It is hard for me to believe that March is only half over. It has been a very busy month for us. Although it seems like lately Darren and I are constantly commenting on how busy life has become. I'm beginning to think the first sign that your kids are really growing up is when you no longer count down to events because they come so close together. Instead you try and cherish the few moments of rest you get in between all the craziness of everyday life.
March for us has meant a trip to Mesquite (see previous post), playdates, a kernel developers get together on our back deck (which I forgot to take pictures of - bad me), ward variety show, Eagle court of Honor, Darren's b-day, a sick baby, a friend's b-day, swim class, and as much work on the house as Darren can fit in.
Devon has been struggling will all the many an varied changes to our schedule. I realized as I typed the above list how often his schedule has been thrown out of whack by other events, especially his beloved bedtime routine.
Perhaps Mommy needs to work on being a bit more patient with him. He really is a very good boy with very strong opinions which he is not afraid to voice. When he is mad he is so very, very mad, and he lets you know exactly why. But when he is happy he is just such a joy to be around. If only I could always keep this smile on his face.
Abi is mobile, need I say more. The girl has gone for army crawl to full crawling and she is nearly impossible to keep up with (I think she may even be faster then Devon was as a baby or maybe I'm just slower). She is constantly underfoot, or pulling on my pant leg to be picked up. That or she has disappeared completely and then you know she is really into mischief.
She has been pulling herself up to the ottomans quite a bit also and I don't think it will be much longer before she is attempting her first steps. As you may notice form the pictures she has finally gotten some teeth. She now has 4 total. The 2 on bottom came through in February and the 2 on top have both come in within the last 10 days. Now she is constantly grinding them or clicking them together, it must be such a strange new feeling for her. Here is a picture of my beautiful little girl.
And here our my two crazy kids - can you tell how much Abi loves her brother. They have just recently started being able to really play together and it is very fun to see. I think they might even be best friends one day.
I have spent the month working on my sewing. Darren has built a picnic table and has been working on his shop, even acquiring a few more tools. Life has been good to us. Much as dislike the craziness of our days sometimes, we are extremely blessed. I am trying to be better about enjoying the little things in life like having my kids dog pile on me.
Someday I'm sure to miss these long days and wonder where the years went so I'm trying to make some good memories.
