The Geismar Gazette!: April 2010

Wow - sorry it's been almost 2 months since my last update!!! These two amazing kids keep us busy - with a big 1st birthday right around the corner and the beautiful spring weather, there just hasnt been much time spent indoors. Lots of changes lately, Noah started taking his first steps right after he hit 10 months and is now a big time walker!!! He is so cute to watch walk around like a drunken sailor but he's getting more sturdy each and every day and he's now walking more than he crawls. Bella has graduated to her big girl bed for the past 2 months and that transition has been, well....interesting. She's been sneaking her way into mommy & daddy's bed late night though and we'll just keep it at that, haha. Bella will be starting preschool at Mt. Bethel two days a week for 3 hrs in August and we are very excited we got into this great program bc we have heard such good things about this school! I can't believe she is going to be 3 in a few short months! Our house is still on the market - about 2 1/2 months now. We've had a lot of showings but no offers quite yet but that's okay, our time will come. For the time being, I will just keep turning into crazy lady on the days that we get a call to show the house in an hour. It's not a pretty sight and I feel bad for my family when those days occur, hehe. For the time being, I have my big cleaning days on Mon/Fri and try to do what I can in between to keep the house presentable :) Not always easy when I have two little kids following me around messing up & marking their fingerprints on what I've just cleaned, haha!

A big (personal) accomplishment for me is that I'm going to be able to make it to one year breastfeeding Noah!! After the trouble I had with Bella and making it 4 months with her, I had a goal of 6 months with Noah but he's been a nursing champ since day 1, therefore making it super easy to continue this far!! The ease and special bond this time around has been unbelievable - completely different from my experience with Bella.

We have a slew of weddings this summer so we will be busy travelling & having fun with family & friends!! I'm also on a mission to lose some weight and I'm doing well so far - I'm just over 4 weeks into the exercising and I am feeling great & have lost 8 lbs as of my weekly weighin last Friday. A lot of walking with the kids in the early morning - I've logged 60 miles thus far, in addition to my Wii Active here and there. One goal of mine is to run a 5K at some point so I've been mixing in some running and can now run up 3/4 mile without stopping while pushing the kids in the stroller!! Not bad for a girl, who, 2 weeks ago could barely run 1/4 mile, haha. Baby steps here but I'm determined to get there!! I'll try to come back soon than 2 months for the next update - just bear with me as we have been crazy busy!!!

some of Noah's 1st wobbily steps (caught on video anyway!) This is from April 9, 2010!! It's amazing how much sturdier he is in just a couple weeks! I'll have to try and take an updated video this week sometime for comparison!!

Recent pics of our fam!

Easter Sunday - happy boy!