Wow, A month to the day that I have last blogged... well I will try to hit some highlights before the bigg bugg wakes up and my house falls into chaos once more!
Nothing says summer like the first dip in the kiddy pool! I cleaned out the kids pool toward the end of May and then tossed the kids in. Jax crawled around in it and loved to splash with Freyja, he dunked himself a couple of times but if anything it has just fueled his love for the pool even more! We have made several trips to the in laws to swim and even a couple of trips to the city pool (it has fun slides and water gauntlets) this summer and I see MANY more in both of the kids future!
June 5th David turned 30! He said he didn't want to do anything for his birthday and we'd just have a quiet family sit down for it. Well, I convinced him to let DJ, John and the kids to come over for the afternoon the day before his birthday "so the kids could play". While he had Freyja at her Saturday gymnastics class I snuck a handful of his close friends in to the house and when they got home he was floored! I baked three cakes for him, one for each decade. Chocolate flan, chocolate pike and a strawberry dream. His parents bought him a grill for his birthday and the next day he and his friend Connor built the grill and we all had grilled chicken kabobs! I have a feeling we'll be grill quite often this summer :)
There's somebody sleeping in MY bed and she's STILL there!!! Big Bugg must be going through another one of those infamous growth spurts, they always seem to leave her a little insecure. We're working with her again on "big girls...big beds"...you know the drill. It was so cute to come in though and find that she had snuck into our room while we were watching tv and fell asleep on my side of the bed (the rail is there to keep Jax from rolling off in the night). I carefully transplanted my sweet girl back to her bed and she hasn't been back since...I miss her in my bed but at least I get cuddle time with her before she goes to bed in her bed. We still snuggle til she falls asleep :)
HELLOOOOOO heartbreaker!! Tell me, do these jean diapers make my butt look cute? He had his 9month check up at the beginning of June, he's 17.11lbs and 28 3/4in tall!! At 9months Freyja was 18.8lbs and 28 1/2in tall. So they are running neck and neck so far! Freyja had a mini check up too and has shot up TWO inches since November!!
My big girl got to meet her idol last week! Strawberry Shortcake was at the pier (and splashpad) meeting all of her fans and Freyja got a chance (several actually) to go up and say hi and get hugs. Our evening ended with her first official trip to Krispy Kreme Donuts for some hot donut holes and an oreo milkshake!
Here's bugg's latest project. We were at Wal Mart this week looking for pots for another project and found this neat little greenhouse on clearance. She's still at a loss as to why the plants didn't just shoot right up the moment we planted them but it did come with a growth chart so that she and I can track them and keep a log. After they get to a certain size we get to transplant them into the yard...I just hope daddys squirrels will leave them alone! They might have to move to Grandmama's garden!
Yeah...I'm in trouble! He's learned to climb the dog stairs and how to boost himself up on the bed! Yes, this is great for when the aliens fail to abduct him too and drop him off the side of the bed and he can just get himself back up but of course it doesn't stop at stairs! In the last three days I've had to shake him off bookcases, dvd shelves, the dog stairs, cabinet and drawer knobs...I keep checking his hands for "spiderman" hairs that let him climb walls and stuff, so far he's clean but that doesn't mean he's not part tree frog or gecko instead!
So thats the last month in a nutshell. We've also had the inlaws dog for the last two months as they've been off visiting our new niece (China) and nephew (Washington). They make it home today and I know Skotty will be VERY pleased to be back in his own home with his own parents!
In other good news, Davids work contract was extended out to October. Though starting as early as Monday, he'll be working from home. This should be interesting! Might have to run an extension cord to the storage shed and make him a little office in there!
Thats all the news for this month! More to come in July as my bigg bugg turns FOUR!!! Love to you all!
