Heptadecagon

I vacuumed the dining room today so that I could drown out the sounds of the older kids arguing and the youngest kid whining. I crawl into bed with Melina much too often, but she sleeps better that way and therefore, so do I. If I could yell at anyone right now, it would be my neighbor, who ALWAYS mows the lawn during nap or bedtime (I might have complained about that once before). I have been crabby lately and need to get out running more often. My kids have watched much too much television this summer, but if I can't stand being outside, can I blame them for not wanting to? I hate ending sentences with a preposition, but today, I am too lazy to fix the sentence above. I am so tired of asking myself, "What's for dinner?" Sometimes, as much as I love my children, I think back to the moments we had pre-children. I smile at those moments. At other times, I think to myself, "Can you love your children too much?" If you can, I am guilty. And don't let this

This morning, Aaron had his procedure done. If you need to ask what procedure, then you probably stumbled upon this blog accidentally. I won't direct you to the posts that discuss his procedure (likewise, I won't be labeling this one!), seeing as we already made the decision to have it done. Tim and I discussed with Aaron what the day would hold. Luckily, we were able to get an early surgery time. Aaron could not have food after 11:00 pm at night, and water was forbidden after 5 am, so I think the 9 am surgery time was perfect. He was too tired when we woke him up to give us any grief about being tired and thirsty. I waited for the babysitter to get here while Tim went ahead with Aaron. When I reached the hospital, my little redhead was on the bed, snuggled up with his toy pteranadon, hospital band on his wrist. I actually was not a wreck...something I had not predicted. The child was going to be put under, and I really thought that I would not hold up emotionally. Aaro

This past weekend, Melina celbrated her second birthday! Time flies, that is for sure. We had a lovely party complete with many family members. Thanks for those of you who could make it! I don't have too much time to post now, but I will throw a couple of pictures here. Melina loves snails, so I attempted to make what looked like a snail. In my mind, it looked better, especially the face. If I tried it again, I would make the design more refined. Did Melina care? No. Alls well that ends well, right? Clearly, the little beast likes the cake. Melina let us put a clip in her hair, so this is one of the very few pictures where you can see her face. She reminds me of me at that age; I'll have to scan in an old picture of mine sometime. Part of the fun was heading to the pool. Melina was not in this picture, but we did manage to get Ava (far left) and Eliana (second from left) in the picture. And while none of you will be able to tell who is Zoe and who is Talia (Z left,

Here we are, a month later, and I am finally getting around to a new posting. I still don't have the girls' communion pictures, but I do have photos from our two vacations and some time inbetween. Let's just say that Disney World is really far away. And driving there wasn't my most favorite thing to do, but the kids were wonderful. Really. And so was Tim, since he had to do all the driving so I could attend to a little lady that prefers her mommy. In short, we had a great time. The condo was nice, the pools were great, the crowds at the park weren't too bad, and the weather was perfect. It was a little on the warm side, but what else do you expect for June in Florida. We have a few pictures to share below. Melina did not grow all of a sudden. Cousin Olivia happened to be visiting Florida with Grandpa and Grandpa M. at the same time. We were able to spend some time with them. Melina spent much of the time looking pink, hot, and sweaty. She much preferred