David said my lack of writing gives the false impression I have died. Here is what has kept my life busy...
Eli is 10 days away from 7 months and still just as cute as he can be. Everyone says he looks chunky but he is still very light, only in the 7th percentile although he is a short little dude. He scoots around in circles but has yet to really crawl forward. It is really fun to see him and Morgan together. He really responds to her and she loves to make him laugh. Morgan is trying to encourage Eli to crawl so puts some toys just out of his reach and says "Crawl E-I".
Morgan is quite the chatterbox. She is forming sentences and even says prayers - basically just repeats each word we say. It started out very simple. She would say "Dear Henly Otter, dank you. Name Jesus. Amen." Even if I said more she would stop there. What a smart 2 year old. At such a young age she already grasped such a crucial concept. She taught me so much in just that simple act. I need to follow her example and just remember to be grateful for the endless blessings the Lord has given and continually gives our family.
David is busy a lot. He has a full school schedule worth work on top of it. I grew up looking forward to Fridays and still hear from everyone "TGIF" but I really don't like them. Because of David's academic demands it requires a heavy workload on the weekends, thus I am sitting alone on a Friday night (And yes, Kira, I am very aware that this is selfish of me comparatively).
I have been exercising at least 3x a week - one of my goals this year - which gives me a lot more energy and I find myself more enthusiastic about dance parties and chasing after a 2-yr-old while holding a 6-mo-old in a game Morgan calls "I ketch you E-I". My jewelry "business" is slowly improving. I am loving making jewelry and feel a great deal of pride when I look at what I created. I've done more crafts around the house but am on a down-time right now. Today I canned 14 quarts of chicken and earlier this week did 10 pints of ground turkey. I had a pile up with all the chicken I have been collecting over the past few months and needed to clear out the deep freezer a little. That is about it.
Morgan's new betta fish, Meeko. She brought her cow, monkey named Copper, and horse named Brownie to show them Meeko
The name signs I made for above their beds.
I am very proud of this one. It is in the dinning room next to the front door. I painted on a stretched canvas board and then cut out a circle from cardboard and painted it for the center. It is dotted with white paint. The two middle blank boards will have pictures of me and David... if we ever get around to it.
This is also in the dinning room on the wall next to the entrance into the living room. I just glued ribbon onto scrapbook paper and wrote the words. I was tired of looking at the blank walls that I am glad they now have something going on.
This is our goal wall in our bedroom. We have goals for the month, week, and daily. The quote in the center is "We can become the masters of our own destinies by practicing self-discipline and by setting worthy goals that will lead to higher ground so that we can become what our Heavenly Father wants us to become." I thought it was appropriate.
