So I am aware it has been quite a while since my last post, but this is because things have finally slowed down and we have just been enjoying weekends at home with a couple of gymnastics meets here and there. We have also been battling sick season with a toddler. However, we have celebrated Dutch's birthday and will be celebrating Vday tomorrow!
Since my last post, Sarah Beth has really started expanding her vocabulary. It is really impressive. She really is a copy cat. I think the funniest word she has recently added is her word for a telephone. It is a "hello." No matter how many times I call it a phone, she calls it a hello. Sarah Beth is also really getting active, particularly from supper to bed time. She destroys the house in those 2 hours. It is really impressive.
We have also battled numerous colds and the stomach flu. As Dutch told a friend the other day, "You have not lived until you have a toddler with the stomach flu!" Naturally, Sarah Beth passed it on to me so that really knocked this family out. Dutch was great though, we took care of both of us and ate chicken noodle soup for a week!
Dutch's birthday was celebrated for almost a week! His birthday is the 7 so we spent Super Bowl Sunday celebrating with Grandy, the 7 celebrating with Grandaddy and Nana and the 8 was our family celebration with his favorite meal: Pot roast, mac and cheese, and okra and tomatoes. I also surprised him with a homemade red velvet cake. He has been doing the biggest loser and work, but it was his birthday!
We decided to do a family outing tomorrow for Valentine's Day, since as Dutch says, he "has 2 valentines" and so do I! Pictures will obviously be taken for this and shared!
As far as my life has been, Dutch and I have started a Sunday School class. They decide their lessons based on books the group wants to read as a whole. So we have started "Why Jesus" by Will Wilmon, a Methodist bishop from Birmingham. I will certainly let you know. I have also started "Sheparding a Child's Heart" to help continue my education for my new career. So far, this has been great. On top of which I am working on finishing the Harry Potter series which so far I have LOVED! I also joined Pinterest finally this weekend and WOW! I feel like I have so much to try and do now between Dutch and Sarah Beth. I don't know if it is worse than facebook as found as time sucking or not. So, this has summed up the past month. I have included a picture of Dutch's cake and Sarah Beth. The picture of her is during her "crazy time" after supper and before bedtime. She played so hard she pulled her arm out of her shirt and just kept going. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Much Love, MB
