November 30

So, it is a big day here in the DeMoss household. Our two youngest have reached another milestone in their lives.



Our third born, Avalon, or Avi Joy as we like to call her, turns 3 today! How did the last three years fly by so fast?!? I remember the hospital nursery returning her to us because she was 'disturbing the other babies' like it was yesterday. I remember bringing her home from the hospital and having her blood-curling infant scream each night between 8-11pm. (She was our toughest ever baby, but she is a now darling child.)
Last year when she turned two she became my comic relief. I remember thinking our first born was funny. I was wrong. He is not half as funny as Avalon. She is the crack up of the family. I mean - hilarious. She surprises me. Where does she get half this stuff??? Her comedic material is unusual, never ending, and entertaining.
Now she is three. Wow. Potty trained. Dresses herself. Learning to make her bed. Brushes her teeth, and copies every little word her big bro and sis say.
I look forward to her new year and the many ways I know she will entertain me!



Talia Rose - our fourth born and third girl - turns 7 months old today. She is pure delight. We marvel everyday at what a happy, pleasing, and sweet baby she is. I guess you have to be a content, easy-going person to be fourth born in 5.5 years! She started rolling over at two months old. That had me worried, but thankfully that is as far as her 'skills' go for now. She doesn't sit on her own or crawl yet and I'm okay with that. She rolls all over the room and that is enough to keep up with when the older siblings have legos, Barbie shoes, and crayons on the floor! :)


So, here's to you, today, my Avi-Joy and Talia Rose! We love you and are so glad you are in our lives! We are all richer because of it!

My Black Friday

Okay, I know you were all waiting for my next blog..... yeah....
Well, I just thought I'd let you know that I am in fact alive. In fact, it is my computer that is 'walking toward the light', on 'death row', and saying it's final goodbyes. In fact, that is one thing we are looking for this black Friday. A new computer.

Let me recap the last few weeks of computer usage:

Turn computer on.
30 minutes later the wallpaper appears but the internet is still considering opening up.
10 minutes later the hourglass for the internet goes away.
20 minutes later I wake up on the couch with the computer on my lap and notice that AOL is 'up'.
I enter a web address.
BIG mistake. You can't actually USE the internet.
1.5 hours later you have been on two pages.
UGH!!!
10 minutes later you realize it is not worth it and give up. AGAIN.

So in this tight economy of reusing and fixing, we are taking the plunge to PURCHASE. I hope. Soon. I miss you. I miss my email. I miss the cyberworld.

Around the table

We all know how important it is for a family to have dinner together. It helps kids in life with social skills, solving problems, better school scores....etc, etc.

What you never know though, is who exactly is going to show up for your family dinner. Last night we had:

A sick two year old girl

Tinkerbell

And the 'invisible man'

(Our two year old was actually under the weather, our four year old was dressed as Tinkerbell, and our 6 yr old kept diving his head under the table telling us he was the invisible man!)

Dinner with four young kids is NEVER dull. .... and our fourth kid wasn't even at the table last night! She was napping. Sheesh! :)

Life right now...

Okay - I need to start a therapy blog. I'm sure that one would be written on almost daily. A place to vent without bumming out the world around you - you know???

Maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about.

I actually have had a ton of perfect topics to blog about. Funny stuff. Crazy stuff. Cute stuff. But.... alas, I haven't been on here much lately. The computer that is. Life just happens sometimes. The internet isn't the all and all - shocking news huh?? :)

Right now.... today.... at this moment however.... life isn't happening. I'm blogging to say that I'm here. I'm alive, but ... in my mind, barely. Have you ever just felt super disconnected from life and reality? Like you're in some home-bound bubble?? Like the world is stopped, or possibly in slow motion? That everyone has a 'life' except maybe you??

Maybe I need to go shopping. Get out of the house. Go out to eat with hubby or girlfriends.

Maybe it is the cloud-covered day with a semi-lit house and the fact I feel I have been inside this house for EVER with small children. This is the danger of being a stay at home mom. Feeling like the 'real' world is ceasing to exist. Hope I'm not bumming you out here. Hope to post something more life-like soon.

For now, I need to get ready to take the kids to the park on this mostly warm November day. Gonna head out into the 'real' world.... this will have to do for now.... :) Shopping and eating with girlfriends will have to wait a bit longer....Ta-Ta!