Ugh. I know. I know. BUT I have a few good excuses.
So, we moved. We bit the bullet and bought a house. While I was a little less eager than JJ to move, I'm so very happy with our house. I guess it was time to put on my big girl pants and suck it up.
November was pretty much a blur of packing, organizing, ear infections and, oh yeah, moving and unpacking and organizing! Phew! We absolutely couldn't've done it without my parents and some of our amazing friends. A bunch of people from JJ's school helped us out and that meant so much to me - he really has a great group of buddies. A coworker and friend's hubby were also recruited, and everyone appeared to still be moving even after all was said and done! : )
My parents came to help us unpack and celebrate Thanksgiving with us in our new house! The weather was amazing and we hit up the park on a walk - which doesn't always happen in November. At least not where I'm from - last November, M was getting her first taste of snow!
December was fabulous. More nice weather plus starting to feel settled equaled a great combination. The C-man got tubes, which was such a crazy-fast procedure it was insane. He did SO WELL, only fussing that we couldn't feed him from midnight on. We were the first ones scheduled for the day, so he didn't have to wait too long and drank 10 oz pretty much as soon as we got to see him - still a little sloppy from anesthesia!
Oh yeah, that was another development. Much to Mommy's UNhappiness, C pretty much weaned himself at the end of Nov-early Dec. : ( I attribute it mostly to stress and working full time, but I could not keep up with his needs - even pumping at work I never had a storage for him like I did with M (well her nursing was another whole story...). I had no choice but to supplement, and you know how that can be a slippery slope. Anyways, it's not the end of the world, and I know that I got him as much boobie juice as I could. : ) hehe
My parents came for Christmas, and this time we felt like we could relax a little bit more! We enjoyed having them back so much! We were totally spoiled with not having to travel for the Holidays. I'm pretty sure A and L J aren't going to let us get away with it next year though... ; ) We did miss them and are so glad they're coming to visit in February!!!
The boys, (two of JJ's bro-bros), CP and B surprised us and visited us for New Year's! P called saying B bought a new car and was itching to test it out on the highway, which I translated as: we miss our little brother. : ) We were so happy to have them, and the best part of that trip was beating both of them in scrabble... huh... they haven't played since... funny thing... ; ) Oh, and I WAS up at midnight, even if I had a nap on the floor for about an hour that evening. : )
Enough of this update - can't wait to share a few recent funny stories!
Daddy, Mommy, Big Sis, Big Bro, and baby #3!
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Been...sooo...long!
Hey folks out there in internetland! Sorry that it's been so long! I have a variety of things to blame, namely: for some reason our wireless internet was not working, for some reason my husband feels like he has dibs on our desktop to play WOW, for some reason December was REALLY busy (but in a good way). So. Here is my first blog post in over a month. I have lots to update on. I'll TRY to separate them into different posts on different evenings so you don't get overwhelmed. Deal? Deal. Because really, let's be honest, I don't read those SUPERlong posts any more than you do.
Work: So in December I had a crazy number of meetings and I got through them, yay! Now I've had a few no-shows and that's making me not so happy. What can you do? I do the best I can to help parents be prepared (send documents beforehand so parents can come with questions, call to remind about meetings, email about meetings (at times), send a "prior notice" in writing to officially remind them!, etc) and I don't *think* I'm too intimidating that parents want to stay away! Ooooh! And I'm getting a smartboard! I'm very excited! But I don't know much about them, so am looking forward to the (mandatory) training coming up once a month until the end of the school year.
Travel: We headed to Fargo the 22nd of Dec. to hang out with the Fargo J's and even meet up with the F's. YAY! Friend TAF is so beautiful as she prepares to have their first baby later THIS MONTH.... CRAZY! I'M YELLING! Ok, ok, back to my normal typing voice... The J's are always awesome hosts and we love getting the chance to hang out with them, however busy our combined four kids make the visit! Then, on the 23rd we headed to Bismarck to hang out with my family, my uncle DS and his kiddos (CS and TS) and grandkiddo (CS's son CS -- that could get confusing! How about my cousin is CLS and her child is CDS plus hopefully you'll be able to distinguish between what a 20-something is doing vs. a 5 month old!), and my grandparents. We had a white elephant exchange and ate tons of food! THEN, on Dec. 26th we headed to AZ (or so we thought!). More on that later.
MVJ: You knew it was coming, I couldn't get through a post without talking about my beautiful baby girl. Who's not such a baby anymore. Single tear. My baby is ELEVEN months old! Gerber refers to her as a TODDLER. She had EIGHT teeth. Hooboy... this change stuff is tough on this momma! But of course, I want her to grow and change and do new fun things. More on HER later as well!
JJ: JJ has been very busy interviewing ('tis the season) for med. schools. This is a big learning experience for both of us. We are just trying to rest in God's peace and promise to be with us through this. We (really I should be saying I at this point --- JJ would be saying, "Why do you keep saying "we", do you have a turd in your pocket?" Yes, that is MY husband, future MD (or DO).) know that God's plan is SO MUCH BETTER than what we can imagine, I just have certain thoughts of what might be nice RIGHT NOW! : ) So, pray for us. Thanks!
What have YOU been up to?
Work: So in December I had a crazy number of meetings and I got through them, yay! Now I've had a few no-shows and that's making me not so happy. What can you do? I do the best I can to help parents be prepared (send documents beforehand so parents can come with questions, call to remind about meetings, email about meetings (at times), send a "prior notice" in writing to officially remind them!, etc) and I don't *think* I'm too intimidating that parents want to stay away! Ooooh! And I'm getting a smartboard! I'm very excited! But I don't know much about them, so am looking forward to the (mandatory) training coming up once a month until the end of the school year.
Travel: We headed to Fargo the 22nd of Dec. to hang out with the Fargo J's and even meet up with the F's. YAY! Friend TAF is so beautiful as she prepares to have their first baby later THIS MONTH.... CRAZY! I'M YELLING! Ok, ok, back to my normal typing voice... The J's are always awesome hosts and we love getting the chance to hang out with them, however busy our combined four kids make the visit! Then, on the 23rd we headed to Bismarck to hang out with my family, my uncle DS and his kiddos (CS and TS) and grandkiddo (CS's son CS -- that could get confusing! How about my cousin is CLS and her child is CDS plus hopefully you'll be able to distinguish between what a 20-something is doing vs. a 5 month old!), and my grandparents. We had a white elephant exchange and ate tons of food! THEN, on Dec. 26th we headed to AZ (or so we thought!). More on that later.
MVJ: You knew it was coming, I couldn't get through a post without talking about my beautiful baby girl. Who's not such a baby anymore. Single tear. My baby is ELEVEN months old! Gerber refers to her as a TODDLER. She had EIGHT teeth. Hooboy... this change stuff is tough on this momma! But of course, I want her to grow and change and do new fun things. More on HER later as well!
JJ: JJ has been very busy interviewing ('tis the season) for med. schools. This is a big learning experience for both of us. We are just trying to rest in God's peace and promise to be with us through this. We (really I should be saying I at this point --- JJ would be saying, "Why do you keep saying "we", do you have a turd in your pocket?" Yes, that is MY husband, future MD (or DO).) know that God's plan is SO MUCH BETTER than what we can imagine, I just have certain thoughts of what might be nice RIGHT NOW! : ) So, pray for us. Thanks!
What have YOU been up to?
Sunday, June 15, 2008
The last few weeks...
Our life took a hectic turn in June. As a teacher I always wait and plan for summer to catch up on sleep and relaxation. Yeah, so far that hasn't happened. I've been Busy, Busy, Busy, but so far "summer" has been very enjoyable. Here's a recap (I had originally written "quick recap", but, well, it's getting a bit long!):
*As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm working as a Mentor this summer - I currently have seven kiddos - and each kid gets thirty hours this summer. It sounded super simple to me, but I'm finding that these kids are busy and fitting them into a schedule has been a challenge. Plus, they all have different goals and things I'm working on with them. It's been a really positive experience so far though.
*Two workshops -- one on Poverty (check out Ruby Payne -- interesting stuff) and one on Differentiated Instruction (another valuable one with lots of things to ponder and try) - and with these workshops, I got two college credits (I'm already only six away from a lane change!).
*Out of the DI workshops, I got on a summer project with some coworkers from my middle school to work on differentiated lessons for the 7th grade English curriculum. They want to do all of the hours in June so they can get paid before school starts up again. So again, working with all of our schedules, (plus one with babysitter needs) has been interesting!
*We did tons of stuff with CLA, JPJ and JPJ's sister MJ, since it was MJ's first time in the US. CA and JPJ totally planned her trip down to what meals they wanted her to try each day to introduce all types of cuisine (although, they never made it to the most American place of all -- the golden arches). Some or all of us went fishing, to a local park, shopping, to wedding showers, to Church, to Itasca, etc. We all helped plan CLA and JPJ's big day and had a wonderful time at the Groom's Supper. Then, at 04:05 on 06-07-08, CLA became Mrs. JPJ in a beautiful and wonderful ceremony. I even got to walk down the aisle with JJ (who was the best man). We had an awesome time dancing the night away. MJ taught us Hindi dancing. Later I was telling (and showing) someone how MJ had taught me how to dance. She said, "Is that how I look??!" heehee
*We even got to go along on the trip to Minneapolis to drop MJ off at the airport. The day before we went to Valley Fair and had a blast! I heart roller coasters - the bigger and scarier the better. The day before we left it rained and rained, so we were searching for other things to do in the cities, but on the day it was BEAUTIFUL. Yay! But it was so hot and sunny, JJ got sick -- maybe a bit of heat exhaustion.
*In Minneapolis, we got to stay with our buddies TAF and MF. They have a GORGEOUS house. I'm so jealous. I know we'll get to a house at some point, but they're there. And it's wonderful! Yay for them! They've done a bunch of updates - the house was vacant for quite some time before they moved in - and they've been doing a wonderful job. I love, love the paint colors and the things they brought back with them from Thailand. It all fits together so nicely. Gush, gush, I know. While hanging out with the F's, I got to go to a scrapbooking event with TAF, her SIL AP and a friend K something (who incidentally is a former Miss ND)! I even got to meet Miss SweetiePie NGP (AP's daughter). We went to Archivers to use all of their stuff, watch some demonstrations, and eat some junk food. I finished six pages (not so many, but a great start since I haven't scrapbooked since January) and TAF finished TEN.
*In Minneapolis, we also got to catch up with nieceypoos MH and KC (M's hubby PH was working). We can't wait to come back to Minneapolis in a couple of weeks for the H's wedding reception.
*Then, on the way back home, we caught up with CLJ's sister (JG) at their wonderful log cabin house for J's husband JG's bday party. We met and got to know JG and JG because they were also in CLJ and JPJ's wedding. It's funny because JJ and JG have the same first name, so it was easy to reprimand them. But, if we wanted to keep them straight, my JJ became "Tall J".
*Today we slept in until after 10am and haven't done anything productive since. Ahhh, laziness, sweet laziness.
*As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm working as a Mentor this summer - I currently have seven kiddos - and each kid gets thirty hours this summer. It sounded super simple to me, but I'm finding that these kids are busy and fitting them into a schedule has been a challenge. Plus, they all have different goals and things I'm working on with them. It's been a really positive experience so far though.
*Two workshops -- one on Poverty (check out Ruby Payne -- interesting stuff) and one on Differentiated Instruction (another valuable one with lots of things to ponder and try) - and with these workshops, I got two college credits (I'm already only six away from a lane change!).
*Out of the DI workshops, I got on a summer project with some coworkers from my middle school to work on differentiated lessons for the 7th grade English curriculum. They want to do all of the hours in June so they can get paid before school starts up again. So again, working with all of our schedules, (plus one with babysitter needs) has been interesting!
*We did tons of stuff with CLA, JPJ and JPJ's sister MJ, since it was MJ's first time in the US. CA and JPJ totally planned her trip down to what meals they wanted her to try each day to introduce all types of cuisine (although, they never made it to the most American place of all -- the golden arches). Some or all of us went fishing, to a local park, shopping, to wedding showers, to Church, to Itasca, etc. We all helped plan CLA and JPJ's big day and had a wonderful time at the Groom's Supper. Then, at 04:05 on 06-07-08, CLA became Mrs. JPJ in a beautiful and wonderful ceremony. I even got to walk down the aisle with JJ (who was the best man). We had an awesome time dancing the night away. MJ taught us Hindi dancing. Later I was telling (and showing) someone how MJ had taught me how to dance. She said, "Is that how I look??!" heehee
*We even got to go along on the trip to Minneapolis to drop MJ off at the airport. The day before we went to Valley Fair and had a blast! I heart roller coasters - the bigger and scarier the better. The day before we left it rained and rained, so we were searching for other things to do in the cities, but on the day it was BEAUTIFUL. Yay! But it was so hot and sunny, JJ got sick -- maybe a bit of heat exhaustion.
*In Minneapolis, we got to stay with our buddies TAF and MF. They have a GORGEOUS house. I'm so jealous. I know we'll get to a house at some point, but they're there. And it's wonderful! Yay for them! They've done a bunch of updates - the house was vacant for quite some time before they moved in - and they've been doing a wonderful job. I love, love the paint colors and the things they brought back with them from Thailand. It all fits together so nicely. Gush, gush, I know. While hanging out with the F's, I got to go to a scrapbooking event with TAF, her SIL AP and a friend K something (who incidentally is a former Miss ND)! I even got to meet Miss SweetiePie NGP (AP's daughter). We went to Archivers to use all of their stuff, watch some demonstrations, and eat some junk food. I finished six pages (not so many, but a great start since I haven't scrapbooked since January) and TAF finished TEN.
*In Minneapolis, we also got to catch up with nieceypoos MH and KC (M's hubby PH was working). We can't wait to come back to Minneapolis in a couple of weeks for the H's wedding reception.
*Then, on the way back home, we caught up with CLJ's sister (JG) at their wonderful log cabin house for J's husband JG's bday party. We met and got to know JG and JG because they were also in CLJ and JPJ's wedding. It's funny because JJ and JG have the same first name, so it was easy to reprimand them. But, if we wanted to keep them straight, my JJ became "Tall J".
*Today we slept in until after 10am and haven't done anything productive since. Ahhh, laziness, sweet laziness.
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