where does the time go?

first of all, my baby boy will be 8 weeks old tomorrow! i can't believe how fast the time is going. he's smiling and cooing, and has even let out a bit of a laugh lately! he's such an amazing baby, so sweet and not fussy much at all, it's so much fun having him in our lives!

secondly, fall semester is half-way over and i'm so far behind in my classes it's not even the least bit amusing! i sat down this morning (it's taken me 3 hours) and have organized all of my assignments and given myself deadlines for all of them (the profs are amazingly flexible, but i need to get on top of all of this). i also sat down and wrote out a daily schedule that includes household chores, schoolwork, errands, etc. (i have to make myself stay home and put all of my errands together so i don't end up wasting too much time on too many days...too easy to do for me!) i also wrote out a "home projects" schedule/list because we need to paint the whole inside of the house, along with finishing the nursery, and other things...it includes sewing/crafting/decorating projects that i need to do for each room as they get painted. (i broke it up over the next few weeks and the focus is on a specific area of the house in regards to all categories)

third, soccer season is well underway, i want to re-join the worship team, school projects are coming for the kids, the holidays are around the corner (have halloween costumes to finish putting together this week), i have business-growing stuff i need to get around to focusing on (which is somewhat on the back-burner at the moment), and it seems that the clock is just going faster and faster!

i needed to take this time this morning to get organized mentally and put it on paper! i'm going to have to go back to work part-time (need to schedule in a trip to talk with a boss and fill out an application), so i need to be on top of my "game" so that i can throw that into the juggling act too!

good thing i had my mochatonix because it helps me to focus and actually helps me find some "drive" to get things accomplished!!! yum!

big boy....

my little cuddle bug is snuggling up in his sling while i'm doing stuff on the computer this evening because he can't seem to stay asleep and he's fussy when he's awake thanks to the cold he acquired from somewhere....isn't he too cute?!?

i didn't end up getting much of my "to do" list accomplished today because i had to take thad to the pediatrician. his eyes started looking "funny" (that expression mom's use when they "know" their child isn't feeling well before they have any other symptoms!) yesterday afternoon. last night he started sneezing a lot (he does a few times a day anyway it seems, but this was a lot more). then i noticed him giving out little coughs, he did just one and i laughed because i thought it was so cute and then he had more...i figured he's probably too little to do stuff "again" because it got attention (especially coughs, smiles maybe...) so it must be "real". then, i noticed that when he was nursing he was having a hard time feeding and breathing at the same time and he seemed a bit congested. he had a bath and we went to bed. he seemed a bit congested when nursing in the middle of the night, but i was too groggy to think much of it at the time. this morning he seemed miserable, he had that little pathetic whimpery, whiney cry and i knew he must be feeling badly, so i called the pediatrician. we went in, they took a "snot swab" for rsv, and said to saline and suction his nose. poor little booger!!! (pun intended...ha)

anyway, the "little" guy now weighs 13 pounds 4 ounces!!! he started at 9:6, went to 8:7 while at the hospital, was up to 9:4 at one week, and was was 10:2 at two weeks...now he's 5 weeks and 13:4...that's 3 pounds in 3 weeks! at this rate he'll be over 50 pounds at a year old...hope he slows down!!! (i guess mama's diner is serving it up right...but i won't mention what my friend said on here....haha)

so yeah, we're just snuggling and trying to get through this cold without incident...

i love autumn...

this is my favorite season, and october and november are the best months for decorating and eating!!! so i decided to change my background too, to celebrate the season. the cutest blog on the block has some great background layouts, check them out!

tomorrow i am going to pull out my box of autumn stuff and decorate the house.

also on my "list" of stuff for tomorrow...
*arrange furniture in carpeted rooms once carpet is fully dry from cleaning
*paint kitchen island wall
*sew burp cloths
*pull out cloth diapers and try them out on thad
*get caught up on laundry
*take preventive stress mid-term
*get caught up on some other school stuff
*go to my school (for work) and do stuff for my leave

i got a lot of errands done today and have a few other things to follow-up on too, but i feel like i'm doing pretty good at getting back into the swing of things. in-laws have left, i'm feeling a lot better (most of the time), and my house is relatively clean (except for being all screwy from moving furniture to clean carpets)...now to get on top of everything i let go for the past few weeks... i do have to brag on my hubby though, if it weren't for him and his ocd-ness, there would be a lot more to do around the house, so kudos to him for helping to keep things in order the last few weeks of my pregnancy and the first few weeks of having a baby around!!!

cousins...

do these girls look like trouble to you?!? my daughter just met her cousin (actually jerry's cousin's granddaughter) this past weekend, they hit it off and are like two peas in a pod. i'm sure we're in for some interesting times as these two gorgeous girls become teenagers and start running around with each other!!! (watch out boys, daddy's going to be cleaning his gun when you come to pick ours up...guess we need to get a gun first!!!)