The Month of March

March was hard on us. One of us was sick I swear every day this month. It started with Mark early in the month. Then, I got it... for TWO weeks. It was miserable! Then, the kids started getting sick, and pretty much just passed it back and forth to each other.

Fevers, colds, coughs. Jack went to Urgent Care. Kate went to the clinic at Walgreens. I called their pediatrician at least three times in March.

Every day was a fog. Mark and I worried about who would take off work to stay home with the kids. Tons of t.v. was watched. The whole house was sanitized and Lysol sprayed a jillion times.

Somewhere in the middle of all of it, we managed to throw in a few memories here and there.

We took Kate to see Disney on Ice with Megan, Greg, and Allie on St. Patrick's Day.

We took Jack to get his first haircut. (Pictures to come.)

And, some exciting (and a little scary) news for our family... I turned in my resignation letter for next year. After a lot of talking, praying, thinking, and number crunching, we've decided that I will stay home with the kids. I'm SOOOO excited! It's something I have wanted for awhile now, but never really thought was going to be possible. It's a huge step of faith for us, and will come with a lot of sacrifices we will have to make, but we both feel it is what is right for our family right now.

It probably means less vacations, less eating out, less shopping, but I know the time I am giving my kids is worth any sacrifice we have to make.

I plan on substitute teaching twice a week, and I have signed up to do a maternity leave in October.

We are really excited about this new journey our family is about to embark on.

Kate talks about it as the time when I will be "just a mommy", not "a mommy AND a teacher."

My decision was totally justified the other day, when I found an eyelash on Kate's cheek. I put it on my fingertip and told her to make a wish, then blow it off. Her first reply was, "Well, that's just weird." After I told her again, she did it. I asked her what she wished for and she said, "For you to be just a mommy."

At any rate, I'm glad March is behind us. We are SOOOO ready for spring!