My First Born is FOUR

My Firstborn is Four

Wow...Landon is four. Saturday evening as I was baking his cake (around midnight) I was getting quite nostalgic...remembering when my water broke and the trauma that was labor (for all of you mom's of just one...the second time around was WAYYYY easier!!), meeting him for the first time, getting to know him, and all that we have been through since. He seems to have grown up considerably even in the past few weeks. Maybe becuase we are back into a good behavior pattern, but for whatever reason he is just seeming so mature and grown up lately. His party went well. Saturday was spent shopping for his b-day gift, getting groceries and supplies for the party, doing laundry, picking up, etc. The day of the party I had to frost the cake (which for many reasons did not turn out quite as well as last time), clean the bathrooms, vacuum and mop. Thankfully I had my cousin Jess here and Jonathan becuase chaos doesn't even describe my house yesterday. I couldn't have done it without them. Planning and throwing a party is MUCH more difficult with two children than it was with one. I noticed that in a big way yesterday. I went to frost Landon's cake and remembered I loaned out all of my decorating tips and couplers to a friend (and I can't remember who it was!!!) so Jon had to go in search of tips and I improvised a little. By the time the party rolled around I was thouroughly and completely exhausted. Completely. But it went of well...Landon loved it and got wonderful gifts. I found a pinata at Target for only $2 and he was so excited to do that. Turns out, a nerf bat can't break one of those things...he swung at it, Jon swung at it, a few other adults...we ended up letting Landon jump on it and that still didn't work...finally Jon jumped on it...or maybe it was Grandpa...anyway, that finally worked. It was a beautiful day. I am tired. I am stressed. I am trying so hard to not let this class get to me, but the work is daunting. I know once I get a few weeks into it I won't feel like this, but this week I feel totally overwhelmed. Kind of like a weight is on my shoulders that I want off so badly. I think about it constantly...and I just can't wait until it is over. Thank you for your words of encouragement and prayers from that last post. I will definitely need them from now until December. Definitely. Thanks to all of my friends and family who came yesterday and brought such beautiful gifts. Landon has been playing with EVERYTHING all day!!!! We love you all!!!!