For anyone who has been following my blog, one might have noticed I have not written in a few months. With a death, a birth, and six kids to take care of my writing time has taken a back seat. I am hoping this will not continue to be the case. Miracle of today is that my 6 kids are all napping! Yes at the same time and YES my older kids too. We all nap in this house or we all end up cranky! I know I could give up. Most almost 8 year old children do not nap. Maybe I will tomorrow or the next day..the secret, my 8 year old loves his sleep.
So this with be a catch up post. Missing my dad is still a daily part of life. I cry most days over seeing a bird he would have identified for me, or driving past a place I used to go with him. I associate living in Port Townsend with my dad and it feels strange to live here without him. Both my parents love living here, but my dad had everything he loved right here...mountains, ocean, birds, closer to Asia...the list goes on. I feel like I have been left behind in a world that is beautiful, but not my own. As I look out the window at some beautiful trees, I think, yes it is nice here, but...is there somewhere out there that fits me as well as Port Townsend fit my dad? Most people don't get to figure that out until retirement, so we will wait and see.
The kids are adjusting to new baby well. Bria is the only one who is kind of missing her right to being the baby. Everyone loves the baby regardless. It is mommy and daddy at fault, not Isaiah. Joel is working a lot on math and reading this summer. I am trying to help him and we both get frustrated. He is starting to improve and I think a lot of our problems have nothing to do with what he does and does not know. Joel likes to learn when he feels like it. Ellie is the opposite. She is reading every book in sight and bossing around all the other kids. Dominic has hit the age where I am still looking for the sweet quiet boy. He has been replaced by a much more frustrated version of himself. Charis thinks her new bed is a jungle gym ...like at the park. Around 10 PM most night she had fallen out of bed. Bria will not eat anything red right now...sad with all the great raspberries, watermelon, and strawberries around. Isaiah is done with crying all the time and very interested in the world around him. Lots of sweet smiles these days.
RubyRumps is growing a bit. I am adding a one size cloth diaper option to the mix as well as putting my diapers in Sequim, WA at The Dungeness Kid's Company. We will start with just size N at the shop, but I can custom make other sizes. All the diapers will be AIO. If you want something else, check in with me on Etsy or Facebook. Also, I make swim diapers on request. Some friends of ours were nice enough to test these for me. I rarely go swimming with babies. :)
Tim is working at home, in Port Townsend, in Sequim/ PA, Seattle, and California. He is wearing several hats as daddy, teacher, loan officer, and much more. I do not know how he got through the last couple of months when everything was so crazy. New babies are a lot of work and add 5 other kids and lets just say we are busy all the time!
Hope to have some more thoughts soon.
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