August 22,2013

It's 10:20pm and because of the school picnic and softball practice, Rae has just finished her HW. She is now sobbing that she is too tired to do the 30 min of reading that she is supposed to do for school. Last year I would be completely stressed out and she would be reading anyway. Funny how my perspective has changed. We will learn from this but we are done. We have no more to give to this day...goodnight,Rae Rae.
Another pic from the past,baby girl Rae

Happy 18th Birthday,Tyler

How will we get through this day without him? He is supposed to be here teasing me because I hated him growing up soo fast.. "Mom, I am almost eighteen", he would say. I would give anything to watch him grow up too quickly. The pain is immense and there are no words to say. I will share the pictures he had picked out for his Senior slide show(he came home after helping Bean pick his out and looked through baby pictures) and from his "last" birthday. I miss my "big baby boy'

First day

about six weeks old

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
First steps-9 months old                                                                  

            First birthday party

Three years old

                                                    
                                                                  Kindergarten

                                   


                                

                                

 

 

                                                       Seventeenth Birthday

They are Worth Every Minute of Stress

It has been a while since my last blog post. The last few weeks have been stressful and unfortunately I haven't handled it too well.

Rebekah was voted onto the Homecoming court and we loved seeing her so excited! Then came the hard part; finding dresses. Anyone that knows me knows that I am not a "girly girl". At all. Finding two dresses for her, one long and one short, was much harder than we expected. After hunting through many stores and finally ordering online and many alterations, we had dresses. Things weren't perfect but she looked beautiful. We also learned a lot about the "girly" process and will be much more prepared. I have joked that I will begin getting her ready for prom in January. That might not be too far from the truth!

Friday night during the Homecoming game my mom fell and broke her wrist. We spent much of the night in the ER having X-rays taken and having it set back in place. She is in a splint and I will take her to see an orthopedist tomorrow. I am sad to say that this has made my mom decide to not go to Disney with us in November. We are all extremely disappointed but I think it is probably the best decision. I think this means that I will need to take her on a short trip during a time that is not as busy. I think I can make that sacrifice.

Rachel did have her first appointment with a child psychologist. I met with him the week before and really like him. He said she answered his questions as if weighing every word to answer correctly. I asked her afterwards what she thought about going to see him. She said it's hard to sit on a couch and talk to a strange man. We are hoping that she eventually feels comfortable enough to open up to him about what is going on in her head.

This upcoming week will be a little out of the ordinary for us. Rebekah left this morning to go on a field trip to Skidaway Island. She will return on Wednesday and then leave Thursday morning to go the beach until the next Monday. Peyton does not have school this week and will be doing community service most of the week at the Samaritan  Clinic, a clinic that provides free health care. Dean will be out of town for work. Rae has school through Thursday but I will be a fairly quiet week for us.