This was us talking to Eric on his mission, He was in someone else's house and they had that sign in the background... too funny to not capture a picture of that!
These boys are best buddies!
This week has been busy for us I feel like I have put a couple hundred miles on the car this week just from all the running around I've been doing! Grandma Merritt had her knee replaced and that went very well she is recovering incredibly fast and is a super star! But with recovery comes a few day a week in physical therapy which I had the privilege of taking her to this week! It is fun to have some time to just sit and chat with her even if the time is short! I have also started working out more. You know, I really thought I was in pretty decent shape before but if the soreness in my body is any indication then I am the most out of shape person ever! I sure am thankful for friends who encourage me to keep going even if it hurts ;-) Oh and in other news, I finally opened myself an etsy shop! I have been holding out for a while now. Just too chicken to put the work into it and having absolutely no idea of what I am doing I made some obvious mistakes but thanks to a good friend of mine I now know what I need to do to fix it up a little!
The girls had dance this week and are doing very well in it! Both girls are doing really well in school and Eliza is working really hard on her reading! Wednesday was a day of pure madness for me from taking kids to 20 different places all day long and ending the day hitting my pillow and passing out! You know its been a good day when that is the end result! I don't think they will continue dance this summer though I think we will switch it out for swimming in the summer but we will have to see. They really love having some kind of guaranteed activity each week!
I'm pretty sure Parker grew an inch this week because all of the sudden none of his cloths fit. His pants are too short and his belly hangs out of his shirts frequently. Guess it's time to make the clothing swap for my little man! Parker has also recently discovered his manhood... And he wont quit playing with it! People keep telling me it's pretty normal that they eventually figure out its there but I sure wish he would have waited until he wasn't in diapers because sticking your hand in a wet diaper makes everything you touch stink! (by the way, future Parker, when you read this and want to kill me for it I wrote it all out of love!)
Alayna is my shy little super star! she sings and dances all the time. Unless of course you are watching her. Or ask her to do it. Either of those requests will generally result in panic and tears. We keep working on it but I sure love this snugly little princess! Her teacher says she is amazing at school and she has some good friends there. She keeps asking me to let her read everything so I imagine that she will be my little reader one day she sure loves to please everyone!
Eliza had her first eye exam this week! She also earned her first pair of glasses. We will pick them up next week after they are finished. Thankfully she is super excited about wearing glasses and keeps asking if they have called to tell me that they are ready! Funny girl just loves to accessorize! I am hopeful that this will help with her reading since she has been complaining of headaches etc for a while now. Her piano teacher was excited to find out about her needing them saying that she has been having a hard time there as well so hopefully she sees some improvement there as well!
Ben's doing great. We have had some real curve balls thrown out way with some of our finances in addition to some things at work. So he is really pushing himself to get back to work full time as soon as possible. It means he comes home from work beat tired but he is also seeming much happier! Health wise, Ben's lungs aren't working quite right... well its either his lungs or his heart at this point. We don't really know which yet but essentially his body is taking in enough oxygen, but the oxygen is not getting into his blood so we think that may be part of the exhaustion! He had a 3D CT scan on Friday and we will get results from that in a few weeks. In addition he had some blood work done to see how much ability his body has to actually fight illness and if that number comes back too low they will do a transfusion to help him be able to do a little better getting through the rest of this miserable flu season!
