1) We traveled to Kansas City to my sister’s Skye’s house for Memorial Day weekend along with all my other siblings and their family’s. We try and do this several times a year and it is at the TOP of my list of things I enjoy her house is big enough that each of our family’s can have a bedroom to ourselves and stay comfortably. It’s perfect for the summer because there is a lake close for boating, a swimming pool for her neighborhood, and we each bring a crap load of wonderful food and we all just get to hang out, play with each other kids, cook out, swim, eat and just chill! I find it ultra-relaxing because HELLO its MY sister’s place…I am completely comfortable there (I can steal her clothes, borrow her face wash, and don’t feel guilty eating her food, you know…sister stuff! )
2) We traveled to Chanute for my 10 year class reunion! Yep, I am getting old! I swear I still think of myself as like a 22 year old. Its like after I graduated college and become an adult it has all blurred. Anyway I ended up having the most FABULOUS time EVER getting to see all my old friends! We are from a very small town and I can’t say that all people would have the same luck we do…but we really are just like out of a movie or something. It all clicks! Whenever we all get together it is as if we all see each other all the time! Completely comfortable and SO MUCH FUN! Even Robby (usually my anti-social grumpy husband) had a great time. We actually even got in a tiff the first night there because HE didn’t want to go home yet! Hah! Isn’t that the way it goes…you have to drag them there…but then can’t get them to leave! Regardless, I am glad he enjoyed it also…we need those adult nights out together!
3) We made a major grown up move and purchased two duplex’s. VERY scary and a lot of pressure to take something like that on…but its right up Robby’s alley in his line of work and we are trying to plan for Bobby’s future. We got through our second successful month (with just a few small hiccups) but so far I am very glad we took the big leap. They are right down the street from each other and almost look like twins…just the shutter color is different.
4) Bobby has started walking…he isn’t like full out taking off or anything (crawling is still the faster form of movement for him) but he takes 8-10 steps and then drops to his butt and then gets back up again. He loves to give five’s, and jabbers non-stop. Favorite words are Uh-Oh! I finally stopped nursing a couple of weeks ago…a little overdue at 13 months but HEY it’s harder to quit than what you think! He took the change easier than I did though (painful!) so we have moved completely to big boy sippy cups of whole milk. He has been sprouting out teeth like no other…two top molars and two bottom molars are already in…so twelve teeth total. He always starts out in his own bed to sleep at night…but quickly makes his move to ours within a couple of hours. I KNOW that I should probably get tough about making him sleep in his own bed. But the truth is Robby and I both enjoy snuggling him at night. He’s big enough now and easy to sleep with…and we all spend enough time apart when we have to go to work. It’s nice to get to all be together!
5) We got Bobby enrolled in the Mothers Day Out program at our church. This deserves a numbered item all to itself because it turned out to be QUITE a crazy ordeal. I have always heard wonderful things about the program from my friends and in Sunday service they often mention the expansion of the youth side on the back of the building. But I guess it never really clicked with me because at that point I didn’t have a child! WELL now I can see why! The program is so well known and such a good reputation that it has become INCREDIBLY hard to get into. They only had four spots available for the Young One Year Olds, four spot for the Older One year olds, and 2 spots for the Young Two year olds. And that was it…ALL other class were full. Well it was all based on a first come basis…so I knew it could be an early morning to try and get a spot. I had talked to Robby about possibly going in the night to ensure being first but we never even considered the ordeal we got into. My MIL drove by the church at 6 pm the night before and there were already FOUR people in line. 6 pm the NIGHT BEFORE PEOPLE!! This is nuts! So what does she do? She jumps out of the car and gets in line! She sat there from 6-10, my BIL Kevin just happened to be in town so he took the 10-12pm shift, Robby took over from 12-3 and I got bobby out of bed at 3 am and took the hand off from 3am-till it opened at 7am. We were all camped out in lawn chairs with sleeping bags and everything! We got the LAST spot available in the older one year old class! THE LAST SPOT! OMG I can’t even tell you how close I was to vomiting when we finally got in line and we didn’t know how the breakout was going to go. ALL this for Bobby to go to a fancy play group two days a week. HAH!! But he only deserves the best! I don’t regret it for an instant!! He starts in the fall...
6) I have told you people how much I LOVE water? I have been obsessed with swimming pools ALL my life. My mom swears I talked about them constantly as a child, I was on swim team all growing up, and I lifeguarded my way through high school. I still to this day can not get enough of it. I have daydreamed many times of the days ahead taking Bobby to a pool and getting to live through him all over again. WELL I don't think that is going to happen! Bobby is showing signs that he is NOT going to share this passion for water that I do! He often acts nervous in the bathtub, and the other day I was OH so excited to have him try out his water mat outside and what did he do? SCREAMED every time I sat him down on it. He was content sitting next to it...but just looking at it was as close as he was going to get. He must get this from his father!!! I will keep you posted out he is doing by the end of the summer.
7) We have our next Shriner appt this coming Tuesday at 8am. I have a lot of mixed emotions about this….some days its excitement to see if they have anything positive to say…other days its pure anxiety taking over me that they may want to operate on his sweet little hand. I KNOW deep down that I have to keep an open mind and that these are some of the BEST doctors available. But another part of me just says to LEAVE IT ALONE (I can’t tell if it’s a GUT feeling…or if it’s fear). But he is just doing so great with it and has full sensitivity….what if we end up making it worst by accident! I guess I will just have to wait and see what they say and weigh the options… my main objective will be to consider if what they want to do will actually improve his functionality at all. Cross your fingers for us…say a little prayer. I hope we have as good of an experience as we did with them last time.
Well that does it for today…you are all caught up! Hope everyone is having a GREAT summer!
