Our week

DR. JAXSON
DR CONNOR
THE SICK BED
THE DREADED "ELEPHANT NOSE"

Our week has been full of sick bugs which has made for a long week. The first infected were the children and now, the parents are the lovely recipients. Connor was feeling well enough to go to his soccer game this morning and I was able to finally attend. He did great! I cannot believe the way he can handle the ball. He just gets in there and takes control. I will post some pictures later......I am off to work.

This week has started with a bang! Both kids woke up on Monday sick. It has been two days filled with movies, tissues, and tylenol. I hate when my kids are sick. I hate seeing them miserable. I think I would make a terrible pediatric nurse because I would hate to see those poor kids suffering.

I have finally decided what I would like to do with my nursing. I want to be an ICU nurse. I would eventually like to become certified and become part of the rapid response team. I love learning about CPR and after spending two nights on the ICU floor, I developed a love. Now I just have to get past my adversion for suctioning and ventilators.

I recently read on another blog about a person that lifted another person up during a difficult time. Last night when I was driving home I started thinking about my friend Tiffy and how she has been there for me during some difficult times. She came into my life right after the death of my first baby and my divorce and we became really close friends. We spent nights in Disneyland, the Vortex, and just laying around my apartment. I think back on that time of my life and I don't know what I would have done without her. She didn't give me a bunch of inspirational talks or encouragement but she was just there for me to fill the time that I didn't feel lonely. We seperated paths for a short time and recently reconnected before I had Jaxson. And now I find I am again at a time in my life where I occasionally feel lonely and seperated because I am away from what is familiar to me. Although we are thousands of miles away from each other she is once again feeling that void. I know that I can text her or call her and I always feel better after. This week she went out of her way to mail me some "Utah shirts" and I know it is silly but just having those shirts makes that homesickness a little more bearable. I don't know if anyone knows me the way that she does because she has seen me through my highs and my lows and the best part???? She hasn't run away screaming yet. I tend to be very high strung and stress about everything and she is so mellow and reminds me to focus on the more important things in life. For that I am grateful.

Having friends and relationships like this in your life makes everything seem better. I know that I treasure my friendships and as much as I love my husband and consider him my best friend I know that girlfriends are the true gems of life.

I have been crazy busy but I don't want to not blog and forget about this time in my life. This will be my last weekend of double shifts at the hospital. After this weekend I will make my own schedule and plan on working only one night a week and on occasion, not at all. School is keeping me on my toes and I am already counting down the days until my Christmas vacation.

Connor is doing really well in school and in soccer. He made 10 goals at his last soccer game!!! They had to take him out of the game for a little while so some of the other kids could actually get a turn at attempting to kick the ball. He tends to be a bit of a ball hog. The kid is super competitive and I do not know for the life of me where he gets it from. (THE BOROWSKI'S!!!!!)

Jaxson is developing his demanding personality. I don't know for the life of me where he got that from (THE BROWNS!!!!!!)

Life is moving fast. A little too fast. Jade asked me the other night if I am feeling overwhelmed yet.......I think I answered a little too aggressively because he looked scared. Between work, school, Connor's school, soccer practice, soccer games, early intervention for Jaxson, registering Jaxson for school, cooking, cleaning, occasionally remembering to feed Archie, cleaning Archie's cage.....the list could go on and on, I am feeling very overwhelmed. I do not like feeling this busy because as a mode of survival I tend to live off of adrenaline and I begin moving at such a fast speed that I forget to just stop and enjoy the precious moments that are going on around me. I have come to cherish my mornings with Jaxson and today I vowed to just watch him. I want to just watch his little movements and remember his toddler sayings. His favorites right now are: "Hey, what you doing?", "Say sorry", "Oh no" "I need a kiss" "Where??" and "I need McQueen" I have found that the moment I potty train my children they suddenly lose all signs of being a toddler. I begin to see them as little people or little men. While helping Jaxson dress this morning I begin to really look at him. I was amazed at how old he is looking. He is almost lost all of that "baby fat" and has started developing that skinny little body that Connor has. I began to ask myself when time started moving so fast and made a resolution to make it slow down because my baby is not going to be a baby soon. The hardest part of going back to school has been missing the boys. Even though I am only gone a few hours before they go to bed, I just miss being with them. And while I miss them, I also realize that it is wonderful to get that time to myself to pursue something that I truly enjoy doing. Is there a balance? In my case, yes but sometime that invisible scale dips lower on one end than the other and I just have to make some quick adjustments.

Hurricane

We got a lot of rain this weekend from the Hurricane. The boys loved going out and playing in the puddles. Jaxson insisted on taking his pants off to play?? I don't know why he wanted to be in his underwear.

Connor starts school

Checklist:

Shoes-Check

Backpack-Check

One VERY excited kindergartner-Check, Check, Check

Now all we have to do is.........

Wait for the bus

And Connor's kindergarten adventure begins.....

Connor started kindergarten this week. I was so proud of him. My mom asked if I was going to cry when the bus drove off. (I didn't) I am not sad to have Connor gone in the morning to school. Yes, I miss him but I am also so excited for him. He has started such an important, exciting time in his life. I think going to school will give him the opportunity to grow both intellectually and socially. I have so many fond memories of my early childhood years in school and I am so excited for Connor to begin this part of his life. We had some minor bumps but overall, the first week of school has been a success.

We understand the importance of keeping your skin beautiful. Jaxson does not. Imagine all the wrinkles he will have when he is older from making faces like this one.

Labor Day weekend

Jaxson trying out the dog cage. He liked being in it but Jade said it would be abuse to buy him one

This is Molly. Our weekend houseguest. We watched Molly over Labor Day weekend for a family at church
Hmmm, the chocolate fountain. We had chocolate on Labor Day for lunch.
Connor LOVES the chocolate fountain.

Overall, the weekend was slow. I worked Friday and Saturday night and Jade took the boys fishing and to the park. Monday we relaxed at home and as a family went shopping for our food storage. It is slowly getting bigger and bigger! We might not starve in a disaster.