A Long Overdue Update

           I was doing so well...what for 2 days? Oh mercy....I REALLY want to be a more faithful blogger!  More than that, I want to get my blog in a book.  I feel the need to get that done.  Sort of anxious even.  Anyways....Onto the update already...
          First thing first...My little Squishy Lou is GROWING faster than I like to acknowledge.  HOWEVER, for memories sake I will.  Just for a moment though.  She is 10.5 months old now.  REALLY? How did this happen?  She is beautiful and silly.  At 9 months old she started standing on her own with great balance.  She is now taking steps.  Not full on walking yet but she is VERY CLOSE.  Just 2 nights ago she started saying "uh oh" and it is PRECIOUS.  She says the "uh" part SUPER HIGH.  She says Momma and Dadda too.  She crawles around EVERYWHERE and LOVES Koda's food and water.  She opens every cupboard she can as fast as she can.  She LOVES to be outside, just like the rest of the kids.  She is EVERYONES FAVORITE.  I thought the excitement of her would ware off after a few months. NOPE!  The 4 big kids are just as hopelessly in love with her as I am.  They NEVER leave her alone...NEVER! Lou is very tolerant of her siblings love most of the time.  We are still nursing!  She went on strike a couple day's ago, but we rectified that and are back on track, thankfully.  I am hoping to make it to a year with her.  I have never nursed this long.  All in all....My little Lou is BREATHTAKING.  I am shamelessly in LOVE and ADORATION of this little being.  She is the heart and soul of this family right now.  I am in the happiest place in my life that I have ever been in and want to savor every single second of it.  Just to be clear....Lou is not the only reason I am as happy as I am.  It is the entire package.  My Cowboy, ALL 5 of my babies, my life in general.  Blessed, I am.
            Now onto Homeschool!!  You know when you have a baby and after just a couple days or weeks, you think to yourself, "what did I do before you?  I feel like you have been in my life forever."  That is sort of how I feel about HS.  I don't know what I did before this.  I don't know what I did without my kids all day everyday.  I am still learning.  I have A LOT to learn, and thankfully I have the drive and desire to do so.  We are doing a program that is in conjunction with the Charter School the kids used to attend.  It is called PATH.  They have provided me with the entire curriculum and many resources.  It has been great for me.  I felt so lost in the beginning.  If I'm being TOTALLY honest, I still feel a little lost but that's beside the point.  Anyways, one of the really great things about this is on Thursdays, the kids go to the school for their "specials"  they get to do art, dance, music, science etc.  all in one day with all the other PATH students.  It is a lot of fun for them and it also gives me a little break.  I get to regroup, plan, do laundry or just be lazy!  The kids are really enjoying HS.  Derick does miss his friends at school and I really do have a lot of guilt about that.  It is something that I struggle with almost daily.  I think as time goes on, this will be less of an issue.  I sure hope so anyways.  (Derick is 10 too!!  that is an entirely seperate post but SERIOUSLY....THAT IS CRAZY!)  I love that boy! Overall, the kids are doing just great.  We are learning together.  We are changing things up almost daily.  I think we finally have a schedule we are going to stick too with the most potential for all of us to learn and be happy and be happy together.  One of the things that I struggled with the most when making the decision to HS was giving up my time every day while the kids were gone to school. Really, that is the one thing that I have not even missed.  Funny huh? I think so.  Life is good.  I am doing good.  I am tired, really tired.  It feels like it is worth it though.  So I will keep going.  We will keep going, with faith.
I know this update was all over the place...Sorry for that and the mumbo jumbo babbling.  Thanks for reading and THANK YOU for all the feedback and support.  I often read back over the comments left on my blog.  I love them.  THANK YOU!