A Fresh Start!

So today Aaron had the day off and we decided to dig up our garden/weed patch! 18 degrees and we took advantage of it! Thank goodness for the tractor. Aaron's a trooper and did it mostly by himself. I'm not so good at using a shovel but I'm really good at sweeping:) He also went and got a load of bark mulch and filled it all in. I wish I had taken a before picture it looks SOOO much better and hopefully I will be able to stay on top of the weeds?!

On another note Declan had is 1 year check-up today so his stats are 25.5 lbs and 31 inches tall! Basically the 75Th percentile for everything. He's just growing up so fast.

Can you say flashforward?!

Lilah's early birthday present from daddy!

"What???"

He also likes to sit on the chairs not just stand on them.

She can always get him to laugh especially during bathtime!

I guess its about time I posted something again. It seems like its a month in between every post. Well we've been back for one month now and I still think back to my wonderful time away in Mexico. We are planning on going back sometime next year and I can't wait! Since we've been back and even before we left Lilah and Declan seem to have been non-stop sick:( Colds, flu's, ear infection, throat infection, the works. They seem to be 100% now but who knows, just when I think we are all better someone else gets sick. Declan still just has 5 teeth so I know pretty soon here he will begin teething all over again and I'm not looking forward to that. Decs (13 months now) still doesn't want to walk on his own. He prefers to push chairs or toys or walk along walls and furniture. Its all good I just want him to be really good at walking before we go camping in the summer. I remember taking Lilah camping in Sept and she had only started walking in June so that was not so fun for her or me. I give Decs another month and I'm sure he'll be there!?:P He is definitely a climber though. I find him all the time on top of the kids little table or standing on their little chairs as demonstrated in the picture:)

My parents went on their vacation to Mexico on the 6Th of March so Aaron and I watched the store and chickens for them while they were gone. That was a very long week for me because I couldn't leave the house during store hours. And that's the week the kids were really sick=/ It was very nice to have Aaron around a lot that week to help out. Except that the circumstances were not so good. The Friday before my parents left someone rear-ended Aaron on the way to work. So his car is in the shop being fixed and his arm and shoulder were bothering him a bit so that is why he had the week and a half off of work. He's back to work now and we are back to our regular routine around here and its GOOD! We like routine, well I do anyway and my kids really do much better having the routine. I guess thats all for now. Declan's 1 year check up is next week so I will be back to post his weight and height than:)