I haven't blogged in almost 6 months!! I'm pregnant and lazy, so cut me some slack :) Luckily, I have been contributing to the family newsletter... so here are our excerpts for the last few months!
March was another busy month for our family! Steve finished his training and spent time with us while he waited for his IOE (Initial Operating Experience). Thanks to some clerical errors and a lost employee file, we got to hang out all month! We had Joe and Tom and Grandma and Kate and Luke and Amie all come visit in March! We took our first trip on our very own non-rev passes! We went to Philadelphia for a week to visit Kathleen's dad and also so Kathleen could go to a bachelorette party and bridal shower for her friend. We went to the Musical Instrument Museum. We have had fun playing with Matt & McKensie's family. I think we have spent more time at their house than we have our own lately! April is looking equally busy! We applied for an apartment and will hopefully be moving sometime soon!
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April was full of playing with cousins, traveling to Idaho for Erin's graduation, signing a lease on our new apartment, and some big news for our family! Surprise! We found out we're having another baby!
May went by too quickly. Lots of swimming and playing. Steve flew to Dallas and drove a truck of our stuff up to our new apartment. Week-long stomach bugs that hit Ruthie and George both (separately... so we cleaned up barf for almost 2 weeks). Grandma and Grandpa came for to AZ for the day to pick up our car and drive it to Missouri! They are wonderful!! Kathleen went to Tampa for a few days to be the matron of honor in her friend's wedding. Once Steve had a few days off in a row, he flew to AZ and all 4 of us flew to our new home! Steve almost didn't make it on our flight, so Kathleen was prepping to fly by herself (and totally scared with the amount of luggage we had)! Luckily, there was a seat for him at the last second and we all made it together! We are not quite all moved in... we are still trying to figure out how we are going to organize everything. We miss Matt & McKensie and the boys, but we like it here so far! That takes us to the end of the month!
June was a blur! We finished our move, explored our new neighborhood, and just enjoyed being all together as a family. We started to make new friends and took care of all of our past-due doctor's appointments! We celebrated our 5th anniversary, father's day, and Steve's birthday!
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July was a great month! We had so much fun seeing everyone at the family reunion! After the family reunion, we went to Philadelphia for a layover that ended up being a week! Kathleen and the kids hung out with her dad & step-mom while Steve had a trip. We spent a lot of time at the playground and splash pad! Steve did a lot of flying in July. We went to the St. Louis temple for the first time and then took the kids to check out the zoo... which is FREE here! July feels like it came and went so quickly! That means we are one month closer to fall!! We are ready for some cooler weather!
August was a pretty mellow month! Kathleen had her 20 week ultrasound and we found out we're having another girl! And no, we don't have a name picked out yet! We have a few contenders, but we haven't chosen anything! Kathleen and the kids flew to AZ and Steve was there for 2 days, too. We saw Matt & McKensie and the boys, celebrated Kathleen's sister's baby shower, went to the train park, and went swimming. It was a fun week! Kathleen survived TWO plane rides by herself with the kids. George is getting very interested in the new baby and asking all sorts of questions... including "how did the baby get in there?" and "how does the baby get out of there?" There are some more innocent questions, too... like "Can the baby (watch tv/eat food/hear me)?" He is excited to have another little sister... we just wish he would be this nice to the sister he already has! As Ruthie approaches 2, she has become much less agreeable. She basically just wants the opposite of whatever we give her or try to get her to do. She is talking a lot more.. and her favorite word is "no." So... fun times around here!
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Ok, so that's the end of the newsletter blurbs... but here's more catching up...
September so far has been great! We celebrated my 28th birthday by going to the temple and then I got a haircut! Steve made me delicious steak and veggies for dinner and got me a "gooey butter cake," which I guess is a St Louis thing... and it is delicious! I had another check-up and baby is looking great! For the first time, I have a kid with a normal-sized head! She was measuring in the 56th percentile! Whoa! I was shocked! George has a chart where he gets stars for going to bed nicely (without a fight and without it taking 2+ hours). Yesterday, George finally earned enough stars (14) to get a lego set. While we were grocery shopping, I took him to the toy aisle and let him pick out a duplo set. Let's just say, we set the goal a little low for a prize that big... and next month, if he gets 20 stars, he gets a happy meal! He loves his legos, though... they kept him occupied all day yesterday and half of the day so far today (we've been lazy and watching tv).
