Monday, May 16, 2011

I'm back?!?!?!

So how do you catch up on 9 months of life in one blog post? I just don't think you can...so here are some highlights if I can remember...




Once last fall semester hit...it hit hard...I barely had time to breathe...let along blog...



Barry:


*Still working hard as as manager at SRP...been over 10 years now


*Enjoyed going to a lot of Suns games at the end of season as our favorite player, Vince Carter,


was traded here!!! :-)


*Now enjoying watching the Reds games (went to several spring training games), and I'm sure


is looking forward to football season!





Michelle:


*Taught strength & conditioning classes during the fall semester at Phoenix College for


the Men's & Women's Basketball teams


*Head Coach for Gilbert Christian High School Varsity team


*Had MAJOR ankle reconstructive surgery September 20, 2010; this included a missing


ligament, a shredded ligament, & a 5" tear in my tendon all in my left foot.


*Was non-weight bearing for 4 weeks (I think...may have been 5)


*Thought I'd be back to work in 4 days...it was 2 weeks! haha


*Was in physical therapy 3 days a week for 4 months


*Didn't teach the spring semester due to lack of babysitting for Makayla


*Cheer season ended in mid-February


*Adjusting to my new role as full time stay at home mommy


*Starting new medicine (this week) for both my RA & Fibromyalgia


*Will not be teaching again this fall at the college


*Just started cheer back up and am coaching both the Varsity & Junior High Teams


*Working very slowly at painting the interior of our house





Makayla:


*She's just growing up plain & simple...too many changes to list and/or remember sadly...


*Takes dance lessons (tap & ballet) and loves it




*Talking like a big girl in complete sentences


*Still loves Max & Ruby in which her 3rd birthday party was all Max & Ruby


*Finally moved her crib into a day bed with toddler rail


*Loves singing songs...in the car & saying her ABC's


*Has been counting to 20 for a long time now


*Her hair is down to the middle of her back, but you would never know it because of the curls


*Getting ready to start swimming lessons and is very excited


*Loves to work puzzles


*Doing pretty good at potty training...just not getting the poopy in the potty yet.


*Had a severe allergic reaction back in January 2011 at church when they fed her goldfish


*Still drinking her speciality formula for at least another year


*LOVES being outside...the girl would live outside if you let her


*FINALLY let's me do her hair...wahoo!!!


*Picks her clothes out on some days


*LOVES going to the zoo (we have a membership now)


*Has been riding her tricycle all by herself for over 2 months now


*Goes crazy when she sees a school bus pass our car...she yells, "SCHOOL BUS!!!)


*Doesn't take naps anymore (stopped back in January 2011) unless she happens to wake up


really early in the morning which is rare


*Loves to be tickled


*Loves finding & watching Geckos


*Loves going on little kid amusement park rides


*Is way more outgoing with kids then she used to be; she still can be shy around people older


than her though


*Is going to be starting a cheer & tumble class


*Loves to color and do art projects


*Loves pitch a baseball for mommy & daddy to hit


*Loves jello & pickles (not together)


*Our dog, Max, is her best buddy in the world


*When she shoots her basketball into her hoop upstairs, she says, "Vince Carter for 3!"


*She wants to be a doctor


*Loves to tell strangers "hi" and always says to me afterwards, "Mommy, I said hi!" :-)


*Is starting to use stall tactics at bedtime...haha..."I need to go potty" "I need a drink" etc


*Still loves reading books


*Still in a rear-facing carseat; call us crazy, but she fits fine & it is MUCH safer!


*Gives the best hugs in the whole world



Well, there you have it...some of the highlights I can remember...if I think of more, I will post! Hopefully it won't be another 9 months before I visit this blog again...

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