A little update, long overdue...
Well I have NOT done a good job of blogging. I find myself motivated to get pictures on my tmh blog and not this one...and that is NOT the way I wanted it to be. So here we are...I've got a new goal. We will see if I can keep up with it. Once a week. Starting now!!
It's been a busy couple of months for us. We have traveled a lot and we have had a lot of visitors. But it has been BLESSED. We have so enjoyed meeting up with old friends, spending time with family and filling our souls.
One things I'm observing is the behavior of Addie Rose. I just can't figure this girl out. She is an ABSOLUTE angel for everyone she is with when I am not around...but when that girl is with me...whew. She is a challenge. She stands at my feet the majority of the time and cries or whines. This is mostly a product of her being unable to tell me what she wants and her getting frustrated...but yet she doesn't do it with anyone else. Weird. I know it's just a phase but it does wear on me a little bit.
Other than that somewhat challenging habit...I'm still completely smitten by her. One hug or kiss from that girl and my heart melts. Thank goodness for that because it gets me through the 90% of the day that is challenging.
She LOVES her brother. At least once a day they have these little moments that I just observe from across the room. Today it was while he was doing homework. Jackson and I were working at the table on his letter book. She climbed up behind him on his chair and hugged him from behind. It was the sweetest thing. It's honestly those moments that just make me so in love with that little one.
And then there is J-man. As Michael and I observed...we so easily forget those hard moments we may have had with him in the beginning...because now we are dealing with Addie and he just seems to be this amazing little man. Of course he has moments but all in all he is just such a good little boy. He started soccer and had his first game on Sunday. He gets a little distracted but with Daddy out on the field it helps. He and his daddy had some man-time this weekend while Addie and I went home. They spent some great quality time together. One of those moments included buying Jackson a razor scooter with which he is OBSESSED with. He wakes up and first thing wants to go to the skateboard park every day. We took him on Sunday. Total. Stud. He rides around with the skateboarders like he is one of them. Goes down ramps...has figured out how to do the 'bunny hop'. He has no fear. This no fear was a part of him when he took a digger on a crack in the sidewalk and crashed too. :) Luckily he had a helmet on and he is the type of kid to be hurt but not let it stop him.
Jackson has also just become a little friend. He is a conversationalist-still loves to talk to anyone anywhere. We joke that it is because of him we are meeting people at church. No joke, we went to an event at St. Paul's a few months back and two different couples came up to us and said, "Your Spiderman's parents-I've been telling people about him..." Charisma that kid has...charisma.
All in all we couldn't feel more blessed. Me not working as much and Michael working from home has offered us a great year as a family. We have grown and spent so much time together...so different than how our lives looked in Madison. And I miss friendships in Madison all the time...but somehow I think God knew we needed a year to hibernate from our pretty active lifestyle. Slowly and surely we are gaining some of that back...but in the meantime-I'm so thankful we have had these moments to appreciate each other and our little family.
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