Like usual, I’m behind on writing. So many other things take a front seat to this. Andd it’s 3:00 and I barely have anything done. Oh well. That happens on Mondays. In case you are recently tuning in, since I plan to share my blog soon…maybe.. this is my journey on the way to a family of seven. We currently have six, including our 3 pets. (Oops, I did just get a fish, but he’s not counted! Oh well.. his name is Hugo) I’m writing about random things in my life, sort of keeping a personal journal..until I get a big fat positive! Then it can be a pregnancy blog 😉 I realized my posts thus far haven’t really been very inspiring. Basically they’re kind of a monologue. But, if you know me, I want to inspire people so I may start including at least a quote or something positive I’ve been reading about.  I also tend to get side-tracked and rant. Trying to stick to the point here. Anyway! I recently had a miscarriage, 8 weeks along. We didn’t lose a baby, just a pregnancy.. nothing had ever formed. As you can read on in my blog. So now starting over. Waiting for a “regular” period before trying again..may take another month. We could be having another winter baby, from the looks of it. Or Spring.
New updates:
I am almost to 50 orders in my Etsy shop. Yay! Made enough money to order plenty more frames, a few more craft supplies, and Kyle’s birthday present! Really excited about all of that, and that I have my OWN money in my own account now, first time since before we were married. I know Kyle’s money is mine too, but it feels great to buy him something from what I earned. And I needed a separate business account to keep track of those finances. PS. I’m the worst bookkeeper! All my receipts are in a jar.. that’s the extent of it.
I have started a few indoor greenhouses, to begin a garden. Hoping to have the ground tilled next weekend, so I can be getting the plants ready to go in the ground. It’s awesome! My squash plants are huge already, they probably need to be transplanted somewhere. So far I’m growing: lettuce, spinach, squash, cilantro, dill, rosemary, parsley, and basil. I just started another greenhouse this weekend, full of flower seeds. Cosmos, Zennia, and a few others.
Cooper no longer uses his crate. He probably would if we were persistent, but he prefers Kyle’s side of the bed. I usually still try to hear him in the mornings and get up to let him out, spending the next hour laying on the couch, keeping him from waking up everyone else trying, but then he wakes Kyle up anyway and I go back to bed for a few! We have been leaving him free roam of the house if we leave, and so far so good. Only a few accidents that we know about. I’m proud of him!! He does have his hyper annoying times..A LOT.. jumping and biting. But overall he is so gentle toward Harper. It’s like he knows she’s a baby and he has to be sweet and easy. She wanders off sometimes and brings back his bone to give to him. It’s too cute!! They are good buddies.
Harper has really impressed me too! She uses her sign language all the time, but also imitates lots of words. She can sign: milk, dog, more, food/eat, book, all done, and fish. She saw me drinking water and asked for milk the other night, it was so perfect! Trying to teach her “water,” “outside” and “love you” too. Â She’s starting to shake her head “no.” And I can’t even count the number of words she can say. Some are truly them, some a stretch.. but like I said, can imitate many sounds. Mama, Dadda, Ball, Kitty, Cat, Dog, Pickle, are the ones she for sure knows!
Harper – 14 months old- loves to:
Play outside
Sit on counters
Hug kitties
Set up and play with little animals
Read books
Play with (her size) chairs
She is also running now.
Last night we went to the second concert since she’s been born. Maroon 5. It was a lot of fun! We had free, club seat, tickets..can’t beat that! Since this was our second Maroon 5 concert, we thought it only fitting that I get a t-shirt. 🙂 We headed downtown around 6:30, and they didn’t even start until 9:30, when we had planned leaving. (Opening bands played until then- Owl City and Neon Trees.) Luckily, “Granny,” Kyle’s mother, had Harper to sleep around 9! We didn’t think it was possible, so we were thrilled and got to stay for most all of the concert.
As March winds down, I’m looking forward to Easter next week. April is our birthday month, so we have those to celebrate. Harper will be 15 months old. Starting the gardens and landscaping. Looking into a trip to the beach!!
Well, that’s a lot to take in! We’re at a great stage in life! 🙂 Thanks for getting this far.
Sevenly Bliss 