Chase

For awhile now Jack has been crawling away from us and then suddenly stopping to look back. I thought he was just checking to see if we were still there or maybe to see if we were still looking.
Now I have discovered that he is baiting me into a game of chase. Last night he stopped to look back and I was on the floor. I started to crawl towards him and he let out a huge laugh and then took off away from me. I chased him all over the house as he squealed with delight. I even got him to chase me for a minute. When I would catch him he would giggle with joy. Kate even got in on the action. Tonight, he started it again by giving me the most playful look I have ever seen him give. He seems to be discovering how to interact more when he plays. Much to his fathers delight.

Uninspired

I have not been writing of late. I just haven't felt inspired at all. I decided to write just to do it and see what comes out. It's not that I haven't had anything to write about. I guess I have just been busy and stressed and haven't done it. We are going on vacation in a couple of weeks, so there is a lot to do. Well, I guess it's kind of a pseudo vacation. My sister is having a last minute destination wedding in Florida and we are making a vacation out of it. We have some friends in Jacksonville and are going to visit them when the wedding is over. I am looking forward to it although it is straining the budget quite a bit. We hadn't really planned on a vacation this year since we bought a new house etc. but I think we will be able to manage it alright.
K has been stressing us out lately. She does so well some days with going potty in the bathroom but then she always seems to slide back into going in her panties. She knows what to do but just can't seem to be bothered by it sometimes. We have tried many things but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions here would be great. We are pretty much at our wits end.
On a good note one of my very best friends had a baby this past week. The baby looks beautiful and he and Momma are doing very well. I am so happy for E. He is starting on a wonderful journey filled with amazing moments and also great challenges ( see above). I hope he enjoys every minute of it like I have.
It seems to be a week of catching up with my best friends. I have heard from another of my very best friends this week and he and his family are doing well. The kids are growing too fast though. You will have to do something about that S. Uncle D wants some fun boy time with them before they are all grown up. Maybe letting off some rockets or something.
My other best friends J&C are trying for another baby. Go girls! I will be praying for you. You can do it. Maybe you can have a little one growing and listening to motorcycles racing around the speedway. I hadn't heard from them for a little while either since they were out of town for a bit, so that was very exciting news.
Also heard from my friend and mentor D. thanks for the email. Glad you two are doing OK.
That pretty much brings you up to speed on all my friends:) I don't have many but the ones I do have are definitely keepers.
Well, I do feel oddly better having written down my thoughts. However disjointed. I will try to keep up with it even when I don't feel like it.

The Big 3

Well, I can't believe it. K is about to turn three. It just doesn't seem that long ago that I was holding this little 4.5 lb. girl for the first time. Now she is so big. I am amazed sometimes when I look at her and it seems that she has grown overnight. She is so curious about the world and so sweet. She has started the Whys. She wants to know everything. N started to cry yesterday when she realized K is turning three. K wanted to know why she was sad. N said she wasn't sad, she was crying from happiness. K seemed a little confused by that but later said that mommy was crying because she was happy.

I love the ordinary moments that kids seem to be able to make extraordinary. We were having some ice cream yesterday and K looked up and said, 'be careful everyone, the ice cream is really tricky.' I am not sure what she meant but it was a very funny moment. Today, I was reading a book with K before nap time. Well, actually she was reading it to me. She has been doing that lately making up great stories to match the pictures. I was holding J on her bed as she read. J was playing with a yellow balloon. Suddenly, he realized that he could see through it as he held it up to his face. He started moving the balloon away to make sure it was the same things that he was looking at through the balloon. Pretty soon it became a game. it was like his own little hide and seek game. It was fascinating to watch. All the while K was making up a story to go with the pictures in the new little bear book she got from her grandma for her birthday. An extraordinary moment in our lives and all we were doing was reading a bedtime story. I love it.