Can we say neglectful?

My goodness, what is going on here? I can't believe it has been nearly 2 months since I have blogged. Shame on me! I guess I will start with some updates and add some pictures.

Veda is really loving every second of preschool. She has learned to spell her name and is able to write out the entire alphabet. What a huge accomplishment. She has made some new friends that she talks about daily. She is still quite a sass and has added dirty looks, feet stomping, and slamming her bedroom door to the equation. I am certainly in for it when she hits the teenage years...lord help me!

Grayson is my little monster. In to EVERYTHING. In fact, just the other day I heard Veda screaming that he had a barbie shoe in his mouth. I went to fetch it and it was already gone.....and we still haven't found it...if you know what I mean. He is talking alot more, even if I am the only one who seems to understand what he is saying...lol. He is very interested in the potty, although we have yet to have any successful attempts. I'm not sure I am quite ready to dive into potty training yet!

Joe and I are doing well. I am still having a difficult time adjusting to my night work schedule but its what works best for me and the kids. I am so thankful to be able to be a working mom that also gets to spend a lot of time with the kids even on days I work. I recently started my photography business and it has been doing great (slow right now but I am enjoying my extra time with the kids)ok, enough chatter......here are some pictures of the kids enjoying fall :)

Grayson and opy

Any of you who know Grayson, know that he cannot and will not willingly go anywhere without his blankie aka opy. We named it a woobie when Veda started carrying hers, why on earth this name, I have no idea, but it stuck and both children have one...or in Veda's case, two. Grayson obviously has his own name for it. I know some parents get annoyed with their children having to drag around a lovie. I happen to adore it. He has so much love for this little thing and he gets hysterical without it and will go into full blown panic if he cannot find it or if it is stuck in his crib. Its dirty, discolored from him sucking on each corner, and stinky... VERY stinky but what can I say, he loves it. I wash it...ALOT! Here is a pic I snapped one day after bath...

Preschool!!

Wowee the last 3.5 yrs has escaped from me fast. It's hard to believe that Veda is old enough to go to preschool. Today she took on that new adventure and she loved every second. She has been preparing for weeks. This morning was great. She leaped out of bed...ummm at 9:30 (good thing she is in the afternoon class) and pranced through the house singing "its my preschool day, its my preschool day, and IIIIIIIIII ammmm soooooooo EXCITED!! Then she ran up to me and said "Guess what mommy?, its my preschool day!" as if I didn't hear her shouting it all through the house as soon as she woke up! lol.

I think she asked me every 5 minutes if it was time to go...this made for a long morning! When the time finally came, she was smiling from ear to ear. She walked right through those doors with a smile and a whole lot of confidence. I am so proud of my little girl.

18 Months

Dear sweet Grayson,

I can hardly believe it has been 18 months since I held you in my arms for the first time. I wish I could slow time down for just a little while. You are growing much too fast. AS much as it saddens me that you are already a toddler, I adore watching you explore life and find your personality, and quite a personality you have! You look up to your big sister and try doing everything she does, including jumping from things that you aren't suppose to be jumping from. When I hear un,ti, eeeeeee (one, two, three)....I have to run and find where you are lunging yourself from. (usually 2 stairs up, or off the couch into a bean bag prepared ever so nicely by Veda)

You are completely smitten by your "opie" which is your little square blankie. You have to take it with you everywhere. Each corner is loved equally and you take turns tucking a corner in your mouth. I have to sneak it away from you in order to give it a good washing, and somehow you always catch me in the act and have huge aligator tears when I throw it into the wash.

This summer we discovered that you are not a fan of the water. We have taken you swimming many times and you prefer to be on the outside of the pool running around making mommy fearful that you are going to fall in!

One of your favorite things to do is sing along with your sissy, although
I can't understand a word of it, I love to hear your tune. Your favorite song is patty cake and you get very excited when mommy sings with you. Your favorite animal is a dog and when you see them you yell and point "dog dog" and go running for them. Your vocabulary is growing everyday. You are saying new words like ball, "cewal" for cereal, "be bewwry", for blueberry, "omeel" for oatmeal, and many more!

You are becoming more of a mommy's boy than you ever have before and I absolutely adore every moment of it. You always want to know where I am and come running to me with open arms and a huge smile on your face. I am almost positive that you said "ah lo ooo" (I love you) the other day before I left for work and it made my heart skip a beat.

Grayson, I am so lucky to be your mommy and I fall in love with you more with each passing day! I love you booboo!!

Love,

Mommy

How about those pictures I promised?

Here is my little diva sportin her new do and Hollywood sunglasses. She totally rocks this look, no?

Grayson was less than impressed with swimming, can you tell?

Again, at the beach and not impressed. I happen to adore this photo though. This is the serious side of my fun loving, laid back little man.

she can sure flash a beautiful smile!I think Veda smiled like this the whole time we were on vacation! She was so sad when we left. She said with tears running down her face "mommy, I don't wanna leave our new house (condo at Boyne Mountain)I want to stay her forever" Who could blame her? Its gorgeous there!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! What a mess! Grayson dropped his cone a billion times, in the grass nonetheless but I let him keep enjoying it....a little dirt never hurt, right?

Priceless

July? Already?

I can hardly believe that its July....and I have not posted in almost an entire month! We have been busy little bee's to say the least. I am enjoying my summer entirely, even the working part. My family took a much needed mini vacation to Northern Michigan and we just returned home today. I will share pictures on a later date.

Updates with us. I am off orientation for my job starting Sunday and I am scared, scared, scared! I know I am plenty capable of taking care of my patients and my fellow colleagues are more than willing to answer questions and lend a hand but, I worry about the what if's...like what if I miss something important, or what if someone isn't available when I have a patient in crisis? Oy, in time I am sure I won't be so worrisome but for now...... I am scared!

Veda...well she just amazed me! She is such a big girl. Her wheel is constantly turning and I just wish I had a video camera to follow her everyday. Some of the things she says are just too hilarious for a 3 yr old!

Grayson..... he is in the process of cutting 5, yes I said FIVE new teeth. He is a trooper, he has hardly complained. He is becoming more vocal and saying more words but he is not quite the talker that Veda was at this age. I think she has the tendency to do the talking for both of them! Poor guy, can't get a word in edgewise! He is also going through a mommy stage. I cannot be out of his site, he wants no one else but me. I have to say, I truly enjoy it, I know its not going to last so I am taking all I can get! I feel bad for hubby though. I know it must hurt his feelings a bit.

Hubby..... well, he is super dad while I am at work and he is loving the game of golf these days. He has many more opportunities now that I am not spending every waking moment with school work.

until next time...... (hopefully sooner than August)

Don't take life for granted......

because you never know how long you have to live it. My recent cancer scare has really opened my already open eyes to how precious life really is. Luckily, I received the phone call on Monday that my biopsy's were back and that I am cancer free. This was such a huge relief. The first thing I did was snatch up my kids and give them the biggest hug you could ever imagine. Its time to slow life down even more and enjoy each day as it comes! Thanks for the prayers!