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May 01, 2007
Updates and stuff
Well, where to start? We haven't been blogging too much lately. Life is busy and yet it isn't. Tax season is over, so we have mostly been savoring a return to, dare I say, normal. Everybody is pretty much healthy except for allergies. Stephen will be out of school soon. I think that lets out on the 17th. I will be done keeping E.C. and N.G. in less than two weeks. That will change all lives concerned dramatically. I don't know what Stephen will do with himself. Every morning he wakes up asking, "What are we going to do today? Are we going to school? Are we going to church? Are No-No and ErlaClaire (what he calls her - don't ask me why) coming?" When we wake up one morning towards the end of May and the answer is none of the above - what will we do?
Stephen is constantly frustrated by reality. He was recently hanging from a mounted towel bar in the bathroom and attempting to scramble up the wall. (ala Spiderman) This is not the first time that I have had to have a talk with him about not being able to do all the things Spiderman can do b/c Spiderman is not real. *gasp* He knows this and accepts it just fine. But every once in a while he renews his frustration with the laws of gravity. The other thing frustrating him these days is his age. He told Brad the other day that he wanted to be a grown-up. Why couldn't he be a grown-up? I can't believe we are old enough to be telling somebody else, somebody younger than us, our own child no less, to enjoy their childhood because adulthood will come all to fast. Brad told him that being an adult was fun, but being a kid was much more fun. This issue is still resurfacing on a fairly regular basis.
Stephen was in little boy heaven this past weekend. Now that Brad is free we have been working in the yard. Brad pretty much single-handedly and through various means reduced a dead and fallen tree into pieces and moved it to the curb of our front yard where they came and took it away monday morning. We also excavated near our back door and found a patio that was rumored to still be there but which was so covered in mounds of leaves and misc. crap that it couldn't be used. Now it is beautiful and just waiting for grilling parties. All that to say, that in the process of doing these things worms were found. Snails were found and more roly-polys than one little boy could catch. And man some of those roly-polys were huge. I remember catching those when I was little, but some of these were some grand-daddy bugs, let me tell you. The only disappointment was that they didn't last until Monday to show the girls. Oh well. Bugs come and bugs go.
Lexie Lou is getting so big. I am sort of trying to start potty-training her. We have tried some time in panties the last two days and spent lots of time reading books and drinking juice in the bathroom. She loves the whole process. But no success. She always goes after we have left the room. I don't want to push her to soon. But when she brings you a diaper and wipes and asks to be changed then I think she understands what is going on, at least to some extent. She is talking, though not as much or maybe just not as clearly as Stephen was by this point. Wouldn't you know, one of her words that is fairly clear is 'Spiderman'. (that couldn't be helped considering her influences!) She certainly makes her point almost all of the time. And lots of things she says we understand even if others don't. She gets so excited about everything. She is so animated. I wish I could have a Lexiecam on her at all times. She loves to be a big helper. She tries to help put stuff in the dryer, unload the groceries and dishwasher, and pick-up toys. I think that by this fall when there is #3 I will have nothing to worry about. Between the two of them they are huge helps and very independant.
The pregnancy is going fine and very fast as well. I can't believe I am somewhere around 18 weeks. Now that I know we are far enough along to find out what it is it is a little harder to not. But we are still planning to let things be a surprise. I am discovering many things about a 3rd pregnancy. You just don't think about (read obsess) a 3rd one as much as you do the 1st or even really the 2nd. Partly I think because it has somewhat become old hat and partly because there is just too much else going on in your life. Which is along the same lines as my next thought. I am so much more tired, esp for it being my 2nd trimester, than I remember being with the other two and I am doing much better on my weight gain too. Both I think come from chasing my two and the extra two. I am feeling the baby move and can't wait until I am farther along and can involve Stephen and Lexie in talking to the baby and feeling the baby move. I remember doing that with Stephen when I was preggers with Lex, but right now she's not into what is going on.
Brad bought a new laptop and has been having fun orienting himself with his new toy. It has bluetooth and yesterday he and Steph, who had just gotten a new red Razr, figured out to to make that work. We had done phone to phone sharing of songs, but not computer to phone. Pretty cool.
Lots of trips to make. Lots of people and family to catch up with now that tax season is over. Hopefully even a vacation in there somewhere. Mostly just enjoying each day as God gives it to us. Lots of good health, good weather, great family, good times.
Life | By adrienne | 02:34 PM
Comments
Great update! I enjoyed reading that. I feel all caught up now.
Thanks.
Posted by: jeniliz at May 15, 2007 04:58 PM