And Life Continues On....

It's been almost a year since I posted to our family blog. Apparently it has not been on the top of my priority list. We are in the final stretches of waiting for our little girl to join our family. Tyler and I were talking the other day and it's so crazy that in four years of marriage (yup 4 years on July 12th) we have lived in 4 different homes, and will have 3 children. Toby has become Mr. Personality who throws temper tantrums (luckily only in the privacy of our own home since he is so shy). He loves to go for rides in his daddy's truck, look at fire trucks and buses, and yells at you while you're driving to make sure that you see every "beee truck" that we drive by. We have worked hard to be social and take advantage of me being a stay at home mom by scheduling play dates and making friends. Toby has a group of friends that he asks about in the mornings when he wakes up, and loves to meet up with them at parks to play. He will be 2 years old in 4 days which blows my mind. His vocabulary is expanding daily, and he still copies everything that Bubba does. When Bubba is home Toby will follow him around, give him kisses and hugs and try to get him to play with him non stop. This pregnancy has been much different then it was with Toby. I had terrible morning sickness for the first 5 months and did not feel good. The 2nd trimester was fairly smooth, and the 3rd trimester has been uncomfortable to say the least. I have been carrying her low almost the whole pregnancy and I am ready to have my body back. All of our doctors appointments have resulted in a healthy developing baby which we are excited about. I am due on June 10th, but we are hoping that she comes a earlier then that because we are so anxious to meet her. We are going to do a trial of labor and try to avoid a c-section this go around so we are anxious to see what the outcome is! Griffin has settled into his new school, which is HUGE compared to Astoria. He has been selected for the honors program next year as a freshman, which we are so proud of him! He is doing track at his Jr. High and has done really well this season so far. He has been selected for varsity for the Shot Put, Javelin, and discuss. He really enjoys track and does so well at all his events. He may be participating in a camp this summer to design and build remotely operated vehicles. Hopefully he gets in so that he has something to do this summer! Tyler is doing well at his job. It's still a lot different then the work that he was doing on the Steadfast but he is finally settling in and received high marks at his last evaluation.W I am enjoying being a stay at home mom and finally feel like I've made that transition from working to being a stay at home. Due in large part to some great friends that I have been able to make that all luckily have kids that are Toby's age and he loves his friends too! We are ancy to get moved, to have "Tobina" join our family, and all the fun family visits we will have this summer.