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Having a kid really cuts into your free time to do things...like blogging.
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Zaine celebrated his first birthday a little over a month ago. He started walking around 10.5 months and has been RUNNING for some time now. He's a busy little bee. His first word was "Mama" and he can also say, "byebye" (his favorite word, I swear), "dada," "papa," and "uh oh." He just started making sound effects during play and he's really starting to understand things well. He can follow simple directions and has learned the steps in our routines. If I hold him and tell him to give someone smooches (daddy, sissy, grandma, etc) he will lean forward and open his mouth. He still seems to think smooches ought to be an open mouth kind of deal. I'm trying to tell him he's going to be so embarrassed to learn he slipped mom (and dad!) the tongue when he was a toddler.
Savannah just celebrated her 9th birthday. Wait--what?! How is she that old already?! Yesterday we went to her school music and awards program and I could hardly believe she just finished her third grade year. Last year I sat out from picking her up from school (since Z was such a HORRIBLE passenger and it's a 2 hour trip, roundtrip) so we weren't as involved with her school since she never brought her homework to our house and I feel like the year just slipped away. Z is starting to be a better passenger (I still wouldn't say good) so I'm hopeful I can pick her up from school sometimes during her next (school) year and try to get more reconnected with her education. Luckily, she's a smart kiddo and she likes school so she does well. She earned a citizenship award last night for all her participation in school and her community and just being an all around good kid!
For whatever reason, Elery has really gotten into grilling this year. We finally traded in our old empty propane tank for some propane and he's been grilling our supper almost every night. Have to say, it's been awesome not having to worry about what to make for supper or messing up a ton of dishes in the cooking process. We're having a few friends over tonight to grill and hope to make it a reoccurring thing.
On Saturday we leave for our first family vacation in over a year--and Zaine's first real trip and first plane ride! We're headed up to Buffalo, NY so my father can meet his grandson and we'll spend time with aunts and uncles and cousins as well. It's about 30 mins to Canada/Niagara Falls so we'll drive on over for the experience. I've been but it'll be new for Elery and the kids and the Falls view is so much nicer from the Canadian side anyways!
It's amazing what can change in a year. Babies grow into children, children grow into tweens, friends come and go, pay off old debts (and possibly accrue some new ones).... We've had our share of ups and down recently but I have to say, I sure am looking forward to enjoying the summer with my family!
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