Some of my recent favorite pictures..

Helping Daddy with the lawn.
"Mommy, I don't like the sprinkler!"

Petting a 4-day old calf at our local Farmer's Market. It is a great one-located a mile away from our house and every Sunday!

Can you believe it? I am back again!

I am really going to do my best to turn over a new leaf and start posting. Here is the latest update on all of us.

Anthony: His speech therapy has helped him tremendously...he is talking up a storm now and saying new words everyday. I am so happy I made the call. He can't stop talking about going to preschool in the fall. He will be in the afternoon program 5 days a week (12-2:30). He doesn't nap anymore (gave that up when his binky went away) so it works out perfectly because we can still do activities in the morning like the library and Mom's club events and then he can go to school. Of course we tell him he needs to go on the potty to go to preschool---yet it is not speeding up the potty training process. He is on the young side of the preschoolers and boys train later so I imagine this is why he is so resistant. August will be the big push... Anthony is loving our new yard and being outside. Whenever we ask what he wants to do he says "rake leaves" I swear we have a future landscaper on our hands! ;)

Jackson: He is walking...wait...running around everywhere. We are currently in the throes of teething eye teeth which with both boys was the hardest and most painful. He even took an extra nap today because of it. He is already starting to say a lot of words and is becoming quite the little boy. We have already had to get his curls cut twice because they tend to "go big" when it gets the least bit long. We took him for his 15 mo appt last week and he was 29 pounds! Anthony is still keeping a tiny lead on him-he is now 31 pounds. It won't be long though and J is definitely stronger than Anthony. We tell Anthony to watch out-b/c picking on his brother will come back to bite him.

David: After months of going back and forth with doctor's we finally think the neurologist zeroed in on what is happening with the dizziness and equilibrium issues. It is a vestibular issue where his eye lag when they track, thus causing him to feel suddenly dizzy. He now needs vestibular physical therapy (who knew there was such a thing) so hopefully once he starts that things will get better. The good news is that his two bosses finally realized he was doing the work of probably 3 employees and are starting to delegate some projects away (12 high-importance projects at once + day-to-day stuff-yeah, I would agree). So work has lightened a bit, which is a relief b/c the docs also think stress is to blame for a lot of his issues.

As for me, next week I start my 5 week summer program directing a musical! Eek! This is a big jump for me, and the first time being a FT working mom. I am excited at the prospect of doing something different on a temporary basis and the whole program is kind of my little brain child so it should be fun. I do have the jitters right now, that same way I felt the few days before a new school year started...but it should be fun! I am sure August will be nice b/c I will kick back and get some time off before my fall/spring schedule starts back up again. I am enjoying working around the house and *gasp* have actually tried my hand at a little gardening-I never thought I would see the day, but I love seeing those flowers bloom! Don't worry-I am not going to get anywhere near to the amount my mother has! Baby steps....