What Happened?

What happened to the time when I posted basically every day? I don't know. It seems impossible lately. Neely is in the baby stage that's toughest for me. Not a bad thing, she's TONS of fun, but just so active and doing the craziest stunts, so I spend all my time chasing her around and removing her from whatever she's currently climbing.

And if you think our house gets cleaned you're mistaken. You probably don't think that though.

Especially when Jess is out of town for work, like right now. It's been 2 days, and he comes home tonight. We missed him, but it hasn't been as hard as his other trips, probably partly because I'm much busier this time, being a mom of 3. I seriously can't do much of anything, I don't know how single parents do it. I'm not having breakdowns or anything like that, or even feeling stressed really, we're just living in squalor. Haha. And I did notice yesterday that my back and shoulders are all knotted up, because I'm not getting the usual breaks from carrying a 23 pounder around all day.

Alex and Faith are here right now, so I'm actually blogging while they entertain my bebes.

Neely said "ball" for the first time LAST Wednesday, the 5th. THE basketball t shirt has taught all 3 kids how to say it. It's the oldest T-shirt still being worn. It's Jess's shirt from+soem*-*9++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++6(sorry, Neely wanted to type, and I think I'll keep it.)...Jess's shirt from about 7th grade. Ha. It's so weird, it just has little basketball guys all over it, with arms and legs, and the BASKETBALLS are playing basketball. And the shirt says "I'll dance to that!" for some reason. Ha. But it's really comfy and I wear it all the time.
Paige was around a year old when it taught her. I was changing her diaper, so she was on the changing table and was pointing at the basketballs on the shirt like she always liked to do. She would do it every time I wore it, and every time she pointed at one I'd tell her "Basketball!" Well this time out of nowhere she said clearly "Backetba!" So cute. Cason learned from the shirt too, but started with just "Ball". Last Wednesday I was wearing it, holding Neely, and she pointed at the balls like usual, but said "Ba!" each time she pointed at a different one.

She's clearly been trying to mimic things we say lately.

Last Saturday Neely also got a new tooth, bottom right 2nd incisor. That makes 7.

Cason's been funny lately,
and finally decided on a Halloween costume.
The girls are fun lately too. Dancing a lot, and being lovey.
I babysat last week, a little girl about a month older than Neely. They were friends. Her mama told me to put her in the crib with her book when it was naptime. So I did, and we watched her on the monitor, to make sure she didn't try and climb out. The kids loved watching her, until she fell asleep and it got boring.
We've been trying to do a Halloween craft every day, if we get a chance.
I have more to blog about, and I'll try to do it soon this time.