In bed on a Sunday with nothing to do but type...

Well, fooey! My back is out again, and boy does it hurt. I am stuck in bed until whatever is locked up is let free again. Tony just took the whole group to church by his self. That should be interesting, but they are good kids, so it won't be bad. Then they eat lunch at the church. I wish I could enjoy this alone time without being cooped in a bed hurting, but I guess I will take the quiet however I get it. :)

Ashley just turned 16 and Adam just turned 12. Birthdays in a row, that used to be shared in the party sense, but not anymore. I think we will wait until January to have a party for each of them, since Dec. seems so busy. We did the huge family party and that was awesome, but hard to organize. I would love to do one every year, because that avoids the whole party all the time thing that comes with a large family, but we didn't get to it this year, so now I am stuck with the party kids wanting something. It will be small, whatever it is. Adam wants to go to laser tag or Incredible Pizza which is a huge pizza place with games and a go kart track. Pretty fun, but expensive. And far away... Not sure if that will be a reality or not. Ashley really doesn't care what she does, but she just wants to get together with a bunch of giggling girls and do something girly. LOL~!

I discovered today that Conner can draw on an etch a sketch....do you realize how hard those things are to draw on?? That is pure talent right there! I took a photo of one of his drawings to keep..it was a boba fett or jengo fett slave ship from star wars. Not bad for a 6 year old, huh? I might try to upload it on here so you can see it.

When I announced on facebook that we were having another boy, someone commented that this just means MORE LEGOS. I had to laugh out loud because that is exactly right. That's all these boys do all day long....we own so many legos and we look like a store. They are never picked up and I step on them all the time, but they DO learn from them. So, it will be my burden to carry, I suppose. HAHA!

Rachel the happy child has turned into Rachel the grumpy child. I don't like this new little change, because nothing is making her happy. We feed her, she is still grumpy....we give her a toy, still grumpy. I don't know what is going on with her, but boy howdy...She needs to get over it soon or this house will become a bit more stressed out than it needs to be. At least with a typically developing child you can send them to time out, or if need be, give them a spanking when they are being unreasonable, but with her like an infant, it wouldn't work. She had no understanding of cause and effect, so there is no way I will be spanking her, ever! And putting her in time out just makes her cry harder, and then momma feels bad because she has this baby who is so sad....argh!

Well, I need to take some pain reliever and lay down. I know they say that laying in a bed is the worst thing for a bad back, but this is different. My spine at the bottom actually goes crooked, and makes me all out of kilter. My shoulders actually are different heights when this happens, and my hip joint starts to rub itself when I walk. the pain is awful and I have tried so many things to kick it back in place, and nothing works. It must be a nerve or something, but there is no walking or stretching it out...It is gone, down for the count, until it lets go, then I am completely better with only a little soreness. Weird.