Right Wing Mom

Wow - did I fall off the blogging bandwagon or what?

I am blaming it all on Facebook! Seriously, It’s just so easy to jump on and write out a quick note, that I have become lazy.

But, as much as I love facebook, I miss blogging. Blogging had been a nice way to get my thoughts down and ramble a bit… and as we all know, I can ramble!

So, what has been going on?

A part of me wants to say not much… but saying I have been taking it easy and relaxing is so far from my reality! I guess it would be more appropriate to say a whole bunch of everything.

As I had mentioned in my last post, gymnastics meet season started. Kaitie and Mandy have been doing wonderful and making Marc and I so proud! They have improved so much over last year and have placed high at every meet so far this year! I am still truly amazed at the awesome things they can do. Last month we had 3 meet weekends in a row - which took its toll. Most of the meets so far we havent been getting home till 11pm, way too late for this Momma! But, as quickly as it started, it is going to be winding down soon. We have districts next weekend and then (hopefully) South State and States will follow!

Homeschooling has been going well too. Although I have hit the October slump. We were running hard for about 6 weeks and then anemia induced fatigue hit me hard! Although the anemia is now in check, its been difficult to get back in into our routine. We’ve been doing what needs to be done, but it feels more like the minimum - you know? We are missing out on some of the fun stuff.

The pregnancy is going well too! Not sure if I shared, but we are having another boy Jake is one happy big brother! We are still thinking about names, although at this point we have settled on Luke Daniel. Nothing carved in stone, but everyone seems to like it.

The other big news is that we have decided to forgo a hospital birth this time in favor of homebirth. We have hooked up with a wonderful midwife, Cathy, who I am really loving and she is keeping me accountable with my diet and supplements, something I usually weasel my way around. Not this time

I hope to get some pictures up and some more details about our goings on Just hang in there - I have not abandoned my blog!

I promise!

While many families are gearing up for soccer or football season to begin, I am once again reminded of how thankful I am that my daughters chose gymnastics!

With my pasty white pale freckled ivory skin and red hair and living in the south, I am so thankful for indoor sports!

Next year, I’m sure, Jake will get involved with soccer or football and Marc we will spend some time outside cheering and sweating. But for now I am relishing in the fact that my daughters are in an indoor sport.

That being said… there are drawbacks. You see gymnasts are a weird bunch, believe me! In my experience its very rare to find one that can stand for any length of time without popping out a handstand. Or doing something like this:

An then there’s this -

And I have no idea what this is all about, but its freaky!

But as meet season is getting ready to start I see my girls in their new leo’s

And I almost burst at the seams with pride - they rock! Ok, there is a little jealousy there too… you ought the see the muscles on these two! You’d be jealous too!

Hopefully I can get another post up today. Just a fair warning… it will be political and will probably be a little on the “rantish” side.

So - here are some pictures of my baby Kaitie kicking some bootay on the beam! (sadly - some of these fell on the soft to down right off focus pictues… blah!)

“AIR KAITIE”

Can I just take a moment and tell you how proud I am of both Kaitie and Mandy? WOW! Sometimes I take it for granted what they can do on while at gymanstics. I am at the gym all the time and see so many girls doing some crazy stuff! But, sometimes, I can take a step back and marvel at what their bodies can do! Truthfully… I am totally jealous. Yep - I will admit, I am 100% jealous and envious at my 10 year old bodies and what they can do with them. So sad.

You go girls!

What a weekend. Driving to Dallas takes about 4 1/2 - 5 hrs. It took us 9. 9 very long hours, filled with lots if whining… from everyone. But - we finally got there and had a great time!

But, I will tell you I learned something - taking pictures of gymnastics is hard work! The lighting stinks and trying to get decent shots from the stands can be difficult. Couple this with the fact that for some reason I couldn’t get a clear focus and you come up with about 600 pictures, about 40 of which are decent. Blah!!! I need some practice

Hope you enjoy these few from my Mandy on the beam. I’ll get a few of Kaitie up soon.

Going for the cartwheel

Can she hold it?


You didn’t doubt her did you?

Catching some air