So, what's been happening? Or rather, what hasn't been happening?!?! I don't even know where to begin!
The kids and I have been busy adjusting to life without Daddy here. Things have been going rather smoothly, however, we've hit a couple bumps along the road lately. The kids are starting to miss Daddy like crazy and Austin has been choosing to show it by acting out. We had some heart to heart talks about it this weekend, and in all we had a great weekend.
Austin starts school next Monday so we're starting to get into our routine by practicing this week. Austin has to be to school by 7:30 so we're going to be practicing getting up early. Although, since they've been going to bed by 8:00/8:30, they're getting up around the normal time. Great for during the week, but not so great for over the weekends. He got up at 4:30 am yesterday and wouldn't go back to sleep! We chose to make the best of it and headed out to do some school shopping at Kohl's! I always find comfort in retail shopping when Michael's gone, so that helped me too! :)
Abigail is doing awesome. Of course I can never get the girl to shut up now that she's talking in full
sentences. We've been slowly working on the potty training.
Some days she's all about wearing panties. Other days she doesn't want anything to do with them.
I roll with it when she wants and she does a great job!
Seriously? Who crosses their legs when waiting to potty?
I love these crazy kids!
I got Abigail to kiss me, but Austin wasn't having it!
The dog is getting huge. I had her spayed last month and she weighed 52 pounds. She is completely house trained with the occasional exception. I caught the brunt of the protection she's going to provide for the kids the other day. I had Abigail on the floor wrestling and tickling her and Lexi jumped on top of me and started nipping at me. I love that she's going to be that way!
How am I doing? Single parenting stinks! It's very hard, but in the end it will all be worth it. I'm really having to stick to my guns and it's hard! Work has been ridiculously busy, so that helps tremendously with making the time go by faster. My evenings are filled with making dinner, bathing children and getting them into bed. I have decided that there is one thing that will get me through this deployment:
SLEEP! I've been trying to go to bed shortly after the kids do because it makes us all happier!
I have more pictures to share, but I better save them for the next couple of posts! The kids both have things coming up that are sure to be camera moments, so stay tuned for that. The first being the first day of Kindergarten for my oldest baby. I can not believe that he is going to be 6 years old in another 6 months, let alone going to Kindergarten. It absolutely blows my mind that he's that old already. Where in the world does the time go? I'm going to blink my eyes and he'll be graduating, yikes!
