Quickly checking in!

I am on my computer less and less these days. When I am on it's to check my email quickly, or work on editing pictures. Last week we finally took Brody in to get his first hair cut. It feels kind of weird to me now when I look at him. He still looks little but a little bit more grown up. He did pretty well until they got the razor out and then he started to pitch a fit. I could imagine it's kind of scary when your dad comes over and puts the Mike Tyson grip on you and some strange guy that you don't know is coming at you with some weird thing that is buzzing. The only time we hold him down is when something he doesn't like is about to happen so he started screaming. Poor little guy. We got through it and at the end I clapped for him and told him it was all done. He looks at me in the mirror and starts to clap but he was still crying. It was really cute.

My weekend was a whirl wind and has left me exhausted. I need to go to bed but really wanted to catch up on my blog. So Friday night we stayed home and I got my stuff together for my first wedding for the summer. I was a little nervous as it was a Catholic wedding and they are usually very particular about there being no flash used during the Mass. I can respect that it just makes lighting a bit more challenging. I also was going to my friends Bachelorette party after the wedding.
So first off the wedding pictures were starting at 9:30 on Saturday. I plan a lot of time for pictures and I always use all the time that I have up. I planned on being at the church by 8:45 so that I could play around in the Sanctuary a bit with the lighting. My sister Roxanne assists me and we arrived at the church around 8:50 am. I got up at 6 that morning and couldn't go back to sleep. So I figured it would be a long day but I had no idea how long it would actually be. The wedding went well and was really fun. The couple was probably the most or one of the most fun I have had photographing. They were so sweet and completely in love. I was excited to be there but was so excited to be done so I could head to the party. :) You can view some of the pictures on my photography blog. If you go to the side of my blog and click on JR Photography blog it will take you there. (Sorry I tried to create a link but it wasn't working.)

Anyway we are done with the wedding, finally packed up and I get in the SUV to start it and it won't start. GUESS WHO LEFT THE LIGHTS ON??? ROXANNE!!!!

HAHAHAHAHHA... no I am just kidding. I left the lights on but when Don asked me what happened jokingly I told him Roxanne did it. :) Poor girl. So I found a guy to help us but he had to go looking for jumper cables. He was trying to figure out how he would pull up to the SUV to give it a jump and I told him that I could just back up and pull up to him so that we were facing each other. He looks at me and says :Uhhh.. No you can'!" and I said "WHY NOT!!" Seriously I said this and he looks at me and says " Think about it." Roxanne finally intervenes and says Jennifer the SUV is dead... OH YEAH! Mommy Moment # 456,763. So that was embarrassing. It gets better. The truck is ready. So I get in start backing up and realize that I left the hatch back open!! My photography equipment was in the back. Lovely. I am getting brighter by the moment. Oh yeah did I mention that I had introduced myself to a bridesmaid and then 10 minutes later introduced myself to the same bridesmaid. :)

Ok... on with my story. So we are finally home. I go freshen up. I hadn't eaten since breakfast and it is now 3:45. I had breakfast at 7am. I needed to eat something so I grabbed a banana. I am finally on my way to the bachelorette party. Little did I know what was to come. What should have been a 25 minute drive took me over an hour! I get into the area and am driving down a cty rd. looking for my turn. I knew I had gone a mile but did not see my turn. I turned around and looked for it again. NOTHING... I turned around and looked for it again. I was started to get flustered. I turned around again... and started heading back towards the road I had turned off of. I pulled into an SA. I had been driving around for about 30 minutes at this point. I get a hold of Don at the phone at the gas station because I did not have a cell phone. He gave me the phone number I needed for the girl hosting the party. NO ANSWER!!! I was about ready to cry. I asked for a local map. I looked at the map and found the road I needed it and took note of the bigger roads around it. It looked like it was a split intersection one road going to the right and a different road to the left. Sure enough, I find the intersection and the road I needed. The road going to the right from the direction I was coming from was a main road well known and marked clearly with an arrow pointing that way. However, there was no description of the road that goes to the left or the street name. The sign wasn't right off the road it was in a bit so really hard to see. I was so mad.... I don't know how the heck I would have ever found it if it wasn't for the map. So I look at the rest of the directions and they aren't making any sense. So I stop again and ask a woman in the neighborhood where the road was that I needed. Luckily I was right by it and she knew exactly where it was. I finally find the house. I got there about 5:45pm and had left my house at 4:25. It was awful. I was so flustered. I walk in the door and was asked right away if I had called from the SA... yep that was me. They all felt bad, apparently a lot of people had gotten lost. The directions from mapquest were terrible. So they gave me a margarita, made me a plate of food and the festivities began. We were going to a dueling piano bar and had reserved seating, so we had a limited time to open gifts and head to the piano bar. It was so fun to watch her open her gifts.
The piano bar was crazy. I was expecting something totally different then what it was. It was really fun but much more vulgar then I thought it would be. The guys playing piano were pretty much making crude sex jokes the whole night and everyone in the bar was pretty smashed. Including my girlfriend! Whoopsie! It was HER bachelorette party. Needless to say I think she had a good time. We were probably the most conservative group there. We all had fun and at some point everyone danced but compared to the people around us we were pretty tame. I brought my camera and took many hilarious pictures and at some point I am going to post some or create a slideshow from the night. I didn't get to bed until about 2am, now if you remember I started my day at 6am!! I was SOOOO tired when I got home.

So Don let me sleep in this morning, but I still woke up around 8am and couldn't go back to sleep. So I pull myself out of bed, head into the living room. He looks at me and says do you mind if I go back to sleep. So he went back to bed, about an hour later Brody went down for his morning nap. At this point I was wide awake but I knew it would hit me later. I decided to take out the computer and start going through wedding pictures. Around NOON... Don comes out of the bedroom!! Seriously I wish I could fall back asleep but that has never been one of my qualities, UNFORTUNATELY! Shortly after Brody followed. We really didn't do much all day. I have been more tired then I have felt in a long time. Even now not sure why the heck I am still up but I am. We went to the park after supper just to get some fresh air. We got home put Brodes to bed and then decided to sit outside and play some cards. It was a nice way to end our weekend. This weekend was fun but it definately made me feel like an old lady; one I am not as comfortable in bars as I used to be ( which is ok. by me), two I can't stay up as late as I used to. I felt hungover all day and I can guarantee you that I wasn't. Oh well. Good night all.. this old lady is going to bed!

Just living life!

I was trying to think about what I have been doing so that I could update you all but I can't remember what I did last weekend. :) Oh boy!?? Alzheimers is already kicking in.... I am in trouble considering I am only in my early thirties.

Ok seriously though I think we stayed in Friday. Saturday Don, Brody, and I went to the gym to work out and NOW I remember. Saturday night we went to his cousin's graduation party from college. Oh yes. After we went to the Y we went to the meat market. My girlfriend introduced me to this meat market about a year ago now and we have been going ever since. So we got home from the meat market, Brody took a nap, and after he got up we got ready to go to the grad party. It started at 11:30 but we decided to spend the day together and go closer to the evening. So around 4:45 we finally get there. Brody had just fallen asleep for another nap and as we are sitting there chatting trying to let him take a nap we realize that we left the meat in the trunk of the car at HOME! So we were hoping that it hadn't gone bad and turned around to go home. When we got home Don got it out of the trunk and everything was still frozen solid. LUCKILY!! Seriously it was like $50 worth of food. I just felt sick thinking about losing all that meat. No worries. Anyway, we finally got to the party and it was really fun to be there to celebrate with him. We are really getting more connected to this side of the family and I am so happy for Don that he has made this connection.

Sunday we went to church and in the afternoon I snuck out to go do a little shopping. I needed to get some shoes for my friends wedding. It was fun. I had a little quiet time to myself. A friend of Don's came over for supper and we had a really nice visit. Such a great friend. Don and him went to college together. We watched a movie, chatted and I turned in. They stayed up talking till about 1:30am. I am such an old lady. Anyway it was a good weekend.

Yesterday was my girls night. It was so fun. My girlfriend came over and we went to the gym and exercised together and then we went out to eat at one of my favorite restraurants, "The Good Earth." YUM!! It was really so much fun to see her and visit. We always laugh when we are together. She is getting married in just a little over 2 weeks and I can't even believe it. We have been friends since we were in Jr. High and I am certain we always will be. I am taking her pictures for her wedding and am so excited and nervous at the same time. This weekend is her bachelorette party and I am sooooo excited. We are getting together for Margarita's and appetizers & then going out to a dueling piano bar. So hopefully I will get some pictures from the night and have something fun to share with you next week. I also have my first wedding of the summer this Saturday so I will post some of those pictures on my blog, hopefully next week. Well Brodes is sleeping and I should actually do something! Have a great day. :)

My big boy!

Brody has discovered that he can climb onto the chairs and the couch. It's really quite cute. Sometimes it makes me nervous but I love how proud he is of himself. He works so hard, gets up there sits up and smiles so big.

This week I am making an appointment to cut his hair. I want to get it cut because it's getting straggly and yet at the same time I am not quite sure I am ready for it. I am not quite ready for my baby to be a little toddler. He is acting so much bigger and now he is going to look bigger too!!! AHHH!!

Sex in the City

If there is one quality about myself that could possibly get me into trouble it's that I am curious. People will warn me against movies but my curiousity gets the best of me and I just have to see it. I have watched Sex in the City episodes on TV. Sometimes they can be funny, sometimes a little too vulgar for my taste. I had gone back in forth in my head whether or not I would go see the movie. I was curious. I even looked at reviews first, not just regular movie reviews but I went online to Christianity Today. There was a mild warning but it didn't seem that bad and they didn't say to stay away. So I thought maybe it wouldn't be that bad, maybe a nude seen here or there and I could look away. The thing that made me more intrigued was that the writer said that it was really good how they depicted the relationship between the ladies. That synched it for me. I wanted to see it at that point.

Unfortunately I could never recommend this movie. I had heard that in one of the HBO episodes at one point they had shown a man naked. So I expected something but not what I got. I will say that I tried to close my eyes anytime there was anything sexual or nakedness. However, I didn't always succeed in anticipating the upcoming events. The sex scenes aren't even like sex scenes I felt like I was watching soft porn. The scenes were graphic, and completely unneccessary for the movie.

For me it was unfortunate. I will say that the relationship between the women was depicted beautifully. Their friendship was shown in a way that I felt I had never quite seen in the actual shows. Also, the story line was captivating and engaging. They did an amazing job with the movie. I am sad because I would have loved to own it, but would never want this movie in my home because of their depiction of sexual relations and the lack of modesty in the film. I was told by my sister as she laughs, "Well the title is Sex in the City." The moral of the story... curiousity killed the cat. :)

Loudest in the class!

Tonight was our first swim lesson. I might be a tad critical because I have taught swimming before. There were two girls who taught the class together. One of them was the lead instructor and the other girl seemed to be assisting. The lead instructor started class out by saying that she had a lot of experience with Parent/Child classes and follows up the statement with UNFORTUNATELY. I couldn't help but react on my face and then she sorted back tracked. I still gasp at thought of that coming out of her mouth!! Oh well. Apparently it's not her favorite class to teach. I also was expecting that they would have some sort of introductions so that the parents could get to know each other and get to know the other kids in the class. No introductions. Again, oh well. Like I said this is what I am used to from teaching it myself. I am just going to have to be assertive and talk to the others moms and introduce Brody and myself. However, that leads me to the title of the blog. Brody will not need any introductions. He was SOOO excited. Squealing away. If you don't know my child the first thing you would probably notice about him is that he is VERY verbal. He loves to talk to people. He is also in a screaming phase, so when he is not jabbering sweetly he is likely to be found screaming. The women in the Child care at the Y tell me all the time how talkative he is and how much they love it. So since he was excited he was just squealing away. Everyone kept looking at us. :) I don't recall even hearing any other children, except for the sad little girl who left early because she was having a hard time adjusting to the water. Poor little thing. It didn't help that the water was COLD. Seriously the instructor was shivering. So Brody was even more loud then the sad little girl who was crying. I will say the it was so fun. I loved interacting with him this way and working with him to teach him to swim. I love the water. I love swimming. It's always been important to me that my kids learn to swim at a young age. I believe that swimming builds confidence. I wondered whether or not my kids would like the water because Don doesn't so much. He hates getting wet, especially his ears. But so far so good. Brody is a natural. Loves to try and put his face in and is getting more comfortable on his back. It was very fun!

Camping MOMMY MOMENT Style!

Well I am going to back track a bit before I get to the camping. We have been busy busy busy! It's been fun but we are all pooped out. :) I have many pictures to be uploaded very soon. Last week I finally did a photo shoot of Brody for his one year pictures, we used a pool that he got for his birthday for the first time but the big things were that we spent the day Thursday with my sisters and nieces at the children's museum and then went camping for Father's day weekend.

So Thursday was fun and busy day. I woke up Friday to a very sore throat. So Brody and I mellowed out on Friday. I had a meeting but other then that we stayed in. Don asked me Friday are you going to be able to go camping?? I awoke Saturday morning to a terrible cold medicine hangover!! :) Do you ever get those after have night time cold medicine I feel groggy the whole next day. So I woke up with a terrible head ache and still feeling like I was sleeping while I was walking around. However, I had a husband that was already planning his camping trip. So I told myself I am going to go and have fun. This is the one thing he wanted to do for Father's day. So while he was working outside I worked on packing Brody and I up, and planning the meals. It took forever to get packed and get moving. We didn't actually get to the campground until close to 5pm. So Don and I worked together to get camp set up. I knew we were going to need to eat soon because it was about that time for Brody it was probably around 6:30 at this point. Don starts taking out the camping supplies and he asks where is the silverware. Guess who was in charge of the food? ME? So you would think that would mean I would pack silverware!! Don looks at me and says I asked you if you packed silverware and you said YES. So not only did I forget to pack it but he even asked me while we were at home and I told him yes. BUT I didn't. So that night, luckily, we had plans for sandwiches, chips, and beans. Well not only did I forget the silverware but I didn't pack a can opener for the beans. So the beans were out. We heard there was a camp store so I decided to run to the store while Don fed Brody. The store was basically a souvenir shop. NO thought to putting anything in there that people might use if they forgot stuff for camping. :( Oh well. She gave me some flatten wooden spoons. At least now we could eat our yogurt. :) So I got back and we ate dinner. We had about a half hour or less by the fire when we heard thunder. I figured I better go to the bathroom because a storm was coming. It was sprinkling on the way back and as soon as I got in the tent, HARD RAIN, THUNDER, LIGHTENING. We bought Brody a little portable toddler bed that is a tent that goes inside our tent. We put him to bed, and he slept pretty well. Don and I played cards and we were probably sleeping before 10pm. At some point in the middle of the night our neighbors were up and talking LOUD, they talked ALL NIGHT long. Serioulsy they went to bed as the sun was coming up. In the morning we decided we would still try and make pancakes & get creative with silverware. Don went to get stuff together and looks at me... Did you bring a spatula? I don't even think he should have asked me at this point. I did not bring a spatula. I brought the food, napkins, plates but nothing that had to do with utensils. WOW!! So we had brought hot dogs for lunch. We found some sticks and cooked them over the fire. Don got the bright idea that we should move them onto the grates because they would cook better. This was after we had all had one each. So as the hot dogs are cooking on the grate he looks at me and says oh no, we might not want to eat those. WHAT? WHY? He proceeds to inform me that while camping "people" put fires out by peeing on them!! PEOPLE??? Let's consider this for a moment.. NO NOT PEOPLE..BOYS,MEN not people! Gross. So he said that the grate has probably been peed on a bunch of times and we probably don't want to eat off of it. Gross. Boys are Gross! We did not have any more hotdogs. Luckily I made banana bread and we were able to eat that. DON PACKED A KNIFE!! So we packed up our campsite and headed to the beach. It was too cool to swim but we sat outside and enjoyed the sun. Then we headed home. All I can say is I am glad to be home. Camping can be fun but it ALWAYS rains when I go camping. ALWAYS! Also it's a lot of work to pack everything up and then clean everything when you get home. I think that camping should be done for at least two nights for all the work that goes into it. Needless to say Brody was sleeping at 7pm last night. Don and I were both sleeping by 10pm. Lots of fun, lots of tiredness. Good to be home.

FRUGAL FRIDAY!!!!

Let’s get down and get frugal. This week we are discussing ENTERTAINMENT. Did you know that on average amercians spend $1800.00 on entertainment a year. This doesn’t include eating out!! Now can you even imagine how much that would go up. I know that for us eating out has been a weakness. I love being catered to. ☺ Not to mention I don’t have to cook or clean up. Now I just try to find ways to simplify my life in the kitchen.

So anyway back to the subject at hand. I am sure that you all are probably aware of where I am going with this but let’s talk FREE. I don’t know about you but there is a lot to do around here that is free. My most favorite place is Como Zoo. We have a zoo in the Twin Cities area that is run strictly on donations. It’s really beautiful. We could go a few times a week and probably see something new weekly. Right now they have a butterfly exhibit and myself and my camera have plans to get over there sometime soon. If you check your local paper, look online for events you might be surprised what you could find.

I was looking online and found that the Mall of America in Bloomington has toddler Tuesdays. They have different events that appeal to mom’s and their kids every Tuesdays. The events are free. I would recommend bringing your own snacks and beverages.

Now of course there are always the obvious things; go on walks, go to the park, play outside in the sprinkler. There really is a lot that we can do for entertainment that doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. Remember that children are easily entertained. They don’t need to always go to amusement parks, the swimming pool, or to the movies. Playing outside with your kids is fun for them. Play hide and seek in the back yard, kickball, tag, or encourage some creativity by making up a game. This will create family bonding and teach your children how to have fun without spending a lot of money.

What about cutting down the cost of entertainment. Going to the movies. Another source of entertainment that I love. ☺ Walk past the concessions stand. DO NOT STOP! You can spend as much on concessions if not more then you did on your ticket. Try to go to a matinee. The best option is if you can hold off seeing it on the big screen, rent it from REDBOX when it comes out on DVD. REDBOX is basically a movie dispenser that you can find at MC Donalds. The cost to rent is $1 a day. You can return the movie to any MC Donalds that houses a REDBOX. It’s really quite brilliant. I wish I had thought of it.
What about the local community pool? Check your neighborhood and community for toddler or wade pools. Going to the big pool can add up, if you go to the wade pool a couple of times of week it’s free and you will still have fun and cool off. :) You can always turn the sprinkler on at home too, have an old fashioned water fight.

Well I think this is long enough but I hope that you got some fun ideas and enjoyed my frugal tips. Have a great weekend.

Comparison

I was talking to a girlfriend the other day about when we were newly married. We talked about the danger of comparing your husbands to other husbands, boyfriends or men in general. I have been thinking about this a lot. Not necessarily comparing husbands but comparing in general. I think that there are SO many ways we do this and all it does is bring discontentment. We compare our bodies, husbands, houses, kids, skills, etc. I mean really, I could go on and on. RIGHT? 

One area that I was comparing without realizing what I was doing was my family. I want and have always wanted my family to be a certain way. I want them to be close, to spend a lot of time together, to communicate, support each other, etc. If these expectations aren't met a certain way or in ways that I feel a family should function then I am frustrated with how my family has functioned. More recently I feel like I have started to view the dynamic differently. One, start taking responsibility and create opportunity to spend time together. Two, accept others for who they are. I think that by comparing my family to someone else's family I wasn't allowing them to be who they are. There are some things that can be worked out and hopefully some day will be but they are mine and I need to learn to meet them where they are. I have to end this with saying that when I really evaluate my family I feel very blessed. I have wonderful, amazing sisters. Wonderful & amazing doesn't do it justice. I do have a family that is close, that is supportive.  I think for me the realization is that more then anything else I will always have my sisters, they are my family. I love you all and thank God for making you my sisters. 

starving child??

Brody is in a screaming phase. As I have met and talked with other moms this seems to be somewhat typical for his age. YEAH for us! Brody's scream is a high pitched lovely shrill sound. When it comes to feedings (haha) this becomes more emphatic. Once I put him in his high chair he seems to take the stance that the food should already be on his tray. If it is not he proceeds to communicate to me that he doesn't appreciate it. So I will paint a picture for you of how things go from here. Let's say I am giving him shredded cheese. I will place a small pile of cheese on his plate, which he LOVES! He will then grab a handful in both of his fists and gobble it up. Literally shoving the cheese from both hands into his face. You would think at the rate he is eating that I hadn't fed him in days, when in reality it's been about 2-3 hours. I know that there are starving children across the world, I just didn't realize that there was one in the Resemius household. 

Life at home

Are weekend was full of running around. Friday night Don's cousin had her graduation ceremony from college. It was fun to go and celebrate with her and the rest of the family. I got to meet his uncle Danny whom I had never met before. We are quickly becoming a part of this family that Don has longed for a long time. It's interesting because it gives me a small glimpse into who his dad was. I am thankful that Don has reconnected with them. 

Saturday we got to meet up with my sister Tami. It was brief but well worth it, even if we only got an hour. We met at IKEA and walked around a bit. She had never been there before. Then Don and I decided to go to MOA afterwards. We grabbed some food and then shopped around a bit for some very needed stuff. Brodes has need a spring/fall coat. We are gearing up to do some camping this summer and he really didn't have  a coat. So now he does. This is pretty exciting stuff isn't it. Well Sunday was the same way we ran to Dick's Sporting Goods store to get a few more things for camping. We are planning on camping this coming weekend for Father's Day. I am excited and a little nervous. I am not certain how well Brodes is going to sleep camping but we will see. It's been awhile since I have had a chance to get outdoors and take some scenery pictures so I am going to try and see if I can produce something good. 

I am still faithfully going to the Y regularly and so far I have lost a wopping 1 1/2 lbs!!!!!! SERIOUSLY!!! Oh well. I am trying to remind myself it's a lifestyle change and it's not about losing weight. I am trying to be health concious. I am excited because tonight I am making my version of Chipotle's burrito bowl. Grilled chicken, white rice (light on the rice), black beans, salsa, and home made gaucamole... YUM!! No sour cream and no cheese. It still sounds yummy though. Anyway, I am starting to ramble so that's all I have on the home front for now. Enjoy your week. 

Knock Knock...

Who's there?

BRODY!! Brody has picked up how to knock on doors. So he walks around now to the doors and just knocks on them. :) 

Frugal Fridays

I am sorry I said I would do this every Friday and have not followed through. I am planning to continue FF but I have decided not to do it every week. It sneaks up on me and then I forget that it's Friday. I know you probably think I am making up excuses but it really is amazing how often I forget things that are ridiculous. So you will just have to keep reading because who knows when I will share with you a fun frugal tip. Thanks for reading and stay posted. ;)

On the move...

Making Faces

Today might be the day...

that just does me in. :( Ok.. I am being a bit dramatic. Why do you ask? The most likely culprit is the horrible night sleep that I had. I woke up in the middle of the night from dreaming about wedding pictures. So then I started thinking about posing, and everything else. UGGHHH!! I was laying in bed around 3 wide awake. So then Don wakes up bc he says that he thought he heard the baby. Well I had been laying there wide awake and I hadn't heard him. He wanted me to bring the baby in to sleep with us so that my sister ( she spent the night) could move into the baby's bedroom and sleep on the bed. She didn't want to sleep with him for fear he would wake her up. So I go get the baby. Everything in me was yelling this isn't a good idea. I did it anyway. Roxy moves to the bed. I suggest to my hubby that we set up the playpen because Brodes doesn't sleep well with others. He usually needs his own space. My darling husband thought that moving the playpen from the LR to our BR would be too much work. So once again I didn't follow my instinct. Brody cried, screamed, kicked, manuevered and everything else you could think of all night long. I haven't slept since. :( Why am I not sleeping now you ask, since HE is sleeping. That is a good question? Because my ridiculous brain won't let me. BLAHHHHH... I am going to go shower before my baby wakes up. Later. 

Where have I been??

I feel like I don't even really know! Hahahaha... 

The reality is that Brodes and I have just been busy living life. He is getting 4 new teeth. It's so cute to see all these little teefers in his smile now. :) He is also saying thank you now. It's really cute. Mostly when I kiss him. :) AND he says owwww when he falls whether or not it hurt, you can just tell. He looks at me and smiles with amusement when he does it. I will tell you that I am  not very convinced that he is hurt. :) Probably the most fun has been watching him develop his walking skills. He is starting to walk as much as crawl but crawling still gets him around faster. He took his first steps at 11 months but I wouldn't have considered him officially walking until about now. I think in a week or two he will be completely walking. It's amazing because he first stood up at 9 months. I thought it would take a little time but I figured he would walk in about 2 months. It's taken over 3 months and he still isn't walking all the time. It's amazing how long it can take but I bet it takes awhile to build up the strength in those little legs. Well I will be posting some walking pictures here in the next day or so. Very fun. 

Anyway, our biggest time consumer at this point is that we are going to Y almost daily. I love it. It's not easy for me to always get together with other moms or my girlfriends. Some of my friends that are moms live a distance away, and a lot of women I know work during the day. So the Y has been a great outlet for me, and maybe I will meet some more moms there. I am soooo excited to report that Brody and I will be starting swimming lessons in 2 weeks!!! YEAH! I LOVE swimming and have always wanted to teach my kids swimming at a young age. We took Brody swimming last week for the second time. The first time we ever took him it was horrible, he screamed the whole time. The water was cold and he was still kind of young. For over a week after that experience he would scream every time we gave him a bath. Luckily this experience was 100x better. He LOVED it, he was squealing and smiling. We even dunked him a couple of times. I will say that he is still getting used to that but he handled it great!

So what else have we been up to. Well I mentioned that Brody is getting 4 teeth but did I mention that we are back to sleepless nights. Poor guy. Two nights in a row he was up 3-4 hours in the middle of the night. Which is another reason why I have been quiet during the day. So that is us. There are a bunch of new pictures and I can't wait to share them. They are more humorous then anything. So stay posted and thanks for not giving up on me. I am still here! :)