missing...missing...here

Gone? Abandoned? Missing? Hijacked? Refusing? Lack of things to blog about?

No, these don't describe me at the moment.

Busy? Overwhelmed? Trying to be a good worker bee? Trying to work out more? Holding all the crazy in? Running a household and a FT job? Being a better wife (trying)? Praying for "real spring?" Having fun? Out of state? Out of mind? :)

Ok, those all describe me a bit better, each to its own varying degree.

Sorry for the lack of posts this ... year. Adam thought it was great fun to notice how my posting has varied from year to year (year 1 - pregnant, no kid; year 2 - one kid; year 3 - one kid, pregnant; now - two crazy kids). Fun, indeed. Sure.

But really - things are going well and the girls are at a great age right now. I'm in love with watching how Hadley is gaining the world around her and Morgan is making it into her own big kid paradise (princess pants my way or the highway).

Family things we currently enjoy doing:

• going to the Y to run around like crazy and play soccer bowling in a containment racquetball court 
• eating pizza and getting ice cream at Culver's
• being tired of waiting for spring so we can spend oodles of time outside (highs in the 20s and 30s just isn't going to cut it! That's winter, not spring, no matter what the calendar says!)
• going to the Bettendorf Children's Museum (Morgan loves it so much she dreams about it...we may need to consider a membership)
• visiting WI
• snuggles and reading books 

 Morgan is currently in a stage where she misses people before she even fully leaves them. IE. in the door way leaving Mary's - "I miss Mary" (so turn around and look at her). Seeing daycare friends at the Y and walking 2 steps away from them to leave - "I miss Peyton and Saxby!" You'll see them in the morning at Mary's. 10 minutes before even LEAVING Grandma & Grandpa's house/leaving her cousins/leaving - "I miss _____." We're not sure where she's getting this from but it's a little hilarious when she's still right next to the person and missing them. We validate that she "misses" them (when they're still right next to her) and then tell her when she will see the person again. Goofy kid...

Hadley is JUST starting to fill in words at the end of sentences when reading very familiar books. She's also starting to imitate the correct number of syllables when given modeled words, and I feel like her talking is improving each day. She's cute as a button and I kick myself sometimes for not turning her into a child star (ha ha ha I'm totally kidding - I would be a terrible stage mom). Also, her 10th tooth (a bigbadmean molar) is just about through and we she is so over waiting for it. Diaper rash (horrid), bowel issues, some crankiness...It will hopefully be through this weekend and then we can all breathe a little easier until the next one. No big bumps right now so hopefully the kid'll get a break.

I want to do an Easter egg hunt with the girls. :( Stupid weather. It looks like it will be around 50 next weekend so onward! I'm excited although two years ago, we had an Easter egg hunt in the house with Morgan and her G&G and one of the (giant) eggs had a shirt with a "Big Sister!" logo on the front. Funny how time flies and you get to have all the crazy fun.