So I vowed to be a better blogger....fail! It's been since January and there is much much much to catch up on! So instead of doing 18 seperate blogs---here is a quick recap(minus pictures as Josh has our laptop at Boys State)....pictures to follow later!
February: BEST SURPRISE PARTY EVER!! Thanks to my hubby and bestie Tara---I brought 30 in with a smile...and smiling around me where my bestest friends!! I honestly didn't suspect a thing...ok, maybe when Josh wanted to take me to Mandan...but other then that it was a true surprise! If this is what the diry thirtys are all about...bring them on!!!
March and April:---nothing really stands out here :) Zach tried wrestling!---he said the kids were pretty rough ;)
May: My parents moved from Dickinson over to Bismarck---HIP HIP HOOORAY!!! They are living and managing Parkwood Appartments here in Bismarck...have I mentioned yet they have a pool :) It's so nice to have them so close!!!
OH! We were able to take a girls trip to AZ for Tara's 30th birthday treat---I have tried to convince Josh since then that we need to move there!! I love the heat....he would love the golf! A perfect fit :) May was a very busy month----
I ran my first--and maybe my last--1/2 Marathon!!! What an experience!! Me, Danielle, and Michelle---put a lot of blood, sweat, tears, laughs, and many Lincoln pavement miles into training for this race! We were so proud to say we didn't walk once...or for a week after ;) They were the best!!! Since then we have done a 10k here in Bismarck for RibFest and we will attempt our first Gladiator Rush in two weeks!!
On May 29th our Zachary Xavior turned 8! We celebrated his birthday the same weekend as Josh's the first weekend in June---but I have to do a special remember your birth story as I did for miss Addy!
.....My due date was over the July 4th weekened---so we thought that traveling to Dickinson for Memorial Weekend to visit my parents would be no big deal!? I do however remember Eric Mogren looking at me before leaving GF and saying...well, good luck when you have that baby, cause I'm guessing you won't be pregnant when you come home....man was he right!!?
My blood pressure spiked and I was admitted to the Dickinson hospital---they monitored and medicated me over night and induced me first thing the next morning! The doc started me on poticin and said he was gonna go play a quick nine...came back, broke my water, while getting the epidural the nurse encouraged my family to go grab a quick bite....well Zach wasted no time and they were all called back to the room!! My 'early' baby was born at 11:27am weighing in at 8lbs 4oz and 20 in long(the biggest of our 3)...he was as healthy as a horse!! We still laugh as when the doc came in the next morning to check on us he smirked about going to Applebees and telling his table about the 8lb 34 week old baby he delievered last night....pre-HIPPA maybe ;)
Everyone asks how that happened and we honestly don't know....we had the normal 20 week ultrasound and it confirmed our due date...I still stick to the theory that my body is a convection oven and I just cook my babies faster then normal!?!
Anyway---Zachary was a wonderful baby---the snuggliest of all of ours--he had his blankey 'lovey' until about a year ago when Rick bought it from him :) All that was left was enough to fit inside of a small zip lock baggy which we hope to present to him at his high school graduation! Zach got glasses at 18 months due to his right eye turning in---he is already asking for contacts :)
Zachary is such a bright boy and is in the excellerated reading program at his school---he will more then likely be like his Dad and school will come very easy to him! He also LOVES video games(as does his Dad) and catches unto things very quickly! He is constantly asking questions and is a very early riser :) We love you so so much Zach!!
June: Another exciting month!!! JOSH TURNED 30!!!!! We had a wonderful backyard surprise for him...he said he didn't want a party--so I really think we got him!!! He had a HUGE turnout with close to 40 people filling our backyard with fun! We stayed up way to late and laughed way to much, but it was wonderful!!! June also brings Boys State---this marks Josh's eighty-fifth year...not really, but it feels like it ;) It is a program that he is truely passionate about and it's amazing to see him work so hard into ensuring it will be around for when Zachary is a Jr....sorry buddy....you won't have a say at all if you get to go or not :)
This June 23rd will also be our 11th wedding anniversary!!! Holy cow we are old!!! It has been an amazing rollercoaster together---but no one I would rather do it with :)
Ok---I think I am caught up!?! The girls have been spending the week with Grandm RuthAnn, Josh is at Boys State...the house is clean, Zach is in bed and I think I will head that way as well :) pictures to follow very soon! ....well maybe!
