7.22.09 Where am I?

Eli, my nephew arrived about a month ago. Since then my life has been very full. Full of children all day long. It's really nice to have Eli. It means less time to do things without children in my hair, but it's worth it.

We've had some really good days and some not so fun days. The good days are days where there isn't too much crying. Everyone's needs get met pretty well. Bad days are days when Eli doesn't eat enough, Hannah throws tantrums and Noah doesn't sleep well at night. On the third of July it was a very difficult day for me since Noah woke up over and over again. I woke up for the day needing more time to sleep. I was a wreck. We almost didn't get fireworks for the 4th because I accidentally fed Eli some bread with sesame seeds, to which he is allergic. Poor boy! He has to throw up before he feels better.

Eli goes to a day camp most days. Today he stayed home because they were going to an amusement park and he is really scared of roller coasters but he also hates to go against what others are doing. So I let him stay home. He was so happy to have the choice to stay home that he almost cried. He also found out that staying home is pretty uneventful and is happy to go to camp again tomorrow.