Newman's Review...

Nothing very exciting happening in our lives right now... Things are calm and I hope they stay that way. September was very busy and things are slowing down and back to normal around here. Whatever normal is... Here's to being normal!

• Scott was in Toronto, Canada this past week... Canada isn't his favorite place of visit... This was his first international job this year. He usually has several international trips a year, but this year, nope! He is now headed back to Virginia!
• Weather has been AMAZING this past week! I finally got outside and did some yard work and took the kids to the park.
• Emma is doing a lot better with her sleeping at night. 16 months old and she still has trouble sleeping through the night. I just can't continue getting up 2 - 3 times a night. It's exhausting... My solution... I eliminated her morning nap and waiting until after lunch to give her a nap. Making her more tired at night and hopefully, sleep! It's working... for the past 4 nights she has slept until 5:30-6:00 every morning and I then bring her in bed with me and she'll go back to sleep for another hour or so until Ethan wakes up.
• I'm starting to get sleep! Being more rested = Mommy is happy! I realized I haven't been happy because I was just so exhausted! Wednesday was a glorious day... Emma slept through the night and I felt good. I think I was going through a bit of depression and now I just feel better... I know happiness is a state of mind, but it's VERY hard to keep upbeat and happy when my mind and body is tired! Life is looking pretty darn good right now!
• This past week my parents FINALLY took a church history trip back East.... I can't wait to hear about it!
• Emma added... "cheese", "we" "night, night" and "that" to her growing vocabulary...
• Funny anecdote... Ethan was outside playing and Emma was watching at the door... Emma said, "weeeee" as Ethan went down the slide... cute!
• Ethan and Emma found a box of shoes in the bathroom... Well, you can guess what Ethan did... he started trying on the shoes...

Ethan tried on my boots!.... Very stylish!

Emma was pulling out the shoes and when I got the camera out she stopped what she did and gave me a big smile and said, "Cheese!"