That's right people, I decided to blog again. And I'll tell you why. I need to be writing more. I miss it. I had a blog but changed my email addy and forgot the password so I can't access it anymore. So I keep meaning to start over but I always find way more entertaining things to do that are a lot less constructive. But at 4:30 in the morning, watching Treehouse, I can hear the blog world calling me and I am responding! Finally!
So here's a review of the last year.
Liam turned one in January. He is the cutest little boy. He looks just like his daddy. He is a very serious little guy; he always look very somber and sullen. But his sister can make him laugh and laugh and laugh.
He hasn't really started talking yet. He can say "mommy" and well, "mommy" - oh right, and "ball". That's it. He refuses to say "daddy" or even "Bob" but insists on calling him "mommy" too. It drives Bob nuts!!
Charlie turned three in April. She started pre-school and was terrified. She woke up the morning before school crying that she had had a bad dream. When I asked her what it was about, she said I had made her go to school. But after seeing the school and meeting Miss Jackie and Miss Anna, she was eager to go. After the first week, she said she was never going back. After days of trying to get her to tell me why she suddenly didn't like it, she confessed, "Miss Jackie and Miss Anna are going to glue my bum to the ground". It took a lot of talking and ultimately a visit with her teacher to convince her that her teachers were just playing pretend and needed her to sit still. Something I've never seen her do.
Charlie is full of life and energy. She is always busy and always needs a friend to play with. She's pretty sure Liam is her personal toy. She drives me absolutely nuts with her constant arguing but I love her more than anything in the world.
Bob and I dedicated this past year to getting in shape. Bob lost 40 lbs in like a month and is now under his ideal weight. I still have a ways to go but lost 100 lbs between January and July. Bob and I trained for and completed our first 10k race in the summer and 1/2 marathon in the fall. It was the most fun I have ever had. It was amazing. I also started teaching the half-marathon clinic at The Running Room.
Work wise, Bob was laid off for the first half of the year and began working for Chando's Construction in the Spring. He is now facing another layoff. Sigh.
Moving on. We spent the summer camping, swimming and going to parades. Every parade we could find. Oh and Calaway Park. We went there a lot!!!
Charlie absolutely hated the waiting in lines for the rides. But loved the rides themselves. Liam was funny. He wanted to go on the rides, but when he was on them he'd just cling to us for dear life and then want to go again. He would get so upset if Charlie got to go on a ride without him.
Well, that's it. Here's to a year full of WAY MORE INTERESTING blogs. And to a year of happiness, change and lots of laughs and love!
