Catching up

Here I am playing catch up again!

Time is just flying by so quickly lately, and I feel as though I've been ridiculously busy- but I can't really pinpoint with what. I suppose it's just daily life with four children, school and activities.

Baby girl is growing- and has already been giving us a little excitement. Several weeks ago my normally frequent contractions became too consistent and the baby dropped. Since then I've been sent to L&D twice, where they've used the medication Terbutaline to slow down the contractions. I'm supposed to be on restricted activity at this point- until 35 weeks when labor can safely begin. I still have contractions round the clock, and it's extremely uncomfortable (and annoying, to say the least). It's been rough trying to take it easy while keeping up on the everyone's needs- but I've had lots of help with meals and that has been wonderful. We are truly blessed with some amazing friends and family who are always there for us.

Only two more weeks until I reach that 35 week mark! ( At which point *I* am certain that little Tessa will decided to get nice and comfy and stay put for another four weeks.)

Lilah turned 2 last Sunday, and we can hardly believe it! It really seems like yesterday that she was born- and here we are about to have another baby! She's such a sweet girlie, talking and growing like crazy. We just love her so much- even if she has seemed to lose her ability to sleep suddenly....

Jaxson started taking guitar lessons four weeks ago. Before we let him begin lessons, we made certain he understood that he wouldn't be allowed to quit when lessons got hard and that he'd have to buckle down and commit to learning. We had him pay for half of the cost of his guitar, so that he would understand it was a commitment. A month later, we are all absolutely amazed at how well he's doing and how quickly he's picking it up! His teacher says he's never had a kid learn as quickly as Jaxson is learning. But most importantly, he's really working hard at it and we're so proud of him.

I finally decided it was time to download the photos that have been sitting on my camera for the last 4 months.... but haven't had the time to resize them and organize them. So I'll leave you with the few I have of Lilah on her birthday!