my internet was down for a week and i really realized how dependant i had become on it. so i am back, but am hoping to be living my life a little more than typing it.

my MOM moments have taken a serious back burner lately because i've had relatives in town: my mother in law, my 2 sisters in law, and my neice (who is one well fed 8 week old). while they were here Anya started acting fussy again and her fever got pretty high. and now she's in the ICU at Prim@ry Children's Hospital. it's hard to see her chubby little body hooked up to SO many moniters. her whole system became septic after a UTI went untreated for 2 weeks...alison had taken her to the ER in Ely 2 weeks ago where they discovered the bacteria but did nothing for it. i'm just really glad that they came out here to buy a car in the BIG city, because it also meant that they were close to one of the greatest hospitals this side of the mississippi.

my kids have been on kamakazi missions all week long. today E tangled her hair and her skirt up in the rope swing; her hair was tangled up to her scalp. and of course she did this while i was in the shower. i am so glad that my mother in law was here to untangle her.

on Tuesday we went to the park which was definently my MOM moment for that day. all of my neighborhood friends come and i get to have some great adult conversation while our kids play. well at some point i lost track of G. my older kids had run off in the grass leaving G on her own in the playground. she probably would have toddled after the older kids except that our house is directly across the street from the park. so that is where my 18 month old baby decided to go, home. i got up to check on her and saw her about 10 steps from the road. so me and my big belly went running after her, about 50 yards. i was screaming her name and yelling for her to stop, but that apparently only encouraged her to go faster, the little stink. so by the time i caught her she was 1 step into the road with a HUGE smirk on her little face. all of the other mom's were upset with me for not getting one of them to run and catch her, but there really was NO time. i'm just grateful that i got up when i did go to and find her. i have been contracting, but nothing i feel that i should worry about. my body is used to laying around all day, not sprinting across a park!

then later in the day she was on our back porch and she climbed into her walker and ran straight for the stairs. again, the hubs caught her right before she launched herself off of the stairs. i swear, when that girl finally decided to walk she started with running. she's also climbing everything, so the butter dish is not safe on the dinner table any more. she eats at the table with us now and still hasn't figured out that we each have our own little space. so instead she eats off of everyone's plates and spends the majority of mealtime trying to climb onto the table.

in great news F is now pretty much Pee trained. the poop...still a problem. but i'm perfectly willing to accept one at a time. he's so darn proud of himself. sweet boy.

i'm trying to think of MOM moments over the past week: