happiness is...

this kid's a keeper, i tell you.

he may not sleep at night,

but he fills my heart with so my happiness.

i love you solly-boy!

back to school

school is in full swing and, by golly, it has been a rocky start.

don't get me wrong,

i knew it would be hard.

i knew it would be hard to get ada to school at 7:30 with all the others in tow (we have no bus.)

i knew that hardness would be compounded by also trying to get elias and hanna to preschool by 9.

but

my two year old has lost her mind since saul arrived.

and my four year old consistently shows bad judgement.

(at least he is consistent, right).

things are a little harder than i thought they could be.

the first day of preschool

elias walked up acting "cool".

he shredded his name tag and practiced ninja moves on everyone in sight.

when i asked him later about his behavior he responded

"i had to go through all my emotions to reach awesome."

really? did he really just say that?

i didn't have a comeback.

hanna cried.

she cried the entire first two days of preschool.

when asked how school was by others, she happily responded

"i cried the whole time!"

i have to physically pry her off of me and hand her to a teacher.

and she reminds me that she doesn't want to go each night at bedtime.

awesome.

then, as i headed to pick up hanna a little early today 

(she had been crying. a lot.)

i passed elias' classroom and saw him in a corner

with his shirt half off

trying to teach a few other boys how to do armpit farts.

the teacher saw him too.

awesome.

so, to wrap things up, we have been pretty awesome around here.  i have aged about seven years in the past five weeks since my tiny baby  arrived.  and speaking of saul, he is incredible, and the incredible shrinking kid with incredible fast growing hair. after many visits to the doctor, he is still below his birth weight.  evidently it is hard to feed a ten+ pound newborn when you have to have surgery two weeks out, and have to take care of three other kids. go figure!  we are working hard together, me and him.

but really, we are awesome.

because today marks nine years since i got to marry the love of my life.  and we are up shit's creek without a paddle together.  and that is all that really matters.  it is a big adventure and there is no one i would rather be in this adventure with.

(yes, this picture is over ten years old.  be nice, please tell me we still look just the same!)

amen.