3 days in....

Well, we're three days in...and loving it. I've accomplished MOST of my to-do list. Some things just keep getting put off....Now that it's 5:30 p.m., I just started the laundry I meant to do yesterday. And, still haven't finished organizing all our stuff that we brought to the house. One day....one day.

I finally got Brooklyn's paperwork all turned in for Kindergarten. I'm so excited for her. I'm a little anxious, though. We knew in NV who her teacher was and when she would be in class. This time around, we have to wait for the first week of school, then they will assess all the kindergarteners and then make class lists. Her class officially starts on the 31st and we pretty much won't know until then. It's going to be so much fun for her, though. I absolutely cannot wait for her to have such a great time at school. I always loved school. Well...until I'd been in college for 4 years and still wasn't done anyway. I'm a little sad that she's that old, but I know she's ready. I kinda feel bad for her most days. She gets bored at home with me and craves all that social interaction. Can't really blame her on that last one. I crave social interaction, too.

I've been trying to decide what kind of job I should get. I've been thinking a little part-time work would do us all some good. Julianne would be forced into some Daddy-time (poor daddy for the first little while) and it would help the old pocketbook out. I can't decide if I should look into things I've been wanting to do or if I should stick with the stuff that has more flexible schedules. I'm a little concerned about how my going "back" to work would affect Julianne, specifically her feeding. I was hoping she'd take right to cereal and I could worry less. But...her first go-round was less than stellar. Today I made her cereal again with water (yesterday I used formula...she didn't much care for it) and it seemed to go better. I still have some hope. I was thinking, if she'd eat solids while I was gone, I wouldn't have to worry about pumping and what-not. We shall see. I HATE HATE HATE to pump, but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

Mason is his same-old self. Chatterbox and says funny things. My favorite phrase he says to me is classic and I can't remember if I've blogged about it before. If I tell him NOT to do something, for example, "Mason, don't try to put that movie in by yourself." He says, "I wouldn't." totally innocent like the thought never crossed his mind. It's awesome. I love it. Even though sometimes he says, "I wouldn't" and goes ahead doing the thing he "wouldn't" do. Ah...the age of innocence.

Jon is finally getting some time to relax. Even our mini-vacations the last little while were far from relaxing for him. I'm glad he's getting some me-time. The guy needed it. The job-hunt has resumed, but we're taking it easy this time. No rushing into things. We'll see what happens.

Julianne is still growing. She is awake more and more, and suddenly has decided that sleeping at night is optional. The last two nights she went to bed as usual. Got up at midnight to eat (no biggie) and then again at 3 a.m. (slightly annoying) and again at 6 a.m. (so TOO early to be up). I was really hoping we'd be sleeping through the night by now. So, now I'm stressing that I don't have enough milk for her. My poor kids. All starve to death because their own mother can't feed them... Hopefully this little no-sleep fiasco will resolve itself soon. We're both much pleasanter people when we get our beauty sleep.

So, in general we're doing good. We're surrounded by family. We have well-wishers all around and feel that life will bring us something good. Hopefully sooner rather than later, but we can't be picky can we?

Sorry about the lack of pic. I had one to upload, but it was a little big. Maybe I'll find one and add it later. Happy Wednesday all. I'm attempting to make Chicken Cordon Bleu for my sis-in-law's bday tomorrow and I'm a little scared. My last few dinner attempts have been less than stellar. We shall see. We shall see....