Testing, testing. Stephanie has finally entered the building.
I am new at blogging, so forgive my writing. I'm very excited that my friend Michelle set this up to keep in touch.
This past holiday season was very nice! We started off with a trip to Seattle around Thanksgiving. Chace had his cast removed on 12/19, so we were able to enjoy Christmas and New Years cast free!Christmas was spent at our home with Caleb's family - Mom (Pat), Dad (Greg) and Sister Stacy. The kids got some fun toys like a ride on Thomas and Starlily the magical unicorn. Caleb got the kids a puppet theater, which has also gotten a lot of use. My friend Michelle got me Seahawks tumblers (which I love and I even catch Caleb drinking out of them) and the Humans of New York book. My mother in law also enjoyed looking at some of the stories on Christmas day. New Years was also spent at our house with a dance party, movies, and early countdown for the kids.
We are now back in the swing of things after the holidays. It feels good to have some structure, but I would like to get back to eating better. Feeling a little puffy. Lyla is back at preschool on M,W,F afternoons and Chace on T,TH mornings. Both love the school and we're very happy there.
Chace qualified for speech therapy through the school system. He had been doing early intervention through the state, but when the child turns 3, they are handed over to the schools. The speech therapist said to take the binky away which I should have done a while ago. There was always some excuse I would make up like....traveling, he just broke his arm, he's sick, let's wait for a long weekend, etc, etc, etc. Well, I finally pulled the plug last night. He was way better about it than I thought he would be. Maybe I was just wanting him to be a baby forever, but it is hindering him (ouch...guilty mom moment). He did cry and ask for it, so I sat there with him for a bit and told him they were all gone and that he's a big boy now. He fell asleep and woke up around 11 crying for ginky, but stopped as soon as I started rubbing his back.
Chace is now in a big boy bed too! Caleb found a Thomas the Train bed on Craigslist, so we got that for him as an early birthday present. He had stopped sleeping in his crib and was sleeping in the Queen bed in his room that we reserved for guests. Made sense to get him his own bed.
Lyla is doing great at preschool and I love that she marches to the beat of her own drum. She's definitely a free spirit. She's keeping busy with private swim lessons on Wednesday night and ballet on Thursday mornings. We started the private swim lessons about a month ago and have seen a difference already! The lessons are about $10 more than we were paying at the Y, so not too horrible. Still expensive though. At least it's 30 minutes of 1 on 1 time and not 7 minutes and the remaining 23 socializing. It's harder with bigger class sizes - she definitely gets distracted.
This weekend we have a birthday party at a gymnastics place close by. Chace will be coming with too since Caleb will be headed to the Patriots game. Still can't get into rooting for the. Always a Seahawks fan. I am looking forward to the game this Sunday. Can't wait!
Caleb and I just went to see The Revenant with Leo DiCaprio. Pretty good, but violet movie. Caleb really liked it.
Would like to start exercising and eating better. Getting motivated is hard. What are some of your favorite recipes? I did the 21 day fix (for 21 days) and then stopped because I was tired of eating salads every day. I did feel good while doing it though, so going to give it a shot again. I continue to see a nutritionist and naturopath, so definitely keeping self-care in my mind. Trying to be gentler on myself. That is my resolution. I would like to be on time for things once in a while, but I guess one thing at a time.
Well, back to Joe Kenda. I'm really happy we're doing this!
Love and miss you.
~Steph
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