A nasty stomach bug visited each and everyone of my little family...even our Clara. Our house smelled...uh, gross. I've never cleaned up so much throw-up in my life and it just kept coming from all directions. 3 throw-up bowls were being used at all times.
Today I am feeling better, and was able to clean and sanitize our germ filled home. I finally got a second to myself. The kids had been in bed for an hour...and then Luke starts crying and yelling from his room. Apparently he had a nightmare about big mean alphabet letters and is scared of all of the letters in his room. We thought he was crazy as he yelled at the "max" on his bedroom wall saying "stay away!" "get them out". Did he bonk his head or was he seeing things? Finally it clicked. Phew!
It has been quite the month. Good. Bad. But mostly good. A month of blessings, celebrating, and growth. We had a little scare with my sweet daddy, but now he is doing better. We lost a dear Uncle. I turned 29, how weird is that. I'm almost 30. I missed my 10 year reunion because I'm still shy and never know what to say...and these last 15 lbs won't go away.
I'm loving every single second of being a mom and being lucky enough to stay home with my babies....
Clara is now 6 months old! We finally decided to feed her rice cereal, because I guess that is what you do when they are 4 months old. I'm a little behind. Oh well. She didn't really like it, and I haven't tried it again.
I scored some free peaches and decided to learn how to can them. With some help from a friend I was able to can 21 jars. Yum. I'm a little nervous to eat the ones I canned by myself after my friend left me on my own. At least they look pretty, and I kinda feel domestic!
Max is now a big boy! It took two days and lots or treats and prizes to get him potty trained. I loaded him up on bottomless juice...I think he peed about 25 times the first day. 15 times in the toilet and 10 on his little towel. We had quite the potty party!
We made it to the fair! And it wouldn't be the same without a pronto pup and the giant yellow slide. Too bad the pronto pup was a disappointment this year.
The bunk-beds are now bunked! If that is what you would call it! These two boys do so good sharing a room. When it's time for bed they go right to sleep. Occasionally we hear them talking with each other after we shut the door, but it is sweet to listen to them. Max loves that his bed is now a house.
Luke turned 5 on September 14th. He also got to start preschool on his birthday! He is so happy to be in preschool with some of his good neighbor friends. Also on his birthday we went out to dinner and bowling with both grandparents. It was a perfect, small party. I decided to keep things simple this year and oh my goodness it was so nice. He still had a fantastic day!
Then Max turned 3 on the 20th. We invited a few cousins and a friend to Arctic Circle for lunch. Later that day our little family went to Boondocks. Another low key day which ended up being tons of fun.
Now it is fall and I'm thinking, heck with this stupid "lifestyle change" aka "diet"! Bring on the pumpkin shakes & pumpkin cookies. Oh, and the Halloween candy. Oh boy!
Here is to another eventful month!
Today I am feeling better, and was able to clean and sanitize our germ filled home. I finally got a second to myself. The kids had been in bed for an hour...and then Luke starts crying and yelling from his room. Apparently he had a nightmare about big mean alphabet letters and is scared of all of the letters in his room. We thought he was crazy as he yelled at the "max" on his bedroom wall saying "stay away!" "get them out". Did he bonk his head or was he seeing things? Finally it clicked. Phew!
It has been quite the month. Good. Bad. But mostly good. A month of blessings, celebrating, and growth. We had a little scare with my sweet daddy, but now he is doing better. We lost a dear Uncle. I turned 29, how weird is that. I'm almost 30. I missed my 10 year reunion because I'm still shy and never know what to say...and these last 15 lbs won't go away.
I'm loving every single second of being a mom and being lucky enough to stay home with my babies....
Clara is now 6 months old! We finally decided to feed her rice cereal, because I guess that is what you do when they are 4 months old. I'm a little behind. Oh well. She didn't really like it, and I haven't tried it again.
I scored some free peaches and decided to learn how to can them. With some help from a friend I was able to can 21 jars. Yum. I'm a little nervous to eat the ones I canned by myself after my friend left me on my own. At least they look pretty, and I kinda feel domestic!
Max is now a big boy! It took two days and lots or treats and prizes to get him potty trained. I loaded him up on bottomless juice...I think he peed about 25 times the first day. 15 times in the toilet and 10 on his little towel. We had quite the potty party!
We made it to the fair! And it wouldn't be the same without a pronto pup and the giant yellow slide. Too bad the pronto pup was a disappointment this year.
The bunk-beds are now bunked! If that is what you would call it! These two boys do so good sharing a room. When it's time for bed they go right to sleep. Occasionally we hear them talking with each other after we shut the door, but it is sweet to listen to them. Max loves that his bed is now a house.
Luke turned 5 on September 14th. He also got to start preschool on his birthday! He is so happy to be in preschool with some of his good neighbor friends. Also on his birthday we went out to dinner and bowling with both grandparents. It was a perfect, small party. I decided to keep things simple this year and oh my goodness it was so nice. He still had a fantastic day!
Then Max turned 3 on the 20th. We invited a few cousins and a friend to Arctic Circle for lunch. Later that day our little family went to Boondocks. Another low key day which ended up being tons of fun.
Now it is fall and I'm thinking, heck with this stupid "lifestyle change" aka "diet"! Bring on the pumpkin shakes & pumpkin cookies. Oh, and the Halloween candy. Oh boy!Here is to another eventful month!
