Kindred Spirits: September 2009

Wow! These last few months nearly killed me! Or maybe I did die and i'm coming to you from the after life... even though I'm pretty sure they don't have computers in heaven (which is of course where I would be... right?) So I'm not dead (however it may feel some days) and i can't believe August is already gone and September is quickly diminishing. Sad, So very sad. I'll try to recap from where I left off in the last post so you can get a glimps of hell... wait did I just say I came from heaven? scratch that and lets review:

August

Oh August. What to say about you? You've been busy and I'm not gonna lie, a little irritating. But somehow we made it through your chaos and sailed on through to another month leaving you blissfully, in the past.

The beginning of August held an unfortunate snag when as you may have previously seen, Jesse lost his job. Idearc (my arch nemisis' if you will) Laid off my husband for the second time. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice... you know. Aaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnddd BAM! unemployed... again. I won't say there weren't times I enjoyed having Jesse home though... or that there were times I hated having him home. I will say however that I think its about time that we started some kind of Emergency savings account, cause if there's one thing I've learned from all this its that life is nothing if not unpredictable. (You sneaky life, you)

I'll fill you in on the weeks that ensued breaking it down by person so I don't feel overwhelmed

In the midst of all this wonderful drama I turned 26!

I don't feel any different though, except maybe I have a few more grey hairs, which could of course be accredited to my three very active children, and not age.

I had a pretty great birthday: First we went to Disneyland with my "Free entrance on your Birthday" ticket (putting my free entrance towards the cost of a year pass, at last!) Then with the rest of my birthday money (and a slight addition to our mountain of debt) Jesse and I were pass wielding rockstars!

It was good to feel like a kid again and at the same time be kid-less :)

The next day Jessica and Garrett came to help continue the celebration with one great day of fun. Huntington and the wedge were beautiful! I had never been on a four person bike/flinstone car before and it was a blast!

After our hard but fun pedaling day they took us to dinner at red robin and before we headed home we took a short hike to a pirate cave. We had so much fun!

Jesse

On the 4th of September Jesse landed a job with Staples business devision. He deals with business' directly and helps them order whatever office supplies they need. So far he likes it a LOT more than his last job and is fitting in nicely with all the new kids. He went a little crazy without a job for that month (exactly 1 month to the day that he got laid off, he got hired by Staples) but he really enjoyed spending so much time with the kids (even though he grossly underestimated the chaos of life at home all day, every day) We liked having him home but we are very happy to have an income again!

Elliott

Crazier than ever, Seriously! I think he is reaching the peak of his "terrible two" stage. Lately it hasn't just been "no" its been "NO!" He is way too opinionated for a two year old and is as always insanely stubborn, not sure who he got that from...

He got to go to Disneyland for his very first time in August. First for the Main street electrical parade

And then he got to spend a whole day there with Mommy and Daddy all by himself

(no pesky sisters)

I think he was a little awed by the whole thing, he didn't smile much just spent the whole day studying everything. The only time he showed emotion was when he saw Ka-chow and Maner in the pixar parade (Lightning McQueen and Mater) Nemo on the submarine, Dinosaurs on the train and the Jungle cruise. He managed to hide his face through the majority of Pirates so I'm not sure what his facial expression was. But he's asked to go every day since so he must have liked it.

(This is the face he made all day)

We've also been working at potty training and he is doing really well, though he isn't quite there yet. As a reward we got him some underwear we knew he would be excited to wear and he just can't stop admiring himself in them. It's pretty funny.