Friday, May 18, 2012

Catching up...

It's been awhile... but we've had 2 incredibly busy months. Lots of random stuff to update on, and I'll get more in depth in later posts.

Max turned 2! We had a quiet little dinner here at home.. since he won't eat anything out. No breakfast pancakes like the other kids, no birthday cake or blowing out the candles... just lots of birthday hugs and kisses from all of us. 2 years... I can hardly believe we made it. He looks so normal... you'd never know all that we still deal with and worry about, but he's alive and we are so grateful.!!! He's definitely a terrible two now! It's like something in him snapped and he became sneaky and silly and stubborn all at once! He climbs and throws and basically likes to get into trouble. Sounds like a 2 year old to me!





We celebrated Max's birthday again at the March for Babies. Actually, we stood under a tent with 22 friends in the pouring rain until they cancelled the event. But we did lots of media for the March of Dimes that day and most importantly, we raised more than $2300 as a team! It's so important to us to do this... it's one way that we can give back and try to help other families, so that hopefully no one else will spend 123 days in the NICU like we did.



 



Alex turned 5! He wanted a rock star party and we pulled it off. More than anything for his birthday, he wanted new tennis shoes for his birthday... MEGA FLEX... because they have springs. He's been running and jumping ever since he got them!










Ella had a second dance competition and did well. Honestly, I thought she danced better the second time around, but her competition was really stiff! It was tough for her to understand.. she's likes winning, and especially bringing home those awards that she gets to keep for herself... but she's already said she wants to dance another solo next year... so I guess she's learning to face disappointment too.






I've been working like crazy, Troy's mom was here briefly over Mother's Day, Troy is off for a boys' weekend, and next week is Memorial Day! AACK! Where does the time go!? I'm so anxious for school to be over next week, for a new summer schedule to begin, just because it's a little less busy.




Like I said, it's been a few INSANELY, CRAZY weeks!!! But we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Last, but not least... my favorite photo of the past few weeks.. controlled chaos, as usual... but it's my life and I love it!