dinseyworld, my lovely brother Josh came for a visit, then my mom got into town, my cousin Mandy got married and Sophia was the flower girl, and Celia started crawling and is now into everything, as you can see! We've been doing dance class and preschool most days of the week, and I am left panting in the dust! Every day I think I'm going to stay home, something happens and I am off somewhere else. Today I was on the southside and ordered a new crib for Celia, because her old one was recalled, and visited my grandparents while we were down there, so it was a nice bonus to the trip. Sophia is learning a lot at school, and I'm already getting the real insight on what being a mom of three girls will really be. We are already experiencing the "so and so won't talk to me today" stuff. I'm trying to realize that while as we grow older most women mature and don't do that anymore, all little girls will have to experience it and work through it themselves. I'll try and provide whatever gentle guidance I can, but it does break my heart to see Sophia the Bold become Sophia the Insecure now that she is in school. Maia is now asking to go to school as well, and it stings to see how quickly they are growing up and reaching out to the world. Parenting is the act of teaching a person how to live in the world without you once they are older, and if you are a good parent, you do that, but it is a sad and scary prospect. I think Celia learning to crawl has shown me not only though that they work so hard to leave you, but if you do things right, they will always be happy to come back, just like she does when she realizes I'm sitting close enough to crawl to. My, aren't I feeling sentemental today? Back on the track of news of exciting times in the life of us, we went to an orchard last weekend and picked our own apples and got apple cider. There is nothing on earth better than a glass of REAL apple cider, fresh and crisp, on a fall day. Delicious. We also recieved some suprise tickets today to the premire of the Tinkerbell movie for Saturday from Sophia's school, so lucky James gets to sit in a room full of preteen girls down to toddlers and watch it with us. He's a superstar. Speaking of him being a superstar, he got a promotion at work and now will be a manager in the Financial Reporting division. Yeah for James! No more travel either, so yeah for me! So congrats to my hubby for a job well done. Here are a few pictures of the recent fabulous fun we have been having. Enjoy!
