I realize it has been a long while since my last post. Shame on me! I am so behind that I will just sum up the last few months.
We had a nice Thanksgiving at my Uncle Tim and Aunt Lesa’s house with my side of the family. After we were finished eating we took off to the Festival of Trees with my parents. Mason loved it, and we enjoyed seeing his excitement. . It was really nostalgic for me too. We use to go to there about every year when I was a kid for dance recitals and such. I wouldn’t mind making it a new tradition for our family. It was a fun start to some much needed vacation time for Doug. He had been working like crazy all year while surviving two lay-offs.
The day after Thanksgiving we met Doug’s sister Jaime, and her little family for lunch, while they were quickly passing through to Oregon. They live in California, so it was a real treat for us to see them. On our way home we were rear-ended. After almost four months of chiropractic/physical therapy I am finaly feeling better. Doug just finished his treatment, and luckily the boys bounced back after several adjustments. I guess kids are really resilient. I could have never imagined how stressful and time consuming car accidents are. Thank goodness for my mom! She was there to baby-sit and help out countless times. We will be celebrating “Black Friday” in 2010 at home for sure.
Christmas was nice and quiet. Just what we needed. My parents joined us for dinner Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, along with Seth and Keli. Work started to normalize for Doug a little, and he had over a week off. You would think a week off would have been very relaxing, but no. With Doug working so much this last year many of our projects got pushed until later, like cleaning the carpets. We wanted to do this ourselves, so we could do a really good job. It proved to be a much bigger undertaking than we thought, especially with a 2 1/2 year old. I ended up taking the kids and spending two nights at my parents while the carpets dried. The carpets look brand new and I don’t hesitate to lay Myles down on them. It was comforting to see that they weren’t all that dirty either.
Sometimes I let my imagination go a little crazy when I think of everything that’s leaked or spilled on them. I’m learning to chill-out a little when it comes to cleanliness. I remember when Mason was a baby I would NEVER consider laying him on the floor without a blanket, and if his baby toys got fell on the floor they were thrown in the washing machine. One day my Mom told me all of the baby toys were totally tattered, because I washed them too much. It’s funny to see how much has changed with baby #2.
All I remember of New Years is that I went to bed at 9:00 p.m. I wasn’t even awakened by the fireworks. That’s how out of it I was. “Good Bye 2009. I will NOT miss you!” That weekend Doug’s parents came for Christmas #2. I must admit I do like celebrating Christmas twice! Along with being terrible about updating my blog I’ve been slacking on taking pictures too. I do have some pictures, but they are not the greatest, so I’m moving on…
February was my Birthday month. The highlight of our month was taking our first trip ever with two kids. We had wanted to wait to travel until Myles was a little older, and we had a bigger car. We went to eastern Idaho. Kade and Nicole were nice enough to let us crash at their house in Rigby, along with my parents. It was such a fun trip! Nicole (my ultra-talented sister) started a professional dance company, and we were able to attend their first performance that weekend. We celebrated my Birthday and spent some time with Doug’s parents as well. The icing on the cake was both kids did really well with the drive, and with sleeping away from home. I was shocked.
For my Birthday Nicole gave me a photography session. She took tons of other great pictures, but hasn’t had time to edit them. I edited this one, but I’ll post more when she gets done with them.
