Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Milestones....
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I'm supposed to be paying bills and balancing the checkbook right now. I do that every Tuesday. Really. Every Tuesday. Monday and Thursday are laundry and ironing, Tuesday is finances, Wednesday is phone calls and appointments, Friday is the day to run errands (we only school 4 days a week) and Saturday is lesson planning for school. If I stick to this schedule, then I know each week I get the major things accomplished. Meals, diapers, housework, church, sports and activities fill in all the other holes. It's a good schedule. It's predictable and easy to remember. If Monday night comes and I'm not done with laundry and ironing until midnight, I work until midnight so I know that I will not get behind. So now it's Tuesday. And I'm supposed to be doing finances. But I'm not. I don't want to. My rebellious spirit is rebelling against my own rules. That is sad - and could possibly require some therapy. No wonder my parents spent a lot of time in prayer for me. To ease my guilt meter, I'm going to use the excuse that I have pictures to blog. I think that is important. Ok, maybe "important" is a little bit of an over-statement. In the military, anything important gets an acronym. So here is my acronym for blogging: FAFRT. Yep, you go it, FAFRT. Family And Friend Reconnection Therapy. FAFRT. Hmmm...if I say that fast it sounds a little like a word that makes my boys giggle. By now I'm sure many of you (and especially my mother) are wishing I would have stuck to paying my bills. But this is certainly more entertaining than staring at a stack of bills sitting next to my computer and trying to figure out how my Quicken Bill Pay can spontaneously deposit extra income into my account. This post did have a point when I started out. I should get to it. I've lost many readers by this point and the pictures are what make blogs cool anyway. We've had some milestones in the month of October. Overall it was a good month. We always have bumps in the road, but that is NOT the point of this post. Awana, soccer, football, Braden's coin club and Brenna's Daisy group all started up again. I've been to Victory Ranch in Hemmit (about 2 1/2 hours away) to attend the Ladies Retreat as a camper, to the Men's Retreat to play on the Worship Team, and this weekend we're going to an all-day meeting at the camp to play music again. One weekend J had Reserves in Arizona and took the three older kids with him. J and the big boys attended the Men's Retreat. J had two more doctor appointments and one more surgery in San Diego - Kidney stones are gone - yeah! We've been up there six times in the last two months for appointments and surgeries. I like San Diego, but I told J the next trip we make there really should be for something fun like the beach or Sea World. Anything beats sitting in waiting rooms watching CNN all day. Side note here: it's a Naval hospital...what happened to Fox News? Umm...let's see....what else was there? Oh yes, I tried to walk backwards and talk at the same time. It didn't work. My husband says I could talk standing on my head, but apparently I can't do it while walking backwards. I managed to sprain my ankle at the Ladies' Retreat. After attempting to use crutches (and failing miserably...in front of all my friends - and everyone else laughing while I tried to figure it out), I just ended up wearing an aircast for a couple of weeks. Life just keeps moving on - and my kids keep changing. Sometimes the changes happen so slowly that you barely notice, and then other times the changes seem to come out of nowhere. All the sudden you realize that the kids have moved on...past one stage and into another. Milestone #1: Kraig moved from a highchair to a booster at the table. He was so excited about that.  Sittin' next to Dad
   Here he is trying to figure out how to use a fork. I'd like to say Kraft paid me for this placement advertising, but instead it's just bad photography.  A few months ago Kraig started pointing like this. He closes his fist and pulls his shoulder up to his chin. It's really funny.  I just had to include this picture. Remember that sitcom when we were growing up with the rich dude that adopted the three black children? The younger boy (and I can't remember his name right now for the life of me) used to make this face and say "Watcha talkin' 'bout Willis?" to the older brother. I started laughing when I saw Kraig's expression and it matched that little boy.
Oh yes, "Different Strokes". That's the name of that sitcom. Milestone #2: Tanner caught up to me in height. Scary. In one of these pictures I look taller, but it's really only the magic of great hairspray making my hair poofy. It was weird...in September Tanner was still shorter than me. Then he came downstairs to give me a hug one morning and I realized we were looking at each other eye to eye! Wow...it really took me back. I remembered my little five-foot-tall grandmother who still maintained the honor and respect of her four adult boys. She would stare up at them and wag her finger in their face. Anyone of those boys were almost twice her size, but they would have done anything they told her because she was the BOSS. I've got my work cut out for me.    Milestone #3: Braden's hands are the same length as mine. I think he has unusually long fingers. Well, unusual for J and I at least. We both have pretty stubby hands. Braden's hands and feet look like my brother, Travis'. Long, skinny and rather bony.   My photography skills need work. I just realized in these pictures that you can really only see my freckled, weathered, stubby hands instead of Braden's long fingers. Oh well, you can tell the size comparison.
Living where it gets insanely hot, Kraig has worn mostly one piece rompers. They are cool and easy to move in. A friend graciously gave us some hand-me-downs and there were a couple pairs of pants. Kraig was so delighted -- he walked around picking up his leg to show the brothers and Brenna his jeans.Milestone #4: Kraig got his first pair of jeans.
   What a little man! He transitioned from baby to toddler with one change of wardrobe.
Well, there were a couple more milestones to share, but I really need to get to bed. Since I didn't get Tuesday's job done, I have my work cut out for me tomorrow! I'll finish the rest of the milestones the next time I have time to FAFRT...whoops, that even made me giggle. I have to come up with a better acronym. (it's ok, mom. Most people won't read this far anyway...) | ||
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