Whoa. It's been a minute. A
LONG one. One of our newest friends whom we met through Maddux's daycare said
she stumbled across our blog, so I decided to stumble across it too, and it had
me in full memory effect. The blog has become more about the kids, and when
they are older I want them to see what life is like when they were young.
I let it go for a while because well, 3 kids will do it to ya. So, after
reading through a few of the posts, I was more than grateful that I wrote in
the first place. SOOOOO many memories! So, here we go on the longest update
ever...
Last time we met, Micah was 8, Kapri was 5 and you were just
getting to know Maddux. For times sake (remember 3 kids, no time) I'll bullet for ya.
Micah (9)
· Ending
3rd grade and excelling in school, STILL a bit too talkative in
class
· Working
towards his 2nd degree black belt
· Has
a new love of soccer and is pretty darn good! (Shhhhh we try and minimalize the
whole soccer thing, as you know we are diamond peeps around here)
· Likes
being a part of “clubs” (made up by him) example: Xbox club, volleyball club… and he has to type out his agendas. I try and
wrap my head around when these so-called clubs meet, like is it during
lunchtime or at STEP. I keep picturing a bunch of 9 year olds having
a secret meeting about how to kill a plant if you’re a zombie and visa versa, and then how can that possibly be a
fun club to be in? Or, why do you have to meet about volleyball, why
can’t you just go play? But whatever, I digress.
· He
and Kapri still play with each other, but only at home. Once we hit
school grounds he get’s into the “no sister” zone. Which
makes it fun for me to tell him to walk with her or wait with her, I love
seeing the “ughhh why Mom,
WHY” reaction.
· We
were very proud earlier this month to see him make his 1st Holy
Communion.
Kapri (6)
· Ending
1st grade and is finishing up strong!
· She
tried softball for the first time this spring at did awesome. I really am
hoping she gets the bug to continue, but for now she still wants to dance and
be a rockstar… so we will let her.
· Kapri
is my kind hearted, help others, people pleaser. She comes home on a
weekly basis with what they call “kindness” coins from picking up trash during her lunch break. STOP.IT.
Yep, she is so sweet.
· Kapri
and Maggie are still two peas in a pod. Both have ventured outside
of their 2-person circle and have made new friends, but those two always seem
to find each other at the end of each day.
· Micah
is STILL her favorite person and MANY times we have to tell her to leave him
alone. Whatever he is doing, she is or wants to be doing too.
Maddux (Just turned 3)
· Let’s get you up to speed with this third child of ours. You know the
saying “if you had your last one first, you would only
have one”…
· He
is what I call my “passionate” child. When he is mad, he is PASSIONATE about being
mad. When he loves and laughs, he is PASSIONATE about it. This kid
goes from 1 to 60 in less then a second.
· You
know the other saying “watch out for
the terrible two’s” well whoever said that is wrong. It’s the THREE’S and it ‘s just downright wicked.
· He
is juuuuust a bit attached to me (strong possibility that could be my fault),
and when I say attached, I mean screams bloody murder if I (when I say “I” I really
do mean ME) don’t take him to
school, put him to bed, open his snack packs, give him a bath, take him to the
bathroom (speaking of bathroom, potty training was an EIGHT, yep 8 month
process), serve him breakfast.
· The
other side to this… when he
laughs, the room turns to him and everyone smiles. When he has a story to tell
it always involves a car, an elephant, a mustache and a hotdog. He has to be
one of the funniest 3 year olds alive.
· He
has all 4 of us wrapped around his little finger, and he knows it.
· He
has gained 2 new buddies (brothers) at school who are named Micah and
Luk(ie). Some days they are my only saving grace to get him inside
the gates!!
Matt & I (10 years, coming up on 11)
· We
are doing well with the business, as we grow and learn and navigate the
business world we still are finding ways to improve and get better. We will be
entering our 17th year of the TIG!
· Our
goal was to find a forever home a few (FIVE) years ago, but as always, life was
a bit hectic. We finally started looking a little over a year ago and didn’t find the “right” one. So we did what any other normal crazy
person would do, we decided to find some land and build. Yep, we are totally normal insane.
We found some land, and are in the closing process of the whole loan
part. Which means we will hopefully start building in the next few
weeks here! Boy, what a long crazy process it has been to take this on, I am
really crossing my fingers that we don’t go mad
waiting on this endeavor to finish. Wish us luck, say some prayers.
· Matt
is still playing Men’s baseball (to
the dismay of his body), and is rocking it in the Dad department. The kids have
so much fun with him, and as they grow I see his witty humor seeping into them.
He is the calm to my crazy.
· I
am still crazy and am coaching both high school and club softball. Our high
school team just finished up with our 2nd State Championship, I
couldn’t be more proud of them. And with only a week
off, we are now in full club ball effect.
So, what have learned? Life is crazy busy, beautiful, hard and
worth every second. Big shout out to Cheryl for stumbling across our blog… life is too fast not to slow down, breath it in and write
down the good, the bad and the unforgettable.
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