So our house is officially on the market as of last Monday! It is so exciting to know that our hard work, cleaning, organizing, packing, etc. finally has ended for now (until we need to clean again in a few days, but it's not the indepth cleaning like before...) and now we just pray and pray that God brings the perfect family to view and buy our home in his perfect timing! It's been different getting used to keeping our house so clean and always ready to be viewed, but we are getting used to it a little at a time and I'm SO glad that Scott is home to be able to help with whatever!
Having Scott home has been SO nice lately! The kids love having him here and being able to have so many appointments during the days now has been awesome! Daniel is extremely close to his daddy as of late, and has been having some difficulties whenever both Scott and I leave him for a date night or something because I think he thinks that his daddy is supposed to always be with him now. :o) I love seeing how much they love each other, but hopefully it won't be too hard of a transition when Scott begins going on campus full-time again when we get all our support raised!
We have had a lot of fun this week having some various family times together because we haven't had as many appointments this week as we had last week. The weather has been beautiful and cooler than it has been so we have taken advantage of that and went on bike rides around town twice this week which has been so nice! The kids pile into our bike trailer and most of the time they LOVE being pulled behind Scott's bike! Although we have had to talk to Daniel several times about not completely leaning on top of Lydia. ;o) Lol. They sit super close together in their seats so sometimes I think Daniel just gives up on trying to stay on his side. I have really enjoyed riding around town with my family, too, and love that we can do free family trips to the park and then Scott has treated us with some ice cream a few times on our rides which is always fun for me and the kids! :o) This morning we rode over to the park and then went to a few yard sales before the kids got tired for their naps. I'm going to definitely miss living in a smaller community like Fruita... that's for sure. It's so nice to be able to ride our bikes and not worry as much about crazy drivers or people who don't want us riding on the roads. I know Denver will be quite different than here, but I'm just praying that we'll be able to find a home in a wonderful neighborhood over there, with parks and ice cream stores and coffee shops within biking distance! :o)
Tonight we are going to the birthday party of a little friend of Daniel's from church! We are excited to hang out with their family and celebrate his 3rd birthday! Plus, I love seeing how much fun Daniel has playing with his friends! Then, tomorrow, we have my niece, Vienna's, 7th birthday party! I can't believe she is already 7! That will be so much fun to get together with all the family and all their friends to watch the kids swim and spend time together!
I have been planning and planning out Lydia's 1st birthday party! It is in two weeks and so far I haven't gotten many ideas together, but we are going to be doing an outside party at a park in GJ! I am doing a flowers/butterflies theme and it'll be so much fun doing something girly! :o) We get to go to Target in a few minutes (once we get the kids up from naps) to go find Lydia her birthday present... It's so different buying girl things! I love that we have both a boy and a girl! Makes for fun birthday planning and gift buying, that's for sure! :o) I'm not sure what to get her, though... I'm thinking something that is clearly girly might be good so hopefully Daniel won't try to claim it as his. Lol. He loves his sister and occasionally shares with her, but he still ends up taking most of the books and toys into his room instead of leaving some in hers... Poor girl. :o)
Well, this was an extremely random post, but I didn't have much time and I feel like there is SO much to write about! My next post might be about Lydia's party or her 1 year letter, but if I get the chance to, I'll try to write another catch-up post soon! And maybe add some pictures since I have been greatly lacking in that... (Although I know that most of those who read this see ALL the pics on facebook that I upload, so I think it's probably okay...) :o)
Our Family - Nov. 2014
Friday, August 24, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Are you really 11 months old already, Miss Lydia?!
Dear Lydia,
Hello my sweet 11-month old (and 9 days) little girl! It is so hard to believe that you are already almost a year old! Where has the time gone?! I feel like the last year has been such a blur in ways which is really sad! :o( It's definitely true that with kids time goes by so much faster! Although, at the same time, I can hardly remember not having you with us... I can hardly believe it was this time last year that I was getting near the end of your pregnancy... I was getting antsy and excited to see you and was wondering if you were going to be coming in August or September! So crazy!
You have been such a sweet girl, as normal, lately! You are pulling yourself up to a standing position ALL the time now and LOVING being able to do that! You also enjoy opening cabinets all over the place, looking through the refrigerator whenever we have it open, peeking into trash cans, pulling out toys out of Daniel's toy boxes and making a big mess, and so many other things! You just love exploring and learning what new things you can learn about! (Right now you are pulling everything off the side table next to meet... oh boy! Good times!) :o)
We just switched you to your 12 month clothes which is fun for you and me seeing you in all your new clothes! So thankful still for your Aunt Amanda letting you have all of your cousin, Vienna's, old clothes! You are finally growing and growing... Not sure how much you weigh but I'm guessing at least 18 1/2 or 19 lbs. by now! Such a big girl!
One of your favorite things to do that you have been doing more and more every day has been clapping and clapping! You are so cute when you get super excited or when Daniel or someone else (including you) does something awesome of fun and you clap and clap with a big smile on your face! You also love music and have recently started bobbing your head a little when you see your big brother dancing to music! :o) I am so excited for you to be able to start dancing along with your brother! I wonder if you'll like music as much as him?
You LOVE saying "uh-oh," "wow,"and you also have started repeating a lot of sounds and words when we say them first... I'm sure you'll be "talking" so much more soon!
I have been working on figuring out your 1st birthday party! Not sure what theme we will do yet, but I'm thinking maybe a pink butterfly type theme... I've seen lots of cute ideas and I think they would be so cute! We'll be doing the party at a park because our house goes up on the market on Friday and we don't want to have a showing in the middle of the party, but I think you'll love that because you love swinging at parks and crawling in the grass is one of your favorite activities!
You got four upper teeth this last month! I'm so sorry you had to get them all in at once, but you did awesome and only had a few fussier than normal days. Not sure when the others will be coming in... you have a total of six now!
A week ago Daddy and I went on a 3 1/2 day trip and you and Daniel got to spend some time with your Grandpa and Grandma and your Pappy and Maw-Maw! You did awesome with them (although I'm sure you missed me a lot more than you let on... ;o) and you are now so much closer to your Grandma and Maw-Maw! It is so nice seeing you want to go with them when we go visit now instead of just staying with me all the time... You make them so happy when you give them kisses and hugs and big smiles!
We need to start doing more painting and coloring activities with you because you love doing art stuff! (Definitely like big brother in that!) We did a hand painting activity with your cousin Vienna the other day, and you had so much fun having me paint your hand all purple for your elephant! :o) It was such a cute little elephant!
We love you oh so much little one! Thanks for all you do to brighten our lives! Praying that this next month is awesome for you and that you become even closer friends with your big brother! I love watching y'all grow up together!
Love,
Mommy
Hello my sweet 11-month old (and 9 days) little girl! It is so hard to believe that you are already almost a year old! Where has the time gone?! I feel like the last year has been such a blur in ways which is really sad! :o( It's definitely true that with kids time goes by so much faster! Although, at the same time, I can hardly remember not having you with us... I can hardly believe it was this time last year that I was getting near the end of your pregnancy... I was getting antsy and excited to see you and was wondering if you were going to be coming in August or September! So crazy!
You have been such a sweet girl, as normal, lately! You are pulling yourself up to a standing position ALL the time now and LOVING being able to do that! You also enjoy opening cabinets all over the place, looking through the refrigerator whenever we have it open, peeking into trash cans, pulling out toys out of Daniel's toy boxes and making a big mess, and so many other things! You just love exploring and learning what new things you can learn about! (Right now you are pulling everything off the side table next to meet... oh boy! Good times!) :o)
We just switched you to your 12 month clothes which is fun for you and me seeing you in all your new clothes! So thankful still for your Aunt Amanda letting you have all of your cousin, Vienna's, old clothes! You are finally growing and growing... Not sure how much you weigh but I'm guessing at least 18 1/2 or 19 lbs. by now! Such a big girl!
One of your favorite things to do that you have been doing more and more every day has been clapping and clapping! You are so cute when you get super excited or when Daniel or someone else (including you) does something awesome of fun and you clap and clap with a big smile on your face! You also love music and have recently started bobbing your head a little when you see your big brother dancing to music! :o) I am so excited for you to be able to start dancing along with your brother! I wonder if you'll like music as much as him?
You LOVE saying "uh-oh," "wow,"and you also have started repeating a lot of sounds and words when we say them first... I'm sure you'll be "talking" so much more soon!
I have been working on figuring out your 1st birthday party! Not sure what theme we will do yet, but I'm thinking maybe a pink butterfly type theme... I've seen lots of cute ideas and I think they would be so cute! We'll be doing the party at a park because our house goes up on the market on Friday and we don't want to have a showing in the middle of the party, but I think you'll love that because you love swinging at parks and crawling in the grass is one of your favorite activities!
You got four upper teeth this last month! I'm so sorry you had to get them all in at once, but you did awesome and only had a few fussier than normal days. Not sure when the others will be coming in... you have a total of six now!
A week ago Daddy and I went on a 3 1/2 day trip and you and Daniel got to spend some time with your Grandpa and Grandma and your Pappy and Maw-Maw! You did awesome with them (although I'm sure you missed me a lot more than you let on... ;o) and you are now so much closer to your Grandma and Maw-Maw! It is so nice seeing you want to go with them when we go visit now instead of just staying with me all the time... You make them so happy when you give them kisses and hugs and big smiles!
We need to start doing more painting and coloring activities with you because you love doing art stuff! (Definitely like big brother in that!) We did a hand painting activity with your cousin Vienna the other day, and you had so much fun having me paint your hand all purple for your elephant! :o) It was such a cute little elephant!
We love you oh so much little one! Thanks for all you do to brighten our lives! Praying that this next month is awesome for you and that you become even closer friends with your big brother! I love watching y'all grow up together!
Love,
Mommy
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