... is gone, and April too, almost... I have been a very bad blogger {sorry Mom and Dad}. Things here have been pretty normal.. Not a whole lot going on, so not a whole lot to write about.. :D
Quick Recap:
Alec went to South Africa for about 10 days in mid-March to work on a play that's pseudo being produced with UMKC. He had a great time, we missed him lots, and maybe one day I'll go through the 1500 {or equally ridiculously large number} of photos he took...
Since then, he's been busy busy busy with school. The year ends for him in about 10 days, so we still haven't been seeing much of him. He's been designing and engineering and assisting on shows all over town, which is good because it's that many more contacts for us when he finishes.. If we lose our minds and decide to stay here, or something... And finally after about 10 years of phone tag and stupid politics, he's nailed a job down for this summer. He'll be working on sound for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival on their {only} show, The Merry Wives of Windsor. {How it's a festival with only one show, I don't know.. But that's not my problem}. That will take him through all of June, after which he'll head straight into designing {a show I don't remember} for Actor's Theatre Kansas City. He's done a lot with them before, so it should be smooth sailing.. This lasts July-August, then it's back to school for him.. {I'm kind of depressed now, and feel like summer's already over}...
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Ethan has been keeping us busy. His favorite activities are moving furniture around - dining chairs, tables, love seats, rockers, you name it.. He also loves opening and slamming doors - a true joy, let me tell you.. He's becoming a lot more vocal, and sometimes I even think I'm beginning to recognize repeated "words".. Ah-Nah is Sasha, I think.. and Meh-Meh-Meh is Max.. Or something.. He's really learning cause and effect and is able to communicate what he wants pretty efficiently.. He'll go get his snack bowl of goldfish - empty or full - and that let's me know he's hungry.. Or he'll just go open the closet we keep the goldfish in - now that he can - and help himself... He's also figured out that when he hears the elevator out in the hall followed by the door unlocking, that means Daddy's home.. It's really cute to watch him go running to meet Alec..
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I've been spending every spare minute I can find on the computer - not blogging, obviously - but scrapping. Of course the first thing I did when Alec left the country was to break our external hard drive {with Ethan's help} so I lost everything - all my scrapbooking stuff, pictures, Alec's school work, financial records, everything... Luckily we were able to send it to a data recovery place, and for the small fee of our next born child, they were able to get most of it back... That kind of threw a wrench into things, but we're getting things back in order slowly and surely... Things are going really well with the store I'm selling at, and I'm having a good time.. :) I even went to a little digi-scrapbooking covention in St. Louis the last week of March, and that was pretty fun.. Nicole, who I met online and do collabs with each month, came out from Springville and we drove over together. It was nice to get away, even if just for a few days, but kind of weird at the same time.. I'd never spent the night away from Ethan before, but it turned out alright.. :D
I update my scrapbooking blog at least weekly - not so much with family stuff, but feel free to check it out if you're interested... :) Here are a few pages I've done recently to show you a little bit more of what we've been doing... {You should be able to click each one to get a larger image}.
I update my scrapbooking blog at least weekly - not so much with family stuff, but feel free to check it out if you're interested... :) Here are a few pages I've done recently to show you a little bit more of what we've been doing... {You should be able to click each one to get a larger image}.
At the park, enjoying the mid-60s in February.Kit: Sweet Flora collab by Digi-Designs by Nicole & A Work in Progress
That same day at the park.Kit: Growing Up by ME!
Ethan at the park last weekend. We hope to make this a frequent event..Kit: Don't BUG Me by Jessica Edwards
Ethan's new favorite game to play is Blinky, Blinky. One person blinks, then the other, and so on and so forth for any length of time you choose...
Kit: Summer Days collab by Digi-Designs by Nicole and Gettin' Scrappy with Britt
(This one's still free till the end of the week).
These ones have pictures that are a bit older, but they're all made with kits I've designed the last month or so...
The bug taking a nap way back in the day...Kit: Wynken, Blynken & Nod collab with Scraps by Jenn
So that's basically our life... I promised Alec - and asked him to hold me to it - that I'll blog weekly.. Or at least try to... So, until next time... :D