August was the beginning of the end of nursing school for me. I will be done in exactly 13 days from today. Not that I'm counting or anything. I am looking forward to shifting my focus to passing my state boards and looking for employment in the new year.
Jeff is looking forward to relinquishing some of his "house husband/Mr. Mom" duties back to me. Trust me, he talks about it daily. Daily.
August was also a big month for Aubrey. She is a big kindergartner now. I was devastated that I could not be with her on her first big day of school, since I was in class myself. But I was grateful her dad was there with her. It's amazing how much she has learned and grown in just a few months!
In November we celebrated Jake turning 3! That boy keeps us laughing every day. He loves to play rough, run wild, and he loves all things Lego's, transformers, motorcycles, trucks, and Iron Man. But the best part (to mom and dad anyway) is that he is totally potty trained and we have been diaper-less for 3 months!
As things begin to wind down around here I am finally able to start thinking more about Christmas and less about renal failure, intracranial pressure, shock, heart failure, and so on. No joke.
I was so annoyed when I finally got around to starting some shopping for the kids today and realized some of the items I had previously scouted out online now have prices that have been jacked up considerably! Ordered a few, reevaluating the rest.
Every year we try to scale down on Christmas gifts, yet somehow it ends up being just as out of control as the year before. Maybe my sticker shock will help to keep me in line this year. I once heard a great idea from someone I know about keeping the amount of gifts within a reasonable limit. Her idea was to give each child a Santa gift and 3 gifts from mom and dad (no matter how big or small) that represent the number of gifts given by the Wise Men. Makes perfect sense.
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Love catching up with the Faridonis. Xoxo!
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