April, May, June... Oops! I see the link to post in my toolbar, but since there's nothing to gripe about I just don't click on it lol. Things are pretty good here. Really nothing to complain about.
Spencer should be graduating from speech therapy at the end of the summer. He still has some of his little quirks, but they are much more predictable now, so that much easier to prepare for and work around. He doesn't like sitting in a group. Being in a crowd doesn't bother him at all. Unless everyone is motionless. For instance, group pictures, large tables, movie theatres, story time, etc. I don't understand it, maybe someday he'll be able to explain why, but now that circumstances are so clear to me, it's pretty easy to work around. As soon as one of these situations arises, I just know that he will cling to me like velcro until he adjusts to it, which is usually right around the time we are finished. And sometimes he never gets comfortable with it. Gonna be fun when it's time for school. But he sits at the tables at school when I pick him up and he's fine, so maybe it's only when mommy's around to perform for.
Rachel is doing well. Developing normally, which is a relief. She's adorable. I'm trying to teach her to say please, but she forgets constantly. So I'll say "what's the magic word" and she says "JUICE!" or whatever it is she's demanding. It's really cute. And she sings songs, and plays with her dolls, and would watch tv 24/7 if we let her. She absolutely refuses naps, but is asleep within seconds when I put her in bed. I know that a big girl bed will the kiss of death for that, so we are holding off as long as possible. I think she tried to climb out a week or so ago. She started crying and when I went in, her leg was wedged into the crib slats. I think she was trying to climb and fell backwards and got her leg caught. She actually had a bruise from it. I'm hoping that she was, and that scared her enough that she won't again for awhile. She's usually willing to try something once, but cautious if it doesn't go well.
We got passes to Kings Island for the whole family. Awesome decision! The kids love it. Rachel is definitely into the thrill rides already. She's not tall enough for most of them yet, but I think if I put her in her tennis shoes she may be. She sooooo wants to go on the bigger rides. Spencer is much more hesitant, maybe it's the sitting in a group thing again. Either way, they have a good time and both love the water park. Which is where we plan on spending a lot of time. I took them both by myself the other night and it went well.
Mike still hates his job, but he's much better at leaving it at work. He vents for a few minutes when he arrives home, but then seems to let it go until the next day. That's all I ask. Home life has been much more pleasant. Sometimes he's still angry, and that usually coincides with seeing his parents. Their existence just seems to make him mad, though they don't help the situation with their actions. But that's a whole nother paragraph and I'm sleepy.
We are just soooo busy all the time. Everyday we have one thing or another. Go to this park or that place with these people. It's good for the kids, they have little friends and they get lots of experiences, but I'm so tired. And I like all the moms, too. Sometimes I feel like I need to just stay home for a few days. Inevitably when I try, the kids start acting up and I get bored so we head back out again. Maybe I need to do more stuff with just us though, stop always meeting people. So that will be my goal for now.
On the weight loss front, I'm down about 45 pounds. Still have another 60 to go. At the very least another 25. I remember being pretty happy at that weight (25 less than now) way back when. I'm not happy where I am though, unless I were to put some VERY serious effort into toning. I've got a lot of flab, especially in the belly. Running is going well, I'm up to 8 minute stretches. I hope to be running the full 5k by September.
I think that's pretty much it. I could probably keep rambling, but I think I'm going to try to get some sleep instead. I'll try to post again before it's been another three months ;o).