I am repentant:)

So I have heard rumors from here and there that I haven't been keeping everyone updated like I should be. LOL, I have been feeling really good, minus the soreness from cuts nerves:) and just being super tired from trying to get back into a routine. The kids started school this last week which meant I was up at 4:30 with Brian to take him to work at the Real Soccer Stadium in SLC/Sandy, then would have the baby to my mom by 6 am, home to get Sadie and Hunter ready for school, leave the house by 8 to get them to school by 8:15, home by 8:30, then down for a nap if I didn't get sucked into reading(I am re-reading the Twilight Series...addictive!), and maybe up by 11 or so. Then I either lounge around doing nothing useful because I don't feel up to it or I end up maybe doing too much, I am still restricted from any lifting or cleaning until the 11th of September.

For any of you who suffer from OCD or just liking to be clean and organized this whole restrictions thing has been a little harder for me than I anticipated. I really enjoy having a clean home and that hasn't been an option lately. I walk around finding dust bunnies in places they shouldn't be, spots on the floor that just call my name, and so on and so forth.

And it isn't just the cleaning. I can't pick up my baby. She is the "Budha" baby and is over my weight restrictions by at least 15 pounds. So my mom gets her or my sister Katrina. This has been a blessing to have them both there for me. The downfall being that my daughter prefers my sister over me. I can't help that my sister is so loving and just natural with the babies. She has been that way since we were little and poor McKadie doesn't get the reasonings behind mommies inability to pick her up and carry her around.

This is Friday at my mom's house. Starting left to right, Navi, Lincoln, Mallory, McKadie in pink onesie(can you see her belly just hanging over her leg, hysterical) and behind her Maverick. Apparently McKadie loved the trampoline.

I have to give a huge thank you to Katrina and my mom. They have been great. On Tuesday and Thursday this last week, to give me a break, Brian would drop the kids off at my mom's house and then my mom would get them ready and to school and Katrina would pick them up. Brian would stop by on his way home and grab them. So thank you and thank you in advance for the next couple of weeks as well. I can't wait until I am allowed to do my normal things, like cleaning and picking up McKadie. I have to also thanks Sadie. What a great girl/s I have. Sadie totes McKadie around the house for me. Whether it is taking her to her high chair, her crib, her play pin or whatever she is always ready and willing. And thank heavens she is big enough to help me out or I think Brian would be going absolutely out of his mind.

So what have I been doing, when I am doing whatever it is I do?

Well I have had this long list of to do's for a really long time that I haven't touched, and of course they all require minimal physical activity. I have been down in my office organizing paperwork, cleaning off my desk, working on my computers, watching movies, and lots and lots of reading. This week I am thinking I will try and do some sewing, my son is in desperate need of pj's. His growth spurt has left all of his pj pants halfway up his shins and his long sleeve shirts almost up to his elbows and an exposed belly button. My hardest thing is that sitting for long periods of time wears me out like no other and I get so engulfed in what I am doing that I don't realize how long I have been sitting. So this week I am working on moderation in all things!

Now the next hard step will be once I get the go ahead for all things normal in the life of me as mommy and wife, will I be able to apply the breaks when necessary. I tend to go overboard when I want to do something. I have a hard time doing things, unless it is crafts, halfway without finishing. So my hopeful list of things to be done after September 11th:

Dead head rose bushes, prune shrubs, weed, dust(and not with the can of air like I have been doing:)), sweep, mop, vaccum, scrub, from top to bottom. Do you see where I could get ahead of myself? And that is only the cleaning end of things, not including any other activities or duties like blogging(which I will try really hard not to get behind on), dejunking, birthdays, and so on.

Speaking of birthdays, McKadie will be 1 in just over a week. Holy COW! Where has this last year gone? Then in October, Hunter will be 7. And then of course we have the holiday season that is sneaking up on us. I have to tell you how excited I am about the holidays. First of all my absolute favorite holidays are Halloween and Christmas. Now I am not a Halloween fan when it comes to super scarry or freaky. I really enjoy the holiday for the fun creativity it can allow. As an adult I still dress up every year.

This is last year, what a blast!!! We decided we know Brian looks super freaky as this ghoul guy but I have to tell you it comes in super handy when you want to sneak up on a few teenagers here and there, sorry but it's gotta come with the age thing. We absolutely DO NOT SCARE LITTLE KIDS, I refuse, unless it's my kids and their cousins. They would all of a sudden get lost in whatever it was they were doing, maybe Trick-or-Treating, and Brian would go hide and then pop out. They tried to keep an eye out to see if he had disapeared and where he could be hiding. What a blast... But the teenagers, they are just asking for it.

So anyways, one of my favorite things about the holidays is the decorating and the feeling of fall. I love the change in the leaves and the peacefulness that comes to the end of a busy summer. The air changes, the atmosphere, LOVE IT! And on top of that I have inherited A LOT of new decorations from Brian's grandma's and my great aunt. And now that I have a house plenty big enough I will be able to use all of them. So excited, can you tell?

Okay, I will stop here...but did I mention I made it to church today? I made it all the way until about the last 20 minutes and then I had to come home, maybe next week I will be able to make it all the way thru.