PLEASE! Let it snow. Yes, we are still alive here in Minnesota and are VERY grateful for AC. It's in the 90s all week with 80+% humidity. Can you say sauna? What I wouldn't give for some snow right now... ahhhhhh. Never thought I'd be wishing for snow so badly. I'm keeping us inside and only venturing out for the most necessary trips. We tried to go outside to eat our homeade popsicles (yum!) and they were melting too fast. Ha!
Anyway.. I've neglected to blog forever for various reasons but am happy to say that we are doing well and thriving! Scott has been on formula for about 2 months now and is happy as a clam. I think he was hungry (that all the stress effected my milk supply) and has a milk sensitivity. He sleeps well and in a crib.. most of the time. He slept in his carseat for a while because it would keep him asleep, but we've got him in his crib now and put him in his seat if he's really fussy. Hey, whatever works right?! He's sooo close to crawling and is just surviving being loved to death by Sarah. He's gotten pretty good at pulling her hair and biting her because she's too curious and puts her finger in his mouth. It's pretty funny. He's sturdy enough that I let Sarah play with him more and he loves is, but she still can't control herself. So I have to protect him most of the day.
Sarah at the neighbor's with her new BFF, Tabby
Sarah has hit 2 and has got an AT-TI-TUDE! Whoa. Watch out. Sadly, she reminds me a lot of.. me in this respect. She's VERY particular and has to have everything perfect. Like, she HAS to have her blanky and her sippy cup of water in hand for bed. Otherwise, no dice. She's very attached to her blanky right now. She has to spread out the blanket just right to wrap her baby up in it. She has to have her food just right for her to eat it. ..........sigh. She goes to time-out a lot.. but is quick to give kisses and hugs, and that adorable smile. She is very helpful most of the time and will do or get me whatever I ask. She's very smart but stubborn and throws fits if she doesn't get her way. Oh well.. she's 2. I've got to learn patience somehow.
Kurtis is still plugging away at school and is almost halfway done! YAY! We're expecting to graduate next summer! After that, we have no idea what we'll do with all our spare time. Haha! He is still in Scouts and YM and is swamped at work. It's amazing that we ever see him. Poor guy! He's such a hard worker. But he loves it.
We went to see family in Massachusettes last month and will have pictures shortly.. we celebrated my grandparents' 80th birthday and got to see everyone in my family except my brother Mark who is Afghanistan..but should be home at the end of August!! It was a great trip.
Kurtis' family is coming HERE (YAY for not having to do another plane ride!) in a couple weeks. All the men and younger siblings will go to the Boundary Waters up north to canoe for a week and my sis-in-law and mom-in-law will stay with the kiddos. We are totally excited.
In other news.. I'm grateful for all the support I had during the first half of the year with Scott. I learned a lot and relied a lot on prayer. So grateful for prayer. I'm so thrilled to say that we are all doing well and are very happy as a family. I am trying to get a move on with my life and get some things accomplished! Like organize my house, clean, and take care of myself (on top of being a Mom!). I'm doing a little at a time but it feels great. I'm also training for a half-marathon at the end of August. Ugh. It's not fun to run in this weather.. but I did 6 miles on Saturday and felt great! I've never run more than 3 at a time in my life so this is a BIG deal!
So, this is us. I'll get pictures up as soon as I can get them loaded. Love to all! Stay cool.
Sometime in June IBM celebrated it's 100th Anniversary. Quite the accomplishment for any company. So all of the IBM campuses everywhere had a celebration and invited employees and their families. We had hamburger, ice cream, a few blue-frosted cupcakes, played on the bouncy houses and walked through the maze of blue-box buildings where Daddy works. 
