I still don't have
internet to my home computer, so there won't be any pictures. (I don't like to take the time to find generic pictures to post.)
Life is slowly (very slowly) coming into focus.
Macy is adjusting really well. In fact she is with friends from sun up to sun down. The circle we live in boasts 22 kids. We make 24 plus a baby. I think they go from house to house snacking and eating. I see her with so many treats throughout the day. Saturday for lunch we fed 2 extra girls. I don't mind because I am sure someone has fed Macy on some other day. This is a big change from where we lived. We had great neighbors but there were no kids. On Saturday Macy learned to ride her bike without training wheels. She picked it up in 5 minutes. Brian felt like we needed to do this as quickly as possible because all the kids her age kept telling her that her bike had to be Kelsey's because it had training wheels. We didn't know kids her age rode without training wheels because we didn't have kids around us to know. Now we know and will not let this mistake happen again. If she isn't with friends, then she is on her bike even in the rain. Her attitude and tantrums have grown a little because she never wants to do what we ask if she is doing either of these activities.
Kelsey is having a harder time. Kelsey is acting really shy. She goes out sometimes and will play occasionally, but she comes back home a lot. She spends a lot of time playing by herself because her best friend, Macy, is gone all day. It makes me sad to see this. Macy doesn't intentionally leave her out (at least I don't think so), but she also doesn't invite her along much. This is really sad because they have played with each other their whole lives and were such good friends. It kind of breaks my heart to see this separation, but I felt like it might end up this way at some point. Kelsey does love hanging out with her grandparents. For the first couple of nights she would make her way up to Grandma Carol's bed in the middle of the night. All weekend long she has been begging to go over to Grandma Wendy's (that is where we are today).
Braden is just as content as ever. In fact he cries very little. His
hemanganoma is very prominent and everyone asks how he got his goose egg. He has started to smile and loves to talk and smile. He his still working on getting sounds out and sometimes it requires his whole body to shape his lips and sometimes the sound still doesn't come out. Last week he found his hands and sucks on them like candy. He still gets up once a night (anywhere between 3 am and 5 am). He doesn't like the dark so at night he falls asleep with his door open and the hall light on. He doesn't cuddle much and prefers to fall asleep on the ground or in his bed during the day. It is very difficult to get him to fall asleep in my arms. He is also not a
binky man. He will suck on it if he is hungry, but shot puts it after awhile and if the bottle is coming. Other than that he hates to have it stuck in his mouth.
Brian is getting used to the job. As with anything new it has taken him a little time to get adjusted and is starting to get into the groove. His commute is definitely better and that is nice.
My only complaint is that I am still in long pants. I thought that we picked the best time to move, but this year it has been raining every day for the past 2 weeks. My parents haven't even
summerized the boat because it hasn't been warm enough to go to the lake. Soon school will start and I will wonder what happened to the summer.
(May) Here was my waitress on the last day of pre-school
(May) The last time in our pool. Kelsey looks thrilled, but I know she had a great time that day.
(May, about a 6 weeks old) Even Braden was able to get out and enjoy the pool. He loved to come sit outside in the bouncer in the shade. We would swim and he would fall asleep. In fact this was the only way to get his afternoon nap some days. He didn't get in a lot of swimming, but we made sure he stuck in his feet a few times. Macy had to be in every picture.
This was the goody bag my sweet friends packed for our move. A group of us went to Barro's pizza one last time to say goodbye and this is what they surprised me with. It was filled with all sorts of fun treats for the drive. I love you women and I can't thank you all enough. 
(May) Here is a picture of the big guy. He was being tortured/played with by his sisters.
(May) Macy sure loves her brother. I had to snap this picture because they were wearing twinner PJs.
This was Brian and my trip to Zions. We had a great time and did some fun hikes. Of course we were rained on the morning we went to the park. We were rained on again during our last hike of the day. We came back to our hotel drenched and had to sit in the hot tub after dinner to finally warm up. Rain seems to be the theme for us this past month. It threatened to rain the day we moved and it has been raining ever since. Did we move to Seattle?
