Catching up

I find it difficult to remember to log in and post anything on this blog. I usually just upload a months worth of photos to Facebook and figure they speak for themselves. I like reading other peoples blogs so I end up doing that and neglect my own.

So let's see, what has happened since March 14th? Amy turned 2! She was so adorable and loved the attention! It was very evident that day that she was no longer a baby. She loves having company and loves playing with kids of all ages, boy or girl. Both of our kids seem to be very social and love having people around. Amy is now in a toddler bed and the crib has been passed on. It was much easier to make the switch than I thought it would be and I was dreading it. But aside from the fact that she now gets up at 5:00 in the morning, it has been pretty good. We just keep a baby gate across her bedroom door so she can't get out of her room. We do the usual bedtime routine, and put her in the bed and leave the room. She sometimes stands at the gate and calls to us to try and get us to come back and feel sorry for her. If we wait a few minutes she gives up and gets in bed and falls asleep. She's a funny, smart little girl. She still loves her "blu" the blanket that Aunt Kris made for her when she was a baby. She brings it with her everywhere and sleeps with it. Since it's always with us, it has come in handy for wiping up small spills and has been substituted for a kleenex for the occasional runny nose as well.....sometimes you just need to improvise right? She loves her poochie dog, and her "cabbage baby" which is a baby cabbage patch kid. She loves, loves, loves to read. She memorizes books after only hearing them twice and wants us to read about 20 books to her before bed and naptime. She likes to help us with things around the house and her favorite is emptying the dishwasher. She wants to talk on the phone with people, but then when you put the phone to her ear she gets shy and yells "ok! Bye!" and runs away. She's great.

I had my birthday and turned 33. Bentley had his birthday and turned 51. Jake likes to tell everyone that his dad is 51. I'm not sure why, but he seems pretty proud of that fact. He drew a picture of us that I framed to put on the playroom wall. On each of our shirts he wrote our ages...I thought it was pretty adorable. Jake just turned 7 the other day and he is pretty proud to be another year older. The day before his birthday was the last day of school and I asked him if he was happy to be going into grade two. He said "yes, because that means I get to be a year older!" Kids want to be older and we want to be younger.

Jake loves hockey right now. He was so excited during the Stanley Cup playoffs. He really got into being a goalie, so for his birthday we got him a goalie helmet, Grampa Pete got him a goalie pad set, Grandma and Ernie got him a hockey net, and Aunty Kristin got him a new stick. He wants me to take shots on him all the time and loves to make saves!! It's quite funny though if I score on him, it never counts. I ask him why it doesn't count and he says because he wasn't in the net... He loves to play outside with the neighborhood kids and recently we got a swing set in our backyard so he has been loving that as well. We bought a trampoline in the spring, but it doesn't get used as much as I thought it would. So we'll see how much we use it this summer and maybe sell it in the spring.

Bentley has written his level 2 exam twice again. The last time he wrote it was a few weeks ago so we are still waiting to hear the results. The previous exam he missed the passing mark by one!! So frustrating. Hopefully this time he passed and then we can stop worrying about it!

I have been in my new job for a few months now. It's going really well. I'm enjoying the low pressure and the better hours that come with it. I have also been working out in the gym at work. They hired a fitness trainer to come to work and do circuit classes with groups of people. I really like it a lot! I've been doing it for about 10 weeks now and I feel better and my clothes fit better too. I can wear shorts and pants now that I haven't worn in years...very exciting! It's going until the end of July for now, but hopefully they'll extend it and I can keep it up!

No pictures with this post, but I have a bunch that I'm putting on Facebook soon from the last month. Getting ready this afternoon to go see my sister and family from New Zealand! The next three weeks will be fun filled!