Mike and Brandon got married on Sept 19th. The wedding is over and we'll leave it at that. Things didn't go the way I had planned (not in regards to the wedding itself b/c that wasn't mine to plan but in regards to things that were supposed to happen) but it's in the past and I'm over it. Let's just say if I had to host 70 people at my house again EVER it would be done quite differently. But they had a great wedding, they were happy and that is all that matters. My sister was here for the wedding and it was good spending time with her.
John had his knee surgery on Sept 25th. The Dr left me a message saying things were much worse than he had expected but that the surgery had gone well. John had (I'm quoting from his surgeon) "a tremendous amount of arthritis in his knee, adhesions, issues with irregular cartilage, flaps of cartilage and loss of cartilage." Yikes. But the Dr said this surgery should help him quite a bit and that they'd work on a game plan next week when he goes in for his post op check up. *fingers crossed* that everything goes well from here on out! John has a second interview with the US Marshall Service on Oct 21st and I am praying as hard as I can that it works out. We could really use some positive things happening for a change. He did find out that if he does get the job he wouldn't necessarily have to go to Georgia straight away for the 10 wks. I believe he'd be able to work for up to a year before having to go. Wouldn't it be nice if I could quit my job, or reduce my hours, so that it wouldn't be an issue? LOL. I know, I know, fat chance. But a girl can dream!
We had family potraits done again a week or so ago. Of course they were done by Stephanie and I can't WAIT to see them. She did post a few teaser shots on her blog. I'm c&p here b/c no one reads this blog anyway LOL. I can't WAIT to see the rest of them. She always does such a good job and I'm going to make it tradition to get a family potrait every September. Hopefully next yr we can get all 3 kids to cooperate. The boys were pretty good but lil Ms Thang wanted to just run around and play. Love her.
Lots of fun things coming up. Dinner get togethers that I'm really looking forward to. Apple picking. I'd like to take the kids to the Circus when it comes into town. I think the boys would love it. We also booked a trip to our Timeshare in Pompano Beach for April 3 - 10. I'm pretty excited about it. Aidan is the only one who really remembers the timeshare and he is always asking when we are going back. Well, now we can tell him when. My gf Susan and her bf Rob will be going with us. We checked into plane tickets and I almost croaked. $2,300!!! We'd have to buy 5 seats by the time we go. So John and Rob said why don't they make it a road trip? They will leave, with the boys, on Thursday night and drive down to Florida. This saves in airfare AND a rental car. Not to mention we won't have to carry any baggage, carseats or anything. YAY! I said hey, if they want to do it then they should do it - by all means. So the girls will fly and the boys will drive. I think it will be a blast. This will be the first time I've ever not been home for a holiday. I'm okay with that though. Easter isn't a big "to do" around here so having it in Florida will be okay. Not to mention my sister can come stay that weekend and she'll spend Easter with us now that we'll be there.
What else? Ahhh, potty training. With John being laid up and not able to go anywhere I decided this was a good time to PT Ryan. Yes, because I didn't quite have enough on my plate. It's actually going better than I expected! I started him cold turkey in underwear on Saturday. He's only had 2 accidents per day since then. Mon and Tues he was in daycare and didn't have ANY accidents at all. He had one in the am before we even left for daycare each day and then one at night. This morning was a complete success though, he peed in the potty before we left the house. I'm feeling pretty good about it! No issues with pooping on the potty. I know some parents run into this and I've been fortunate (so far) in that both boys will go in the potty. I am confident Ryan will be PT'd in no time! I'm so proud of him!!
I'm going to start to take a little time each day to focus a little bit on me. I really need to make an effort and get to the gym. I'm not happy with the way I look (again) and I'm starting to get more and more depressed in general. I think if I can carve out an hour a day to go to the gym it will only help things. Help me clear my head and get perspective over the things I have no control over. Help me lose weight so I can be happy with myself. Help me get a little time to myself which can only make me a better person. I just have to work it out. I can always find an excuse to NOT go. It's time to start pushing the excuses as to why I NEED to go. All I can do is take it one day at a time.
Lots of things coming up. Halloween, two baptisms (one is for my Godson, Owen) Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Christmas. So much to do!
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