Is there a Manual for this?? anyone......

I've learned that life has it's ups and life has it's downs. You go through life wondering whats next? You have good times and you never really think about anything you just live life. That's what I've always thought. I hate drama, I hate confrontation. I always tried to surround myself around people that are good for me. Of course family doesn't count because well lets face it, its family :-) Gotta love them for what they are. And I love all of them!

My youngest Emilee will be two in a few months, crazy to think, but nonetheless the truth!

You soon forget what those "terrible two's" are. I don't remember Jacqueline having them to this degree but then again that was awhile ago. Maybe because I'm older, I don't know. She's always been attached to me, pretty much from the beginning. She didn't take to Andy at first, well not for awhile. She does really well for the most part out and at other people's homes, but she is a PISTOL at home. Speaking to friends and other people it seems that is the case. I can ignore her screams, her tantrums, I want, I want.. ect. Andy on the other hand cannot. That sometimes gets under my skin. He knows that. He does do his best but sometimes I wonder about him :-). She's gone through this "mine" phase, everything his "mine", I'm sure all of you out there that have kids have gone through this before. Well welcome to my world for the past few weeks. She will scream, sometimes for ten, fifteen minutes straight. I have learned to just ignore her and she soon stops and in a blink of an eye she's smiling and playing. What the heck was that? Andy and I laugh and we are like "who's child is this"? It's very exhausting on days.

No one ever gave me a handbook for kids, life, marriage for that matter but I'm taking it day by day. Andy goes back to work full time on Monday... THANK GOD! lol.. love you but he even knows the last 6 weeks have been very LONG.

I'm not complaining, I love them all.. as my grandma would say, Julee this too shall pass.. lol.. I hear her LOUD and CLEAR...

Jacqueline comes home in 2 weeks from today. I thought I would just post some pictures of everyone today... Haven't taken too many new ones lately. I've enjoyed reading some books as of late for some much needed laughter.. Thanks for checking in...

Here's a pic from Last year's family night @ the Packers Stadium (don't they all look so cute and innocent.. lol.. Emilee couldn't even talk!)

See, she likes him, trying beat him up, but she likes him!