All in One

Since I can barely keep up, I’m going to just throw a bunch of stuff together in this post! And while I am still working on the video from Rockfest last week, I’ve got lots of new photos to post. Here goes –

Mulberries! When we bought this house a little over 3 years ago, my mom thought we might have a mulberry tree. But we never saw any fruit, until two weeks ago! And then we noticed it everywhere, and have counted three mulberry trees. We had one when I was growing up and I used to love to go out there and eat the purple berries, but I also got in trouble for soiling many a pair of shoes running around in the mulberry-stained grass. Skyler loves the mulberries too and each evening we try to go out there and snack on a few fresh ones!

Yesterday we headed across town to Lee’s Summit and had pool time with friends and then a bbq. We had a fantastic time, even though most of the kids were worn out by the time it was over. Here are a few pics (lots more in the Flickr photostream in the right column) –

Finally, my friend Maria was brave enough to ask me to try my hand at shooting some maternity photos for her second pregnancy while she was in town yesterday. It was not only fun, but I think it was successful! Here are a few of my favorites – she posted more on her blog.

And, I’m still driving the Traverse! Early this week I should be trading in the LS for the fancy schmancy LTZ, so look for some new stuff from me over at Mommy Madness KC!

Behind

I cannot keep up these days! We are so busy and I’ve got two blogs to post to and it’s just a bit much for my limited “free” time! So, this is short and sweet – I’m working on a video of our fun time at Rockfest on Saturday, and then by the time that’s done it will probably be the weekend, in which case we have more fun plans (think Memorial Day picnic with even more friends and their adorable kids this time!) and likely lots of pictures to take which means even more things to post once thats all overwith and I’m sure I’ll be that much more behind. But at least I’m having fun! Breathe.

Gettin' ready to head out to Rockfest

Writer’s block

I haven’t posted much lately because I just haven’t been in the mood to write! I’ve been super busy, whether it’s keeping Skyler entertained (she gets bored so much faster these days), working out when she’s sleeping, catching up on laundry, or searching for a new daycare. Yes, we are on the search for a new daycare, and I’m really sad about it. We loved Skyler’s daycare and felt really comfortable with it. Our spot was even being saved till she was recovered from surgery and the doc released her to go back.

But something happened, I’m not sure what. I could never get a hold of her daycare teacher to finalize the details on her return. She was supposed to have her baby around that time, and last I knew, she had been put on bedrest. That was about a month ago, and after several phone calls, and messages, I gave up. I’m not mad about it at all, but I’m more concerned. She was very professional and normally very quick to return phone calls, and she was very supportive during Skyler’s hospitalization – she came to visit, sent a card signed by the other families at the daycare, and called often to check up on Skyler.

I’m terribly afraid that something happened with her and/or her baby and they are not in a position to call us back and worry about daycare. I’ve been praying for them and hoping to hear from them that their answering machine broke and they never got my messages. But I’ve also had to give up and start the search for another daycare. If you have a moment, please say a prayer for them that all is well and it was just a miscommunication and not something bad that happened. And say a prayer for us that we can find another wonderful place to care for Skyler. It’s going to be especially hard this time because she is even more weary of strangers, and we are more weary of who will care for her since they have so much more to be aware of than before. I’m not looking forward to the day I have to drop her off for the first time! It was so easy before because she was too young to care or know what’s going on. But our girl is much smarter now. I’m afraid she won’t take it so well this time!

Anyway, someday soon I’ll get caught up with photos and videos…I’ve got lots to upload.