Here he is!

Here they are folks!!! The big day was Monday and the kids are all in love. So am I. Bry wasn't there. I need to get some picks of him with the baby.

I already feel like he is my own. What a fun addition he has been. We adore him. But boy do I need sleep!

MIDDLE NAME ME ME

jenny tagged me:

Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name.

July...the best month of the year my b -day month

Understanding at least I think I am.
Dreamer...I love to dream in the day and at night.

Independent...most of the time

Truthful...sometimes I shouldn't be.

Hot baths...nirvana....my Valium.

If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name game facts. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a message to let them know you tagged them.

I tag: LISA, YOLANDA, JERI AND CHARLOTTE

A fabulous day!

HE'S HOME!!! It has been a really great day. Gus is here. I don't love this name but haven't settled on a definite name yet that I want. He has done really well. His is adorable and the kids are just ecstatic!

They all want to hold him. It is so cute.

It was also the first day of school...It was a great day for all the kids. Jake came home really happy. He was the one I was worried about. He said he made a lot of new friends which was a worry for him if he would or not.

Seth who is in 2nd and Heidi who is in Kindergarten, both had a really fun day. I am so relieved. They all had a great start.

Another great thing happened. I finally go a piano book that I bought off ebay. It was one of my favorites growing up. It is the "Reader's Digest Great music's greatest hits".

So, there is my day! Fabulous! I am putting in a request for another just like it!!!!

I am exhausted! It is 11:00am on Sunday morning and I just got home from the hospital. Gus's doctor wanted me to spend the night and do a bunch a feedings in a row to see how I handle him and how he handles me. 3 hours had never passed so quickly. He HAS to eat 52 mls every three hours or he will lose weight. He gets really sleepy and doesn't want to eat it all.

He had his feeding tube removed 3 days ago about and is now doing it all on his own. Incidentally, it makes him tired which makes his saturation go down (oxygen in the blood) and then he gets more tired and sleepy. It is a vicious cycle. So he did ok during the night but this morning I held an oxygen tube by his face while he ate and it helped. He did not get so tired and did a little better. He was supposed to come home Friday, then Sat. then today and now she wants me to wait until tomorrow to give him 48 hours of eating everything on his own.

The kids are so excited to have him come home and I do not want Jake to be here to always babysit. That is the silliest thing I've heard today but I do depend on him for help when we need it. If I had had this baby myself I would be doing it the same way. I am treating it as though he IS mine because I feel he is. I adore my kids and I do not put my needs ahead of theirs. (I roll my eyes). But I have to put this baby's need up there at the top right now. As the foster mom, I am required to be there for him. Our whole family decided together that we wanted this baby, not just me, yes, it required sacrifice on all our parts but I believe it is worth it and so that is that.

Tomorrow is the first day of school. I will miss the summer vacation but am excited for the kids. Jake is not excited. He is in a weird place right now and is ornery about everything it seems like. Unless he is given total freedom and entertainment. I hope this year is fun for him. He does get to take a beginning guitar class on Thursdays after school and he is really looking forward to that.

Well, I am tired. So I guess I will sign off.

Good morning. It is Saturday and I love Saturdays. I have to admit, I am a little frustrated right now. My sister who is staying with me took my boys to Lagoon with our bounce back tickets. I couldn't go because the baby was supposed to be coming home.

To make a long story short, he can't yet. His eating has slowed down. They want me to come in and stay the night with him. So I will.

Back to the sister. She is staying with us for the summer. She is kind of on her own at the moment. Taking the summer off so to speak. She is divorced and her kids are all grown and have families of their own. She has been going through a bad breakup for a few years, yes, years now. She is one of these gals that is constantly on the go. Always wanting to do, do, do. It tires me out. The more she wants to go go go, the more I want to do nothing.

I know she thinks I am probably boring but I purposely like to keep the drama at bay. She attracts drama like a bee to honey. You know the type? Something dramatic is ALWAYS coming or going. I don't' mean to sound like I am criticizing. People have a right to their own way of life but she called last night at 9 pm and told me that after Lagoon they had gone to a movie and were about to start another, then they would all sleep at my other sister's house who is about an hour away where they were. Then they would go to Cherry Hill this morning.

I finally got mad. They last time I let her take my son or trusted her to pick him up, he stayed down there for almost a week. Everyday expecting her to bring him home like she said she would yet at the end of the day not showing up.

I feel like she is putting me in a bad place as the bad guy because it makes me look like the party pooper when I say "no". I know my kids are having a great time and I am sure they prefer the fun they are having to being home with the family but school starts on Monday and I have been trying to get them used to going to bed early and getting up earlier.

Jake has to catch the bus at 7 am the the others at 7:30am. Bry was not happy with the news either. ARGGG!! To be honest, I am not too worried about her reading this. I have only one sister who is even remotely interested in reading my blog. I have 5 sisters but none but one read it. That's all I'll say about that.

So, am I making a mountain out of mole hill? I just can't wait for school to start so that there is no time for this kind of thing to happen.