I don't understand how this summer is going by so fast. Its depressing really. :(
Anyways, I've got a couple articles posted by friends on Facebook that I thought were good reads:
An article about accepting your post-baby body as something beautiful that grew a life in it! It will never be the same again, but it did a miraculous thing!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joy-gabriel/kate-middleton-and-the-mom-in-the-mirror_b_3672553.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
This is an article that follows a lady who takes pictures for Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep... an organization that sends photographers to hospitals following the loss of a baby, to take pictures of the baby. My friend who had the stillbirth last year did this, and the article has pictures of the family and baby, as well as thoughts and comments from them. Very touching.
http://www.pamplinmedia.com/lor/48-news/156045-a-gift-few-can-give
I think in my last post to the blog, I mentioned we were going to build a bookshelf and bed for Jadon. "We" just finished and are in the process of getting it all painted. I say "we" because Derek decided that it was his project. ;) Being our/his first building project, it has its ups and downs. First off, the wood we bought was probably not the best wood for furniture, and most of the pieces were bowed. And there were issues when we tried to make the shelves movable. So we ended up doing staggered placed shelves instead. It ended up looking very nice though, regardless of the setbacks. And I think Derek had fun with his new tools- Kreg jig, circular saw, nail gun...
It was a good learning experience and I can't wait to see how the bed turns out! :)
Swimming lessons are going really well for the kids! Jadon finally passed level 2, and he has really taken to the water this year! He's not a worrisome little guy who's tense and stiff in the water anymore. In level 3 he is learning how to do the freestyle swim on his own, both front and back. He has really taken off with lessons this summer, i'm so glad and proud of him! And he REALLY loves swimming now.
Avery is also doing really well in level 2. She is very young, so I expect her to be in level 2 for several sessions. She was pretty disappointed though when Jadon passed level 2 and she didn't.
Well around our neighborhood there's lots going on! We have a new neighbor moving in this month, the man to the right of us is building his own house and while its going to take him a long time, but he finally is getting the frame up. And friday they started digging for the last house in the culdesac. Hopefully the new people moving into the houses will be a good fit for the neighborhood. Right now we have such great neighbors.... totally unlike what we had at our last house! We hardly knew any of our neighbors at our old house. We had a water fight with the neighbors to our left one night. And the kids love playing with the neighbor girl up the street, who ironically is also a 3 year old named Avery. Yes, we are still very happy here! :)
Unfortunately, the backyard project is much more work than I think we were anticipating. So the backyard will not be completed this year. Hopefully next year. We ARE hoping to have the deck done this year though.
