long overdue update

i haven't done a very good job of posting lately. it just seems like life keeps getting in the way, and i can't keep up right now.

taylor turned 8 at the beginning of the month, and he started scouts. he LOVES scouts. they had their annual pinewood derby this tuesday, and he managed to make it into the top 6 (i think). there were about 18 boys there, so that was pretty good. he tied with another boy for the best paint job. it's going to take me a few days to get the pics up. but, a hand-painted bumblebee car with interior chairs IS pretty cool. his baptism is scheduled for next saturday, but that is going to be moved (more on that in a bit).

elizabeth is elizabeth. not much has changed with her. she is doing better in school, and starting to read better as well.

shannon has started sleeping in her own bed again (HURRAY!). there was a time that we would have both little girls in bed with us most of the night. she still frequently wakes up in the middle of the night complaining that she's hungry. sometimes multiple times during the night. she's quite the character! we can rarely keep clothes on her. then she complains about being cold!

ashley recently got moved to a toddler bed. we had to make some side rails for it, cause it didn't come with them. (weird, i know) since getting the rail up, she doesn't fall out anymore. but, even then, she still ends up in bed with us a lot. we're trying to figure out why she wakes up screaming, and then won't calm down. last night, for example, she was up from 12 till 4:30. since i started having consistent contractions, i stayed up with her, and shaun crashed.

shaun starts school again on monday. he's retaking a class from last semester. that's going to help out a lot, since we already have all the reading, and materials for it. even more so, since we are still waiting on peanut to make his debut. at the moment, he's expanding the studio to make some more room. room for him, room for the kids to have a few toys, and room for my sewing stuff. we're hoping he can get it done before peanut comes. about a week and a half ago, his yearly illness kicked it. he gets an upper respiratory infection every january. called and got him into see the doctor on monday. he's starting to get better.

me, well, i'm still hanging in there. things have been quiet this last month. no more false labors, no big concerns. the baby dropped right around christmas, and we started the dreaded waiting game. and it was empty waiting. this last week or so i started having the scary feelings, and the empty arm syndrome. i haven't progressed any in the last 3 weeks. i'm scheduled for an induction tuesday morning if things don't happen on their own before then. and this is the reason that we are moving taylors baptism back a month. i am NOT going to miss my sons baptism for anything. it's that important.