It has been awhile, guess I have been busy. It was a fun summer. Our neighborhood has improved greatly the past year or so. A lot more kids that are about the same age, so they all play well together. And all of us moms get along well. So we spent a lot of time outside. We also were going to the park weekly, which was fun. My kids actually know how to play at a park now. I guess I will just give an update on everyone. More for my sake than anyone else.
Xavier is growing like a weed. He is almost 8 months now. He has his two bottom teeth. He loves almost everyone and will give them smiles. He is always happy unless he is tired or hungry. He has the army crawl down and will do a few steps in the real crawling. He loves getting up on his hands and knees. He ate baby food for about 1 month and then decided table food is much better. So that is all he wants to eat. I just cut it up really small and make sure I don't feed him anything he can't have. He looks a lot like Mike's side of the family. He can say mama and daddy and yum.
Brooklyn is also growing a lot. She had the hernia surgery in July. It went well. Her belly button looks a lot better now. It still sticks out a bit but not as bad as it did. It took her a little bit to recover. She was in a lot of pain at first that she would not climb up and down things. But that soon went away. She has a very healthy appetite she will eat basically anything I put in front of her. We gave her corn on the cob one day and she loved it. She will eat it down to the core. It has got to the point that she will see it at the store and ask for it. She is starting to talk a lot more. Before it was just to Mike and I, but now she is talking to everyone. She still glares at people she doesn't know, which makes me laugh. She loves watching Mickey Mouse and is showing interest in wanting to potty train. She will put the chair up and sit on it. She is our social bug. She loves going and playing with other people at their house.
Abigail just started her 2nd year of preschool. I was struggling what to do with her this year. It was between being in a group where I teach once in a while or my neighbor offered to teach her for ten dollars a month. She had friends in both groups. I decided to have my neighbor teach her. Less stress for me. She is loving it so far. She is still a very picky eater. I think I can count what she will eat on my fingers. We try not to push food on her, but I wish she would eat more. She is growing too. She is just getting a lot taller. She loves going to primary. She loves her teachers.She loves playing games on the computer, we have a site set up for her that has all her games on it. Which she will play. They are all learning games so it is good for her.
Mike started school again, so he is gone about 12 hours or more a day. It is the hardest on the kids. He has about a year and a half left in school. We are still trying for our weight loss and he decided that he needs to grow his beard the whole time. So it is getting very bushy I will have to take a picture of it some time.
I am doing good. Trying to get more hobby's because Mike told me I needed some. I guess I told him I was bored to much. I got a canning set for an early birthday so I am going to can stuff. We canned salsa last night I still want to do spaghetti sauce, tomato juice and apple sauce. I hate applesauce but my kids love it. Plus I can get free apples from my grandma. I am making the kids pajamas for Christmas and going to try finishing making blankets for them. I am doing good on the weight loss. I need to get working out again. I got sick and so I quit. I just need to make time for it again. I only have 5 more pounds to go until my goal. So I think I am still doing well. I am eating well, so I think that is what helped.
Well that is all for now. I will try to update more often, but we will see.
