I'm baaaaack!

Well, it's been about 3 months since my last post. You all know I had Aiden on June 15, as planned. He is such a joy! I have 4 more weeks off work and I'm already so sad about having to go back! The last 8 weeks have flown by! I love Ben more and more with each passing day and thank God for him. Don't get me wrong, we've had our share of issues as of late, but no deal-breakers yet! lol.

Let's see.....the kids. The twins have been a huge help! We couldn't have gotten through the first 6 weeks without them. With me not being able to lift Jack and Ben working 3rd shift, they got up with Jack every single morning! It was helpful and just plain fabulous because that also allowed me a bit more sleep.

Taylor has had some major jealousy issues......with Abby. She's been great with Aiden from day 1. It's Abby that's her problem. I think that Abby taking her "baby girl" place in the family has really affected her. We are in the current process of getting her into counseling. In fact, I'm going to take her to the same one I took Abby to. She also still misses her Mom very much and that affects her sometimes too, so all in all, I think counseling will do her a world of good!

Abby has been great with Aiden. It's like having Jack all over again. She loves to talk to Aiden and hold him.....she's a little Mommy! Her downfall lately is her attitude, but she picks that up from Taylor. Trying to nip that in the bud ASAP! Most of the time, though, she's a sweetie and Mommy's girl!

Jack.....is a holy terror! LOL. He's enough to put me on medication for life! He just turned 2 on July 25, but he entered the "terrible 2's" long before his bday! He's into anything and everything you don't want him to get into and he pretty much just drives us crazy! LOL. On the flip side, he's adorable and is already trying to play us by batting those long eyelashes and saying, "sor-wy" when he gets in trouble. :)

Aiden, as I said is pure joy right now! He's a great sleeper......only gets up 1 time a night and that was pretty much from the getgo! We had some constipation problems off and on and he was cranky there for awhile, but he's now starting to smile AT US and we're enjoying that!

Ben is in "car mode" right now. His dream is to own a brand new Camaro and he's got a plan to get it. He's prepared to get a 2nd job and work his butt off. My stipulations were just that all bills were caught up, he wouldn't effect the family, and we had to make sure we could afford another car pmt. If all of those conditions can be met, then I ok'd him getting it. lol. It's a long way off, but he's a hard worker and the excitement is his driving force to make another one of his dreams come true! It's totally not practical, but if we work out a way to afford it and still have everything else covered, then so be it. I think it will be harder to reach that point than he thinks, though!

Me.....I'm just me! Enjoying being home and off work for the summer and of course, having time with Ben. That's going to make it so hard to go back to work! I also want to take advantage and lose more weight before I go back. I'm 5 pounds away from my pre-baby weight, BUT I had gained a little before I got pregnant, so all in all, I'd like to lose at least another 20 pounds. It's taken a few years, but I've very slowly whittled my weigh down in the weight dept in between kids, but now that Aiden's the last one, I really want to get to a weight I'm happy with and stay there!!!!!

Well, that's about it for now! Aiden will be waking up any minute to eat! Love you all and miss you! We need to have a "blogger reunion" dinner or something....that would be fun!