After nearly two months off the blog, I have lots of content to share with you. I’m sure I have lots of stories too, but honestly, I just can’t remember what has all happened since I wrote last.
We moved into our new house in the middle of March and have yet to discover some of our things in boxes. This was especially true since half our belonging were in storage, leading to a Christmas-like atmosphere upon opening some boxes. All in all, we don’t have too many boxes left and it’s been a nice slow settling in to the new place. (Of course we were delayed by two weeks waiting for carpets…but that’s a whole other story).
Right now Elise is wrapping up the school year (7 days left!) and preparing for summer vacation, where she will spend lots of time in the backyard with Jacob! She has requested a small kiddie pool as her oven is back on (translation: we are expecting our second child)! The due date is September 24th and we are excited to welcome a new member into our family.
As we start to prepare for number two (which will again be a surprise), number one is making great strides. Over the past couple of months, Jacob has gone from an unsure toddler to an unstoppable force who gets a kick out of moving things 3-4 times his size (chairs, couches, playpens). He is becoming very independent and his favorite word seems to be ‘no’, although he knows a few others:
- mawmaw = I want
- mawm = mom
- buh-buy = bye
- hullo = hello
- eh, eh, eh = You’re not giving me what I want
- Oh! = wow/look at that! (not real sure on that one yet)
In the meantime, Jacob has had his 15 month checkup where he received a few more shots (only a few more to go until age 3). The doctor said his growth was tracking very nicely.
Other activities that we’ve been up to, include:
- Hosting the Degen’s (Larry, Mary, and Laura) for Easter
- Hosting the Werth’s (Fred, Cathy, and Teresa) for Mother’s Day
- Going on hikes through the woods
- Riding bikes
- Visiting a wine bar
- Fighting with home insurance companies (don’t use Liberty Mutual – again, another story).
So now that we’ve found our video camera again, I will be posting a number of videos of the (not so) little man walking and making noise. When I find the other camera, I’ll hopefully upload some photos 🙂 Happy spring!