Every week seems to
go faster than the one before. This spring has been by far my busiest
ever, with three kids . . . between Noah playing flag football,
having guitar lessons and going too Boy Scouts; as well as Amelia
participating in soccer, dance and swim lessons. To add to the
busy-ness, I recently started some personal training with clients again;
anyone that has a one-year-old know that’s a full-time
job in itself. It’s been around two months since my last post and I
know there is way too much to try and cover, so I will hit the
highlights.
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| Noah and his friend, Ben, built this awesome theme park out of K'nex. |
During spring break I
had planned on taking the kids to Florida for the week to visit Mike.
As bad as this sounds, I never got around to booking
the flight. When I looked a week before I planned to leave, the prices
were outrageous. It worked out for the best, since I feel like the
kids and I made the best of staying at home and lounging around. It was
so nice to not set the alarm for 6:30am every
day. When school started the next week, Noah and I were both wondering, “Is it summer yet?”
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| Believe it or not, he was actually happy. |
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| My workout buddy! |
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| Practicing some pretty awesome dance moves. |
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| Our family REALLY loves to dance! |
Max is FULLY
walking. In fact, if he’s not down on the ground walking around, he
lets you know just how mad he is. He has also really been expanding
his vocabulary -- some of his new phrases include: thank you, welcome,
baby, big boy, "Let It Go" (singing a song from
Frozen), ball, book, uh-oh,
more, no, yes, Max, guitar and dance. If he’s hungry, he goes to where I
keep his food in the pantry, grabs a jar of baby food, brings it to me,
and then goes to his chair and waits for me to put him in.
My mom visited for a
few days and it worked out perfectly that Jason stopped by to stay the
night on his way to and from Oklahoma. It was really
fun and made me realize how much I really miss living by family. Max
was especially smitten with Jason; he constantly wanted to be held by
him and would keep leaning over to smile at him. It was great to play
cards with my mom, even if she kicked my butt.
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| My mom was able to go to "Grandparents Day" at Amelia's preschool. |
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| My mom watched the kids so we could go on a double date with some good friends. |
We are currently
working on some house projects, both inside and out and will post some
pictures in the next blog. It’s been a lot of work, but it
feels good to invest in our home and make it feel more like “ours”!
