Catching Up

wow - it's been a few weeks since I posted last! Not a whole lot new happening here, but wanted to update. Noah and Caleb's latest obsession is Pokemon - they are trading cards that you play games with and each one has a fictional creature on it. They have been checking out Pokemon books at the library for months now and pore over them nearly every day. They have favorite creatures and know all about their 'powers' and weapons, etc. The big find for Noah a week ago at our local grocery store was a Pokemon (cartoon) video for $1.99 - he bought it with his own money and we have watched it more times than I care to count already. :) Then today the boys spent their own money to buy their first sets of Pokemon cards - I have to admit I love Pokemon right now also because they played with the ALL afternoon. :) Happily. :) No fighting. :) My new cry instead of "Calgon, take me away!" will now be "Send Pokemon cards now!!"

Lucas is growing bigger - I should take him in and just get him weighed because I'm curious. Met a gal last week who gave me several larger sized diaper covers and a few more cloth diapers that she had used - what a life saver. I need to make several more of the next size up. :) We love the cloth diapers, though...haven't bought diapers in almost 5 weeks - we even use them on Sundays now. Anyway, Lucas is really smiling and interacting with us now - it's so fun! He continues to sleep great - even did three 10-hr stretches this week at night. He's getting a little better at napping as I have gotten more discplined about laying him down for his naps. :( Hard to do - I'd rather hold him sometimes. Sometimes I still do. :)

I am slowly but surely feeling like we have a new normal routine now. Last week I spent several hours online ordering school materials for the boys - whoo boy. Can't believe it's that time already. Sheesh! Should be a good year and I'm excited to get back into the school routine. We are starting a mom's group (something along the lines of MOPS) at church this year and I'm helping to plan it - pray with us that it will draw the new moms and younger moms into relationship more. We have several young moms who attend regularly who we are trying to 'connect with' more.

Jeff is doing well - had a good trip to Chicago and we're all glad he's back. He has a wedding this Saturday and next and one in September. He seems to be doing better with his neck/shoulder/back pain since we got the new mattress. I'm loving having a QUEEN size bed now! I'm still adjusting to the softness, but I like it a lot. Jeff also worked some more on the finishing work in our bedroom. Mostly painting and attaching the trim (already cut just not attached) and then we're done.

Another week in the life of the Hyatts. :)