Evan has finally gotten a personality. He’s a very happy baby with lots of smiles. His eyes light up when he hears a familiar voice. He is growing out of the “bobble-head” stage too. He still has a hard time controlling his head when he’s tired but for the most part he is really pretty steady. You should see him when Erik talks to him. He laughs but holds it inside. It’s like he is turning inside out with excitement. He saw another baby at church yesterday and started “talking to the baby”. It was too cute! I wondered what they were saying to one another.
I finished school clothes shopping yesterday. Hit Old Navy with Avery. Once I got home I noticed The Children’s Place had all their jeans on sale this week for $9.99 a pair. I am debating taking the Old Navy jeans back to save some money and buy from The Children’s Place or to just be done with it. I’ll most likely pick the last option. Avery told me, “Mom, this is fun getting to pick out my school clothes.” That put a smile on my face because so many times he’s busy doing his own thing and I’m busy with one of the other kids that we don’t get any one on one time together. He did ask me on the way home if I could take him to the movies, just him and me someday. I would love that! It’s the thought of telling Erik he can’t come with us that would be tough as Erik LOVES to goto the movies too. I did end up buying Jaelyn some clothes too. So we are set. I can’t think of anything else they need before school starts except maybe Jaelyn could use some new shorts for the hotter months. Poor Braden says to me when I got home, “Mommy where are my school clothes?” I’m not ready for him to goto school in 2 years. He’ll always be my baby I think. Maybe because for so long I thought he really was my last. I treat him like the baby and really need to remind myself that he’s growing up. In fact, we are hopefully signing him up for baseball this fall. Avery wants to play too and then Jaelyn is signing up for cheerleading through our church at the flag football games. Should make for a busy but entertaining fall.
Today, it’s not raining…yet. My lawn guy better come finish what’s he’s started. I still have weeds to pull up and mulch and rock to lay down. Once it’s done, the yard will look beautiful again. I just want it done so we can tackle another project. Erik’s getting new tires on the old van as one of them is starting to shred. We have to baby that van since it’s paid off and has low miles. I want to drive it to the ground! We actually COULD still drive it for another 80,000+ miles if we took care of it. So as far as I’m concerned we are going to drive it only to work and back, not on any big trips.
I got to talk to my friends Megan and Sarah, from Iowa yesterday! I was so excited. I haven’t heard from Sarah in at least 3 1/2-4 years. She moved to Minnesota and we lost touch. I sent an email to her ex-husband and he sent me her new email. I didn’t even know she had gotten divorced. We spent about 2 hours last night on the phone catching up. Good thing for free long distance! We had lots to talk about! It’s so good to hear familiar voices.
Our coed softball league was cancelled because Mother Nature never cooperated with us. We really wanted to be able to play ball together again like we did when Avery was the only Sheldon baby. That was a long time ago! It’s probably God’s way of looking out for Erik and his back problems. I kept nagging for him to stop playing and let his back rest so it can heal. God must be agreeing with this RN, huh Erik?
Erik got a speeding ticket about a month ago and Texas has a way for him to get it off his driving record. Once a year, you can take a class called Defensive Driving which is a 6 hr course but it erases the blemish of the ticket on your record. You still play the ticket and also have to pay for this 6 hr class. But it’s worth it if it means your insurance rates will stay down. So last night he watched the first 3 out of 6 parts of this video and tested. I better learn to slow down because it was torture for me to listen to the video without having to actually watch it and test.
I have a list of things to do today so we’ll see if Evan cooperates and lets me work or not. Most of it has to do with organizing rooms and closets. If only I could be as productive as my mind thinks I should be.
