March updates

Gosh I know the time has been going by and the ability to write really has diminished significantly. But 3 months goodness. I guess I should document a few things: Jonathan accepted an offer to work for a new company called Skuidify.com out in TN. We wont be moving but it is a remote position and he is doing a bit of traveling. Right now its been about 50 % travel but hopefully in the coming months it will go to 1 week a month instead. As much I can keep it together while hes gone I certainly miss him. My dear BFF Jenna came out for a visit. Was epic and lovely. Basketball for Elijiah is winding down. Both School and Club. Its been a whirlwind of games and practices for 4 months and Im a little burnt out. Soccer season started so I think we are taking a bball break. Tristan got 2 Stripes in Jujitsu. He was very excited and hes progressing well. Very proud of him and his activities- hes a kick ass Chess player often beating Jonathan these days as well as plugging along with his piano. Hes tapering off his counseling as hes improving so much but really really happy about this last year…since starting at Lourdes his grades have improved, his mental outbursts have mellowed, so all the things we were working on this school year is showing to be real positive gains. Jett is growing and growing…and hasn’t come out of the terrible 2,s or terrible 3’s yet. Hes demanding, spoiled, and the cutest thing on the planet for us right now. Hes just stubborn and fiercely independent which that combo puts us in almost constant conflict. I do my best to balance the must have to do now, vs it can wait, and not to sweat the small stuff. Which translates into him getting his way and ie spoiled. I dunno is juice an addiction? Perhaps…life literally is make or break by if he can have juice and juice when he wants it. Hes going through obessesions around things- socks, gloves/mittens that make him strong like HULK, and pJ’s…you know the onsie kind? Yea small stuff, but makes it impossible to function if he doesn’t have the RIGHT red mitten or his sock is falling down etc. So we keep on plugging knowing he will grow out of this into something else just give him a month. ALTHOUGH we did think that about him sleeping with us last year. Alas hes still in our bed and is the master manipulator around getting there each night. NO amount of bribery has worked, nor punishment. So yes…hes still sleeping with us. Finally the most significant thing for me…my last grandparent passed away. Grandma Storey. We have known its coming for months…Ive mentioned it here a few posts ago Raegan and I went out as well as Whitney and Josh and Jonathan and I last year….its just having her gone…her loss is felt. I know it was time and its good but it leaves a sadness around how time is passing, and my children wont have knowledge or memory of her ( with exception of Elijiah) She was a remarkable woman and lived a full full life. Heathly till the end. To me the way I want to live and go….