I'm back ...

From my unexpected blogging break that is. The last couple of months have been quite busy. How any mom of small children has time to blog regularly still remains a mystery to me. But I have Reuel down for a nap and Keziah in front of the TV watching Sesame Street, so I will take a moment to fill you in on the last two months:

Mid July, we went back to west TN to see my family. The highlights of the week included Keziah's first gymnastics lessons at Aunt JuJu's gym. My sister and her husband recently became the owners of Glory Gymnastics Center. It's totally awesome getting back into the world of gymnastics.

 And when your Aunt and Uncle own the gym, you get to go play there anytime you want!

My sister enjoyed hanging out with her niece and nephew. She only gets to see them a couple times a year.

We also took a trip to the lake where I was impressed that I could still ski! I hadn't done it since before Keziah was born. But it all came back to me. I'm not as out of shape as I thought.

Keziah got her first tube ride! (with Daddy of course)

while Reuel helped Grandaddy steer the boat.

 It was fun hanging out with my family for a week, although it made me appreciate that I no longer live where the summer heat index stays in the 100s. Reuel had a heat rash the whole time!

On the way home we stopped at my Alma Mater, TN Tech University for the Wesley Foundation Alumni Picnic. It was fun catching up with all my old college friends and meeting all the new children that have been born in the last year. Unfortunately, I didn't get a single picture.

 On the way home our van hit 100,000 miles! This is a first for Michael Paul and I. Every other vehicle we owned, we watched hit 200,000 miles! That tells you something about the vehicles we buy!

At home, Reuel turned five months old and started sitting up on his own real well. He is determined to crawl real soon!

Meanwhile, Keziah became obsessed with makeup. She does not have access to makeup but apparently a crayon works just as well!

Reuel sitting up on his own led to him spending a lot more time on the floor. Pretty soon he developped some pretty dark circles under his eyes and the occasional sniffles. I did a quick webMD search and the first thing that popped up was an allergy to dust mites and carpet mold. Needless to say the carpet had to go ASAP! We had always planned on doing hardwoods anyway. My dad came up and helped Michel Paul put them in. Reuel approves!

We also found time to do some hiking in the mountains. We went with hopes of blueberry picking but unfortunately the harvest is pretty puny this year so we didn't bother bringing any back. It was fun munching on a few as we hiked though. The highlight for Keziah was getting her very own backpack and carrying her own snacks and water.

Let's see what else has happened ... Keziah potty trained. Just as I was about to decide she was never going to be interested in the potty, she up and trained in a day. She had a few accidents in the first couple weeks, but for the most part, the whole experience was pretty painless.

 I guess those are the highlights of the last few months. In between, there were lots of sweet memories, hugs, and kisses...

 

Well I guess thats it for now. I do hope to get back to blogging on a more regular basis. No promises though!