I really don't even remember what all has happened in the last month...lol
Since Aug 3rd, we have had 4 football practices a week and for the past two weeks we've thrown in scrimmages on Saturdays....what the heck were we thinking getting involved in football? Trevor has been begging us for the past 3 years to let him play. We haven't, up until now, for two reasons. 1. Total cost (gas, uniforms, entry fee, equipment, blah blah blah) is around $400. 2. He wasn't ready mentally with his condition to play until this year. With costs like that who wants to waste the money?
Since last Tuesday we started coaching Brayson's fall baseball team. YIKES! That means we have him in practices on Thursdays and he has double-header games on Sundays. That makes us living out of our car 6 days a week. Wowza.
I think we're crazy but we are having a good time! Kyleigh is so tired of her carseat...I think I'm going to go ahead and upgrade her to her big-girl carseat so she doesn't have to be smashed into that carrier anymore. She still fits in it length-wise but she's getting a little too chubby for it :)
Kyleigh went to her 9mo. appt just shy of her 10mo. anniv. yesterday :) When she was supposed to go, we were in Chicago and then we had friends from Amarillo the week after that then I lost my mind somewhere and couldn't get her in until then. She weighed in at 20.6 lbs and was 27in long. All in all...she's short and chubby! She's in the 16th percentile for her height and 56 percentile for her weight and I said "so you're telling me she's short and fat?"...haha We went through the repertoire of questions and then the nurse practitioner said "she's perfect"...I agree wholeheartedly with her!
She is crawling like crazy, pulling up and walking along things. She is babbling still and always all smiles! Her favorite foods are eggs, ice cream, baby cookies, any baby food (mostly spaghetti), oatmeal, yogurt, rice....almost anything! She's a very good eater. She will look at the correct parent when I call us out. She most recently started directing "mama" and "dada" at us. I just love that little doll!
Trevor just celebrated his 11th B-day on the 18th! I am now letting him consider himself a "Pre-teen" as much as I hate to see this stage near....only because that means that he is growing up and I'm getting older...haha. He got a Chicago Cubs wallet with money in it and we are taking him and a friend to the drag races as soon as they don't have a night game on a Saturday.
Brayson started Kindergarten this past Wednesday. That boy is TOO big for his britches! He is very defiant right now with Jason and me. Perfectly behaved for almost everyone else besides us. I think he's still in the middle of his middle-child-syndrome. I hear it doesn't subside until around 9.....I don't know if I can battle it that long but I'm going to give it my best shot. Any advice out there is welcomed!
Jason and I also celebrated our 6 yr anniversary on Aug 4th! Our friends Giff and Jeri were in town the weekend before (which was also their anniv.) so we went out and celebrated by going to eat downtown at McNellies and then ended at the Vault in Owasso. Good Times! Wish there were more like that but not with our current schedule!
This next weekend we have Trevor's first football game Sat, Brayson's first coach pitch game Sun, Church and Cale's 1st B-day party Sun. I will be taking Miss Kyleigh to the party while Jason and Trev go to the game. Sad I have to miss Brayson's game but very glad for some family time with my girl!
I almost forgot to mention our Chicago trip! It was fabulous! We stayed in the Gold Coast district, right next to the lake and the Magnificent Mile. It was beautiful! We went to watch our beloved Cubbies play (and they won) and also took in some lovely cuisine. We didn't dare eat at any of the restaurants next to the hotel.....some of the plates were over $150.00. We joked that they would probably charge $25 for a pea or a glass of water with no ice :) We did have our run-ins with quite a few bums but most of them were nice and carried a good conversation. I was only scared once when Jason wanted to walk to McDonalds at 1am to get something to eat about 6 blocks away....that was the scariest trip of my life....well besides the time we had to drive 50mph through a really rough neighborhood in St Louis...
I'm going to upload pics only on my next blog so I don't have to fight with rearranging my blog....
