Where have I been?

I know... I have not been blogging. As you can see I have updated almost 2 months of activity over the past couple of days. We have been very busy. With School, Swim Team, TaeKwon Do, Ballet, Tumble Cheer, Junior League and still trying to have some sort of family life some things have slipped some. Hopefully, this will get everyone caught up some...


As of this week Will has 16 teeth, so he's right on track with our other kids. He weighs 24lbs and is 31 inches tall. He's not gained any weight since he was 9 months old, but has obviously gotten taller. At this point we've just been told to keep encouraging him to eat & to have him on vitamins. He doesn't speak much at all, which has been very unusual for us - the girls were barking orders at us by this time. To his credit, Will is barking orders, they just happen to not be in a language that we can understand. He does understand everything & follows orders quite well (another unusual habit for one of our children) so no worries about his slow speech. He got his 1st pair of shoes this past weekend too, he walks everywhere now & would rather not have mommy or daddy help him at all.

Evie is between 40 & 45lbs and is 42.5 inches tall. She's loving going to school, her ballet classes, swimming and tumble cheer. She still obviously loves all things PINK, she loves barbie & princesses. She's been a little disappointed because she's now having to get into the habit of NOT getting to wear clothes or shoes with her favorite characters on them. However, as she progresses at MRA the dress code becomes much more strict.

Sloan is also between 40 & 45lbs and she is 43 inches tall. So yes, the girls are pretty much the same size, even though they are almost 2 years apart in age. I buy them both size 6 clothes (Sloan's are slims though), and both size 11 shoes. Wish I could say they wore the same clothes... They don't like the same colors even a little bit. Sloan's favorite color is GREEN she'll be very quick to tell anyone. She's lost 3 teeth so far. She has one tooth that's so loose she can turn it completely sideways, it's even started to gray a little. Pretty soon she will have to let Nate take it out, but she's so afraid - we can hope it just falls out... Sloan is still taking TaeKwon Do, she's also swimming with the Swim Team, and school for her now goes the full day. She really wants to take Gymnastics and join a soccer team in the spring - I am not sure where I will find the time for all of this... Sloan still talks about all of her friends in Texas & misses them SO much!

I truly don't have any current pics of me or Nate, and I have no plans on sharing my weight with the world...

Nate has recently taken on the advertising duties for both the radio stations in this group. He's going through a big shuffle at his office with his additional position, new employees and even a physical move as his office will be moving, staying in the same building, just to a new area. Even his AE's will be moving offices, all of this change is taking a bit of time though. He's still had to keep up with all the concerts and remotes, he can't really take a break from his regular duties to manage these changes so it's all taking a while, but it's very good all the same. It's been so hot this summer that he's not gotten any work done on his jeep project, but as it cools off he's got big plans. He's also got a design for a fireplace screen for our house as Will is SO mobile now. He was recently working on cleaning up our backyard and managed to end up needing 10 stitches in his arm. We had a make-shift covered area left over from the previous owner collapse over the summer and since it's starting to cool off we didn't want the kids getting into the tin roof & rusty nails that were left laying around. Looks like Nate should have watched out for this as well...

I have been very busy as well. My Junior League placement started in June so I can't blame that for my lack of presence on our blog. My Member-At-Large duties have picked up here recently as we prepare to approve next year's projects, and our General Meetings have begun again this fall. We are also getting geared up for Mistletoe Market Place which will begin November 7th. I have also started a job as a Swim Coach for the Makos, one of the local US Swim Teams. All of that along with being the chauffeur & homemaker for the Peacock Flock keeps me VERY busy.

I hope this gets everyone up-to-speed. We miss all of you that we don't get to see any more and think about you often. We hope all of you are having a great & safe Fall!