Love them!

 First day of 5th grade!

                                           
 First day of 3rd grade!

                
All 3 of my babies! They are growing too fast.

Something to remember :)

  Today I met a young man, a waiter at Ihop and he had UMA, it is very rare to find someone with Microtia so when I see someone I want to talk to them. I spoke to him and asked him about his ear and let him know my 2 daughters I was with also has little ears (one with UMA and one with BMA). He was very sweet and asked what the name was called, I told him microtia and atresia. It was very interesting he didn't know the name. He also mentioned he is totally okay with his little ear. I was very proud to meet him and introduce my daughters to someone else who also has microtia. It was really cool! It makes me very proud of my girls, and again completly okay with their beautiful special little ears! I would change nothing!

So I wrote the above paragraph on FB on a Microtia support group and this is what was commented back. It brought tears to my eyes and I want to remember this:

 

  Kristina, thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. Isn't it always such a wonderful feeling to meet someone else with M/A? It brings a tear to my eyes, how many times I hear that no one (out of all of the doctors seen throughout... a life time) that no one ever told some of our Microtia friends why they have little ears and that there is a name for it. I love hearing about these chance meetings all of the time because it is not like we see someone else with M/A every weekend. I can sense the pride in you and in your daughters and in him. Good for you guys and so many of our members in our group who are "proud" of their little ears. It is really cool and it is a wonderful feeling to meet as someone with the same anything in common because you can not help that connection. So happy for you. I am still glowing from a couple of weekends ago when my family and my Ally met Justin. :-)

Checking In~

  Its funny how summer was so mellow and then the last couple weeks have been insane! A little too much going on, I thought my head was going to explode. I am starting to feel good about things, and everything is coming together. The kids are just about ready for school. And I think we found a house, thanks to my sis inlaw. I don't want to get to excited until I hear the date were moving in, but I have a great feeling about it. I am excited to move and have a little change. And to clean out the house and get rid of all the crap we don't need. The house is a 3bd 2 ba, a/c, heat, family room, living room and dining area. I would make one of the rooms into a play room so I can continue to watch children comfortably. Just the 2nd bathroom and a/c is exciting enough for me and its $100 less then what we were paying. So keeping my fingers crossed.

  Also the Hubby has been working his butt off and I miss him right now. And so do the kids. But Daddy's gotta work. Pretty soon it will all slow down, so he needs to work as much as he can.

  I had a nice night out wth a good friend tonight. I tried Thai for the first time and it was yummy! We also got our toes done. So it was nice to have some girl time.

  I haven't had much to say lately, just been busy with the kids schedule. And when school starts its going to be even more busy, kinda looking forward to it all, except for the fact that I accidently over scheduled Jenna with dance and cheer on wednesdays, so we'll see how that turns out, cheer is only til november though.

  So hopefully the next time I write it will be about our new house.

And it all begins....

  So August just hit us like a ton of bricks! So I knew Cheer and Soccer were starting in August but holy moly I was not expecting this intense schedule. So as of right now Nenn's Cheer is monday-friday 6-8 and a cheer camp this saturday 12:30-3, and I'm not sure how long that schedule will be, then we have Ky's soccer tuesday 5:30-7 and saturday 9-10:30. So we went from a relaxing summer schedule to craziness! Which is fine, just wasn't quite ready for it. I was just getting used to sleeping in and enjoying the break. This week just seems to be crazy all together, I think this is the busiest playdate week we've had all summer to go along with cheer and soccer, and I also need to get ready for camping, we are leaving on tuesday and I haven't even started getting anything ready, usually I've started packing by now. So yeah I need to get into busy mommy mode and start getting back into the swing of things. Not to mention getting the kids ready for school. We need to get back on school sleeping mode and I need to finish the girls clothes shopping, I have finished JJ's shopping. Oh and my poor Hubby has been so busy working 3 jobs, I probably won't see him much in August, except when we go camping, we are so looking forward to our last trip before the fall. Its been a little hard not having the Hubby around much, usually he is so involved in everything but he just can't right now I'm doing it all and thats okay. I've been a little overwhelmed, but it will all work out. Need to keep reminding myself...take one day at a time.

Stressed

  So the last week or so I have been so stressed about finding a new house. And really there is not much out there. I still have an application in for a house that they are just dragging along. But finally we have made a new plan, after almost losing my mind. We are going to go ahead and do a month to month and clean out the house we are in now, which means get rid of all the junk and crap thats in our house that we don't need, and we have lots. So I have set a date on having a garage sale on august 20th and whatever I don't sell we'll give it away or throw it in the dumpster we will rent, depending on how much crap we have left. We need to do this anyway before we move so lets get started, then I will make the garage into a play room again. So I am excited to just get rid of stuff and try to start over new in the place we live now, until we hopefully find a place we are happy with. It took me a minute but I feel so much better having a plan. And watch once I stop stressing something will come, I hope. Plus I really need to concentrate on camping thats coming up, and getting the kids ready for school to start. And soccer and cheer start august 1st also. So I'm done with the worrying on the house (for now) time to concentrate on the upcoming crazy schedule!

Life is about to get crazy!

  Well its about to be August and I am really not looking forward to all the craziness of schedules to begin again. Summer is going to fly by quickly now. Cheer is about to start for Nenn, Soccer is about to start for Ky, camping, then we need to get ready for school, like clothes shopping, school supply shopping, shoes, haircuts, backpacks, and the worries of going back to school (Ky has a rough time with that every year) Then to top it off we are trying to move :// Then before we know it school will be starting, then dance will start too. Oh and JJ's new preschool starts in September also, and of course my Nenn will be turning 8, which means its about time to start planning a birthday party. Holy moly it stresses me out just thinking about it! But you know what? We get through it every year. And its part of being a Mommy. Just the extra moving is what really freaks me out. I'm trying to make the right decisions. Of what area to live in? Are we going to be able to keep the kids at the schools we want? And if not we need a back up plan. Really its a big life decision of where were going to live. And then all the packing and moving...blah! But I do love that we can start all over again and get rid of all the extra crap that we don't need in our home (Ky is begging me to have a garage sale.) 


So I just need to breath and take one day at a time. And enjoy the rest of the summer, while looking for a place to move.

 And it looks like I will not be watching my full time baby starting around September, so I would love to find a new full time baby to watch. I will miss her :( So if anyone needs a babysitter mon-fri starting in September (by then everything will be in order and kids will be in school and Jay will be in school 3 days a week), I would love to be the one.

Today~

Today started off fun! First we woke up a little to early, but had a nice time in Tracy, for the Hubby's work breakfast. He has these every 3 months and gets a bonus and they have fun raffles. It was nice because the Hubby got a safe driver award and a customer service award and got Starbucks gift card. Then Nenn won a huge container of licorice, she was very happy. Then after we decided to surprise the kids and take them to Boomers, they were so happy! We played miniature golf, rode on some tube like boats and squirted eachother with water. Too bad it wasn't warmer outside. Oh and can't forget the arcade games. On the way home we stopped at In and Out...yummy! Then my Dad stopped by for a minute. So we had a really nice family day.

Now I am home stressed! Yesterday we got our lease renewal and they raised our rent $100. Not very happy about this at all! I feel like we can find a place for that much and have another bathroom and some a/c at least. So now I am in a horrible mood, searching for a new place to live. And really I have found nothing and don't know where else to look. This came out of nowhere, and did not expect this at all! So what to do? What to do? I am lost.

I am looking forward to my Nephew's Baptism tomorrow, followed by a bbq/pool party. Hopefully I can get this moving crap off my mind, its making me nuts!