I have not abandoned you!!!

I just needed a month off apparently... sorry!
Evan is just amazing. He is still growing like a weed. He really knows what his hands are for now. To chew on. The drooling is so bad I'm afraid he's going to get dehydrated. I can only imagine that the teeth are coming.
He is almost on a regular sleeping schedule now. 10 to 12 hours at night (seriously, I am the luckiest mom I know!) and 2-3 good 2 hour naps. Now some days, like today, it's more like 6 half hour naps and he wants to be held the whole time he is awake. Not that I'm not interested! He is smiling all the time and every day he giggles a little bit more.

Austin is doing so great too. School is good. He has his last school performance on May 4th. After that he will stay home with me for a couple of months and then...Kindergarten!
He did get to experience a rite of passage last week. On Friday the school called, which is never for a good reason, to let me know he had fallen on the playground and had a pretty good bump on his face. "Don't worry, he's fine" she says. When I got there, the bump over his right eye was big enough to sit on. He had ice and was being entertained in the office. He thought the whole thing was really impressive. No concussion, no headache and no eye problems. Just a really nice shade of purple that looks like eye shadow. All this when we had plans for family pictures to be taken last Sunday. That is put off until next Sunday now.

I actually have a big event planned on Saturday. I'm having a party and if you are reading this you have probably been invited. If not...oops, I meant to. The party is two fold. On one hand, I have not seen so many of my girlfriends since I quit working and I miss them so much. Also, I have decided to start my own in home business. Jewels by Park Lane. I will coordinate parties for ladies and get to sell some beautiful jewelry. It's funny because I never saw myself doing this but the pieces are so beautiful and the company is very well run. I'll get so much out of it. I will be the master of my own destiny. I will get to meet lots of people. That is one of the things I kinda miss about working, getting to talk to people. Well, people that don't want to play Transformers or need a diaper changed. I'm Excited!
Please wish me luck and if you ever have any interest in it or questions, call me!

Darryl is rocking the dog thing. Tio has been doing such a great job. They have been able to apprehend several suspects lately. It is good for Tio's training to be successful.
He's also getting to ride his bike again regularly. I love that he has something healthy to do and he really enjoys it.

We have decided that we don't need two vehicles now. We were going to sell the van and keep driving the Expedition but after a little logic is applied to the situation we realized that we can get substantially more for the truck than the van and I really miss driving the van. It is easer to get kids in and out. Easier to grocery shop. Uses less gas. Costs less to insure... Duh!
Once it is detailed, I'm putting the ad in the Auto Trader.
Wish us luck on that too!
OK. This had turned into a book and I have to pump and go to sleep.
Like I said, don't give up on me here. I may take some breaks but I come back strong.
Love you!