Things are nuts – absolutely bonkers. Everything is going full speed ahead, and I’m left feeling like I’m running in front of the train just trying to keep up.

It’s officially less than a month before I stop working. My replacement in the office started a couple weeks ago, and it’s been a whirlwind of training and co-working while we wait for her computer to arrive that leaves me pretty wiped out by evening.

Eric is every bit of 4, even though he doesn’t turn 4 for another month. He’s full of attitude and stubbornness, and far worse now than he ever was during the “terrible twos.” The rewards are much sweeter at this age though; he’s always learning, always imagining, and always talking. Seriously, he talks non-stop, narrating everything he’s doing and thinking. A sticker with an anchor becomes a way to summon a band of friendly pirates to do his bidding; a pillow on the floor is a pool of water than he jumps into and creates a super big splash. He’s sweet, protective and loving to his brother when he isn’t body slamming him on the futon, and just bunches of fun.

Danny is…Danny. He’s trying my patience like only he can and wearing me out. He’s gone through another quiet spell, where he doesn’t really want anything to do with us, and doesn’t say much, and doesn’t do much, and I’ve been being a full out CMV mom with the worry and fear. I’ve worked past it by this point, but he’s still hit the terrible twos like Eric never did. That being said, he’s always full of spunk and laughter and joy. He’s still a music lover, his latest being singing “ai ee ow oh” – that is, “Eyes and ears and mouth and nose” after I sing “Head, shoulders, knees and toes” to him. He loves to stand on my lap and jump up and down (um, ouch!), and has started taking to the TV to watch a few shows too. He’s figured out how to open pretty much all the doors in the house (to the bathroom…bedroom…etc), and has discovered that if he sits down and uses the bottom of the gate to the office, he can get it open too. If only he would apply that kind of innovation and dedication to talking!

As for me, I’m just tired. We’re going to the park, the library, and all sorts of fun stuff through the week, and have the Moog parent workshop this week. Eric’s birthday, my being home much more, and a trip to visit Nat all wait for me at the end of the month – if I can only make it that far!