A. Smith Family: February 2013

I've been seriously MIA from this blog since Baby E was born! It's not that I haven't wanted too. I think about reporting here often. Time just hasn't allowed. I've spent the time enjoying my family. When most of them left, my sister Cristina was still nearby and our children love playing together (not to mention how much we enjoy each other). Then there's been the typically dentist appointments and doctor visits because it's birthday season again at our house. We had a pretty bad round of sickness last month (stomach garbage) and as I write this now, we're all (minus the baby, thankfully) struggling through the sniffles and scratchy throats.
Then there's stopping every three hours for a nursing session (though gratefully I'm getting lots of sleep as our 2 1/2 month old sleeps for 10ish hours every night). Then there's preschool and studying for homeschool which is keeping me busy with the other two. Let's not mention cleaning up after the two year old everyday...
Not to mention my responsibilities are increasing as Austin starts his 3rd class on Monday. He has class Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Church stuff all Wednesday night, and we've moved Family night to Fridays. Saturday always seem to get filled up and Sunday is of course busy with more church meetings. We're still finding great time to be together though. He's been working more from home (which in a 750 sq ft house is sometimes stressful), he enjoys breakfast and scripture study with us most mornings, and with earlier church, we have him more on Sunday's than we did last year.
Wow! Are we busy or what? Just with regular life. I have to say I'm a little overly concerned to write down the happenings of this family. Each of the boys have their own journal I write in, plus my own journal. Then we have a yearly book (I'm behind two years now) and this blog. Plus Christmas cards, etc. Anyway. I've been spending more time in the boy's journals than on anything else. I can't wait for Cadence to start writing so I have one less I need to write in (though I will still steal it occasionally to write special letters from his mom to him). The blog has posed additional problems with uploading pictures so it's taken me awhile to want to brave the problem.
AND (you thought I was wrapping up, huh?) the biggest distraction of them all - a whirlwind doozy!!! OH... I can't tell you yet! I'm dying too! But in a few more weeks will be the unveiling. For now, enjoy some pictures of everyday life at the Smith home.