Remember to breathe.....

Something I'm not great at these days, life is so hectic lately.
New nephew coming, moving, baptism, wedding reception, first days of school...did I miss anything?
The move back to Boston is on. David has given his notice at work, I've notified the schools and pediatrician back home. There's paperwork to be filled out, boxes to pack (though when we moved here we never completely UNpacked which is good I guess). Freecycle loves me lately because I've had so many things to give away. You don't realize how much you've accumulated in two years until you find that you can't fit it into a 12x6 trailer LOL. That's ok, we can replace what we need when we get back there if necessary. I'm glad we don't have alot of furniture here, gives us an excuse to go back to the auctions! Oh how we miss those. And IKEA is out there now; we've yet to be anywhere near one so that that should be an interesting place to check out.
Besides the move I've been busy helping Mary with details for her wedding reception. I can't believe that in less than two weeks I'll be someone's :::gasp::: MOTHER-IN-LAW!! (note to Jon: I've always told my kids that nobody will ever be good enough for them so prove me wrong! LOL). Between the wedding and now nursing school, I don't think I've ever heard her happier. And isn't that what we all want for our kids? School starts for Mary, Gabs and Qbert in the first week of Sept. (three different schools mind you) and then nursery school for Eli the second week.
I've also been busy planning K's baptism. Granted, it's not as grand a day as her wedding may one day be, but it's certainly special. I've been working for weeks at finding her the perfect gown and finally found a great lady who will custom make one for us. For the last week I've been working late at night trying to design it and it's not easy. We didn't have our own gowns to pass on to our children so I started a tradition of each child having their own to pass along to their own kids or nieces and nephews. Each one was specially chosen as the perfect one for them. Some are fancier some are simpler. As I told Kiki though, this is the first of three important gowns she'll wear (next being her prom and then her wedding) so I want it to be just right. I was searching and searching for a cross for her too,but one of her Godmothers without even knowing it, took care of that which was so sweet. She is blessed to have THREE Godmothers who are all very dear friends. Plus we have out of state family who will be with us for the day and for Mary's wedding reception the next day. LOTS going on! Oh and did I mention that my youngest brother (he's actually my BIL but he feels more like a little brother) and his wife are having their first baby any time now too? I can't wait to hear that he has arrived. Another baby to love.
Yes, life is chaos right now. And yet at the root of it all is a family to love and what could be better than that?

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tinkerbelle is going to be an RN!

Yesterday, with alot of nervousness and prayers, she went to take her entrance exam for nursing school and not only did she complete it under an hour (3hr test!) she scored... *drum roll please*

96%

We are so happy and so proud of her! The instructor scores the exams upon completion and told her that he was amazed at her score because it was so high and she'd done the exam so quickly, a new one on him. She called me right away to share the good news and we were all thrilled for her. After the long road to decide on what she wants to do with her life, and thinking that she didn't have any potential, she finally did it and is proving to herself that she is smart enough, good enough and well worth it! She was told that because of her high score she'll only have to attend classes for one year instead of two before doing her clinicals and then she'll be an RN. She's SO happy and excited and as she told me last night, she's so glad to say that she did it on her own.

My daughter the future nurse and she'll be a great one too!

Tinkerbelle, I love you and I'm so proud of you!!!

Is she LIVE or is she PORCELAIN??

I keep hearing that she looks like a porcelain doll in this photo, I have to agree. It's rare that she's not smiling,but that's ok I still think she's cute. Not biased am I ? LOL