Oh My! She Has Resurfaced!

Yes ladies (and gentleman if any males read this blog), I have been inspired to pick up  my blogging. The other night, I lay in bed and realized life was cruising by at such an unforgivable speed and I was missing out on documenting the lives of my littles. I did so well with keilana, even Kayden has quite a few updates up until about 3ish and Karter, bless his heart, has ONE! I will say, in my defense, his baby book IS updated so props to me, right?

As I lay in bed, I thought about what each child's interests were and how their little personalities were growing. I enjoy looking back at blasts from the pasts on here, remembering our good times! With that said, I am going to try and pick up, obviously not from where I left off, that would take...well, an eternity. Here is a quick synopsis of me and Jon to catch everyone up and from there, I will take it child by child. And that is 3 now so here goes nothing, or everything!

Jon: still at Coke but not enjoying it like he was when he was employed at CCE. Apparently it's more mechanical over there, people aren't sociable, and he now has the true understanding of "Corporate America". He would like to get transferred to a new department from within, but isn't opposed to leaving the company either. I really hope he can find something else at Coke that suits his fancy, there are so many fun perks to him working there. But him being happy is what is most important to me. I couldn't imagine getting up every morning and not wanting to start your day because you didn't LOVE what you do. I have my mornings that I would like to stay in bed when the kids have had a rough night and I'm working off 3-4 hours of sleep but that isn't EVERY day.

He's still a work-out-aholic. Besides picking up a second job working for Chick-Fil-A as maintenance and working 14-15 hour days, he finishes off with an insanely brutal work out. He's nuts, a healthy nut, but I think he's crazy. We have had some concerns about him having hypertension, but he's changed his medication (which I think was the culprit) and is now on COq10. Last time he checked it a few days ago, readings were in normal range.

Those of you who are privileged to be my friend on Facebook, which, is probably all of you (ha!), you may remember me posting about a couple of accidents. Jon's car, we decided, was kaput, so we found us a replacement...a 1998 Mercedes Benz. Where it's an excellent car, solid, and is decked out for it's year, the down fall to this is the GAS. It's SUPPOSE to run on premium but with current gas prices, I hardly think it's feasible so he's been putting middle grade in it. I think he's planning on selling it to buy something a little more conservative.

Me: Apart from staying extremely busy with 3 kids, I think I've managed to settle into being completely and utterly outnumbered, I've managed well. Besides the lack of sleep (it's getting better), my hormones fluctuating like crazy post partum, on top of my defective thyroid messing with them, Jon working 14 hour days 4 days a week, I have surprised myself with how well I've kept the sanity. Oh, I have moments where all heck breaks lose, I am at the end of my rapidly fraying rope, the house is a mess, all three kids are in bad moods crying, the baby is hungry, Lana needs to be in bed for school, and I have yet to eat a meal for the day. But those are days that I try to gain more strength from a higher power, knowing that I can't do this by myself. A lot of times, I don't keep my cool, feel guilty and angry for not having more control over myself, but I always ask my children for forgiveness and promise them to be a better mommy tomorrow.

As for my photography, I love it, I'm getting better. Photo shoots you ask? There are none, and, where I could use the money, it is very time consuming and maybe it's just a blessing right now that I am not staying busy with it. I would LOVE to take a few classes or mentoring sessions but of course that involves money, which is something that we don't have in large quantities. I think that the inflation, or should I say legalized robbery as my mom puts it, of gas and food, is consuming any spare resources we had left. It's ridiculous and I know I'm not the only American that feels that way.

I'm sure I've covered the basics for now! I'll update with the baby next...he's growing up so fast. Seven Months fast!