July was a very busy month full of lots of traveling, sickness, and
fun. We started the month with a trip to
NY and we were able to visit with Ben’s family and friends. As always, we had a bunch of fun getting to
see everyone and being able to catch up.
We had a small belated birthday party for Declan with Ben’s family and a
few close friends while we were up there too.
It was fun to see how much more Alethea remembered people and to see how
much more comfortable Declan was with all the new people since he was a little older.
We also got to be a part of Dave and
Jane’s 50th anniversary celebration with a boat cruise through the
canal. The kiddos really enjoyed the
ride, especially Alethea!
We also spent two weekends at my parent’s lake house, one of which was a
fun extended family get-together with my mom’s side of the family. We almost missed it because of Alethea being
sick, but she was finally feeling a little better so we went ahead and joined
everyone at the lake. I am so thankful
we had that time with everyone, but I hope everyone is feeling better next
time.
Sickness seemed to fill up much of this month. Declan ended up sick for 5 days on our NY
trip with a fever bug. He had fevers 103 or higher and really had us concerned,
but after taking him to urgent care, we discovered it was just a virus. Then 5 days after we got back from NY,
Alethea ended up with the same fever bug that lasted for 4 days. And just when we thought it was over, Declan
had another 2 day bout with fevers! Man
was I glad those few weeks were over because fevery kids is definitely not fun!
Thankfully Declan’s last fever finally ended just in time for our trip to
MI. I had not seen my longtime friend,
Siera, since either of us got pregnant with our boys (10 days apart in age) and
it was time for that to change. We got
to spend almost 4 days with Siera, her hubby, and her two boys and it was so
much fun! It went by way to fast, but in
the time we were there, we were able to do lots of catching up and we even
managed to squeeze in a trip to the park and blueberry picking. Nothing beats Michigan blueberries! We both decided that we need to get together
more often because over 2 years is too long!
A fun side note to the trip was that we were able to carpool there and
back with my sister-in-law which was a lot of fun having company in the car and
being able to make it possible for her to make one last trip to visit her
family in MI before school started. J
One very surprising, but oh so exciting thing that happened this month
was that we discovered we are expecting our 3rd little one. He/she will arrive sometime in late
February. We were not trying for a baby,
but God’s time is perfect and we are so excited to be adding another member to
our family. The funny part about the
whole thing is that a week before I discovered I was pregnant, I joined a
weight-loss/fitness challenge and ended up having to drop out after a week. Oh well, that would have been fun, but I
think a baby is a pretty darn good reason to drop out. J
Two other side notes are that we love our CSA! It brings so much variety to our meals and I love
figuring out ways to use all of our fresh local produce. We also had our van key get stuck in the
ignition, only to discover that it was stuck because of a computer
malfunction. Let’s just say computer
replacement on a car is not cheap! But thankfully
God provides and we had the money to fix it and it is back to normal.
I am not going to do a ton of kiddo
updates since I am behind and I don’t know that I could
separate
what happened in July with what is happening now. First thing is that Declan dropped his last
daytime feeding so now he is only nursing first thing in the morning and right
before bed at night. I know he won’t
nurse as long as Alethea because I will wean him before new baby arrives, but I
haven’t figured out when that is going to be for sure. The only thing I know for sure is that Ben
and I want a weekend away before baby comes and so the weaning will happen
before then! The other quick note is
that Declan has become quite attached to his blanket. He loves to carry it around and will just
randomly plop down on the floor and lie down on it. So cute!
That’s all for July!
