Good morning blog, I know I’ve been ignoring you lately, please forgive me! It always seems like so much is going on that I think how could I possibly write abut it all, but then on the flip side it seems like nothing major has happened, just our normal life. Of course I fully understand that our family’s idea of “normal” may be what is skewed! I guess the easiest way to go about updating here is to go person by person…..So first up….
Austin – Wow he is growing up so fast! Not hardly a lick of baby left in him. He is almost 2 yrs, 4 months – and doesn’t think he is a day under 5! Of course he knows when to use it too, when playing with the big kids or wanting to do something like them, he is all grown up – but then switches on a dime to still wanting me to carry him forever! The other morning he wanted some juice and I was telling him to drink his milk first and he told me “I don’t want to get big”. His favorite show right now is “Backpack” – aka Dora – but I guess it sounds more boyish if he calls it Backpack? He talks right along with it – Dora: “Is THIS the sticky tape” Austin “No”…… He has his moments of being both a momma’s boy and daddy’s boy – but I’d say more often than not he is a daddy’s boy. He LOVES his Daddy. Right now I’m being called “MomMom”; not sure where that came from. He is a little brut, holds his own around the big kids, is talking up a storm. No formal potty training going on yet, but he does ask sometimes and will sit up there and go. So sometime in the next year I’m sure it will happen. I’m not one to push getting potty trained faster, so not too worried about it. It will happen when it happens. He can also throw one heck of a tantrum right now. The other morning it took me over 45 minutes to get him dressed – he is strong, even stronger willed (don’t know where that comes fromJ), and like Houdini getting one leg out as I’m getting the other in. Well, good thing he is so stinking cute. And I know exactly where he gets that from – his daddy. He’s looking more like his daddy every day. Lastly, Austin loves being the center of attention, making everyone laugh – again, just like his daddy.
Turner – Turner is now in his first season of soccer and a superstar. I mean I hate to brag – but the kid is a natural athlete. It has really made him seem more grown up now, and is really neat to see him have his own thing. He is getting better at things like counting, ABCs, writing his letters, but still needs work. Aaron plans to work on it with him more over the summer. He is a gamer, always begging to turn his game on, and is good at it too. Aaron said he beat him the other day. But we limit him playing so that he still remembers how to play outside! In the summer him and Mason are playing t-ball together, and Aaron is coaching the team. That should be a great time. I can’t wait to see him out there. Turner cracks me up that he’d probably jump off the roof of the house if he could figure out how to get up there, but will scream like a little girl at a fly (he gets that from his daddy!). He is getting better, I think it is more he doesn’t like to be taken by surprise and not being able to gauge the next move well. He’s very sensitive, which some people (i.e. Daddy and Grandpy) see as a fault, but I’m ok with it. He is an absolute goof head, and always breaking out with some random goofy saying or move. He loves anything sports, fighting, swords, guns……him and Austin both are 150% all boy.
Mackenzie – Wow is Kindergarten almost through, I just can’t believe it. She is reading very well now, I’m not sure there is much she couldn’t read right now. She also started back up with soccer, and is by far the best player on her team. She is really good with technique, and takes direction very well. She just looks like a soccer player out there. She is so beautiful, just that natural beauty. She’ll be one of those girls that other girls will despise because she could walk off the soccer field hair in pony tail, flushed cheeks, and look cute as can be. We also got her signed back up in gymnastics and I’ve just loved watching her back out there. She is also doing Daisy’s (Girlscouts) – and has fun with that. I don’t even think I could talk about Mackenzie for 5 minutes without Abby’s name coming in the mix. They are still 2 peas in a pod. Seems like they are always at one house or the other on the weekends. But Abby is really a great girl and very well behaved, so we don’t mind at all. It is just so sweet to see them have such a bond, although I know it is somewhere in our future that they will have “that” fight, or one of them will get a new friend, and the other’s heart will be broken. Patrick is still the only boy she has eyes for! LOL I just love spending time with my girl.
Aaron – he just got done with his student teaching last week so it officially certified to teach High School business classes. He also took his test for Social Studies, so hopefully he will pass and have that certification also. There is a SS position and assistant football coach position at the school where he did his student teaching, so that may work out to be an option for him. So right now he is back to being stay at home dad for the summer. He still has some online classes to take this summer to finish his Master’s in Teaching, but has the next month off to relax. I’m still so glad that he changed paths to teaching, he will be such a good teacher/coach and have a passion for it.
And finally, yours truly – well, I’m in my last session for my MBA. I’ll be done officially the end of June, but Aaron and I both get to walk in the ceremony on May 14th. My job will be ending the end of July. I’ve been applying, but no real good leads at this point. We’ll be ok for a while though, so if I end up not finding something right away, then I’ll take advantage of the extra time I’ll have with my family. We are still confident that things will work out just the way they are supposed to, whatever that may be. We are open to going anywhere, so our lives could make a pretty dramatic shift over the next few months or so. Wish us luck. Aaron and I got to go out on a date night Saturday, it was wonderful. There is really no other person who’d I’d rather spend time with. Sometimes life starts getting in the way, and we get stressed and bicker and fight, but when all that is stripped away, he is the one I want to be sitting there talking and just hanging out with. I hope that never goes away for us.
So this is NOT a perfect life, but it is MY life, and I am very happy in my life. I choose to keep my eye on the positives, and change those things that don’t make me happy. And trust that there is a great plan and a purpose for my life.
Well, speaking of that work thing, guess I’d better get back to it.
Lol Later, we went to church for an early afternoon service, and then over to cousin’s for dinner, good food, and good times. Easter morning we woke up to find Easter baskets and search for all the eggs the Easter Bunny had left. Then decided to head to Moberly to see my family. Got to see lots of people I hadn’t seen in forever, it was lots of fun. Got home at a decent hour and off to bed. Beautiful weather, great food, just all around good Easter.
