The week for Birthdays!!

It has been a little crazy this week. Alex's birthday was last week and we tried to make it as enjoyable as possible. She is 7. I still can't believe that I have a 7 year old. Where does the time go?? Friends of ours offered to let us use their pool earlier this week so that we could have a pool party for her. (thanks Melissa) Now, I am not big on parties, but will do whatever I have to do to make things special for my kids. To say that the party was hectic, would be an understatment. I do think that everyone had fun though, and Alex had a blast, so it was all worth it!!!
My birthday was yesterday. I will not even begin to tell my age:-0) I do think that it is such a blessing that my birthday is between 2 of my children's birthdays. All 3 of us have birthday's within 10 days of each other. Birthday's are nice and all, but the older I get, I do thing that they are definitly more for children than adults. Anyway, Gareth had to work about 13 hours and the kids had swim lessons, and then VBS at night and I am getting over a horrible cold. Liam and I did get to take a long nap thanks to my mom. She took Alex and Callum for a few hours in the afternoon. I did get to go to dinner with my friends Kristy and Chet while the kids were at VBS too and it was really nice. The food was great!! I ended up just about falling asleep before Gareth got home. It was a long day, but fun just the same. I was so busy with the kids that I didn't have to focus on getting another year older:0)
Callum's birthday is Saturday, and with both Alex's and my birthday, he wanted us to sing to him. I think that he is really going to enjoy his day this year. I am looking forward to seeing how he does.

The week with Liam has been going well. He hasn't been sleeping very well, so you can pray for us there. I personally don't remember being this tired when Alex was born, but maybe I have blocked it from my mind:0) And I do remember that Callum adjusted with his sleep better. I know he needs sleep and I feel for him. He didn't end up taking a nap at all today. He just cried for over an hour before I finally gave up. Poor guy. I know that it won't last forever, I just feel for him. It is such a transition, and with everything else but the sleep, he is doing fantastic!!!! I am not complaining, I just hate that this is so hard for him. I pray that that it doesn't last long!! With Gareth and I, he is doing great!!! I got my first mommy instead of mama at dinner the other night. He even said "bye bye" tonight when friends left. I couldn't believe it!!!

Anyway, I am off to be too, ,but before I do, we found out yesterday that some of our close friends court date went great for their adoption!! They should be traveling to bring their son home within the next month!! Praise God for that!! What a great time that will be!!!!!