I'm still alive...

So I bet you're wondering if I still exist, since I havn't blogged in oh...3 months!! I know it's awful, but those of you who know me well enough it's no surprise! Sad, but true. So amazingly everyone is asleep and I am still awake so I thought I would re-cap 3 months in a few minutes. Let's see...I don't really remember much of August other than Ben doing a lot of curb work which I will post a picture of so you all can see his marvelous work! We took our first trip alone ever without the kids since we've been married- WOW! We went to visit some friends in sunny San Diego and boy was it nice! A bit too hot and humid but we had a blast. We hit up a Padres game, went deep sea fishing, and ate a wondrous seafood meal at an awesome place right on the oceanfront! Then let's see September brought Macee's 4th birthday-yikes! Ben's 30th..I mean 29th birthday- bigger yikes for him!! Macee started soccer which is going umm...well.. it's really hard to say but she is improving. She is starting to kick the ball every now and then and not just stand there or keep running off to me on the sidelines. It's amazing how you have to remember that they are only 3 or 4 years old and not in high school sports and have NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING! It's rather frustrating, and hard for me to watch at times- but I have tried to be the proud parent who is just happy their child is getting somewhat involved in something (even if she does just stand there and kind of freak out when the ball comes near her with the crowd of crazy youngsters chasing after it....who wouldn't be afraid of that right?!)
Anyway- let's see pre-school is going well, Macee is still doing great. She actually asked me the other day if she could just be 6 so that she could go to kindergarten with the big kids. She was pretty upset when I told her I couldn't just say she was six and she would become six! Ahh their sweet little minds work in the funniest ways! Jadyn is moving right along too- getting lots of teeth, starting to talk, and blowing kisses to everyone in sight. They are definitly growing up too fast, but it's also fun to go on to the next stages of parenting and see what I have to deal with next! Listen to me babbling about parenting- who would have thought! I'm such a nut and just as big of a kid at times too, but I do admit it's pretty creepy when you become a parent and you start to realize what it may have been like for your folks! I wouldn't change it for the world though- my girls are my sunshine every day:)
Well, speaking of girls I think I hear Jadyn crying so I must be off...I know I know let her cry herself back to sleep....but I just can't help but cuddle and rock ehr sometimes-it's the best! Hope you all are well- hope you've enjoyed a day in the life of Melissa in a FLASH! I would say I will try harder to do this, but I think I do every time and it never happens, so enjoy what you get when you get it:)