Well readers...I know you have anxiously waiting for this. I haven't written in a very long time and I think it's because I'm ashamed of my failure on my new years resolutions. I have read some more books but I don't remember what they are. Here is a brief update of the last few months...
July 21 we bought our first house. We now live in Dexter in a wonderful house. We spent the summer just relaxing and barely left all summer. Last week they finished putting in our concrete driveway with ample space for our "goal-rilla" basketball hoop. I think the space is big enough for a 3 point line almost all the way around. Probably not all the way to the corners but I was never much of a corner shooter anyway, too confining.
Our basement is my most favorite part of the house. It is 800 square feet open span (no poles or walls) with wood floor (think yoga flooring) and 10 foot ceilings (important for weight lifting because if you are doing a standing shoulder press the weights don't hit the ceiling, you can also do step ups without hitting your head). It is a walkout basement with huge windows that will eventually be very expensive to replace. Rob and I bought some nice gym equipment and now we never have to leave our house! I've enjoyed having my Dexter girls over for some lifting this summer. Wade has lots of room to run, play, and jump on our old king size mattress. I could go on and on about how I love our house but that would be boring. Just come see it sometime!
Wade is nearing 2 years old. He is starting to babble more and say some more words but really he isn't much of a talker (gets that from his dad). His words right now are, hot, mamma, dada, papa, theo, eggs (sounds like ass), tato (potato), all done, thank u, kitty, and no.
His favorite toys are any type of cars or trains. His favorite thing to do is dive onto the mattress on the bed and he also loves to grab us by the shorts and make us go to a certain spot. aka..boss us around. His favorite movie is "Cars" and I will admit we probably allow him to watch it too often. The kid doesn't sit still so when he does sit and watch a movie I don't really mind.
We went for 1.5 monts without cable and just recently caved. Cable guy is coming sometime tomorrow. Rob bought the baseball channel when we moved in and we had been watching Wade's movies. It will be nice to have t.v. back. We were just being cheap and seeing how long we could last. I actually really enjoy "Cars". The other night I asked Rob if we could watch it because we hadn't seen it in a couple days. I did cry the first time I saw Lightning slam on his breaks and throw it in reverse to go help out the other car. I'm such a sap..and no I'm not pregnant I just tear up easily at that kind of stuff.
My dad and mom have helped with a lot of house projects. We built shelves in the basement, painted the kitchen, bathroom, and Wade's room, and just lots of general organizing. Peg specializes in this.
Next on the list is to get the basketball hoop assembled and up so we can use it before it snows.
Other than a couple beach days we didn't really go anywhere this summer. We did go up to Traverse City for a long weekend early in the summer but we were very content in our new house here in Dexter.
Next trip is back to Scottsdale, Arizona with Rob's college roommates and kids for a Halloween vacation! Basically we wanted to squeeze in 1 more airplane trip before Wade turns 2 (fly free until age 2) in November and get away before basketball takes over our lives this winter.
Rob will be coaching the JV boys at Dexter and I'll be coaching the JV girls again this year. This will be Rob's first year and we will be very busy shuffling Wade here and there. Should make winter go by fast.
I'm still personal training some (15 hours per week) and giving basketball lessons (6-8) hours per week to kids in Dexter. I love doing it and look forward to working with them right here in my driveway soon. Rob is still working at the VA hospital as a data analyst but is job seeking and may have a lead (has had a couple interviews with the company). He also recently got certified as a personal trainer (NASM). Passed the test and barely studied..ughh.
I am a bit out of practice and I promise my blogs won't be as boring and dry next time. This is more of a recap blog...I'll do better next time.
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