And then we turned 32

You'd think I'd be blogging more with all this "time" I have, right?

No. No I don't have extra time. When I'm sitting on the couch, I'm ALL about the Olympics or sleeping. I'm tired, people. I'm tired. Of so many things (ahem, stupid too cold weather, ahem) but right now, we're just going to say I'm tired and need some shut eye (yay weekend starting tomorrow).

So. We turned 32 since my last post. I have to say, I think I really like that Adam and I have close birthdays because we sort of get to celebrate together and have conversations like this:

Me: "We have to have a plan. Do you want the cookie cake or the ice cream cake? I'll take the other."
Adam: "I'll take the ice cream cake."
Me: "Great - want me to order mine or do you want to?"
Adam: "I totally got this." (and he totally did. It was purple with MORE purple on top. Love him.)

We're cool like that.

Here's the other awesome thing about having close birthdays - if one is a bust, you just get to have fun on the other almost right away!

You guessed it - wahhhh everyone was either deathly ill, mostly ill, or 2 years old on my birthday (see how I did that? how the 2 y/o is just as much work as the sick ones? because I'm right.)

My birthday was fine - I relaxed, had too much cookie cake, and drank some wine. Adam knocked it out of the park by getting me some perfume I didn't even know I loved and I no longer stink to high heaven. Adam's birthday was fun and the girls had a good time eating ice cream cake. He got the driver (golf) he'd been eyeing up forever and now we're 32. Old balls.

Here's to 32 being slightly "quieter" than 31 was - I don't know if I can handle back-to-back years like 31 ended up being...(even though I loved it!)

Hello February!

Blah blah blah where did January go…no wait, really? Where did January go!?! With all the cold days and crazy weeks at work b/c of that and the like, suddenly it's February. I'm almost THIRTY-TWO you guys. Thankfully I'm not almost 33 which would make me just shy of a 1/3 of a century old so we're not going to go there until 367 days from now, mmm-k?

So what's new, how are we doing, I suppose I should tell you. Since it's been a while, a nice, long bulleted list sounds about right so here we go, little to big.

Hadley Elizabeth:

• This kid is getting SO VERY big. She has spent 2 nights in her toddler bed and is easily starting her 3rd. She LOVES being "big" and I don't hesitate to remind her to tell any/everyone she's come into contact with this weekend that she's being uber successful with it just to reinforce how awesome she's made this transition. 
• She's never getting rid of her paci. :-/ I lie. We're going to try like hell this summer when I can get a dang nap after long nights. 
• She's still feisty but we're working on it. I have to remember she's 2 sometimes.
• She has caught a case of word vomit. The kid is constantly talking, becoming easier to understand, and routinely cracks us up with how she says things (ie. "round-about" = "butt-a-butt").

Morgan Addison:

• Had her first softball clinic today. She LOVES hitting (and has been practicing in the basement for 2 weeks) and less-than-loves catching (who can blame her - I hate it too). 
• She starts soccer in May and goes through July and had softball for two months in there somewhere on opposite days. We still have to squeeze in swimming for both girls…
• She's in tumbling right now and loves it. She's only been to one session b/c of stupid freezing -50 windchill temps but she goes again on Tuesday and she can't. wait. 
• She's reading and loves it. I brought home some Level A books from school and she's been going to town. I can't tell you how excited this makes me b/c before I took to reading kids' books 99.9% of the time, I LOVED (and still do) reading. 

Adam Paul (ok ok fine. He goes first b/c he's a full 5 days younger than me. whatever.)

• He just got done traveling two weeks in a row. The first was to the Caribbean (jerk). The second was to Iowa (ha it was cold there, too). We have him home until the end of February when he goes to hang out with the Canadians again.
• He likes his home office gig and we had someone come look at the space to get going on actually building him a real ROOM for his office instead of his make-shift on on the concrete basement floor. I'm excited for this to happen for him. I didn't enjoy my concrete slab-ness of an office at one of my Iowa schools, so I wouldn't expect him to like it, either. (it doesn't bother him as much).
• He continues to amaze me with his patience with the girls as they test and just be 2/4 sometimes. What an amazing dad-man. He makes us a strong team. 

Melissa Sue:

• I got a new car! We traded the Highlander in for a Kia Optima (blue) and I simply adore it. It's fun and sporty and once it stops snowing someday in July, I bet it's REALLY fun on dry pavement. Morgan is hilarious as she doesn't think we can get to a new destination in the truck anymore - it's doesn't have a "map." (navigation) We'll be getting an Acadia (likely) when the time is right but since Adam's truck is wonderful and we're not hauling large quantities of carpooled children/stuff around quite yet, we're not in a huge hurry on that one. 
• Work is going well but let me tell you, the paperwork is going to be the death of me. I HATE learning an all-new system and am struggling with the change that is happening mid-year. Or next month. Or every other week. It's just new and different and not run like Iowa. I'm not going to lie - as much as I HATED all the training and paperwork there, they knew their shit. They had things going for them. And the whole state was on the same page. I'm going to stop there so I don't write a small novel on this topic alone. :-D  <-- a="" anyway.="" face="" li="" me="" my="" on="" putting="" s="" smile="" that="">
• I don't think I'm ever going to get over the fact that we have family/friends so close. I got to have a drink with my bff after work Friday. My brother popped over and had lunch with us 10 minutes after he called b/c he could. We went to a family birthday party we probably wouldn't have driven home (as the sole reason) for. The fact that we're not missing almost everything makes warm fuzzies surround my heart every time. 
• I'm loving our down-sized life. Our smaller house (that I can actually manage/clean). My smaller car. (NOT my smaller salary but hey…it is what it is and it's worth it). 
• I miss my Iowa friends. They are amazing, they kept me going while I was there and thank GOD for the technology to help me keep up with them now. Holla. I miss you guys. 
• And lastly, I get to go to New Orleans in June! Adam has a big conference there and I get to go. My good friend, Meg, might even get to meet me there (she lived in the area for a while so she can show me all the awesomeness the area has to offer). 

Ok, bedtime. Another week awaits and thankfully this should be a WHOLE WEEK of work (read: no snow days to make up in June since I'm already working until the 13th! Minimum!). Adios, 31. What a year. Here's to hoping 32 is a little tamer. Maybe. ;-)