Possible Hiatus

The movers came to pack up today, and tomorrow my stuff will be loaded and moved to McPherson without me. Living out of a suitcase is the most annoying thing in the world to me, and that will be my life the next 24 days. yay......

I've decided to move in with my brother, Shawn. I just have 2 mattresses, clothes for the boys and me, and toiletries. I hope May goes fast, but then that means I leave Gardner. Oh the emotions!

I'm not sure what will come about the next several weeks, and I'm not sure if I'll be online much as well. So, don't be too shocked if you don't have an update from me, but I will do my best!!

The Point Was....

This morning I realized I never touched base, on my last post, on what I really wanted to get to. So, when we were at our new house on Monday, we ordered pizza for dinner, and shortly after, several of our neighbors came to introduce themselves. It was so nice. Day and night from when we moved here to Gardner. One of our neighbors has a boy, E.J, that is Riley's age. It could not have been more perfect. Riley had several neighbor kids come out and they played until late, outside. When they left, Riley said, "I guess I do have friends in McPherson!" It was so cute!! The next morning, the boys didn't want to come back. They were ready to leave their life in Gardner. They loved the house, and they loved their new friends.

Another cool thing is.... I have an old friend, that I'd played basketball in high school with. She lives in McPherson, and after we had put the offer on our home, found out she lived on the same street. I was excited about this, and that confirmed my worries about putting the offer on a house so quickly. Well, it turns out her house is literally 2 doors down!!! It couldn't be more perfect! 31(ish) days and counting....

Two Mortgages

Yikes!!

We closed on our McPherson home yesterday. Now we are feeling the pressure of needing the buyer of our Gardner home to come through for us. She is scheduled to close on May 14th.

My mono won't go away, so after we closed we went to our bare house, that doesn't have any furniture. It was a dreadful, and long day. My sister's came to see the house. Jody was there to start helping us choose wall colors. The plan originally was not to tear down wall paper, but half of it came off so easily. It had to be done. All we did have was an air mattress, because our furniture isn't being moved for a week. I was so achy, and I didn't have anywhere to rest comfortably. This made my day miserable, and today was even worse. I was planning on driving back Monday night, and going to work today, but the wall I hit was so bad, that I stayed the night, and after being awake a couple hours this morning, I had to go back to bed. I felt like a truck had run over me. Needless to say I missed work, and didn't get home until 4 pm today. Mono sucks!

I did get to take Reece to Kindergarten round up last night. Reece did well, but was a little shy. He will be going to Roosevelt Elementary. It will be all day kindergarten, and I'm actually pretty excited about this. He is so lost without Riley, that this relieves me, and maybe I'll be able to find a day job, without worrying about babysitters. We shall see.

This post is so all over the place. I'm exhausted and not thinking clearly. Good night!

Reece Humor

Yesterday, first thing in the morning, I was beginning to get breakfast ready for the boys. Reece was sitting on the kitchen counter, and came across my birth control packet.

"Mom." While waving my packet... " Why don't you want a little baby?"

"What do you mean?" with my eyes wide open!

"This medicine makes you not grow a baby!"

What do I say? How do I not crack up!!

"Babies are a lot of money, and I don't have enough money to have another one!!"

Enough said.... I don't know how he knew this, and if I had this conversation with him, it was a long time ago. Kids are such sponges!!!

Day of Cake

Alright...this is almost 2 weeks late. We had a busy day of birthday parties a couple of Saturday's ago. Pizza and Cake! Yay!!!

JeReMy TuRnS 5!!!

An excited Reece.

Riley giving a "fake" smile.

Riley didn't have anyone his age at this party. It was a Chuck~E~Cheese, and he enjoyed the games, but as soon as he had to sit down and eat, he gave a pouty face and said, "Chuck~E~Cheese isn't really my place."

It just meant he was bored, and wished someone his age was there...

This boy and his excuses are quite annoying!

*****

BrYnN tUrNs 5 ToO!!!!

Build a Bear Workshop

Reece is so good about raising his hand before speaking!

Everyone has picked out their animal, and they are ready to go stuff them!

When they were taking turns, they were supposed to count to 5 as loud as they could. My camera wasn't fast enough to catch Reece's expression. He took the "loud" part seriously! He was the loudest, and I'm sure the entire Oak Park Mall heard him. It was hilarious!!

Mr. Fluffy
Bluey!

The entire gang!

Time for cupcakes!!

Riley and Scott

Cheesin' it up!!

Ill and Irritated

After 2 weeks of feeling under the weather, it's been confirmed that I have Mono!!! What the heck?? When I hear this, it reminds me of a teenage, kissing disease. I'm baffled, and looking up info online, only makes it worse. It says that I probably came in contact 4-6 weeks ago... that makes it so hard to think about. Also, I'm not a germaphobe (sp?) but I'm pretty weary of germs. How did this happen? Arg.... I know I've been so overwhelmed and so exhausted, maybe my defenses are down. I've officially stretched myself too thin. All I can do is rest. My head hurts, I ache all over, and a low fever keeps popping up. I need strength to get through these last weeks here, and I need to be able to help the boys enjoy their last days here too. Hope this passes soon! I also hope I didn't pass this to my boys or Jake in the mean time!

First Kiss

Ummm....so Riley got his first kiss on Friday. It took place at his extra recess. Jake picked him up from school that day, and Riley could hardly contain himself. He told Jake right away about Meghan kissing him on the temple. Jake of course texted me this. I was in shock, but was laughing. I knew Riley was way too shy to make a move like that.

When I got home, I wasn't going to say anything, but Riley was so giddy. He had a smile ear to ear. I don't remember the last time I saw this kid SO happy. I just commented on how smiley he was.... "Oh, yeah! I forgot to tell you... my girlfriend, Meghan, kissed me today."

Ha ha!!!

"Then we hugged for like 10 seconds or something."

Oh my! What am I going to do with Riley?!

2nd grade?!

I was in 7th!!!

Ahhh!!!

Then I joked with Jake.... Either Alaina is old news, or Meghan is the rebound girl.

Either way, Riley is a lady's man.

And, apparently Meghan is moving as well...