So, I promised myself that I would not let a whole year pass with out a posting. And, whew, I've made it just under the wire. It's astounding that almost a year has passed.
It's just so hard to believe that 5 years ago I was on bedrest, worrying about preemie babies and carseats. Now we're onto worrying about kindergarten in the Fall and how to get an almost three year old off of the pacifier and onto the potty.
In five years, some things haven't changed: same house, same job (can you say longest.job.ever), same amazing husband.
But yet, everything has changed. 2 kids. I still shake my head in disbelief. But yet, I couldn't imagine it any other way.
Ben still loves trains. But, thankfully, really enjoys other activities as well. Building things. Seeing how things work. Playing games that involve building things and seeing how things work. He is, in many ways, his father the engineer's son. He's practically reading and already doing math in his head that I can't manage without a calculator. Numbers and words delight him.
On New Years Day I brought home the complete Railway Series, which the whole Thomas the Train world is based on. It's a huge book, 504 pages to be exact. Ben and I have spent the evenings curled up in his bed, reading each story. It is pure delight to have him snuggled up to me, completely enraptured in the stories. (And, on a side note, the stories are wonderful. Completely well done and can't at all be compared to the horrible-ness of the Thomas stories we all know, and uh, dislike intensely.)
Max is very much like his dear mother. Passionate. Emotional. Very clear about his likes and dislikes. Very attached to his pacifier (I might have had one until, oh, er, the age of four). Max is a charmer and knows how to work a crowd like a champ. His imagination amazes us. He goes through elaborate pantomimes when he makes you some coffee, or feeds his pet dinosaur named Friday. He also has a pet dog named Friday and a baby named Friday. He has a squirrel named CoCo. Oh, and a bunny named Coco. And I think it's his T-rex that's named Friday. His Stegasourus is named CoCo. He loves animals, super heroes, and Diego. Most of all he loves his brother. Or " My Brudder" as he says. Sometimes, he loves him to death, with lots of tackles and death grip hugs. But, boy is he sweet and delicious.
In the past year I've discovered the Brazilian Blowout which has changed my life. We got a new Subaru Outback. We've fallen deeper in love with this town of ours. We've been working our asses off at work.
And, we've been loving and loving being a family.
