A Brief Catching Up

I am hoping to get more and more away from the bookFace and document more of my life on here. While I love posting a little snippet of my life and getting a little conversation going; I just have found that it takes too much extra little time out of my day. Also I am a total hypocrite and have kind of become one of those people who posts NOTHING but stuffs about their kiddlets. I personally don't have a problem with that, but   I would rather be writing something more worthwhile that has longevity that I can reference when I FINALLY decide to make those baby books than sharing Ezra cutting his first tooth with 251 of my closest strangers and acquaintances. One before the other; and I figure anyone who actually thinks I have anything relevant to say will read my blog.

Okay...but the truth is I just have to share with someone other than my immediate friends and family some exciting news. We are on pins and needles because Ross had a second job interview with a company yesterday. He met with the VP, had a tour of the place, and his interview took over 1.5 hours. I think that's a good sign, but nothing is for sure until we get that offer. We have been through this before and have been disappointed before; so we are just waiting faithfully. Lord; my husband has gone through 7 years of job instability and dissatisfaction (3 of those years he was unemployed). We would really love for him to have this job.

I also am in talks with my previous employer. They want me back (Cue N'SYNC's "I Want You Back") and  I want them back; so we are negotiating a one day/week gig- something they said they couldn't do 10 months ago. Stay tuned for that as well. ("You're all I ever wanted...you're all I ever neeeeeded...Yeeaaaah....").I love being a stay at home mom, but my degree/licence is an important thing for me to keep and honor for when the kids grow up or if we need me to step up to the plate (financially) again. Also? I'd like us to stop stressing about money and I have college funds and some overdue shopping trips on the brain [lets be honest]. Either way; I got to stay home with my baby for his first year of life. Thank You Lord. I think Maddy would have preferred I went to work, but our relationship has been through a lot (ultimately positive) this past year. But that's a whole post in itself. 

EZRA. 

Oh my goodness. My son. My sweet boy is 9.5 months old and is learning how to walk now. He walks holding on to furniture and with his little push toys (or a chair, or step stool, anything he can get his chubby little hands on). He cut his first tooth on Thanksgiving day (L. bottom middle incisor), and he is in the process of cutting his second one (the right side counterpart). He takes two solid naps a day (1 hour at 9ish and 2-3 hours at 2ish) and likes to go to bed right at 7pm. He is so unlike his sister- in that he KNOWS when he needs to sleep and has no problem accepting it and going to bed. 

While I love him to death,  he is kind of a whiney little mama's boy [secretly love it]. He is devilishly handsome with golden blond hair and big blue eyes. he is above the 100th percentile for height and about 50-75th for weight as of his 6 month visit (oops, just realized we are late for the 9 monther). He wakes up at night (again, unlike his sister- who fights sleep to the death but then is comatose for 12 hours straight).

MADDY

Look out world. This little girl is ahead of her class, according to her teachers; and she was technically not even supposed to start preschool this year since she didn't turn 3 until 9/19. We are so proud of her abilities, but with these abilities come more challenges to the parents. She has an iron will and I am learning how to handle that gracefully. As I mentioned in my previous post we had a very dark month where I just did not have the patience and strength to deal with her arguing and fighting. I made a huge mistake and fought her when I should have just been a loving parent and given her simple cause and effect/ behavior and consequences. I have learned SO much, and we are still working on it. I of course am too hard on myself and worry that our fights will affect our relationship for life. Then she hugs me tight, kisses me on the lips and says, "I love you SOOOO much, mama", and I know we will be fine.

Okay, Ezra's awake. Back to the daily grind and waiting to hear about jobs!