Sully!!! We are having our own little weekend together. Zack and Rogan went to Delaware for the weekend. We had a nice relaxing morning. We played with your airplanes and men. As you say - "man, where is my man?" You love playing make believe now and it is fun to watch your eyes light up when I have your toys do something that mirrors our life in some way - like going to the park or going to school. After lunch we went to stoney point - the outside mall. I took you to the water play area. It was funny - it took you a long time to warm up to the idea of it. I'm guessing if your brother was there you would have followed his lead and ended up in the water right off the bat. You wouldn't go in, so we walked around for awhile and then got some dinner at chipolte. That place is so good - I hardly ever go there, but will go back more often now! Although you didn't really dig it - except for the chips and guacamole. After that you said you wanted to go home so I started back to the car. You then changed your mind and said "I don't want it" (you say that quite often when you don't want to do something). We headed back and you ended up playing in the water for over an hour. We topped it off with some ice cream and we had a blast. You are so so fun to watch and so charming. I could listen to your raspy laugh all day!

Here we are at the beach apartment. It has been a rainy few days. Rogan actually came down here with Pop Pop and Grandma on Monday all by himself. We had to force him to go but then once he went he was totally fine - even slept in the lockout bedroom all by himself.

Yesterday we did pool time, napped, ate some good food and made lots of bubbles on the porch. Today we did even more pool time and then went out to eat. Now we are back and our plan is to color some Easter eggs for tomorrow!!!

We leave tomorrow but hopefully the weather will be half way decent and we can stop by the beach for a little walk before we head home.

Poor Second Child

 I Really... really really feel bad that I am hardly recording any of these precious moments I am having with Sully. I am vowing to be better and to do better. Even if it is just one sentence once a month.

I am constantly reminding myself that he is my last baby. That thought fills me with longing for another one, but then I also feel that I can't handle that amount of stress. Sully though is an amazing child. He is literally filled with sunshine - most of the time. Sometimes he has some stormy clouds flow on by, but for the most part he is an absolute joy. I could watch him All DAY LONG!

This boy has the best giggle and I love that his world usually revolves around Ro Ro. He just wants to do everything that Ro is doing. And Ro is amazing with him. He is loving, patient and really enjoys his company. Don't get me wrong - they annoy each other too. Easily goes both ways, but for the most part they harmonize quite well.

Orginally written just after September 16, 2013
Onto Fall. I feel like we rolled in pretty quickly to Fall. Rogan has been in Kindergarten for over a month now. He was not a fan of it at first - at all! It took awhile. Transitions are always hard for him. They are really hard for me too! I didn't realize how hard Kindergarten would be for me. Not only has it been emotional just from the standpoint that he is already old enough to go to school but the running around to drop off and pick up the kids has made life pretty hectic. And when you add soccer into that mix...man...it gets real crazy and I feel like I am at the gas pump every two days.

Let me first comment on how this has been a particularly sad week for me. We lost Sally on Monday. We had to put her down. She started to have seizures on Sunday and they just didn't stop coming. She spent the day at VEC. I had it in my head that she would be okay though. I remember hearing the vet say that she was having some serious seizures and that she may have a brain tumor, but at some point she said that she could live a fairly normal life with medication. I am all mixed up as to when she said that part exactly, but I just kind of glued on to that.