I wish it was! I hate to wish time by since as I grow older it seems to pass by much too quicly on it's own, but I am ready for this month to be over! This is, without a doubt, the busiest time in the life of a band director and his family. My blog is suffering greatly because of all our business! It has also made a huge impact that we do not have internet at home anymore. I really miss that and being able to work on this at home. Hopefully after the first of 2011 and the completion of our car loan, HALLELUJAH!, I will be able to reconnect that service.
Since I am so incredibly behind on blogging this post may get a bit randam. I am going to try my best to get everyone caught up on everything. I do not have any pictures to post today because there has been no real time for that either!
Let's start with JC. JC is now 16 months old! That is so hard to believe. He is weighing it at more the 27lbs and is now wearing size 5 diapers! We barely even got Drew in a 4 before he was potty trained! He wears 24mon clothing although the pants are a bit long and are all having to be rolled up. Shirts we do not seem to have a length problem with. He is BAD! Yes, I said bad, and you two grandma's don't think I am just exagerating! He has a hard headed nature, and I have not got a clue who he gets that from!! But, I will break him! He can tackle his brother and pin him on the ground and he has recently been trying that trick at school which has landed him in time-out! He still does not nap good at school. I am not sure what we can do to help with that. Yesterday he had only napped for an hour and was in such a state by the time we sat down for dinner that we had to just put in him the bed and he slept for about 30min and then ate dinner and went straight back to bed. He can speed walk now. I would not call it running yet but he sure gets around quick so I consider it speed walking. He has also recently decided that he no longer likes green beans. That and zuchinni and squash are the only things he really will not eat. Although, if he sees fruit or anything sweet on his plate he just about refuses to eat the other food first. Right now he is really having issues with his allergies. I really should have began giving him claritan when the weather got cooler but I did not. So now we are giving him cough stuff and hoping that this one will not end up in his ears. He had another ear infection 3 weeks ago. Most times these little colds have ended up in his ears but I am praying that will not be the case this time. But overall he is doing great and getting big quick!
Now on to Drew. Drew is still the silly, goofy little boy he always is! He iis still involved in Cub Scouts. They are working on earning the first award for his age group. He has really enjoyed being part of this. I think once Jim gets past the band season he will be able to be more involved. He has not gotten to go on the 2 campouts that the pack has had. Jim and Drew did campout in the backyard last Saturday night. It got a little cool that night, about 40 degrees, but they stuck out the entire night and had a great time. He is doing really well in school academically. He has an all A average right now. He does like to talk a bit too much at school though and is trying to work harder on sitting still in class and paying good attention. The classwork is pretty challenging but he is doing really well and the homework is not too overwhelming or time consuming. He is doing really well at church and is starting to make friends. It will good when we transition him to the Olive Branch schools next year and he will actually see some of the kids throughout the week. He is now riding the bike like a pro! He is definitely getting a new, bigger bike for Christmas. He is still asking lot and lots of questions about Jesus and becoming a Christian. I think he is really close to making a decision. He just needs to get a better understanding of why he needs Jesus as his personal Savior. It is something that Jim and I are so anxious for and yet we do not want to be over zealous and push him too early. We just pray to say the right things at the right times and that God will lead the way!
Jim will be at band competitions for the next 3 weekends. We did get last week off which was so very nice! Last Friday was the big game against South Panola. Of course we lost but still there is always a big crowd at this game. I got a babysitter for the night so that I could go and enjoy the game and some time with just me and Jim. It has been such a long time since I just stood and watched an OB football game with him. We had a nice time and even got out of the school early enough to go get something to eat before sending the babysitter home. We spent all day on Saturday cleaning the house and the yard up. Both were badly in need! I even cleaned all my curtains and just last night got the ironed and rehung. It was very nice to have some time to actually work on that. We went to church Sunday morning and we joined that day! So now we are officially members of Longview Heights Baptist Church. We are very excited about getting involved and meeting people in our new church home. The kids have really transitioned well. It seems now it is just Jim and I that need to find our spot and begin to make some connections with people. We did really enjoy the Sunday School class we visited on Sunday and plan to be in there again this week. It turns out that I know the teacher of this class from a long time ago and we both really enjoyed his teaching. Of course we miss all our friends but we know that this is God's will for our lives at this time.
Well, the next few weeks are gonna be wild! I am flying solo with the kids this weekend and the next. The next weekend (22,23,24), will be the last week of Jim's band stuff. I am actually getting to attend that weekend. Some friends will be keeping the boys for us on that Saturday and overnight until Sunday. I am really looking forward to that. I will be frazzled after two weekends on my own! I am trying to plan some things for us to do though. Tomorrow we are going to spend the afternoon at my sisters and let the kids play for a while. I will try to do better this weekend and actually take some pictures of my kids!
Oh, before I close I will have to give an update on the new building/office renovation project at work. The church has officially moved into the new building, although there are many things that still need to be done. The office is about mid-way through the renovation project. As I type they are putting down the new flooring and hopefully the wiring and phones will all be moved by next week. We are looking at a move in date of 10/28-29. I like having a date in mind so that I can be prepared, on some level anyway! I hate moving! I am so very excited about my new office and my window but I really hate the process of moving. I meant to go take some pics on my phone of the office renovation yesterday but I forgot too and since they are up there working today I cannot. So maybe next week!
So, that will do it for another update from the Mayos!
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