All I Want For Summer Is My...

RIGHT BOTTOM TOOTH!! It appeared yesterday - yay!! We are getting somewhere with this horrible mouth pain! Of course, right now it is just the little white corner peeking through, but nonetheless, it's a tooth! I am so proud. I kept touching it all night last night. Isaac is still not exactly mobile yet, but he is definitely moving. He will roll, scoot (mostly backward), and wiggle to what he is reaching for (usually the dog toys - ugh). Last night he was the closest he's ever been. He was on his hands and knees rocking back and forth and moved his knees forward, but this time his hands went nowhere and he landed on his nose. He didn't cry, but he looked up at me to see my reaction. When I clapped and congratulated him on a 'fall well-done', he smiled with a red nose and a little white corner of a tooth (which was only visible to me because I was so proud). He's growing up so fast, but each stage is so exciting.

I was successful in getting the living room organized, cleaned, steamed, and rearranged! It looks great and I am so much less stressed with Isaac on the floor. I think it was the right move to start with the living room because that's the room most used as a family. Tonight, I'm going to do the kitchen. Brian straightened up in there yesterday when the baby was at Aunt Chrissy's (who's helping us out since Tammy got a new job) - WE LOVE AUNT CHRISSY!!! To help me out with the organizing thing, Elizabeth's college roomate and my new blogger friend, Erin, suggested that I check out the new link on my list http://www.flylady.net/ to help me in my organizing journey. It's really cool, they give you one task to do for each week to help you establish little babysteps to a routine that will help you become automatic with your housecleaning. I'm going to follow it the best I can - I think it's going to help. Week one, I'm supposed to shine my sink and keep it shining. I can do that. I'll keep you updated on my progress.

This Memorial Day weekend, I will have time to relax and visit the family. Saturday and Monday are not filled, so that will be nice. Sunday, I am going to my husband's Aunt Pat's cabin in Bruceton Mills for a cook-out. It's always fun there. Daddy has to work, but Isaac and I are going to go for a few hours during the lunch time and afternoon. Then, we are heading up to my parents' farm for a dinner cook-out and a night time bonfire. It's so nice that both sides of the family are a joy to be with. I was born into such a loving, generous, and understanding family and it just so awesome that I married into a family just as wonderful. God does plan our steps, doesn't he? I hope everyone reading this has a wonderful and safe holiday - if you spend time with family, remember to take time to say a prayer of thanksgiving. Family is so important.