The month isn't even over yet, but this has been one of the hardest months I've had in a while. Emotionally, physically and mentally. I just can't seem to kick whatever is getting me down. My thoughts are kind of all over the place and I don't know exactly what it is I want to write down so I might just have to keep it to myself. Writing is therapeutic for me and I have missed writing on the blog. So here's a little recap of what's been going on this month starting with the kids.
Lucy: Cute. Attached to Mom. Attached to Mom. Attached to Mom. Has had diarrhea for 15 days. Been to the Dr. twice. Has a ear infection. On antibiotics. She spits it out. Front Two upper teeth coming in. Waking up at night. Only wants Mom. Only wants Mom. Only wants Mom. We love her to pieces and can't imagine life without her. She loves climbing up the stairs and she loves being chased and totally gets it and will play it with you. She gets the cutest little sly expression when she's doing something you don't want her to and just the cheesiest grin.
Paige: She turned 3 on June 11th. We had a great time having a pool party at our old bishops house. Lots of kids were able to come and I let her wear her life jacket so she'd actually have a good time. I have her in swim lessons with the same teacher as Ryan had last year-Juliet. It's been a TOTALLY different experience with Paige. She's stubborn and cried EVERY day for 2 weeks when I took her. The last week she gave up and realized she was going no matter what and just started going happily-saying good-bye to us, excited to put her swim suit on etc. etc. She didn't progress as fast as Ryan and is needing more lessons(she's not happy about that now and is digressing back to the crying....) but she also had never had any lessons beforehand like Ryan had. Who knows what's going to happen. She's a little sticker. So on a positive note Paige is a sweetheart. She will talk your ear off day and night. I mean you can tell her to stop talking but it's only a matter of seconds(really) before she starts up again. She's ALWAYS talking to someone in her head too. It's pretty funny. Chris asked her who she was talking to the other day and she just laughed. Her imaginary friend's name is Lacia (Lass-see-ah). For about 6 months now actually. It's so funny-it really makes us laugh and how she came up with that name we have no idea! She LOVES to be with Ryan 24/7 and hates it when he wants "alone" time in his room. She cries and screams. She's very forgiving of me and my frustrations with her. She knows when I'm sad and hugs me and tells me nice things about me. She loves to snuggle and chat in bed at night. She LOVES listening to primary songs on my phone. She's all about routine at bedtime and books and prayers are a must! She loves to color and paint and make treats and eat treats.
Ryan: Summer has been VERY hard for him. He misses seeing his friends and as much as I try hard to have many play dates-for Ryan it's never enough. Sometimes with him I feel like a failure mom. Whatever I do is never enough and now that he's getting older I can get a glimpse into what the tweens and teenager years are going to be like. HARD. I think though it's me and how I handle things and look at things. I need to get more on his level. Another place another time for that subject though. Ryan is VERY helpful. He is really into asking "Mom(or Dad...or even Whitney!) is there anything I can do to help?" Sometimes, it comes at just the right moment when I'm stressed with Paige and need him to watch over Lucy or go grab me a diaper or change out the laundry. It's awesome and he's a little angel for that. He's really into all things Star Wars right now. Loves his Legos and Super Hero's. Watching shows on Netflix(I have a love/hate relationship with that thing) playing games on the Wii and even playing "Moms and Dads" or "Baby" with Paige. We got a trampoline and finally got it put up the beginning of this month and that has been a lot of fun for all the kids. (Lucy likes to crawl around really fast on there! No jumping allowed when she gets on there though)
Ryan and Paige: argue and bug each other to the max! But they also love each other to the max as well so that's good. :) I know what it's like to be with someone 24-7(Mission) and it's HARD. I wish we could make more time to just have alone time with the kids but when Dad gets home from work it's fun to play all together!
Chris: Excited to write an update about him that does not involve school and tests! Wahoo. But now I get to write that it's bills, projects, work and church. Haha! Work is going well and he's really happy there. There was a week that Dr. Karl was gone and Chris was all by himself. It was great for him but for sure hard. He loves the people he works with and he says that a big part of why he loves his job. He's working hard to build up how many patients he sees since that determines a large part of how much our paycheck is. He recently got called to be the 2nd counselor in our ward. That was a big change for us but he's doing a wonderful job. We still hardly know people in our ward since we've only been here two months now. His great grandmother Luella passed away and so he took a quick trip with Ryan to attend the funeral in Ramah, New Mexico.
Karen: Trying to keep my head above water-sometimes I'm drowning and and sometimes I'm swimming in the clouds-whatever that means
Ryan and Paige: argue and bug each other to the max! But they also love each other to the max as well so that's good. :) I know what it's like to be with someone 24-7(Mission) and it's HARD. I wish we could make more time to just have alone time with the kids but when Dad gets home from work it's fun to play all together!
Chris: Excited to write an update about him that does not involve school and tests! Wahoo. But now I get to write that it's bills, projects, work and church. Haha! Work is going well and he's really happy there. There was a week that Dr. Karl was gone and Chris was all by himself. It was great for him but for sure hard. He loves the people he works with and he says that a big part of why he loves his job. He's working hard to build up how many patients he sees since that determines a large part of how much our paycheck is. He recently got called to be the 2nd counselor in our ward. That was a big change for us but he's doing a wonderful job. We still hardly know people in our ward since we've only been here two months now. His great grandmother Luella passed away and so he took a quick trip with Ryan to attend the funeral in Ramah, New Mexico.
Karen: Trying to keep my head above water-sometimes I'm drowning and and sometimes I'm swimming in the clouds-whatever that means
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