Bless you if you ask me this question and really care. I used to ask people with brand new babies this question and sort of care what they said but I don't think I really "got it" until I went through it myself.
I'm tired. No, Lil' Brudder isn't sleeping through the night. Since C.Belle was such a -let's say- trial when she was an infant, I have only one request of him- be happier than his sister was. Blamo. Job done. (I'm really just kidding myself, people. I really love it when he sleeps more than 3 hours in a row)
DOES C.BELLE LIKE HER BROTHER?
hmmm.... if liking someone involves sitting on them.
The real answer to this question is that I think she's proud to have a baby brother, occasionally feels some nurturing towards him, but I don't think she has the capacity to process the fact that he will one day have a brain. I'm excited for that to happen. It will either be very good or very scary.
(happy brudder)
(wary brudder)
(catalog model brudder)
(disturbed brudder)
(lil brudder)WHAT ARE YOU AND ADAM UP TO?
We had a rare treat- a visit from Great-Grandma!
My Grandma is a cool lady.
Then we celebrated Easter. My BFF Mandy and I sang in church.. She has a voice like buttuh. It is like a drug when I sing with her.
There was a ward egg hunt and C.Belle wasn't scared of the bunny! hooray! Maybe that's because he had candy.... we will need to work on her judgement of people's character.
Adam's family came to visit us for Baby A's blessing. It was so nice to see them all! We had a blast.
Then we went to Gramma B's house for some recreation and family time. I love that two of my siblings live so close by.
(sorry jen, this pic was too cute not to post into my blog)
hard to believe these pictures are from Easter a year ago:
I am helping with the roadshow for church (a bunch of silly skits) and our show is on Saturday. We are doing Jacob and Esau (Esau traded his birthright for soup).
Here's a little preview:
Did I say this in my last post? Adam was hired on at UMC and started the week after Baby A was born. He loves it. He'll be on the trauma floor next week so if you get seriously injured, maybe he'll see you there!
We tried going up Mt. Lemmon last week on his day off and that was about 85% failure. Turns out C. Belle inherited her mother's vestibular system. I'll be surprised if she asks to eat strawberries again.
I got into NAU for graduate school in SLP, and then we were waiting to see if I got into another program that would allow us to stay in Tucson, but they wanted me to take leveling courses that would take -not kidding- years to complete.
So we are moving to Flagstaff.
But not until 2016!!!!! I asked for a deferral and they granted it :).
I am really, really excited to go back to school.
......FLAGSTAFF?
Yes, I know. It is cold there. The low yesterday was like, 19 degrees. I don't care though, I'm going to grad school! Adam and I are going to be a dynamic therapy duo!
"LIL BRUDDER! I feel like I'm at a cwosswoads...and thewe's an IHOP on one corner....and a Denny's on du udder."
ReplyDeleteThat was a fun trip down memory road. I wonder how I would behave if I still lived in Tucson.
But, Flagstaff is great! I love it there. It is quirky and beautiful and fun, although it is more expensive than Tucson. And I've never seen a Sonoran style hotdog there. But we might end up back there ourselves in 2017. At least it doesn't depend on water from the Colorado River like Phoenix and Tucson, so it won't be an abandoned national monument to an extinct culture in 50 years.
I have so totally been wondering about that, colton. Where does flag get water from anyway? the rio de flag can't be that big. Is it groundwater? The lakes? I'm very curious. Adam and I want to buy a house in Tucson and rent it until we get back (to take advantage of the current interest rates) but I kind of wonder what will happen in the future. My water/environment/society professor basically proved that none of us should be living in the sonoran desert, but that he thinks water won't get expensive until electricity does (to pay for all the energy it takes to get CAP water to us). He also explained how the politics of Colorado river water are kind of ridiculous. If we don't USE water, it just goes to developers- its not like we are saving it. Can you believe that they are going to build a 23,000 home development in Benson that is going to try and mimic tuscany? haha.
DeleteI could go on talking about water forever. It is such an interesting subject!!
oh and that would be really cool if you guys ended up in flag, too. I noticed the housing prices are like southern california! Its insane! At least the average salary for an OT is higher to (hopefully) compensate. Do you have the lowdown on what parts of town to avoid living in? Do you have to live close to NAU if you go there since (i've heard) traffic is terrible? I prefer living close to a city's center but if the price per sq is way cheaper farther out, we might have to go there.
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