I'd like to welcome myself back to the blog world! It has been too long. I know we have readers who regularly check the blog and I am sorry for your month long disappointment. My excuses would be first, that I didn't have anything to say. Second, that my computer is too slow and frustrating, but really the main reason is just that we got cable. I have forsaken my first love of blogging for the Kardashians. It's terrible. I told Brian I didn't want cable, but we agreed to get it just for football season so we can watch OU, but I TELL YA- YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF SELF CONTROL OR THAT THING WILL GET THE BEST OF YOU! I love America but there are lots of American characteristics that I don't like, and our love or dependence on TV and technology is one of them. I can only imagine the parenting issues we will face with our boys trying to convince them that life is NOT better when you are glued to an IPOD.
Anyways.. I will try to sum up what has been going on since then. First we had Brian's golden bday. The party was a bit of a bummer and to be frank with you it made us really sad and desperate for Tulsa, but we survived. We are rounding out on our first year here. It has really made me think a lot. We have plenty of friends, but are lacking in the "deep relationship" category. Now, lots of people go through life never making deep relationships, but we aren't those people and we had several couple in Tulsa who really knew us, faults and all. Not that you have to know us well to know our faults. Anyways, it always boils back down to the fact that Brian loves his job and H&P is a great company and it may prove impossible for us to ever leave them. So, even though we had a mini down season things are back on the up and up. We started a community group last month and we had a great turn out. I felt like it was something the Lord really wanted me to do and it was something we wanted, it was just a little scary. So, even in a span of like 3 weeks we are getting to know people better than we have in the past 9 months. Hopefully this really works b/c if we are going to stay here (for a while at least)then we have to stop just floating through and try to dig some roots.
About the boys, they are crazy!!!! Beau all of a sudden is a Brute, a Bruiser, as Brian puts it. He is still sweet and cuddly and all but in a split second he can turn wild. Of course, most of this is our fault. Baker and Brian always wrestled but Beau has taken the intensity up a notch or two. He runs at you with this face like " I will devour you". It's a bit frightening. He has been biting and we ware trying to work that out. Again, with the self control, we egged it on b/c anytime he would bite or try to bite we would just crack up, It got o the point where one parent is fighting Beau off b/c he looks like a Purana and if he does get you- it hurts, while the other parent is rolling on the floor laughing. Not a good idea, but he has at least stopped biting Baker. Beau is fearless and Baker is pretty much scared of everything. It is fun to watch it play out, I just don't think we ever imagined Beau could be so brave.
Baker is talking, talking, talking. Why Mommy, Why? I do my best most of the time to think up logical answers but sometimes it's the "b/c I said so". I can't believe it has happened to us. Baker is very excited for hunting season. We have been spending a lot of time outdoors as the weather is very nice and it is pheasant season here and Brian is bow hunting for a mule deer. Any time Baker sees an animal he shoots it with his fingers- poow!
I would say all the stages of parenting are rewarding, but watching language develop in our child is by far the best yet. It is like 50% looking in a mirror, b/c you teach them the language and 50% where the heck did you come up with that! One down side being, they can only stretch their vocabulary as far as yours. So, apparently I used the words "cool and awesome" to describe everything! And of course Baker has great inflection! He also really like to say "oh my goodness"! On the up side it is so sweet to hear him pray . You really begin to understand child like faith the when your 2 year old truly believes that prayer heals EVERYTHING IMMEDIATLEY- all better! Of course today we had to pray for all the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse characters, including Pete, who is sometimes the bad guy. I guess we are on to something good here.
Anyways, can't wait to see our families at Thanksgiving and Christmas so they can see how much the boys have changed. We will be going to LA (Lord wililing ) in Nov and Baker is very exciteed to see the big ocean. I have never traveled so much in my life. By time the year is over I will have been on 7 different trips on airplanes, not like take offs and landings, like 7 round trips! Wow, I guess that is why they have frequesnt flyer miles!
Anyways, I will try to keep up a little better. Hope you enjoyed!
