Gabriel in the tub at that age (ish)

As you requested Jennifer for your compairison. This was Thanksgiving 2003 and the one of Michael is January 6 2006.

Some pictures

So here they are, pictures of the boys. Mostly it's Michael but the reason for that should be obvious. (duh, he's cute!!). Not much else to say for now.

Moving

SO now that all of the stress is over I am letting out a sigh of relief. We are moving again. Now you might think 'hey why is that so stressful?' well it's stressful because we have to much stuff and kids and other things. We found a place not too far away. The suite downstairs. Yes it is only 2 bedrooms and yes the kitchen is tiny but those are some of the sacrifices we are making in for the short term. We will no longer be having house guests as space will not permit it. Lots of our stuff will be going to storage until we buy a place. I HATE moving. Going downstairs allows us to not change addresses or rent a truck. The boys can share a room because they both sleep through each others fits normally and Michael sleeps through the night. There is talk of a bunk bed but Chris isn't sold on that plan yet. Michael is a bit small for it. We haven't even assessed the space down there yet but if need we will work the bunkbed deal. Whatever it is we knew we would be downgrading from this castle so no big deal just another new adventure?
I don't feel as sure as I sound. I wish my dad would get his vacationing ass back from Mexico so we could talk... Well, only one more week til he's back.
I'd post pictures if I had any... I guess it's time to take some.

Mostly OK

That's right things are mostly Ok now. Gabriel survived his 4 days of fever and is now taking antibiotics for bronchitis. Chris is sicker than the kids combined. The things that were stressing me out last week are for the most part taken care of. There is a little negotiating to be done but I hope that it will all be as good as it could end up being. I know I'm being cryptic again but I don't want to count any chickens before they hatch. And that's all there really is to say about that.
I would like to post pictures of the kids or myself or something exciting but there aren't any new ones.
The cute love my children and watching and being a part of Gabriels childhood thing for the week is the he discovered his earlobes. It really is cute, he says to me in his sweet bronchitis voice, still a bit hot from the fever and sounding tired and still very excited "mommy, I have a squishy part right here. Do you have a squishy part here too?" As he's tugging and squeezing his earlobe. I say "yes babe it's you earlobe, cool eh?" he says "yep". Being a part of that discovery was really cool for me. I think it's one of those funny little things that I will always remember...when he found his earlobes at 2 1/2. I don't know I just think it's cute, and I like being the mom in this story. I know, I'm nuts for kids who drive me nuts.
Some other quick notes of the week are that Beckie found somewhere to live and Nona bought a truck!!! Congratulations to you both.
Oh yeah and Gabriel wore skates at skating lessons. Woohoo!!! It's another cute thing that I may find a picture of and add soon.
Goodnight

A little rocket science for me

So I finally decided to figure out how to put links up on my blog to other blogs (see sidebar). And now all I have to say about it is I am so glad I don't have to read computer code all day for a living. I don't 'do' computers very well so having a blog to begin with was surprising and now that I have added the links to some other blogs I feel like I might just be a computer genius. I will have you know it took me forever to get it right and I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep it this way.... Now if only I could figure out/remember how I used to post pictures???
On a whole other note I have given up being stressed out it serves no purpose. I am where I am in my life because this is where I am meant to be.

So much I can't even say

This a quick note to say that there is so much going on that I can't even say what it is. It's big, it's not more kids (YIKES that would be freaky), and it's not good news, and nobody is dying, and it gives me a heavy feeling in my chest, and I feel like it takes immense effort to defy gravity by being upright as opposed to collapsed on the the ground like a pancake. Sorry, I don't want to worry anyone, it's just that I'm stressed and don't really have anywhere to let it out at the moment. If you feel you must know, call and I will tell you if it's really anything I feel like sharing with you.

Ok So I have been meaning to put something up for a while and I've been busy. I have been shopping for a preschool for Gabriel for the fall and it looks like I can get him in now in a really great French Immersion one. I went to FI for all of my school and I think that it's worth it even if French isn't used as much as Chinese. (all over the world I mean). Anyway that has been keeping me busy trying to decide what's more important and what I want him to get out of it. You'd be surprised at what some people think a preschool is.
Also keeping me really busy has been the fact that I have become a consultant for Usborne Books. They make these totally awesome educational books for kids and now I am going to try to sell them. It's an at home way of making a few extra bucks. So I am trying to get my first party ready and I'm trying to learn all about the books and their unique features so that I can talk about them at a party.
Other than that it's the same old same old. I don't think there are any decent pics to post but let me have a look and see.....

Ok now I don't know why they went to the top of this post but I guess that'll have to do. It's 'the real new years' and the boys watching TV together.

I'll write more about the real new years if I remember next time but I have to go and wake napping kids.