These Days...

Wow. I wish I could accurately describe to you what life has been like these days. Folks, it has been a whirlwind.

A whirlwind that has swept me deep, deep, deep down into a dark, dark, dark hole.

Can I just say, I adore my children. They are amazing and wonderful but the amount of stress they have been causing me lately is unheard of! Parenting the right way is not easy.... and I am fighting tooth and nail to parent the right way. Who knew a 3 year old could have the attitude of a 16 year old????? Sigh.

So my days have been full. Full of time outs, full of children yelling, full of being kicked by little ones who are frustrated... it has just been full of the parts of parenting that people don't like to talk about. The parts that people pretend are not there.... but they are. The hard parts.

Tomorrow I am taking a mental health day.

I am driving to a great shopping town nearby... alone. Completely and utterly alone. I don't want to make conversation, I don't want to ask someone where they want to eat, I don't want to ask anyone what store they want to go to. It sounds selfish, I know. I just want to get away... alone.

These days have been rough, but I have such faith that all of this work we are doing on our kids will be so worth it someday. God promises us that and I am clinging to that promise.

Let me leave you with a few positive things, so you don't think I have totally lost it and flown over the coo coo's nest ;-)

Lula Mae is quite the budding artist! And I love that she adds captions to almost EVERYTHING! She is also really into helping more and more these days.

Jayce has all of a sudden has started really talking. Oh and the boy knows ALL of his letters! He can't sing the ABC's but he can tell you any letter... and he LOVES playing "what letter is this". I think he likes feeling smart ;-)

I will be back soon... I can't promise my brain will be though....

Say Cheese!

"Jayce, say cheese."

Hazelaid Review

About a month ago I posted about our new plan for Jayce. I am here today to review the two products that I purchased from Hazelaid. First, I will tell you about his necklace.

He looks so cute wearing it, by the way ;-) Like a little surfer dude. Hazelaid makes such beautiful jewelry! I love all of them and had such a hard time picking just one to buy for him! Jayce wears his necklace 24/7, except in the bath. Over the last month we have seen some great improvement in his eczema. I wish I could say it is 100% gone, but it is not. Please understand though that Jayce has a sever case. So seeing improvement is incredible! When he sleeps, I double up the necklace around his ankle and secure it in his pajamas. I do this so that he won't play with it in the bed, possibly put it in his mouth and what not. He loves it around his ankle and sits so nicely to have it put on.

When Jayce is still having outbreaks we use the second product I purchased from Hazelaid, the ointment. People, I am in LOVE with this! It is the best diaper rash cream i have EVER used! It does great on his eczema too. The only draw back is that it is hard to rub in. At night it is great to lather him up with because it is so thick that is covers him well. I am very satisfied with this product! If you are looking for a natural diaper rash cream, you should try this for sure!

Go and check out all the products that Hazelaid has to offer! Then, use the code chaos10 at check out for 10% off your order!

We are so glad that this company is helping us make Jayce more comfortable! It has been a long time coming!