This is the BEST moment from this month!
The picture says it all.
Life right now has me overwhelmed and that has left me a mess. I keep thinking I'm going to break. I keep reaching for strength and hoping to find positive thoughts about everything we've got going on. After we had children I simplified my life a lot because I enjoy being home and it helps me be calm. The last few weeks have reminded me of college life stress and I have been fighting it because it's so not what I want. Resisting it has only made it worse. I feel like it's a perfect storm and everything happening at the exact same time. I'm not there yet but my hope is to make it through without going crazy. I know I'll have to let go of doing things as well as I'd like. Just trying to breathe through it and have a little faith.
One that note: Aaron is now a member of the Elder's Quorum presidency. My meetings that Aaron used to complain about are nothing compared to his now 2 a week meetings. I've already seen the blessings of having Aaron serve in this role. I'm grateful Aaron is able to support one of our good friends Nate as he takes on such a large and new responsibility in our ward.
Aaron took me out to use my tickets to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that he gave me for Christmas. I was as giddy as a 5 year old in a ice cream store. It was so much fun!
Playing with Mommy
I took the pic below during the Binkie Wars (tired, grumpy girl) and I'm happy to report that we have successfully navigated those waters and she's now napping and sleeping just fine without her binkie. Yip, Yip, YIPPEE!
Porter got a stomach bug and I set him up for a sick day.
Is there anything a Stay At Home Mother loves more than a napping child? Pretty much adore this boy.
You know Porter is sick when he falls asleep at random. I took this to send to Aaron, we were cuddling during one of his favorite movies and for him to crash was a shock.
The next few pictures are from a birthday party we took the kids to for one of their friends. We showed up and their parents told us their two oldest had been fighting over who would get to play with Priya. It was awesome to watch their faces when we showed up. It was at a warehouse full of bounce houses, needless to say the kids had a great time!
Priya had two mini mommas all night.
Occupational Therapy: Porter is much more of a sensory kid than I thought and now I'm just trying to get our household stocked and organized for helping him cope. From this day at therapy it became obvious to me just how much he struggles with this. We tried these different products that help people with sensory processing disorder and Porter turned to goo, just look.
I was so nervous he was going to fall on his head.
I loved that he was flipping through the Toys R Us catalog while eating.
Party in the play kitchen!
More unhappy sick Porter. Have you noticed there has been a lot of that lately? We scheduled him for an explorative surgery on the 26th in hopes of getting answers to what has been making Porter ill.
Tantrums have arrived...I had forgotten just how much work it is to have a 2 year old and she isn't even 2 yet. I am doing my best setting boundaries and she's testing them constantly. She is seriously such a smart and good girl, yet that doesn't stop her from testing me. Wouldn't trade her for anything! ...most days... ;)
She insisted on wearing her dress up out so I'm trying to tone it down and I took her to target. I think she's pretty cute.
She's such a helper
Young Women's at our house and look who's right in the middle of it!
My brother Landon got married and for the first time in a long time I did my hair down and realized how long it has gotten. I need a cut. Never mind the bags under my eyes.
The bride was incredibly beautiful!
These are from our most recent trip to the Zoo:
The kids loved the new bat exhibit and it totally creeped me out! The Zoo in the winter time is just awesome! Lots of animal activity and not many people.
I just giggled when Priya laid down to observe the Sea Lion.
You know you are a parent when you make your dessert in these cups!
Gotta love a man that helps with the laundry!
After a year of physical therapy I have "graduated". I got approval to start running again but extremely slowly. The other thing I'm not looking forward to is re-learning my stride. The fastest way to learn...RUNNING BAREFOOT, fun right? My therapist mentioned these shoes but he and I both have made fun of runners in them. Might have to eat those words. I really don't have time anyways so we'll see if running even happens.
Aaron and I are registering with a group of friends for the Electric Run in September. I'm so excited!!!
It's early, early Spring in Utah so we're finally getting outside! I {heart} winter but I'm so excited to see it go!
Today was the first day we were able to go out back in the yard and we are loving it.
We're doing our best to keep Porter healthy before his surgery because of the extra risks that people with Down Syndrome have when they go under anesthesia. He's staying home from school, we're staying home from church, having Aaron change clothes when he gets home from work, I've canceled all therapy appointments, playdates, etc. Since I'm Porter's caretaker I'm also staying away from people, meaning no Young Women's (it's terrible timing and the hardest thing I've done in a long time, but family has to come first) and we are hoping we can keep Porter's lungs healthy enough to avoid any problems when the procedure rolls around.
This reminds me, we experienced a true miracle in our family this month. Our nephew Logan was born with a very rare heart defect. He's had a very hard time the first 6 months of his life. We actually got our germ free plan from them because Logan's mother has been able to avoid all illness this entire winter, which is amazing considering just how hard our community was hit this winter. Logan went into heart failure and went through emergency heart surgery to save his life. It is hard to think about without tears coming to my eyes. He's the most beautiful child you've ever seen and we are so grateful for the way he came through the surgery better than his doctors expected. God is GOOD! We are looking forward to seeing Logan improve and hopefully avoid more problems in the future. We are so grateful!
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