Friday, February 17, 2012

Life as we know it

Life seems to be crazy busy right now! I have not found the time to pull out my camera, which I believe is in the console of my car so that I can “take pictures” at t-ball practice. The reality of it is, Gene is full blown into his season, it’s raining everyday and I chase Trace around the t-ball field rather than pulling out the camera to snap some shots of my little man. So what have we been up to:

Dad: Practice started at the end of January and scrimmages began the first week in February! We had ZERO rain in 2011 and it has rained everyday he has a game in 2012! Needless to say frustrations are high in the baseball world.

Trenton: Started League City Little League T-Ball this year! He is super excited to be playing. Our league is more like a coaches pitch with the T-Ball fundamentals. So far he is really enjoying himself. His team is the Blue Claws! Daddy ordered him a new blue batting helmet and backpack bat bag. He looks so grown up carrying all of his own stuff to the dugout! I cannot believe he is going to be 5 very soon. I promise I will snap a picture of him soon! We got a lot of really cool baseball pants from his “G” and since they belonged to Drew Trenton thinks they are AMAZING! Trenton is still in pre-school and they are doing the public Pre-K curriculum. We received Trenton’s mid-year progress report and he is doing incredible for his age. He is going to be ready for Kinder in no time. Trenton is very excited about being a Big Brother again! He always refers to the baby as his sister. He even asked God for a sister. We will see.

Trace: This is my middle child for sure! He is doing really well with the crazy baseball season schedule we have so far this year. He likes to watch Big Brother practice and is getting used to climbing the bleachers at Daddy’s field. Trace is really into balls. He throws them, shoots hoops, hits them with a golf club/hockey stick/bat. For the most part he is doing really well developmentally. He is starting to learn a lot of words and is getting much better with his signs. Currently he calls me “stacy” instead of Mommy. His teachers are working really hard to teach him Mommy. He has no problem saying Dada, but he is a Daddy’s boy.

Mom: Let’s see. I work at the office, I work at home, I drive to T-Ball, I support my husband at baseball games & take care of the family! Honestly, being pregnant I have learned to give up a lot of control. We hired a cleaning lady. She comes every other week and it’s amazing how much of a load has been lifted off of my shoulders. I am doing laundry during the week and planning our meals. We seem to be on a nice little schedule and things are going smoothly. This pregnancy has been hard. Probably because I chase two little ones around and it’s my busy season at work. I am at a 0 weight gain and I am now in my 17th week! I do not look that pregnant, but I feel really pregnant. We find out what we are having on 2/27/12!

We just had a great visit from Gene’s Mom this week. It was great to see her and I even had a free afternoon from work so we went shopping! She loaded the boys up with new clothes! I know she enjoyed being here and spending time with the boys. NOT A SINGLE PICTURE WAS SNAPPED. I am learning to balance everything and pictures are lagging big time.

Stay tuned for T-Ball, Easter, Family, Trace’s 1 Year and other pictures soon!