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September 22, 2003
September 22, 2003
The first day of Autumn is tomorrow, my favorite season. The air is now at a cool temperature for most of the day and the nights are getting chilly. Gabriel told me that he cannot wait until it’s snowy outside and we are inside, in our jammies, with hot chocolate, watching movies, covered up on the couch. It sounds like he has a great plan to me. I’m looking forward to this season because it always brings the spirit of Christmas with it, which is my favorite holiday. Can you believe that Christmas is only 3 months away? THREE!!!! Didn’t I just make my New Year’s Resolution about loosing weight? Speaking of weight…it was last Christmas when I started a diet, or more like a healthier way of eating. After having Christian I kept on most of the weight I had gained and finally decided to shed the pounds by eating low fat foods and exercising. When I started (7 months after having Christian) I was weighing 183 pounds and today I weigh 145 pounds. I actually got down to 142 but have been on an eating frenzy for the past week for some reason. PMS maybe? But now that I have come this far I refuse to go back to where I was. Size 14/16 then and size 8/10 now. I’ve spent too many hours and days sweating the fat off to go back now. I just need to get motivated again and I have set a goal to loose 20 pounds more before Christmas. Cheer me on ladies, I need all the help I can get. :0)
Sick Little Boys~
I’m not sure where it came from, but last Friday Gabriel came home from school not feeling well. That night he woke me up to tell me that he had thrown up twice. The next day he was feeling better but then threw up again at a friend’s house that evening. I stay home from church with him on Sunday and he was fine the rest of the day. Then last night, Christian woke up and I went in to get him from his bed. I laid him by me in my bed and within a few minutes he was throwing up. He’s been doing that all day long and now has a fever. Ugh! I’m really hoping that the puking has stopped and that all will be well by morning. I just hate it when my children are sick. Christian just laid around most of the day on my lap and on the couch, which is so unlike him. He’s usually non-stop all day long. So seeing him like this really breaks my heart.
Speaking of Christian~
In my last entry I wrote about how he had not had a bottle since we moved here. I also said that he was still using his binky. Well, one week ago today I took all the binkys away and he has not used once since. Yes, it’s been tough and we’ve had to deal with some really cranky nights. But it’s so worth it to know that we don’t have to search high and low for pacifiers in the middle of the night or when we’re out and about. He’s been trying to talk so much more now and tonight, just tonight he started saying “bye-bye”. I noticed it when Mark was leaving for a few minutes and he walked out the door. Christian walked over and said “bye-bye” and pointed at Mark. I said, “yes, daddy is going bye-bye” as I smiled proudly. Then later when I was leaving he pointed at me and said “bye-bye”. Sniff-Sniff….my baby is not so babyish anymore.
Birthday Fun~
On Sunday the 28th my darlings Autumn and Gabriel will be 8 years old. Do you know what freaks me out more than anything? I can remember being 8, I really can. How on earth can I have children who are 8? It’s so unreal!
Last week Mark and I went birthday shopping for them and we still have a little more to do before we’re done. Sunday after church, we will meet my parents and go out to lunch to celebrate and open the presents from them. I’m hoping that we can get the waitresses to sing Happy Birthday to them. They have both always loved to hear other people being sung to on their birthdays at restaurants. Usually one of them will comment about how we need to come back on their birthday so they can be sung to. Cute!
Autumn told me that she is glad that her birthday is so close to Christmas because she gets LOTSA presents that way. Smart thinkin’ that girl!
To work or not to work~
I have been debating this question for a few weeks now. I realize that having a second income would greatly benefit our family and give me the chance to meet new people. I actually have an interview set up for tomorrow morning at a doctor’s office. I had called about a position as an Office Associate but after thinking things through I don’t think that I’ll go through with it. The cheapest daycare provider here is $65 per week, which means that I’d be paying a good amount of my check out in childcare. I’d also have no one to watch my other three when they got home from school each day. Plus, being at home with Christian is SO important to me and something that I will cherish forever. After all we can never get those baby and toddler years back once they are gone. In my heart I know that I want to be the one who sees him and teaches him new things everyday. So for now…I will remain a stay at home mom and care for my children.
Take care~ Jennifer :0)
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