Caught up?

I am feeling like I will never catch up on my life.  Since Lucy has been born I have been behind on laundry, majorly behind. Maybe when my mom did my laundry I wasn't behind, but that doesn't count.  I recently read a blog post about "The Blur" that nailed it, here is my favorite quote:

"My father describes the years when his children were young as "The Blur". So that's where I was - deep in the Blur... I am on a 24 hour cycle of waking, sleeping, nursing, napping, cooking, cleaning, wiping, folding, dropping off, picking up and putting away. And it never, ever ends. I was once a very smart person. I was 2 semesters into a Doctorate when I had my first kid. Now, I am a moron. That's what The Blur has done to me."

I have exhaustion to the bone.  It's the kind of tired that makes you insane.  My memory is gone and I feel like I am acting like an alzheimer's patient.  People say "remember when I told you..." and I just say "of course I remember." In reality I have no idea what they are talking about.  I will find myself halfway into a conversation and realize I have no idea any of the details; who the story is about or why the story is being told.  I can't remember details or conversations.  Don't despair, I have read that when you go through stressful life situations your memory goes and I would imagine extreme sleep deprivation does the same.

Suffice it to say I am behind on my pictures and blog posts.  I say I am behind because the further away I get from an event the less I feel like writing about it and the further behind in writing the less I will want to document and just give up (that evil perfectionist sneaking up on me).

That was a long four paragraphs to just say: I feel behind! 

I am going to jump right in.

Lilly was really sad to say goodbye to her friends Alyssa and Addi this summer. We have had a lot of friends move and it has been very sad.  Although we have managed to have all of them over for a big farewell dinner and a few sleepovers as people clean out their houses and need a place to crash.

Addi (6), Alysson (8), Alyssa (8), Lilly (7), and Jack hiding behind Alysson (3)

These girls are all sorts of silly when they get together.  They car pooled home from school every day last year and every day they acted like crazy, silly girls.

That night Lilly and Alysson said goodbye to their friends there were many tears shed and then we went to the drive-in. We LOVE the drive-in.