Well, again, it has been a long time since an update to the blog. We are one busy little family that continues to grow (and really here I'm specifically talking about froggy!). We made our annual trip for apple picking which was a rainy but fun filled day and family weekend at Christmas mountain in the Dells. Both were full of laughter and fun. Mike made the trip to up to the Dells twice as he had to return home for the Chicago marathon for cross country. I was really glad he did cause otherwise I would've missed him too much.
The holidays found us busy going from one family function to the next. Between Halloween and New Years, I think we had more family events than one can count. Raegan seemed to love her first trick or treating and was a cute little Thing 3 of our family of Things. She wanted to eat all the candy that went in her bucket, with suckers being her favorite. We even won the costume contest at Scott and Stephanie's annual Halloween party, but I think it was really due to Rae being so darn cute. During thanksgiving we of course ate ourselves silly, but managed to have some fun along the way. Christmas was again a whirlwind of touring the surrounding suburbs of the city. Rae was a trooper and held up fairly nicely when it came to late nights and short naps. To treat ourselves, we spent two days in the Dells just as a family of three for some much needed rest and relaxation.
Raegan continues to amaze me everyday. She is picking up new words and phrases all the time. We really need to watch what we are saying now! Her favorite game is playing hide and seek. She is constantly telling us hide mommy, hide daddy. And when she does hide, she gets so excited she almost can't contain herself. Another way she has surprised us is by starting to potty train. One day a light bulb must've gone off in her head and since then, she has been pretty consistent about being dry when she is awake. All this in about a weeks time! We even spent the day at the Shedd Aquarium and she was dry and went on the big potty. This is especially great news for me since I wasn't looking forward to having to buy two sizes of diapers!
Froggy is doing well and continues to grow. At my 20 week appointment, everything looked great on the ultrasound and froggy was moving and even looked like a little thumb sucker like their big sister. The movement I feel is unbelievable! I don't know how this kid has this much room to move as much as s/he does. It's awesome though to be able to see the movement, but I still can't figure out which end is up. I passed my first gd test and will take the next one next week. I'm crossing my fingers that I get the same results as I did 10 weeks ago.
Mike is halfway through the school year and stays busy with yearbook. I think it will be a huge accomplishment for him and turn out great. He is in the middle of planning a trip to Washington DC for the academic decathlon kids which happens in March. It will be a long week for Raegan and I that week, but I'm sure we'll make it through. I have lost one of the little girls I watch and will be losing another after froggy is born. I will be sad about the latter because she was my first who I took with me from the daycare. It will be a nice summer however because that will give us some time to become a family of four (plus Sammi). We plan to take lots of field trips! I do have some prospects, but nothing set yet.
As of now, life is pretty good for us and we can't complain much.
