Here we go...

Well, I thought I needed to start a blog to catch up with the rest of the world. Now that I'm here, I'm struggling with the thought of just who will be peering into our life and the random thoughts that I decide need to be drug out of my constantly wondering mind. I hope you continue to read our blog, encourage us when we need it, leave comments if you desire, and enjoy my random blabbing about family adventures, my views on political issues (I promise to try to avoid this one), and updates on what's new in our neck of the woods. I'll post pictures up when I get a chance. I'll probably do most of my writing at work since I'm usually pretty busy at home between working on the house addition or playing with Canon and Shani.

Let me open my first blog with what's been happening around our house. Heather seems to be working more than usual, juggling her regular shifts, picking up some much needed overtime days, and polishing up her resume with extra classes. It seems that lately, everyday she has off, I'm at work and vise-versa. This puts quite a strain on our relationship. I miss her terribly when she's gone. And I have to add that the kids are more work than I thought they were gonna be. I try to spend as much time with the baby as I can because Shani is growing up so fast and I know now that I wont ever get this time back. And we are for sure not having anymore kids! I long for the day, or should I say night, that all is quiet again. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids! They're just wearing me out. Canon's crawling all over the place. I find myself constantly following him around saying " no no baby" or "where are you going buddy?" The other day, I left him alone playing in the wide open livingroom while I used the restroom and came out to find an empty floor. If you're a parent, you know the feeling of your heart skipping a beat. I looked around and said, "Canon? Where are you buddy?" I heard a giggle coming from behind me and found him two steps from the TOP of the stairs!! I quickly and gently ran up the stairs to grab him. I thought, Oh my God!! When did he learn to climb stairs? So I loaded him in the truck(and all the other crap you have to take while traveling with a baby) and headed off to the store to get a gate. Of course I had to tell Heather. Her reaction was a look of disgust with me and she said "HE COULD HAVE DIED!!" So anyway, I'll spare you the gruesome pictures that flashed through my mind and just tell you that I watch him like a hawk now. We've pretty much "baby-proofed" our house but we can't get him to stop eating carpet! The little booger goes around the edges of the carpet and pulls strands out and eats them! We've found a few that we didn't catch him eating in his diaper! Yeah, gross! I know!
Shani on the other hand is loving her little brother. We didn't know how she was going to react to having another kid around the house. I have to say, she has adjusted very well. She's just an all around good kid! We're sometimes a little hard on her, and have realized that she just needs to be a kid. Go get dirty, have fun! We are still going through the adoption process and hope it is soon finalized. She's excited about being a Parreira. Who wouldn't be?? (No need to leave a comment on that!)
I'll write more later. Thanks for reading...