Update: The last 3 months

Wow. What a bad, bad blogger I've been. A full 3 months with not so much as a peep. In my defense, I tried really hard to get a Christmas post together, but all I really had was video footage and I just couldn't muster up any patience for the editing process (and no one wants to see all 10 minutes of my kids opening presents, trust me). And then there's the matter of this little situation that's had me in a fog for a few months...

So, I'm almost 18 weeks now and finally starting to feel that 2nd trimester high. Two more weeks and we'll get to see that little nugget again, only much bigger and more human-looking...yay! We'll find out if it really is another boy (as John and the IntelliGender Test have predicted). I'm still holding on to the small hope that they're wrong and Sadie will get a sister after all, but either way, we'll be happy!

As far as the kids go, the boys have started up another season of soccer, which means our Saturdays are CRAZY.  Matt Mo has learned how to ride a 2-wheeler after a few weeks of practice on his balance bike that he got from Santa...

Matt Mo has also done really well at school since the new year began. He's stayed on green (good behavior) every single day - a major improvement from last semester! Ben is also doing well in 1st grade and he's getting really great at spelling and math. He's also a great reader, but getting him to do it is not so fun. He gets intimidated when he sees lots of text on a page, even if he can read the words, so we've been working on that. He has definitely grown socially this school year too. One of his friends in his class this year lives just down the street. They play together after school almost every day and they have a cute little friendship. I can't help but giggle when I find notes like these around the house...

Sadie continues to endear us all with her sweetness... and her sass. She's becoming more independent and starting to use her words a little more. She definitely has "no" down and uses it frequently. I'm not sure how she'll handle mommy with another baby since she is pretty much attached to my hip. I have a feeling it will go something like this...

Should be interesting for sure!

There's so much more to document from the last 3 months, but I'll save it for another day. Maybe I'll even get to that Christmas video, but no promises ;)