Playing Catch Up

Well...it's been a few weeks since I've done a real blog update. I have LOTS of pictures to show you, and really they do tell the story of the last few weeks quite well. Most of you prefer pictures to my ranting and raving right? So here you go!!

Beth's 2nd Birthday: We celebrated by going to see Rio in the theater. Beth did really well. It was a fun movie and we all enjoyed it!

After the movie we did some shopping and found Beth a cool new toy. It interacts with the TV and she can learn about numbers, colors, math, etc. She loves to play the "star" game!

We celebrated her birthday with my family a few weeks before her actual birthday. And we celebrated with Andrew's family a week or so after her birthday. She was very eager to blow out her candles, but I covered her mouth and made her wait till we were done singing. When I removed my hand she said "Hap Birday!"....

At 2 years old, Beth is 27lbs and 34in tall. She knows LOTS of words and phrases, but her favorites are:

"No Way"

"Word World" (or some variation)

"Baby it's O-Tay"

"Sorry" (which sounds like Sh-are-y)

"Picture"

and "Come here" (which sounds like mirror)

She is very smart and helpful. It's amazing how much she's grown and learned in just a few short months.

A few days later we celebrated the 4th of July. At this point I had run out of adrenaline. The long nights, and busy days were starting to wear me out. So when the 4th came along, I wasn't sure if I was up to going anywhere. Beth wasn't in a very good mood all day. But, we decided to go for it. After much deliberation we ended up down at the train depot. Beth enjoyed the fireworks, although she didn't enjoy how loud they were. She made Andrew hold his hand on her ear the entire show.

We celebrated my 24th birthday about a week later. We really didn't have much planned, but I told Andrew I wanted to go to Five Guys and get a good burger for lunch. It was delicious.

Speaking of eating healthy....i've started a new "program" I guess you can call it. I've named it the KC Incentive Program. The name is after my best friend Kristin. She came up with the genius idea of getting rewards for working out. So, when I work out for a certain amount of days, I earn a prize. My workouts can be various things, so I don't get sick of one thing. And I also have goals for weight loss. I'm very excited!!

The last few weeks have FLOWN by. Ami is almost 5 weeks old, and changing every day. When we went to the doctor for her 2 week appt (which due to the 4th, was closer to 3 weeks), she weighed 8lbs 7ounces, WOW! And was 21.5 inches tall. She had gained 20 ounces and 1 whole inch in only 1 WEEK! She continues to grow fast, and is now outgrowing most of her newborn clothes. I feel a little sad about it, but we have plenty of cute 3 month clothes, and we can't wait to see more of her personality come out. We finally caught a partial smile in a picture! She has the biggest smile, but I never have a camera handy for those.

 Beth tries really hard to be mom's helper, even though sometimes, she's not that helpful. She loves to wear an apron and try to help me cook. She also loves carrying her baby around in my front pack.

I'm re-learning how to balance my home responsibilities, now with 2 kids, but still only 2 hands and 1 husband. :-) Sometimes when Andrew gets home at night, I have no patience or energy left to even talk to him. Poor guy. There have been a few days and nights where I feel like everything is out of control. Luckily, I have great family and friends who I can turn to for help and advice. I have a few friends who recently have had babies, and I LOVE talking to them about frustrations and triumphs! I'm starting to feel like I can handle this crazy thing called life, and one day, eventually, I will have time for everything....maybe? :-). All in all, It's been a wonderful few weeks, and we feel very blessed!

I will probably be without a computer for another few weeks, but I'm sure my dedicated readers (eyeroll) will find other worthwhile things to do with their time till I can blog again. Right. I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!

Happy Blogging!