Grab bag!

Five weeks! See the time does go fast. Emelia is completely potty trained, Ethan has stopped taking"naps". We are still doing "rest" time with quiet play, Garret has recovered from his surgery, 3 of my friends have had babies, and I got to go out of town with a few girlfriends for a get away weekend! Holy cow! Things continue to move forward at an even breakneck speed. We spent a beautiful spring weekend outside working in the yard. The kids had our neighborhood easter egg hunt and are looking forward to the easter bunny arriving on Easter!

Ethan's speech has progressed really well, so much so that his speech therapist says he is now talking so much that he does not listen. He has begun to tell me stories about his day and how he feels about things. Lately he likes to tell me that he is just pretending!

Emelia....well words can not describe! She says all the words. and never stops. Garret asked her the other day "hey Emelia, has anyone ever told you that you talk too much?" she replied rather quickly "um, no" and continued her story! GOT TO LOVE HER! She has a memory that just facinates me!

The summer is quickly upon us and Emelia has started asking if it is her birthday yet! Mommy has decided to NOT work any Fridays this summer and is really gonna stick to her guns this year. Next summer I am contmeplating working only 3 days/week since it will be Ethan's last summer before the big K!

Happily all the sickness and health problems a lot of our family members have been having are beginning to subside. Unfortunately we just found out that Garret's "grandmother" has stage 4 brain cancer. She has just had surgery and will begin her chemo and radiation soon! His grandfather has been placed in a care facility since she can no longer care for him. (he has dementia and has had both legs removed). Garret thinks it is pretty funny that grandpa thinks Betty is at the facility with him...he keeps chasing down another older lady with his wheelchair insisting that it is her! I know this is deep for me but it is really weird to be at that age in your life when your friends are having babies and your older relatives are moving on to better places!

So I know this was quite a lot. Pictures to come next!