Fasten your Seatblet... turn all electronics off...

Ok… This is now more for me that for those of you that stop by… I have been writing this thing in my head for weeks and posting to my memory and not sharing… I have no real excuse for losing the machine like precision I had 3 months back, when I was pushing out updates daily. What is it one maybe two since Dot arrived… I can attest our lives really have not changed all that much, so I get no out by saying Dot is consuming all my time… I could say work is unbelievable busy and free time is spent with Toots & kiddos but not the case… Toots will tell you I spend too much time with her and the kids…and that I never pickup my towels… So when or where do I find time… Guess at 34,000ft flying over Denver… Yep on my way back to the left coast for a few meeting and knowledge sharing… seems it never stops been... to San Fran 3 time in the last month or so, hoping that my next round of trips are shorter… Chicago, DC, Atlanta & Dallas… "truck'n"

Family update… Toots is doing wonderful; she got through the baptism and subsequent party with ease… She put together a family & friend get together that went off without a hitch… and air conditioning but we survived. We survived the families converging on the home front; we lived to laugh about the schedules and arrangements of travelers. Toot's little brother, travels all the way here and never got the 50 cent tour of the shore… he got the abridge version but even that was fast as I had command central on the phone barking orders… next time.. he will get to the one place he always wanted to see… Can’t blame the tour guide.. blame the tour company…

Big Sis, well is unbelievable… she loves Dot to a fault... and torments Little Guy to the brink… She is growing up… but still young and silly at heart… Basketball is swinging around… she is playing as hard as ever.. Noticed something about her over the summer.. as her game goes to the next level.. she is enjoying the leadership role on the court… she keeps it serious but knows how to smile and laugh.. it is a game…is is suppose to be fun… Little Guy… This summer has found him in that weird stage.. too young too old and somewhere in between… there is no hint of jealousy about or over Dot… He is enjoying the summer and some new found freedoms some that coming with growing up and those that come with the addition of a new sibling. Bringing me to Dot…People ask how are we adjusting… Hopefully Toots will agree… three months in and Dot has been a breeze… the house is filled with more laughter than wails… her smiles light up everyone… to watch Big Sis hold her and make her laugh.. or little guy get smiles from Chicken ( A word that seems to make Dot laugh, smile and coo)…It is all good… Me... I don’t talk much about me… I will say that my life is great… enjoyed having all my family around these past few months…I need to focus more on the weight and losing it... try running but the dam stuff keeps catching up…. After the christening, I looked around... and was in awe of my parents and Toot’s… the job they have done raising and readying their kids... only hope my kids can look at me some day and feel the same… The one thing I wish... is that all three of my kids will have memories of growing up that are so real and true that when they grow and move on... that they will feel like I do each and every time I hug my parents’ hello and good bye….

So time.. I always have to talk about times. 3 months in no big changes or impacts. 11 going on 12, turning from little girl to young lady… 7 well just full of goofiness and quirks. Toots and I, as a good friend said, we have a reason to stay young…whether we like it or not. Time keeps on moving and we are doing our best to hold it back at times, run ahead or just let it pull us along. So we are 9 months away from a year and I can honestly say…looking back to a year ago… I would never have thought my life would have changed so much… sometimes the dice roll the number you need.

Thanks for stopping by, I promise you keep or restart those cards and letter and I will stay committed to doing this a regularly.