I am thankful and down right overjoyed that our guy will switching to day shift starting Monday Feb 2nd!!! Night shift is terribly rough on him and the whole family. There will be a bit of an adjustment period since we aren't use to having him home in the evenings. The kids and I have our normal routine from homework to play time, to dinner time, bath time and quiet time before they go to bed. The most insane time is the time in-between homework and dinner (around 4-6pm) because that is when I am trying to do dinner prep, cook dinner, feed kids, get kids bathed and into PJ's and clean up the kitchen. Things usually start to calm down around 6-6:30 pm when I usually let them play quietly and/or watch some TV they enjoy. It will require patience from us adults to readjust. I am looking forward to having him more alert, not having him sleeping on his days off, having help with the kids during the crazy evening hours a few times a week, being free to volunteer in LeAnne's class once in a while since he can watch after Christian on his days off, and once of the things I am looking forward to most of all is being able to sleep peacefully at night knowing he is home safe. I sleep so much better when he is home!! LeAnne will miss sleeping with me at night. I will miss not having to share the television at night. Ha ha! At the same time it will be nice to have some real adult conversation with my husband in the evenings.
Christian's evaluations for Early Intervention have gone well. We meet with the Early Intervention Specialist on Friday to discuss the results of evaluations, and talk about where we go from here. The early intervention coordinator from our school district was saying she would recommend her paraprofessional coming out once a week to work with him and thought at least once a month for Speech therapy. I am looking forward to learning from the Speech Pathologist how I can help him on a daily basis. He continues to do more things on the right track developmentally. Just today he and I were playing in his room when he put his construction workers hat on my head, the first time I put it on his head he knocked it off since he doesn't care for hats much but then a few minutes later he put it on his own head. He has also started to try to comb his own hair with a brush and he is babbling not just humming. He is adding consonants! Whenever he does any of this I am quick to celebrate which makes him do it more and he gets so proud of himself. He is getting over a little cold. Thank goodness his fever is gone and I hope his cough will be gone soon too. I am feeling more and more like once we get his speech on track the rest of it will fall into place.
LeAnne is doing super! She got her report card today and is doing excellent in school. I am floored by how awesome she reads and her hand writing is beautiful. She wasn't feeling well on Monday. I let her stay home and rest just in case she was coming down with what Christian has had. I am not so sure she was really sick or just tierd and wanted to see what was happening at home while she was at school. I think with the extra attention being paid for Christian for his evaluations and such she might be feeling a little left out. Though I do try to make sure she has her time too. Another good thing about John going back to days is that LeAnne and I can have a girls night every once in a while and Daddy can hang out with Christian. LeAnne is talking about not wanting chickens now and a rabbit instead. Daddy is hesitant to get a rabbit for fear she will change her mind and then we are stuck with a rabbit to take care of. Plus it is another expense. I see where he is coming from but I would like her to have the experience of having a rabbit of her own and I think that if it doesn't work out that we could find the bunnies a new home pretty easily. I do plan to have her do some research online first to learn about rabbits and how to take care of them. There is more to having rabbits (they are happier in pairs) than I think I knew when I had a rabbit as a kid. Our rabbits had a plain Jane rabbit hutch, we fed them and cleaned up after them and that was that. Rabbits are pretty smart and I am learning lots already. So I think LeAnne and I will get busy learning then get prepared for a few rabbits to join our family this Spring.
I have done such a bad job of taking care of myself for so long that changing seems so overwhelming!! I want to be better but my I fail when it comes to my long term drive and determination to do the work and get it done. I am a really bad example to my children, not happy with how I look or feel, I want to be better and it's constantly on my mind. I know I need to eat better, step away from all technology, and exercise. Then why don't I do it? I know what I need to eat and what I shouldn't eat. I do okay for a while then I fall into my old ways. I want to exercise and need to get out walking. I know this. Why don't I do it? It hurts! My feet hurt so bad sometimes! I know all the more reason to do it. No pain no gain right. I know all of this but what will it take for me to get my rear in gear? I am at risk right now for major health complications like Diabetes and heart disease. You would think that would be enough. I have been researching things like Thrive and Shakeology thinking if I could get some good nutrition into my body it might help me feel better and if I feel better I will keep moving forward one day at a time. I have the ability to change in my hands, I have what it takes to get rid of my risk factors for health issues and be a better role model for my kids. How do I stay motivated? How do I make new habits stick? I know one thing I am going to try is buying fresh fruit and veggies then preparing it ahead of time for salads or cutting it up to be steamed. I get into trouble when I get hungry I grab whatever is easiest/quickest which is never what is healthy. If it's prepared ahead of time in containers then I could make better choices. I've thought about putting an old picture of on fridge so I could be constantly reminded of where I want to be. I am a work in progress. One thing is for certain though and that is I must start working no matter how hard it is or hurts. All so much easier said than done.
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| Daddy did her hair today. |
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| He loves his cars so much |
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| Put hat on all by himself |
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