summer update

Man it has been a really long time for me to post something. I was going to a few times but never made it and then most of the time I just didnt feel like doing it.

Life has been interesting this year. I can't believe its about to be July already, man the time has flown. Taylor is going to be 5 months old this week! She is still such a sweetie. She isn't growing very fast but she is a huggable lovable super cutie that steals our hearts every day! She still doesnt like tummy time, she has rolled over a few times front to back but not the other way yet. She is content to just lay there and play with her hands and feet or a toy. The other day she looked at Ethan and started cracking up. Then looked at Jacey and back at Ethan, the whole time just laughing a lot. We have never heard her do that and it was the cutest thing ever. (I think she pooed right before and thought it was funny and the kids make her smile a lot so yeah.) She sleeps great through the night like 12-13 hours. She will wake up and just lie there quietly until I come and get her up. Who knows how long she is awake before I go in there sometimes. She is so quiet.

The kids and I have been having a lot of fun doing summer things. My 12 yr old "nephew", Jesse, from TX is here staying with us for a month. He is a great kid and we enjoy having him here. We miss them living near us. Ethan keeps wanting to do school stuff. I have to keep telling him that it is summer time and we are taking a break for a bit and that we can do some soon, lol. He is doing a summer reading program through the library and is enjoying that. Jacey is still frustrating me to no end. I think this week I am going to start her over with the whole potty training thing like she is 2 yrs old. Between that issue and her tantrums, i think she really is the child that was put here to grow my character, lol (or show my lack of at times). She did get to try gymnastics for the first time last week. She had a lot of fun and while we were there Ethan took tons of pics of her and loved watching everyone there. He wanted to try it to so we went back another day for him. He had fun too. He loved the rings. The whole time we were there for Ethan's class, she was dying to be out there too. So, we are signing them both up for weekly lessons for the rest of the summer.

Erick has a busy summer with the band. They auditioned a drummer last week. He is from the St. Louis area. He and his wife came down for the weekend and stayed with us. They are great people and we enjoyed having them here. The audition went really well and if all goes well, they will be moving to the Nashville area. The band has a lot of shows booked for July. the just had one this weekend that went really well. The radio single is doing alright for a first release from an unknown indie band. So I guess we will see what happens from here.

I am alright. Should be a lot better, but could be doing a lot worse, hehe. Ben slacking BIG TIME in the work out dept. I sooooo need to get back to the gym. I have not felt motivated for it. I have also been eating poorly for months now and I have actually gained some weight. (and I haven't even finished losing baby weight). I have also not had a quiet time in a really long time. Which is prolly noticable just in the fact that I haven't had a dying urge to write. I have not been reading either. I have just been vegging every night instead. And I have been sleeping in every morning. I was getting woken up so many times so often that it was sooo nice to finally get some sleep and be able to sleep in. I mean I can sleep till like 9 with Taylor, it is AWESOME! So I have been taking advantage of that opportunity with it being summer and all. I know that sok to do sometimes, but I should still keep my priorities in line. So anyway I am pledging this week to be diff. Read my next post for more info.

There is still a lot going on the rest of the summer. We will keep you all updated as we can. Love to all.