The Adventure Went on The Blog Fell Dormant!

Wow I can't believe I started a blog! I was gung-ho in the beginning and adamant that I was going to keep up with it and look at what happened! Life got busy and got in the way! Of course life is still busy, but as I was reading blogs of friends this morning I decided to quit reading their blogs and actually write something on my own page for a change!


The last time I blogged was in February... Pete was just 3 and John was just 1... now they are almost 6 months older! Time sure flies when you are chasing little boys around! So here is a little bit of what we have been up to since then and what we are up to now!


In March we went down to Freeport, IL to spend some time with my grandma (dad's mom) and it was a fairly nice day that day! So we went to the park (my favorite park) and played at the kid castle, and on the old fire truck they have there and most importantly, the boys got to eat lunch and spend the afternoon with their great-grandma! I can't remember anything else exciting that went on in March, see what happens when you don't blog for six months!



In April we decided to take up hiking as a family.... for Pete some of these hikes were more like forced marches... but boy did the boys sleep well after our hikes! We also celebrated Easter... we colored eggs, found baskets, went to Mass and had an egg hunt! And in April we were greeted by a strange visitor in our yard... a grouse. At first we thought wow... a grouse... not something you get to see ever, and according to guys who hunt, they are actually difficult to hunt as they never come out.... well now we were sure that there was something wrong with this crazy bird as it was following Pete and Greg around outside... thankfully it is now gone and we don't have to worry about it anymore!
May came around and we did some more hiking, my aunt Deb and Grandma came to visit for an afternoon, we went to Door Co. for Mother's Day (I had never been there before), and I was hired to help with the wedding reception of a family friend's daughter (who I grew up with). It was a lot of work, but one of the most beautiful weddings I have been to! I was exhausted! I found out just 2 days after the wedding some news... and the reason for my extreme exhaustion!


So that brings us to June! We are expecting a new baby! Of course my due date is the same as my due dates with both of the boys.... so another January baby possibly! So I am just getting used to the idea of being pregnant and John decides it is time to be free! He can now climb out of the playpen, out of his bed and out of anything we put him in to try to keep him from completely destroying the house! I am pooped! I think we managed to go to the zoo in June, but most of the month was spent chasing John or laying on the couch while he was calm to try to recover! Oh and Greg has been working like crazy! He leaves by 5am and returns home usually after 7pm (which means it could be 8 or 9).


And now we are up to date... It is July! Fourth of July weekend was spent in S. Door Co. with our good friends the Dellamaters! They have a great cottage right on the water. We ate and played, relaxed (a little), and just had a great time! Pete wants to go back all the time and keeps asking when we are going! We enjoyed the fireworks over the water and headed home for a day to recover before Greg went back to work! The 12th was my birthday and we had a small get together at our house which meant I cleaned and ran errands all day to get ready for my party.... that doesn't seem right, but I am just 28... it wasn't a big birthday or anything! Greg is still putting in long hours, I have been sick morning, noon, and night and I am exhausted! I am not sure how we will do it with 3 kids! Definitely going to be outnumbered, but we have done this before and I am sure we will do it again! Pete is so very helpful, so this should be a piece of cake ;) Talk to me in January to see if I have changed my tune!

So now I am mostly caught up on our adventures since February! Hopefully I can stay caught up, but if not, see you again in 6 months ;) Well I suppose I should do something more productive... I have a little boy who just informed me that he needed a bath because he stinks... I asked him what he smelled like and he said he smelled like pudding.... he also asked if I wanted to smell him... I think I am going to pass on that with my latest bout of nausea, but I better remedy the pudding smell with a bath! Hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy the adventure you are on!