Monkey Girl turned 2!

Wow! It's amazing how fast these young years go by. I can't believe our monkey is 2! We had quite the monkey party yesterday. It was a great time of fellowship with family and friends. Our monkey got lots of great gifts and she couldnt decide what to play with first. The love and support from our family and friends was evident yesterday. God has given us a gift. God has given us two amazing years and we pray he gives us many more. Two years ago on the day Monkey Girl was born we had snow. Today it was in the 80's and we were all wearing shorts! Crazy how different things can be in two years. Happy birthday baby! May you have many more. Because we celebrated yesterday we didn't do a whole lot today. I started my morning as positive as I could. I got discouraged though after finding out my afternoon wasn't going to go as planed which in turned messed up my morning. I don't do well with change. I dislike what I can not control. I spent the day in town. This I don't normally I unless I have to. Staying in town meant I could not get done what I wanted to get done at home. That is fusterating. I need to get as much done as possible during the day so I have time to work at night. Another reason I was feeling a bit down today was because our Early Intervention meeting didn't go so well on Friday and it's still eating me. Kinsley's eye doctor says one thing, my own observation tells me one thing, and they told me the exact opposite. They said she doesn't need services and to call them back if she needs them later. This makes me fusterared because she needs services now! She doesn't use her feet, she doesn't do tummy time well. She needs help. I need help helping her. It's eating at me today. It's making me sad. It makes me feel lost. It makes me feel helpless. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I got sent this in an email from a friend! How true! I need to remember this often. God will get me through.

Long and busy day.

I had the perfect start to our long busy day this morning. I slept in! It was so nice to not get out of bed before 8am. It was delightful and much needed. We had a jam packed day, but it was fun.we started our morning by attending the FIRST Robotics competion right near our house. My husband mentors for the Robotics team of the high school we both attended. He was on this exact team in high school. He loves doing it and now we are a Robotics family. All of our kids enjoy going to watch the robots compete. Our kids have even started asking when they can work to build the robot. After we were done there we came home to get ready for a very important event happening at our house tomorrow. We are celebrating my Monkey Girl's 2nd birthday! To pay tribute to the monkey that she is we are having a monkey party. We will be eating banana shaped Jello, bananas dipped in chocolate and covered in sprinkles, and monkey face cupcakes! And because the weather here in Michigan is so fabulous we are having the party outdoors! We will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs. I can't believe she will be two. She certainly tried acting twenty. I am dreading her teen years. She is my strong willed, independent, go getter of a child. Her dad and I love her with all of our heart and she is truly a blessing to our family. She keeps me on my toes and will probably turned my hair gray before I turn thirty. Life would not be the same without her. She is a blessing to those she meets.