Teeth, Jobs, and other answered prayers

I HAVE A JOB! I am no longer the lazy lay about that I have been for the past month. I laugh at all those who said that it couldn't be done. HA ha ha ha. I guess that no one said it, but HA anyway! I work part time as a software tester at Netdocuments. It has been a good experience. My boss is awesome and the people that I work with.....well, I have only worked there 2 days so far, so I don't know much about them. It is everything that we have been praying for. Needless to say that there was much rejoicing. yay.

Matthew has two new teeth! They just started popping out. He has 2 on his bottom that have broken through and more lumps on the top. So more soon. We have him eating squash and sweet potatoes. He seems to like it. It sure gives his diapers and interesting smell. He is now rolling over and over and over. This just started this week too. We are going to wrap him in Ace bandages and enter him into worm races shortly. We hope that he will beat Adam's kid Georgia. Adam's family beats us out every time. We are going to feed Matthew jalapenos before the match. We will see who wins this year. I am also planning on coating their bandages in Teflon. We engineers know a little something about friction. HA.

Emma is talking up a storm. She now has her basic colors down and can count to 10. All without you asking her. She has a stubborn streak a mile wide. If you ask her to do something, she will do the opposite. If you ask her not to do something, she will do it faster. Needless to say that the time out chair is well worn in. She is really cute though. She noticed that my glass was empty at dinner tonight. She went to the fridge and pulled out the milk and gave it to me to pour. Then she put it away for me. She is really thoughtful when she wants to be.

Well, bathtime and I have to figure out the velocity of a 340 Kg satellite in orbit. So goodnight and thanks for reading. I hope that it has been as enjoyable for you to read as it has been for me to write.

Oh the joys of living at home.... AGAIN

How time flies! It is incredible to think that I am living at home with my parents again, and to have my own kids, and to try to find my place here all over again. Weirder still are the feelings that I need to get up to go to school (heaven forbid) or that I need to do my chores or something. Funny how that whole focus changes when you move out, and suddenly chores are just something you do on your own without being nagged all the time. Now I do a lot of the work around here, and I actually enjoy keeping things nice. Who'da thunk?

The one thing I can't get over is that I feel like an adult failure... moving in with your parents when you're married and have kids?? Wow that kid has problems... ;) I know there is a good reason and there was no doubt that this was what we needed to do, but guilt always hangs out in the back of the room somewhere.

Mike is enjoying his classes. I have never seen him so positive about his schoolwork before. He comes home happy and actually enjoys his homework (mostly). It raises the hope that he will enjoy his career, when that time finally comes. He also has more time for the kids, and for just hanging out. It's a big relief to just have time to spend together as a family. I really like it.

Emma is driving us crazy. She has started getting up out of bed because there are so many people to "play" with downstairs. She comes down all happy and excited and you feel like a big jerk hauling her back upstairs to her nightly doom. We've started shutting the door, and tonight is the first night she made a few squawks and settled down to sleep. I hope it will become a pattern!! She is a definate sweetheart, and has been very cute lately. She has been saying a lot more, and expressing herself more through words. She asks questions, and tells me what she wants or needs. She even tells me when she's gone "potty" (in her diaper of course). That's another beast to tackle in the near future. The fun never ends! ;)

Matthew has also been a little cutie. He is smiley and happy and such a delight. He loves to be played with, looked at, paid attention to. He will actively participate in games, peek-a-boo is a thrill a minute. He laughs and laughs. It is a joy to know my children are happy. I don't think I've ever felt a more content feeling than seeing them cared for and honestly happy in their lives.
Of course there are the off times, like this last week when Matthew has been teething! :) He is getting his two bottom teeth in at once and they are causing him some pain. Tylenol and teething tablets have been our source of sanity these past couple of days. Pretty soon they will push through and he will be his happy little self again.

I have finally gotten used to living here I think. I'm finding a balance between being the child and the mother. It is nice to have people here during the day, it breaks up the monotony a lot. I enjoy being with my family. (Never thought I'd admit that... ;)

Fun Times Abounding!

Stress=very yes!
Since I am in engineering, I would like to put our life into an equation for you. New shed construction + School + Family relations + Matthew teething + 2.5 needing dicipline + no sleep + no job = fun times.

Since moving to our new home, which is Erin's old home, we have started construction on a new shed to hold our crap. I was assigned the task of picking up various loads of lumber and roofing supplies after my classes. Every one thought that this is was a great idea since I had nothing to do anyway! Well, it was a good idea. It is comming along nicely though. We just need to finish the out side portions. We have the guts, we need the sidding and the roof done.

School is a lot of fun. It would be more fun if I would understand everything that was going on. The physics class has had a lot of fun demonstrations. The weird thing is that all the labs and demonstrations work. At the Community College, nothing worked! My Book of Mormon class has been very insightful. We had a good lesson about teaching your children sins through principles and teaching them by explaining how to do the sin.

Matthew just started teething. Our sweet inocent son is now a ball of frustration. He doesn't want to sleep, or sit quietly anymore. We have started the teething tablets and he is feeling better.

We have finally acclimated to our new home. We don't keep feeling like it's time to leave grandma and grandpa's. Emma loves having so many people around. It has had its share of frustration and fun.

Well, I have to go back to the shed. BYE!