Sad yet annoying week

Ok, so  this is my first entry this week. Sorry! I've gotten to the good part in my book (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). This week started with a few sad goodbyes. The first was Marium (our service coordinator), then there was Renee (speech therapist below) and last was Sue (his teacher 2nd pic.). See pictures below.

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It was tough saying goodbye to the people at early intervention, they were all really nice. The program helped Robby out a lot too. I know they all said they were going to miss Robby too. The good news is he will be getting services through the Quincy Public Schools. He'll have preschool 4 days a week and two sessions of speech a week. 

Now for the annoying part. I spent a greater part of this week getting things ready  for Robby's party tomorrow. Ordered the cake, balloons, got decorations, food and cleaned. This morning the boys wake up congested. I'm hoping it's nothing major, Joey gets a cough every so often that's really nothing. I'm hoping this is the case. I gave Robby two clementine oranges and water. Joey's drinking water too. I'm so sick of planning parties only to have to reschedule them. It seems like every time we have a party for the boys something happens. I hope it goes away and it's nothing. They don't have a fever or anything. I hate the winter and I'm tired of colds!!

Little Things

Tonight I felt like I lost it. I finished my supper, and sat down on the couch with a chocolate I got for Christmas. Joey up on the couch and before either Paul or I could do anything he reached over and grabbed it. All day every time I had something to eat I spent more time trying to keep it out of reach than I actually spent eating it. This was the final straw. I had to get up and leave the room. 


I know it comes with the territory of being a parent but, it doesn't make it any easier. I find myself missing the simple things. Being able to have a peaceful meal without yelling at someone, being able to just decide to go to a movie or out to eat, even just not tripping over toys when walking through the living room in the dark. I'll admit sometimes I'm a little bitter, and a little jealous of people who don't have to deal with that stuff. 


Most of those times usually last only a brief period. I see their smiles, feel their hugs, and get kisses and it all fades. I don't envy anyone, it makes me feel, I should be envied. I'm proud of my boys, proud of milestones they've reached, proud of how smart they are and the little people they have become. I realize that these moments mean everything and one day I'll look back and actually miss the little interruptions. I wouldn't trade any of it for anything. 

Another day.

Well, I did have a pretty productive day today. Before 11 this morning I finished filling out the paperwork the Quincy Public Schools need for Robby, called Neponset to ask about the lead assessment results also needed for school, ordered address labels and hung a shower curtain. I went to do the dishes too but, found out Paul did them before going to work! Dropped Robby off at school, went to Stop & Shop, dropped things out at my Mom's had lunch with Joey then picked Robby up. We took a short walk down the street. Phew!! All in all it was a pretty good day. 


Today it was also Robby's last day getting dropped off at school. It's pretty sad, I'm going to miss seeing the Early Intervention people they were all really nice. I highly recommend them to anyone who needs that service. I can't say enough good things about them. Not only did they walk us through everything in the beginning of the process but, they specifically gave us stuff to work on at home between visits. It's because of this that he has made the amount of improvement he did. It will be really tough next week saying good bye. I felt pretty good today, his teacher said he did really well and they are going to miss him. Next week on his birthday is his last day but, I have to stay with him. We're going to bring a cake for his class.

Being true to my word, I took pictures yesterday and today and put them on the computer. Here they are. This one is Joey in a rocking chair. This means a lot to me because, the chair was gift to me from my parents when I was 3. My dad put it together himself. My Dad is probably thrilled to see this. 

This is the work of art Robby brought home today (Jan. 4th 2011). When I read what it said, it made me cry. Especially where his Birthday is so near.  He's growing up so fast! I guess we'll have to enjoy them being so young while we can. *sigh*. Why can't there be a place like Neverland?

A New Year, A New Beginning

I love the New Year! It's a time for new beginnings and a fresh start. In honor of the New Year, I have decided to make an attempt to be better at this blogging thing. I'll make honest effort to at put something on here at least once a week.  In addition, I will try to be better about posting pictures. To help me do this I want to put together a scrapbook of this years goings on. In order to do that, I will need plenty of pictures so, I will take and post at least one new picture a week. I would also like to minimize my time online which kinda contradicts what I just said but...whatever.


So how was my New Years? Well News Years Eve I was delighted to get a call from Maria saying they were going to come over. They were planning on just stopping by but, decided to have supper with us (we were going to get Chinese).  It was so great to see Jimmy again and I think he was thrilled to see the boys. They seemed to enjoy each other's company. Since our food wasn't ready until 9, they ended up staying until midnight. We almost missed the countdown because we were engrossed with our game of Uno. It was getting pretty intense! It was so much fun. I'm really glad they came over!


On New Year day we went to Dennis and Gail's house (Paul works with Dennis). Apparently, it's a Texas tradition to eat black eyed peas on New Years day. It gives you good luck and prosperity, I guess Paul, Joey and I will have luck and prosperity. Not so sure about Robby, he didn't want to go anywhere NEAR them. It was great to see them again and they were happy to see the boys.


Yesterday was just a relaxing day. We thought about bringing the boys to see the Enchanted Village at Jordan's Furniture but, decided not to. We all had a busy weekend so needed the day just do nothing.