It's been a while since I posted so I'll try and do a semi quick recap! We had a very busy summer. In July, Nathan and I went to San Diego ComicCon and that was so much fun. It was the fist time we left the kids and we went for a week. It was soooo hard for me to leave them but my parents, Nathan's parents and sister, and my sister all took turns taking care of them and overall it went fine. We missed them SO much but we had a blast!
I went to the Vampire Diaries panel!
Nathan was having a great time.
Ashley Greene from Twilight signed my shirt!
We met Seth Green
Nathan and I did some "cosplay". I was Emma Frost and he was Mimic.
Then in August we went with my family to Indiana. That was a rough trip being on a few different airplanes with two 2 year olds. Overall they did well, but there were a couple freak outs from both the kids. But they loved the hotel and the pool and just getting out and doing things we don't usually do at home. Plus they traveled with their cousins, Lexi and Ella and so that helped a lot. We saw a lot of my family and I was really glad about that. They met their great-grandma's which was exciting for everyone. I'm so glad they did because a few months later my Grandma Gould passed away. So making that trip has now become so precious to me and I can't express how glad I am that we went.
I made the leap and registered for classes in the fall. I took two business classes and an astronomy class and I really enjoyed it! It was so nice to get out and have that time for myself learning about something that I'm interested in, at the same time working towards finishing my degree. It was challenging to balance being a stay-at-home mom of two 2.5 year old toddlers with school and all its quizzes, tests, mid-terms, homework, and finals. But I managed to do it, and do it well if I do say so myself. My final grades were 3 A's! My mom and my mother-in-law took turns watching the kids while I was in school and I owe them so much for all their help! I really couldn't do it without my family's support!
Halloween was a ton of fun as usual. The whole family dressed up as the Wizard of Oz for Halloween and it was a huge hit, everyone loved it! We went to the fall carnival at Calvary and everyone had a nice time. Lyla LOVED Trick or Treating and was very excited about getting candy at all the houses! London was more interested in running down the street. :)
For Thanksgiving my sister, dad, and I ran the Turkey Trek 5K. It was my first 5K ever and boy was it rough! I'm glad we did it though, overall it was a fun time. After our run we had a late lunch at my sister's house and we all stuffed ourselves silly.
The holidays were lovely and it was such a joy having Christmas with London and Lyla and seeing everything as exciting and new as they see it. They were so excited about everything! Lyla loved looking at all the "kiss kiss lights". She would yell "Look mama! Look dada! Up there, over there! Kiss kiss lights!! They're so pretty!" She also said phrases like "Holy holy moly!" and "I'm so excited!", "blue ones! red ones! I see purple! Santa!". Her excitement is so contagious and we all really got into looking at all the pretty lights.
I took them to the mall to see Santa and they were actually pretty good about it. London started crying a little when we put them on Santa's lap, but not too bad. London would wimper and then stop to look at Santa, and then wimper again. It was kind of funny how he was checking to make sure what he was sad about. Lyla told Santa "I'd like pink presents please, Santa!" and he laughed and said OK and gave them both candy canes which they devoured in the car on the way home.
They also loved our "kiss kiss tee" and London and Lyla both helped me decorate it. Lyla would take the gentle approach and place the ornament nicely on the tree with quite precision. London would take an ornament crank his arm back as far as he could and then throw it as hard as possible and wherever it landed, so be it. :) They are so different and make us laugh every day.
Christmas morning was a lot of fun. They saw the crumbs of the cookies and rings of the milk that Santa left behind and there lay all the presents under the Christmas tree. They ran over to open them and pretty much loved everything they got. After we did our presents home as a family, we went to my parents house to do presents with them. After that we went to Nathan's family's house to do presents with them! It was a very exciting and fast paced morning. At noon we had lunch at my sister's house, then we came home to take a long winter's nap.
We also had birthday parties, Halloween parties, pumpkin patch, Balloon Fiesta, a trip to Scottsdale, Halloween parties, holiday parties, sugar cookie making, River of Lights, and a few other things that happened, but I just don't have the time to write about everything!
As for London and Lyla:
Some of you know that London isn't really talking yet, so we've been taking advantage of early intervention through Alta Mira. He's doing well with it and making small steps forward. We've had his hearing tested a few times just to rule that out as a possible cause for not talking. Over the past few months, his left ear kept failing when the pitch hit a lower frequency. Well, I pushed to have the test one more time and his left ear passed! So, he can hear perfect in both ears. It's nice to have that chapter closed. He will continue having monthly visits with the therapist, and he goes every Monday to work with an occupational therapist and a speech therapist. He loves going because they have so many fun things for him to play on and to climb and jump on. He still loves books and toys, but lately he's been really into playing basketball! It's his favorite and he's so good at making baskets! He's so funny and sweet and almost always happy. He's such a joy to be around!
Lyla is doing great, she is talking enough for the both of them. :) She loves playing pretend, coloring and painting, singing songs (ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle) and playing instruments. She's very creative and SO smart! She has the sweetest personality and is really good with her manners. She also just became potty trained! She's great at using the potty and telling me or daddy when she needs to go. We're so proud of her!
I just registered for spring classes, so I'm excited for school to start again. The sooner I get these classes done, the sooner I get my degree!
Nathan is doing great at work. He has a work trip coming up in a couple months. They keep him busy, but he enjoys it.
Sorry this post ended up being so long, I guess I had a lot of updates to share! :) I'll try to keep the posts more frequent!
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