the quietness!

 ellie belly boo. learning to sip fluid, she doesn't quite have it yet but i keep trying. i want to wean out 2 bottles and get her on the sip cup. i have a wicked stainless steel cup that i want to use, so far she's only thrown it. haha

 great posture hunny!

having her breaky of dry cereal and crackers.  freshly bathed.  after spending a night puking :( poor baby girl has some freaky tummy bug.  she's been cranky pants the past 2 days, i chalked it up to adjustment to no noise and maybe another molar? but last night she was up from 10-11:30, then puking off and on during the night. 

i now think puke has the worst smell. ever. ewwwww

i hope she puked it out and goes back to happy mchappy ellie

i can not get over the quiet of the house. i love it! i had my first uninterrupted bubble bath the other night, stayed in till the water got cold.  so nice. must fo that again!

and i picked up the stack of books to read through for sept (school books) and read some of them.  and i put together a list of what i think we should aim for for academics...i love that about home education.  i have the flex to pick and choose and discard what i want, when i want.  i can fill our days with classes and trips or i can choose to lay low and stay close to home.  now that i have no fear of the redic socialization silliness and depriving my son of social interaction, i am truly free to do what i feel is right for us

i am taking sometime this week to seek god for his direction for our school for this upcoming year.  for wisdom to choose what books are right and the confidence to admit defeat and put away what is not going to work, even if it's may....haha....to have the ability to know the right season for the right time

i've taken a month 'off' and it feels great!  i love my summer me time. now as we head into aug, i want to switch focus to sept-dec

i've also noticed the past few days that i am truly fulfilled in my job.  it's not easy for sure. but it's nice knowing i am exactly where god wants me to be.  here at home. with my family

as fun as the last few days have been, i am noticing myself pass nate's room pausing to check in on him.  i miss our chats, check ins to see what he's up to or listen to him explain his latest machine that he built. i miss the lego scattered on the table.  i even miss his towel on the floor (he's not tall enough to hang it up so he tries to throw it on the hook and it falls) and even his dirty clothes on the floor that he forgot about....

at night i feel lost at bed time.  i long to tuck nate in, i love it, even when i am exhausted and nated out.   i miss his snuggles and talks about his deep thoughts of the day.  i miss hearing his secrets. 

i think that with 1/2 my family away from me, it's been great to refresh and spent me time.  i miss them and i miss my family being together.

i am a mom, all the time, with them here or gone. it's who i am i guess.  i am so glad

time to snuggle ellie pants!  happy sicky, rainy tuesday everyone!

Posted by mel at 9:29 AM