Friday Venting...

So today I'm writing one of my venting blogs combined with an update....

First the update. Keith has gained back all of the weight he lost before coming home from the hospital. He had gone from 9 pounds to 8lbs 3 oz in the 3 days following birth. This is common, so the doctors weren't worried about it. Mommy's milk came in stronger and from Thursday when they released us to Monday when he went for a well baby check, he had gained all 13 ozs back!! Praise the Lord for a healthy baby who really likes to eat! Sorry mommy. :) Ray and Keith are still best friends, with Ray wanting to hold Keith every chance he can.

When Keith has his eyes open (is awake) Ray tells us, "his eyes are open dad!". He is so excited when he gets to see Keith's eyes! :) He is so cute.

On to the vent...
My brother-in-law (Tim) has 2 kids who live with his ex according to the divorce settlement. The kids are awesome kids and home life is not bad, but definitely not the greatest in the world. Long story short is this...we try to get the kids at least 1 time a month since Tim lives in SC and his ex lives in OH. This gives the kids a chance to be around our family and have a father figure still in their lives. My in-laws go get the kids and many times come up to our house to spend the weekend.

Well..This week is spring break for the kids (NOT FOR ME!), so Tina and I thought that we would have them come up on Thursday and stay until Sunday so that they got to see Keith, and spend more time with us. So the kids showed up yesterday afternoon as planned. Last night the 3 of them (Ray and Tim's 2 kids) were playing up a storm having fun. Part of the time they were going too far with their play getting FAR too loud, but kids will be kids, RIGHT?! They were not listening very well after dinner, and Ray had not eaten hardly anything.

My spring break is not until a week from now, so how am I supposed to get sleep and calm down for the night when they are yelling, screaming and playing really loud? I guess I didn't think ahead enough when I invited them to come up for the weekend. I guess I was just trying to be a nice uncle and let them have some fun, but I wasn't thinking that their fun would make me a grouch because I cannot get relaxed to go to sleep. I really hope tonight it not anything like last night.

Well, I best go, I have 37 kids in a Friday Afterschool 3 hour Detention I'm watching over right now. A little bit big of a group if I do say so my self, for 1 person to watch. Just 2 more hours to go!! ARG!

Blessings!