I can't believe it is December 1st already! My keyboard is messing up so I'm not sure how long this will be, but the house is quiet, Steven is playing soccer, so it seemed like a good time to blog. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week in Charlotte. I was using my Mom's digital scale to follow my weight and I was pleased to have lost 3 pounds in the month of November by not eating sweets.....which I promptly put right back on in the next few days. Oh well, gold star for effort, right? My new goal is to either allow myself to have dessert or sweet tea, but not both, each day. I'm doing ok with that. The good news is that David is now 6 months old (I can't believe it!) and I ventured back out to the gym today with all 3 kids. When I came to pick them up Sadie asked if they could stay longer, so I think they're glad to be back. Sometimes it's just nice to get out of the house. Sadie managed, in one morning at home, to fill up each one of our stockings with "gifts", then "wrap" several more things in walmart bags and put them under the tree. It was a cute idea, but quite a mess as it ended up all over the floor once everything was "opened". Oh the excitement of Christmas! She will be in her preschool play and also one at church so I am hoping that we will have lots of conversation this month about Christ and try to minimize the commercial aspects of it all, but it's hard. They are kids, and they like to get new toys. We all did. So as much as I would like to produce children that are selfless and giving at a young age... I don't see it happening with mine this year. Hopefully we'll score high on thankfulness at least, and the other important lessons will come with time and maturity.
Speaking of maturity, Eli has GOT to stop pooping in his diaper. His little bottom simply cannot take the constant pooping, which he is doing again for some reason (I think yogurt may be the culprit). I know I have blogged way too much about my son's bowel habits but I can't help it, it's MY LIFE right now. But despite the flailing and wrestling at diaper changes and frequent whining and pouting of a 2 year old, when he fell asleep in my arms for a rare nap today I couldn't help but fall in love with the little guy all over again. He's just that sweet sometimes. As are the others two, especially David. (Sadie is known for lots of great things but sweet doesn't usually top the chart). My computer is beeping at me and I am super tired so I think I'm going to close this rambling post.....
goodnight!
