It's been a HOT and busy summer. June just flew by and July hardly paused long enough to wave. Now it's August, and I just realized I haven't posted anything since MAY! Ooops... The time just got away from me I guess. So here's a brief update of the happenings in this busy household...
-V has grown. A LOT. Since his 12-month checkup, he's sprouted another 4 inches and added 2 1/2 pounds. He's getting to be such a big boy. Walking, talking, (nearly done) teething...It just amazes me how fast he's suddenly gone from baby to toddler.
-We 'finished' our house addition. I say 'finished' with quotation marks because there's still work to be done (when isn't there?) but we have officially moved our bed and V's crib into the new space. It's now our new bedroom. For the last week, I've been sweeping sawdust, wiring electrical outlets, varnishing baseboards, helping install our new screen door, doing some (minimal) flooring installation, and mostly attempting to keep V out of the dust piles. It's so nice to be able to spread out now. L summed it up pretty good this morning. "It's so nice having that new bedroom. It feels like we have an actual HOUSE instead of just a shack." Now, I just have to get my butt in gear and figure out what else we can move into the new room and where it all will go.
-I am happily (and FINALLY) in my 3rd trimester. After a stressful start (I had a scare at 8 weeks and was diagnosed with a small hematoma that disappeared by 12 weeks but made me worry incessantly until 20 weeks) I feel relieved to have the end in sight. Only 11 weeks left to go!
-I've been trying to find the energy to start harvesting from my weed bed I call a garden, but between the heat, rain, and my sciatic nerve, I'm finding it hard to get out there. L says things are growing but I'm afraid to look for fear that he means the weeds not the plants.
I'm sure plenty more has happened than this, but it's all I can think of for now. I should get back to my sorting and rearranging anyway so I can spend tomorrow out in my poor neglected garden.
