We're all a bit MAD!: 2013

Now that my year has started again and I have gotten the hang of wrangling two kids (OK, like that every really happens!), we’re going to try this whole blogging thing again. It’s cathartic and will definitely help me keep a hold of my sanity. At the very least I won’t feel like I’m bombarding Mikey with it all.

It’s been a WHILE since I last updated, and I know most of you keep up with our shenanigans via Facebook. But, for those who don’t here’s a little recap of life in our Madhouse. The munchkins are growing, which I have mixed feelings about.

Little man is officially a big boy at 3 ½ years old. He is learning so much at school. It’s hard to believe that in less than 2 years we will be sending him off to Kindergarten.

Our princess is getting too big for her own good too. She turned 1 in May and gave us the present of taking her first real steps in front of the whole family at her ‘smash cake’ party. She’s been running ever since. In less than 2 weeks she will start preschool at the same daycare as Logan. The teachers are already excited to get their hands on her adorable little chubby cheeks!

Mike had it a little rough the last 6 months or so. In March, Mike tore his ACL and damaged his meniscus while at work. Of course worker’s comp covered it all, but took their sweet time approving an MRI that would have identified the tears. In the mean time, he started a new job with a sister company (YAY!) and had to travel to New York and China for business. Here comes the real fun. May rolls in with three birthdays (my niece, me, and Ryleigh), the same niece’s wedding, and…wait for it…a trip to the Emergency Room! I will say that my 4^th period students had never been as good as the day I got the call that Mike had a blood clot and was told to go to the ER now! Commence with the shots of blood thinners, countless doctor visits, compression stockings, swelling, pain, and countless emails and calls to worker’s comp…who still owes us money we had to front for some of the visits. Add in another trip to Vietnam and the fact that I have been in workshops for about a month this summer and that 3 weeks of those included me staying overnight Sunday through Thursday at NC State and Mike’s summer hasn’t exactly been the greatest. If anything, these trials have strengthened our love and our marriage. I love him more today than when we married 5 years ago. In short, we have just chucked this school year up as not being our year and are confident that the next one will be MUCH better!

In the coming days, I plan on blogging more about the fun stuff that we did over the last year and my newest obsession, Pinterest. For now, I bid you adieu with a few pictures of my munchkins.