I know...where have we been?

Things have been crazy around here. i have been bad about updating the blog. I guess life just gets in the way. If it's not one thing it's another around here.

If you're in the "know" you probably know about this social networking site called Facebook. Well, I have been on it for about a year and in the past few months, a ton of my friends both current and from the past are on it now. It's fun to reconnect with people and really get to know some of my other friends better too. The only problem is that it totally sucks you in and after a while you realize that you've been on it for a few hours. I took 5 days off of it last week and totally felt like I had my life back. I won't be spending as much time on facebook from now on. I'd rather update the blog with my time - but it is fun.

I am also in the thick of the mom2mom sale planning. If you have no idea what that is...you are probably lucky. I organize a huge sale for moms to sell their gently used kids clothes, toys, baby stuff, etc at our church each spring. We usually have about 50 sellers and over 400 shoppers. It's fun for the moms to make money and for people to get some good deals on nice stuff. I wish I had shopped them when Julia was a baby. Anyway, we've about sold the sale out and I am in the middle of doing the layouts of the tables and stuff. It's alot of work, but it raises money for the church and helps the moms make some money. And in this economy we all need that.

I have also really been focusing on scrapbooking the past month. I really want to finish Jimmy's baby book. Poor guy. he loves looking at pictures and I know that he'd enjoy his book as much as Julia enjoys hers. Plus, I just love scrapbooking. Something about starting with just pictures and some paper just makes me feel so creative. I also just finished a small book for my neighbor who is moving this week. It was fun putting it together for her, really made me think about how blessed I am to live in such a great area.

We are also trying to figure out where Julia will go to school next year. She will be old enough to go to Kindergarten, but just barely. We've decided that we'd rather her attend a young 5 program next year and then enter kindergarten as a 5 year old versus 4 year old. Finding a program that I like, that I can afford, that isn't too hardcore, that isn't too far away has proved to be a little crazy. Fortunately, we have options and I am weighing all of those and trying to find what is best for her. I am taking her a little too seriously I think. Poor Jimmy...i can't decide what to do with him next year until i figure out what is going on with Julia. He gets so shafted.

Jimmy has transitioned to his car bed from the crib. So far, it has not been too bad. He sleeps in it pretty well at night, naptime is another story. I am NOT ready for him to give up napping. Julia was about the same age when she stopped napping.

I am sure that there are another million things that are going on in our lives that I failed to mention...but in reality...do you really want to read about how much of a slob Jimmy is when he eats and there is more food on the floor than in his belly?