Life changes.

planning

This semester is over. Our third year of college is half-way over. We go back in January and it ends in May, ending our third year of college. Christmas is a few days away and with Aubrey knowing and telling us what all she wants. Aiden is learning a lot more and he is getting where he points and tries to say what he wants as well. The twins are growing up and their personalities are getting defined. Asher is turning out to be a lot more like Austin and Adam is the perfect mix of both of us.

I hear yelling and sigh as I walk into the living room and see Aubrey push Aiden down. "AUBREY FAITH MOON!" She turns and looks at me as Aiden starts to cry. I rush over and pick him up and cradle him in my arms. "Aubrey that was mean. Go to time out." She looks at me and I point towards the corner, "Now!" She crosses her arms but walks over and sits in the corner facing the wall. I take Aiden to the kitchen and sit down and rub his back and sing softly calming him down. When he gets to the hiccup stage, he curls up to me and lays his head against my chest as he plays with my hair. I look down at him, "You okay baby?" He nods, "Meean." I nod, "Yes, your sister was mean to you, but she loves you very much." He shakes his head, "No Ike." I shake my head, "She loves you baby. She just is mad." He looks up at me and plays with my hair as I hold him to me.

Austin rounds the corner and points behind him, "Why is Aubrey in time out?" I sigh and stand up holding Aiden, "She pushed Aiden down." He shakes his head and sits in the chair, "What are we going to do? She has got to stop this. We can't have her doing this. We can't chance her hurting Aiden or the twins." I shrug, "I don't know. Time outs are not working. Hanna started this new thing with her but it isn't working either. We take things away and she just doesn't care." He leans back and sighs, "She is my daughter." I laugh and nod, "Yes and now it is time to go check on your daughter." He laughs and stands up going into the living room first to check on her.

I follow behind with Aiden. I look over and see Austin bent down talking to Aubrey. I sit down and place Aiden down on the floor as he wants to play with his toys. I smile as I watch him. I look over and see Austin stand up and Aubrey turn back around to face the wall. I watch as Austin comes walking towards me before sitting down next to me. "She basically told me she would rather sit facing the wall than apologize." I sigh and look between my kids not knowing what to do. "Did she say why she did it?" He nods and looks at me, "She said she got mad because he changed the channel and tried to take her doll." I sigh and lean back against the couch, "This is crazy." He nods and looks between them.

The doorbell rings and instead of just getting up, I yell, "Come in!" I smile when I see Hanna round the corner, "How is everything today?" I shrug and she looks over at Aubrey in the corner and sighs, "In trouble again?" I nod and she comes over and sits next to me sighing. "What happened this time?" I look down at Aiden and shrug, "She pushed Aiden because apparently she got mad that he changed the channel and tried to take her doll." Hanna sighs and shakes her head.

Five minutes later I look over at Aubrey and sigh, "Aubrey your time is up." She stands up and walks over and sits down and starts to play. My phone goes off notifying me of the appointment, "Austin we have to go." He nods and stands up. He walks over and kisses both the kids before walking to the door. I kiss both and look at Hanna and then back to Aubrey, "Just do what you have to do." She nods and I point towards the twins room, "They are sleeping but might be up before we get back." She smiles and nods, "Go before you are late."

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We pull up to the building and I watch as Austin parks the car. We get out and walk into the building and smile at the receptionist. "You two are right on time." She stands up and walks out from behind the desk and starts toward the door as we follow. I smile at Melinda when the door is opened. She comes around the desk and shakes our hands, "Glad to see you two again. Come. Come. Sit. Sit." She walks back around her desk and sits down and grabs the binder and I see our name on it now.