So, long story long, here's a recap of the past 12 months:
Phil interviewed for a job in South Saint Paul. I stepped into the interim head coach position for BSC for the summer season. Phil gets a second round interview. The day before we leave for a week long vacation in Mexico, Phil gets a call that he got the job. Travel headache of delays to Mexico and home from Mexico. A week long discussion of if we should move. Oh yeah, I'm about 5 months pregnant at this point. Get back from vacation and Phil formally accepts the job. A few weeks of telling people we are moving and getting the house ready to put on the market. Sign a lease in Woodbury for a townhome (Phil doesn't actually see the place in person, so I'm left to make the final decision on where we will live for the next year or so). Pack up items in Brookings in August and actually get an offer on the house the day before we leave. I am now 32 weeks pregnant and switching OB doctor and clinic. Phil begins his new job as airport manager and I begin my new job as SAHM. Multiple doctor's appointments in the next few weeks. Olivia starts ECFE and we make a few friends. Ethan was born October 16 and many visitors came through during the month of October. Sleepless nights begin. Potty training begins. Phil turns 32. We finally close on our house in Brookings in November (after the first offer fell through, we had a second offer, which went through okay. So yes, we went through 4 months of paying for two house while living on a single income. NOT fun). First road trip as a family of 4 for Thanksgiving to Saint Cloud. I fly with Ethan (6 weeks old) and Olivia to CO for a few days in December. I turn 32. Phil's aunt passes away, so we make the drive to Iowa for her funeral. A few days later, we drive to Iowa for a 24 hour visit for Christmas. Sleepless nights continue, potty training continues, preschool enrollment begins. I start a job at the Foss Swim School. I also begin as a Tupperware consultant. Olivia turns 3 with a wonderfully pink party. We start house hunting. Phil and I begin the new routine of him working the typical 8-5 schedule and me working 5-9 for two nights a week and then a few hours on Saturday mornings and some more on Sunday afternoons. We keep missing our luck with houses, as the houses in the area are going within 48 hours. Olivia begins swimming lessons and soccer. Ethan gets two teeth. Another trip to George for Easter. A house in Woodbury goes on the market Friday morning, we see it at noon that day and put in an offer at 2pm that same day-- offer was accepted that night! I fly to CO with Ethan and Olivia to surprise Brooke, my future sister-in-law, at her bridal shower at the end of April. Ethan crawls. And now, we begin the process of packing up this town home and moving in to our new town home! Whew!!
So, needless to say, I am looking forward to life slowing down a bit. I know it won't (as we will have college friends here June 6-7, move June 10, Olivia is at VBS June 13-16, go on vacation with the Tiedeman clan June 18-22, and fly to CO June 29-July 5 for Tom's wedding). We love this life with these crazy moments though :)
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| Our adorable 3 year old! |
Olivia is an adorable, sassy, giggly, cuddly three year old. She likes being independent and picking out her own clothes and shoes. She corrects us on little items like 'they're sandals, not shoes' and 'that's a truck, not a car.' As Phil says, 'she says what she thinks.' She does well with Ethan and I love hearing them laugh together. However, now that Ethan is on the move, she has become very territorial and 'mine' has been a common word around this house. While she has a very cheerful temperament most of the time, she has started to get pouty when we tell her 'no' or tell her that she is making a bad choice.
Toddler pickiness with food is starting, but thankfully, we've still been able to get some good mixtures of foods. She has said a few hilarious phrases, and I wish I would keep a notebook of them (as I can't recall anything at the moment). She loves going to school, swim lessons, seeing her friends, going bowling, going to the zoo and the aquarium. Her favorite show is 'Octonauts' and she loves telling Phil and I the new facts she learned about the sea animals. And she loves having her drink at meal time by pouring it from her own mini pitcher into her mini cup (thank you Tupperware for adorable items for little ones)! We are thankful for this, because a few months ago, she was having problems with going pee and we assumed it was because she was not drinking enough. But now, she's excited to drink her milk and water and juice, because she gets to do it and gets excited to offer mommy and daddy some of her drink. She's about 28 pounds, wears 3T clothing and size 8(ish) shoes.
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| Our smiling 7 month old |
Ethan is an energetic, loud, cuddly, on-the-move little boy. He learned to crawl about 2 weeks ago and has been going ever since. He got his two bottom teeth in March and I think he's going to pop his top teeth pretty soon. He loves to put everything in his mouth and enjoys gnawing on anything. He can sit on his own and play with a variety of toys from his toy box and he's getting pretty close to being able to pull himself up on things. Phil and I think it's adorable when he makes this certain face by breathing through his nose quickly and loudly and curling his upper lip at the same time. He started eating solid foods and his favorites so far seem to be avocado, squash and apples (or any fruit). He's sleeping about 3 hour spurts and there's been a handful of 4 hour stretches in the past few months. On a typical day, he will sleep about 20-30 minutes in the late morning and then 60-90 minutes in the afternoon. But most days, he only does that one long nap. So, sleep is not his favorite. Also on the not favorite list: car seat, being put down when he just wants to be held, getting his nails clipped, and just recently, the separation anxiety. I am excited to get him into his own room at the new place (he's currently sleeping in a hallway). He weighs about 19 pounds, is wearing 6 month/6-9 month clothing and does not like socks or shoes (those kicking little feet love to get those items off of his feet)!
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