So pretty much everything has been wedding related in our lives this past month. We sent out our letters and have been talking to everyone about their decisions whether to go or not. We were very pleased to get such a good response and it will make our wedding day all the more meaningful to have so many loved ones with us. I am always busy updating the wedding website and often don't have time after that to keep up this blog, but I am trying my best!
Me - I have been doing allot of wedding stuff (a little too much I think at this stage, but hey I'm excited!) A really good thing that the wedding has brought on is me trying to get my body back into pre-Aidan shape. I think blaming my extra pounds on "baby weight" for almost 5 years has probably expired as a good excuse. Plus, allot of you are going to see me in a bikini next March ahhhh! Funny how with destination weddings the brides are usually more concerned with the bikini rather than the wedding dress! I have been lap swimming with my maid of honor (she is teaching me technique) on a regular basis. When I can't do that I've been riding our stationary bike (and my dad said I would never use it!) and doing some strength training exercises here in my lair (or office whatever).
We did an aqua size class last week as well which was so much fun and a really good workout so I would like to do more of those! For a while my work hours were cut back so I had lots of time to focus on all these things now I am back to my regular hours. I am so thankful that I am able to work part time so that I have time to do all this fun stuff!
Judd - He is working hard as he always does keeping our boat afloat over here! He has talked allot about getting fit for the wedding as well (he doesn't really have much to lose) I have yet to see him actually do anything towards this! He is getting that renovations bug again as he spent the beginning of this week helping & watching one of our friends put in our new electrical system. We upgraded to 200 amp service, I am unsure why we need this much power? All I can say is that there were men involved in that decision and I try to stay out of it!!! Our new electrical box is pretty comical though, it is like 3 feet long and massive, I have attached some pics so you can have a giggle too! As the snow slowly melts away we are starting to see our lovely yard full of mud again and Judd was outside today trying to clean up all of Kneesaa's poop that was missed under the snow before it melted and made poop soup in our yard! He came in only to tell me sternly that in the spring she better start using the dog run! Hopefully we will get some sod down early so we won't have to deal with the mud over the summer, but spring is going to be downright dirty! Alot of Judd's friends (4) are getting married this season and next so we will be doing the social, shower, wedding thing alot! We also have a family friends wedding to attend over the summer so it will be a busy one for us!
Aidan - He starts swimming lessons this Sunday so he is quite pumped about that and has been showing us how good of a swimmer he is in the bathtub lately. He has really shown an interest in reading lately, the other day I opened the door to his room and he was on his bed with a book reading (pretending to as he has it memorized) it was very cute! I think this is my sign to initiate the learning to read process as before I kind of pushed him into it which did not go over well!
He is still enjoying daycare very much as they are always keeping him very busy! He comes home everyday with like 10 pieces of "art" for us which consists mostly of scribbles and cut up pieces of paper (he learnt how to use scissors really well recently). I usually leave it out or put some of it on the fridge and then slowly throw pieces of it away so he doesn't notice. Sometimes Kneesaa throws a bit of a tantrum and rips his stuff off the fridge when we leave her alone and I have to pretend to be "mad" at her for doing it, but really I am kind of relieved that it's another piece I can get rid of! Don't get me wrong we keep everything that he really puts an effort into and any gifts he hand makes for us but yeesh...we already have 3 big tubs full of his "memories", soon we're going to have to rent a storage unit for his stuff!
This week was spring break for the school so the daycare decided to have theme days for the whole week. Monday was "crazy hair day" where he came home with all different colored hair (needless to say he wore a hat when we went out for dinner with my dad) I have attached pictures of that one! Tuesday was sports day so he wore a sports jersey, Wednesday was pool party day and he wore his swim suit and a surf t-shirt and lei. Apparently they set up a pool in the daycare room and they went swimming! Today they went on a field trip to the bowling alley (Aidan hit 2 pins this time, yeah!) and tomorrow is pajama and movie day.
He is a busy little guy, and is always keeping up with the social circle. He has started inviting his friends over to our house without asking us (or their parents) so when I pick him up I have a bunch of kids asking when they can come over to Aidan's house, oh boy! They usually go for an afternoon walk with the kids and if I'm off early I can catch them as they walk down our street, so they actually sometimes walk him home which is kind of funny!
Kneesaa & Ichabod - Kneesaa has gotten out a few times lately and has been much easier to get back so far which is great for us! She is so happy that the weather is a bit warmer so that she can stay outside and frolic a little longer! We have put Ichabod on diet food and he is starting to slim down a bit, hopefully he will loose the rest of the dog food pounds this spring when he starts going outside more.
That's all for now folks! We leave you with some of our last winter pictures, the upgraded electricity box (too funny) and Aidan's "crazy hair" Take care until next time!
Love: Judd, Sarah, Aidan, Kneesaa & Ichabod
Old electricity:
New"more power" electricity
