Yeah, it's been quite a while. The bit with S16 started out with him accidently injuring his friend in the eye with an airsoft gun last spring. He's apparently not forgiven himself, and assumed that I was still upset about it. That's been welling up in him and then his GF (who was never really into him and had posted on her myspace basically that she was looking for the right guy..and that post stayed up there the whole time they were 'dating') broke up with him and that sent him over the edge. It's been almost 3 months since the break-up and he still hasn't gotten over it. Arghh, I wasn't ready for this teenage BS. (who ever is?)
Well baby M isn't really a baby anymore either, he turns 2 at the end of January. His trick these days is to jettison his diaper as soon as he poops in it and then he proceeds to play with it, totally gross! Invariably it happens when he's down for a nap. Today he did it again, even managing to get the safety pin out of the zipper of the bunting we put on over his clothes. I guess we've been fortunate that the other 5 never saw the need to do this. J turns 3 in Feb, and is now talking up a storm. Some days I think it was better when he wouldn't talk. With Frick and Frack here, neither of us are pining for another (we have a severe case of monkey-see-monkey-do going in both directions here). Having two a year apart just isn't the same when you are in your 40's as it is when you are in your 20's. Yeah, the older kids pitch in some, but that help doesn't compensate for all the time and effort spent running around to get them to their activities, school and whatnot. It'll be good when S16 starts driving. We've been holding him off out of concern for his well-being, at least until we have the self-loathing bit straightened out. The thought of him driving is terrifying to say the least.
Haha, so you are getting the baby bug again... BTDT, LOL. You know, for us the next one always seemed to come along as soon as we started getting rid of the baby stuff. Sounds like you need to encourage MrHP to get rid of the stuff so that it happens
So, that's really cool that MrHP is on board now for the R stuff. I'm excited that he'd be open to WWME, and excited that you're at a point now that you can get out for a weekend without the rugrats.
Kitchens have to be the worst room in the house for remodeling while you are living there. There's just nothing else the disrupts life the way a torn apart kitchen does. Don't feel too bad about the floor. MrsGGB put up with a half ripped vinyl, half plywood floor in the kitchen and an unfinished concrete floor in the adjoining family room in our old house for over 7 years as I slowly finished it. I wound up finishing the tile and putting up the molding the month we sold the house. I'm sure you can't wait to have it finished! I'd love to see the pics.
