Well my mum left for Australia earlier this week, and we - especially Jackson - are missing her greatly. Whoever decided that having two kids under 3 was a good idea?? I attempted to venture out on my own to the Jones Center (a free/cheap place to hang out) it took far to long to get Maggie ready as she needed to nurse as soon as I got into the car - not even out the driveway yet and I'm giving Jackson his snack. By the time we got there it was already close to nap time - it took me 10 minutes to remember how to put up the stroller and I almost just went home - but we played basketball for a while and J wore off some energy - then came the mammoth meltdown - we have to leave the basket ball at the Jones center and it all turned to shit. Then Maggie needed to nurse again once we were in the car - so J screamed and cried the entire time I nursed. I spanked him for running away from me into the car park. Yesterday's trip to the Jones center went great - I was better prepared around Maggie's feeds, and Brad came to help - which was great as the elevator was out of order and no way could i get the stroller down those stairs on my own.

Brad continues to search for a great job all over the state and country - in the meantime we are so very thankful for the help from Joy with the practical things in life. My father in law, Bob has been around a bit (retired now) driving Brad to a job fair - also months ago he mentioned our locks were not adequate - someone could break in too easily - he offered to get all the locks replaced and now our family is extra safe with new locks as an early Christmas present, we are very thankful for his thoughtfulness.

I have Jackson sitting beside me begging for meatballs - he's only had an apple since getting up from a 2 hour nap and by golly i think he's hungry - I tell you I'm really picking up on awards for mother of the year.