We are doing good over here in the Franklin household. My blogging is not so good. Literally only keeping up with Blake's monthly posts, but I'm sure you all understand. Sooo here is a recap of what is going in our life...
Mark- Busy with work! His schedule remains crazy, but his new territory which he started the week Blake was born has been a much better fit. Less driving for him which means he gets home at a decent hour at night and is able to help with bedtime activities. He has been amazing with the moving into a new house thing. He unpacked so many boxes, put things away and organized way more then I did. He carried my stress of it all with some major unconditional love! We have also started a weight loss challenge with some friends of ours and he has gotten after it. He is already down some major weight and I am so proud of him.
Leah- She is a mess as I always say. She has so much energy, loves to get dirty, play outside, eat everything, swim, swing, go down the slides, tackle Blake, use her binki. She is just fun loving with the burden of not handling her emotions (just like her mother) She is stubborn and strong willed. She tries to talk her way out of anything even though no one can understand what she is saying. She is rotten, but fun and makes me laugh. She tests my patience all the time as I'm sure I test hers. We tried taking the binki away from her but was unsuccessful, we will just save for the braces! We will be working on potty training as she is very interested.
Blake- Well you all know about him, but he is sweet, sweet sweet. He is honestly the sweetest thing I have ever known. He is a momma's boy, loves to snuggle and nurse. I just adore this 6-9 month age.
Me: I just finished my online class for the summer. So i have a 2 week break until fall classes start. I ended up doing really well on my final so I was happy all my studying payed off. I am excited for classes start. I will be in clinical about 2 days week and looking forward to "getting smart!" I will be done in May. A lot of work until then, but I am ready for it. I quit my St. Vincent job in the NICU. It was hard decision, but it was just too much for me and for us. Thankfully I have been able to focus on school and my kiddos. I will miss my babies and my friends, but it is just one step closer to the end goal of being an NP. Ive been enjoying staying home with the kids. It has tested me and my patience. I am not a very patient person, but working on it. Some days are great, others are not. Do I think I could be a stay at home mom...yes, but it would be hard. I do not think that is what I want. I want the best of both worlds. Hopefully I can find a part time job after graduation and work a little and play a lot with my kids.
The house is coming along. We are settled as far as unpacking, but we have to make it our home. It needs some paint and TLC. Our first priority will probably be the deck outside. It needs some major work and since we love being outside so much I think that is where we will start. We love our neighborhood, our neighbors and everything about Zionsville! We are happy here!
So there you have, a little or long update! Hope everyone is having a great summer!
