Slacker

I have this huge to-do list. It was started before I became pregnant, and once I knew baby was on board, my sporadic motivation kicked into high gear. "I'm going to super Spring clean my house, spend all Summer organizing and rearranging, and enjoy the Fall before baby gets here." I was going to do a million activities with the kids, have Nevaeh potty trained and toddler-bed-adapted two months before my due date. I was going to be freaking Super Mom on a whole new level!

And then reality set in. Reality as in, pregnancy. That magical time where my mind is on hyper speed with ideas and quests and must-do's, but my body renders useless. The first trimester? I slept. I am one of those lucky women who never gets morning sickness or any terrible symptom. I had a bit of nausea yes, but all I had to do was nibble on a snack and it was cured. But I am also one of those unlucky women who feels like they're one step away from a coma. I'll be the first to admit, it took all I had to get up with the kids, get them breakfast, and turn on cartoons before dozing off on the couch. I did get out with them; the zoo, Cosi, grocery store (hey, to a kid? That's a trip! Especially when Giant Eagle has those awesome race car carts!) We had out of state friends visit, and then took a camping trip with them the beginning of my second trimester. I definitely stayed active in between naps! (I also swore I'd blog regularly, because I want my kids to have a hard copy record of their childhood, along with all the awesome memories!....But that kind of went down the crapper too, now didn't it? Thank God for Facebook!)

So my list is far from completed. And it doesn't help that I keep adding projects, getting side tracked, deciding to skip housework and head to the Zoo or pool, or just being lazy and playing games with the kiddos all day long. But they are happy, I am happy, all are healthy and growing strong! I still have plenty of time to tackle everything that needs done :-) I'll sign off here with some highlight pictures from the Summer!

 Timmy, Savannah, Vae and Landon, camping in the PA mountains!

 The waterfall in PA, so cold, but so breathtakingly beautiful!

 Timmy's mom Erika and I are already planning their wedding <3

 My best friend! We met on Mom365 because of our babies, and this year we got to meet!

 Brave boy rode some roller coasters!

 We can never get enough cousin time! Dawnica and Zaley :-)

 Landon is going to be an amazing big brother to this new little girl!

 She's a total fish! "No, I got it!" is her favorite line when we try to hold onto her in the water

 More family time! Amber, Nate, Ollie, Gina (Bennett is baking!) and us minus Landon

 Another day at the park!

 July 4th, 2012. Landon shot his first gun. An AR! Go big or go home!

 Lots of fishing and remote boating!

 They're really starting to play so well together <3

 This was at 22 weeks I believe. 24 weeks today!

FAMILY!