Busy Days...

So, how has everyone been? Me? Oh, I guess you could just say...busy. R has been gone a lot recently with his job. He either comes home very late, or very tired, or not at all. So I am at home alone with J in the evenings. He has been a little fussy and demanding this week. I think his second tooth is working on coming through and this is what the trouble is. I had my house cleaned up last weekend. Honest I did. Not that you can tell it today. I go home everyday with such lofty goals and intentions. By 10:30 I have usually collapsed of exhaustion in the midst of the mess. Things will improve greatly if I can just get that stupid tree finished and get the boxes out of my living room! Boy, I am usually so enthusiastic about Christmas. And I still am, really. It's just the decorating that is getting to me. Many nights I end up feeling lonely. I miss my mom and R. Sure, I see my mom every day when I drop off and pick up J, but on the weekends she is taking her time to get stuff done, and spend time with my step-dad.

Here is the good news in my family: My brother J is coming home from Connecticut this weekend. He is moving back home to stay. Yeah!!! I love you and miss you J! We are having a late Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday with my Daddy, Momma J, Brother J, and Sister J (My, I never noticed before what a J family we are....curious...) and her family. Brother J has never seen baby J before, so it should be lots of fun. He really is a baby nut.

Last night J got to try green beans for the first time. He seemed eager to eat them, even if they did make him gag a little bit. I think it had more to do with the consistency than the taste. They just are not as smooth as the stuff he's accustomed to. I ended up having to mix them with his rice, but he ate them all. He has been blowing raspberries lately, and he got on a royal raspberry roll in the middle of his supper last night. He blew green beans everywhere! It was too funny.