HIGHLIGHTS
I thought this day may never come, but...Spencer is finally potty trained! He's pooping on the potty like a champ! No more diapers - finally!! (I have to say, I am a little embarrassed to admit that, because he is almost 4 1/2...he should've been done with this over a year ago or more. I'm sure I did something wrong...but don't judge me, ok? I'm just so happy we're done!)
We threw a suprise party for Dave's Grandma Kay's 90th birthday! Last weekend ALL of the Bateman siblings traveled to Fort Benton, Montana (talk about freezing middle of nowhere, sorry) to celebrate this momentous occasion! One sister even came from New York, and one from Texas - wow! This is no ordinary 90 year old either - she's sharp, independant, generous, funny, and she shoots porcupines and rattle snakes. She's truly amazing.
My sister, Alaina, came to visit! (shout out to Alaina - hollah.)
Dave's brother Bob moved to Provo to go to school, and has proved to be a great new babysitter! (shout out to Bob - hollah.)
I hosted a fabulous night of Bunco at my house! Complete with another highlight - oreo brownies and a great new recipe for apple dip (thanks Jessie)! Most of us even stayed until like 12:30 am - SO fun!
I re-started up an exercise routine. Good timing after the previous highlight's treats.
LOWLIGHTS
Dave was gone in India for 3 weeks, and I didn't go to my parents house in California at all (like I usually do).
All in the same day, I heard about a peeping tom in our neighborhood, and that the house next door to ours was broken into...all while Dave was gone!
I was a blogging slacker.
IN-BETWEEN-LIGHTS
I got called as RS president...?!? (I know what you are thinking...but I'm pretty sure that our Bishop doesn't actually smoke crack...)
We now have 9am church. It's great to have the rest of the day open (for meetings, ha ha), but just a little early for me to be up and ready!
I took Spencer to a model train show. I didn't think about the fact that there would be lots of amazing trains that he would be FORBIDDEN to touch! He did ok...but it wasn't as fun as I had hoped.
A couple of pictures...
The suprise party was a huge success!(Gramma Kay and Dave's sister Deb - from NY!)
The Batemans up at the ranch in Fort Benton, MTp.s. This is my 100th post! Go me! Hooray for blogging. I really do love it.
p.p.s. I do have much more to blog about, so there will be more to come...hopefully sooner than later!
7 comments:
You're hilarious Amanda!! I'm glad for you that Spencer is potty trained too! Getting rid of diapers is awesome! By the way...your new family picture is so so good!
I think your an awesome blogger! :) Fun reading all your January lights :). Hooray to Spencer, Heck I'm not one to judge, parenting is tough though wonderful too.
Yeah! you updated! Not that it would have been impossible for me to find out what you've been up to since you live a block away!
Great post! I think your January sounds pretty great, esp. considering how long Dave was gone. Congrats on the new calling -- that's HUGE.
First - I'm sooo excited about Spencer -- for YOU. Isn't it so freeing? And I also know you'll be a great RS President. If the Bishop trusts me...there's no questions about you! You're awesome!
Haha, I was about to leave pretty much the same comment as Amanda Nemelka... if the bishop can trust me with the kids... you'll do great (you already are, I know it). And you are amazing with all that you deal with, and with Dave being gone especially. I'm so glad we're friends. :)
Awesome update. Hey, life gets crazy sometimes so blogging sometimes has to get pushed back. I've been so bad lately that my husband has been trying to pick up the slack in that department. Super cute pictures too. :-) I think you should have a party now that you're done potty training. I'm right in the middle of potty training my youngest. #2 just sticks. ...it really does stick, but I mean why is it so hard for little people to figure out #2? Go figure. Wish me luck. ;-)
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