Landon:
A week of hearts. Hearts are intense. And he had some close calls this week. I know I don't understand, but I'm sure its exhausting. He was able to keep doing his ab challenge with Logan. And get some good runs in. He has been studying every night for about an hour with his buddies Brock & Jonathan. One day, one day we will be done with tests. One day. And when I say we..... I mean him, but also, we. Team effort. Solidarity.
Becca:
So many things this week. First, I stared off the week smelling something foul in the house. I just knew deep inside it was a mouse. I sat on the couch after I put both little boys down for nap and saw it under the fridge. Dead. Ugh! I then spent the next 2 hours pumping myself up to go get it. I had to call my mom and have her give me courage hahaha.
I got my second COVID shot Tuesday. I then felt pretty miserable on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. But I went to bed on Wednesday night with this special kind of gratitude. I felt sick, but I wasn't sick. I just felt grateful for people who sacrificed so much to get this vaccine and grateful I didn't have to have COVID being pregnant or with a newborn.
I started running again. Yay.
I am LOVING going to all my littles sporting events. Its what I pictured motherhood being and I've misssssed it the last year plus.
Today I woke up and decided, we can't fight these Cicadas, so i'll embrace them. If I just tell myself over and over again that they are harmless creepy looking butterflies, I find them almost enjoyable.
I've been feeling spent lately. Do you know that i've never gone more than 3 hours without feeding Brigs. Ever. I've never even tried to give him a bottle, because I don't know what the purpose of that would be, since there is no one here that could even watch him. Motherhood is exhausting and life just really isn't your own. And I felt that deep this week.
But I love my people.
Jax:
His heels hurt him a lot this week. But he continues to do his stretching. He is uber excited about the Jazz being first in the conference. He played his heart out in his football game. He had a touchdown catch and the most incredible 3rd down defensive stop. It was really awesome. And they still came up just shy of a win. They play the same team each week and have lost each week. Its hard, but good lessons are being learned. He is LOVING school right now. His teacher is doing CELEBRATE! and each day they focus on a letter. C=Clouds, E=experiments L=lemondae E=emojis B=bubble gum. He is sick today and is soooo nervous about being sick tomorrow. He doesn't want to miss the last days of school. He is enjoying watching English Premiere League and PGA Championship and NBA Playoffs. Oh his life is happy. Except his heels.
Ty:
He killed it in his soccer practice on Thursday. He is really enjoying it. I am excited to get him into soccer in Spokane, but also into gymnastics. The kid just wants to do backflips all the days. He had an accidental double header soccer game on Saturday. He basically ran for 90 minutes straight. I have never seen him more exhausted in his life. He is becoming more aggressive and is literally everywhere on the field. But I will say, i'm not looking forward to double headers with Ty in the future, because he couldn't handle it mentally once we got home hahaha. He was sooooo tired. Today he spent all morning collecting exoskeltons. Over 600. And then all afternoon building one of his birthday legos. A excavator. Its incredible. He's so incredible. Oh I get so excited to just jump into all of my boys passions. I can see some fun things in our future. I must admit, holding hundreds of cicada exoskeltons in my hands.... that wasn't in the plans. But, Ty.
Luke:
I love how much Luke just likes to be outside. He will take his strawberries and lay outside on the tramp for so long. He also will just happily sit in the stroller for long amounts of times. Luke's love language is physical touch. He wants to kiss and hug and kiss everyone. He is literally kissing and hugging me right ` now. He is constantly kissing and hugging Brig. Which explains why they both are sick. And he tries so hard to hug Jax & Ty. Jax normally gives in, which is why Jax is sick. Ty is a little more resistant, which is why Ty is the only person in our family that isn't sick. Luke loves animals so much. He is eating much better lately but all of his food still has to be deconstructed. I feel for Luke, it is obvious that Ty & Jax have this special little bond and he is the little brother. Brig hasn't caught up yet, of course, and I'm often feeding briggy, so I think Luke sometimes feels left out. But I explained that to Jax & Ty this weekend and they've been trying hard to include him. Right now Luke is riding Jax like a horse and Ty is keeping his distance because #legos #runnynose. I also love how anytime Ty is struggling Luke goes up to him and says, "Ty what wrong. I helpa you." OH and Luke puts an 'a' at the end of all of his words. NOa. TYa. YOUa. He also LOVES to cook with me.
Brig:
He had his 6 month check up this week. He is lliiiiiitttttlllle. In the 12%. I've never had a baby that small. The irony that he was 9lbs 8oz. The dairy is definitely a factor though. I had to have some in Spokane and Brigs bum just cleared up. So its official. No dairy for me until I stop nursing Brigs. Brigs is rolling all over from tummy to back. He can go to sleep on his own. He still wakes up 2-3 times a night. He loves just watching his brothers all day and in thoroughly entertained by Luke. I'm so glad they have each other. Hes grabbing his toes and eating them. He has started to get bored so we give him things we have on hand; whisks, spatuala, car keys, phones..... haha I need to buy baby toys. But I never have. I'm excited to get to Spokane and make a room for Brigs and Luke. And i'm exctied for each of them to actually have a bed. Poor Luke and the dreadfully 15 year old crib mattress on the floor he is sleeping on.
We have less than 3 months left here. Our come follow me chat this week was about how we need to make sure we are present and planting roots here even though we have some exciting things in our future. So here is to collecting a thousand more cicadas tomorrow and eating lots of Graters Ice Cream. Have I told you lately, how grateful I am for all the Vegans in the world? Vegan Graters Ice Cream is better than nothing.
