The kids are 13 months old today.
Evelyn is walking now around 90% of the time, though she still walks a bit more stiff legged than James, she’s doing it and is very proud of herself as she does. While watching Evelyn I’ve also noted that James is walking differently also these days…. he’s quicker. He hops along too, almost like he might be thinking about learning how to run-walk.
I hope you all saw the video in the previous post of James dancing, Evelyn has started to get her groove on too.
This past weekend we painted our deck. It’d been something that needed to be done since we bought the house, a good power wash and then repainting. The prior owners used interior paint on it, and not paint made for decking. So James power washed it Thursday night, and we painted Friday for 4 hours, Saturday for almost 5 hours… but it looks fantastic. We are super pleased, and really are hoping not to have to do it next year again.
It’s been super humid and sticky here so the kids and I have been staying inside a lot more than I’d like, it does the kids good to be outdoors and me too. Grandma Susie bought the kids a pool for their birthday, but they’ve only been able to use it three times because of either rain/flooding or being too hot. Plus I won’t go out there just myself-the pool is too large that if something happened to them both at the same time it wouldn’t end well I fear.
There isn’t too much new here otherwise. Just staying cool.
July 8th, 2008
Last night we put away the kids exersaucer toys, swings and jumperoos. This week I went thru and put away most their 6 month clothes, and then also some of the younger clothes that were large yet.
I was looking thru photos from August of 06 onwards for some specific photos that I wasn’t sure of exact dates and ended up going thru till like September of 07. It was a trip down memory lane for me. I remember being pregnant, and I remember somethings about the pregnancy but I dont’ remember everything. It’s really wonderful to see the photos and actually remember. I was doing a challenge online at a scrapbook site I’ve become great friends with a bunch of ladies there-in fact I am *really* hoping to meetup with them in 2009. Anyhow, the challenge was to create a Layout about why you scrap.
It reads: when it comes down to it I scrapbook for James, Evelyn, James and myself. I want to preserve our everyday and good and our bad even. Our firsts and our lasts. And, I want to remember. Days go by far too fast and I’m already forgetting the little things that I feel I’ll forever wish I had remembered… I do this for me, for them, for the future. To preserve the daily grind that is me, them and us. Those simple moments of life that is our family.
I’m really relieved that I was able to recall things, because I haven’t scrapped much of James & Evelyn’s photos yet. I do a photo here or there that inspires me, but I haven’t even printed off many of their photos-I usually print just to send to family or hang around the house.
While looking thru the photos I thought about where I was a year ago. While I don’t have a photo for today, I did take one a year ago tomorrow, and a year ago Sunday was my last day of work-I was pulled and put on bedrest. It seems surreal that a whole year has passed since then.
A year ago tomorrow-
I get bittersweet about the kids growing up-yesterday I went to the party store to check out all the A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E party decor that are blue & pink for a 1st birthday. But was really proud of myself for feeling it only for a moment, and then rather excited-James is right when he says we have so much to look forward to. The kids are becoming so much fun! and while I do miss those quiet times of just snuggling with them, when they just held still forever if you wanted-those moments are still there…. just not as frequent or they have taken a new shape. James is really good about coming up to us and just laying his head down on our lap and hanging out for a few minutes, then off he goes and comes back to do the same. Evelyn likes to come over to give kisses-though sometimes I think her motives are to get ahold of the remote first.
I know James has a post saved- I hope he weighs in soon. I really love reading his prespective and honestly it’ll make for some nice scrapbook pages to have his viewpoints. I think it is different the way that he looks at this and the way I do. I know he’s more positive about all the things we have yet to share with the kids, where I was all about what we won’t get to redo or have again.
I have much more I started, but I’m tired it’s 20 to midnight and the kids will likely be up in another 7 hours so I better get some sleep. I will revisit this though with more on me and the kids, as I have much to share, just not now.. sleep…bed… calling…night!
May 2nd, 2008