back at it.....

So of course I didn't keep up with this blog like I thought I could have.  Boy has this year been insane. It's almost over and I can't even believe how fast it has come and gone.  The kids are a year older, the surrogacy is over and baby boy is doing wonderfully despite the last month of gestation ending early due to pih, both hubby and I turned 30 and I spent my 30th checking out of the hospital after an unscheduled / unplanned c-section at 34 weeks.  I was very lucky to have family and a very close friend come to the hospital 20 hours after the c-section to surprise me with a lil bday party and then to come home surrounded by friends and my family for an "at home after a month spent on bedrest in the hospital" / " 30th birthday party".  The next 6 weeks were spent in pain and dealing with post partum stuff.  Baby spent 2-1/2 weeks in the NICU with great nurses taking care of him.  He is now 7 weeks and doing wonderfullly.  I am back in normal mode and the kids are back to driving me insane.  Thanksgiving was nice, first time in 11 years we didn't drive all over the place and eat too much.  We stayed in one place and ate just enough, then sent the kiddos home with their mamaw while we went to see Breaking Dawn together (my second time, hubby's first), then went to check out what all the hype was about with Black Friday festivities beginning at 10pm at WalMart..truly insane !  We walked in and barely made it to electronics then turned around and decided we'd had enough of the view.  The hubby is remodeling my mom's bathroom so we spent the next day out there. I spent the day sick with a head cold and curled up on the recliner watching t.v., the next day I spent on my own shopping ! Haven't done that in a long time and it was nice even with the bad traffic.  Christmas is around the corner (again) and I have just about finished my shopping, most done online with great deals.  I love me a good deal !  Not sure if itll be wonderful for everyone but I've been through more than enough this year to just be able to cherish the waking moments of Christmas cheer with the kids.  Kylie wrote her first Santa letter and is so proud of it...she keeps reminding me we need to send it off so it makes it to Santa on time, guess I should get on that.  Maverick is being his lil whiney self, is it just a boy thing or what cause I don't remember Kylie being this bad.  He is still having tummy issues so we go once again to the dr for more testing (after 4 months of testing) , hopefully they find something or our next step is the gastro dr.  One of my bestie's is preggo after months of trying, so happy for her and can't wait to have another baby in the mix.  My goal is to keep this up and lose the spare tire I aquired with the surrogacy of course.  The hubby and I have made a challenge to see who loses the most weight by Christmas day, we'll see !  As for now, gotta go pick up my lil dancer from dance class  (did I mention she made company this year? yeah I'm a proud momma )....
Life as I know it ....still crazy and flyin by too fast !