In May’s posting I said I would try to be more timely with my posts…obviously, since I am now trying to write for June and July that did not happen! I will try to recount the goings-on from the past two months the best I can…
June
June was a pretty quiet month for us. Justin got promoted, so we were very excited about that. He is now managing both the nursing and allied sides of the Ft. Worth office. It is more money and more responsibility, so he is very pleased with this. We celebrated with dinner at Trulucks, which is always delicious! The very next week we celebrated Father’s Day with sushi at Naan. Bitsy gave Justin some magnetic boards to go up in the garage that will hold his tools and accessories. Justin has been wanting these for awhile, so he is excited. I am excited to have an organized system for tools and equipment and not the mess we currently have! I gave Justin a gift certificate to the PGA golf store, which he used to buy a travel bag for his clubs since he has an upcoming golf tournament in Amarillo. Aubrey had a great time walking around the PGA superstore, and even practiced with some clubs just her size. Justin got me a pink club (I think it’s called a driver?) to use when we go to Top Golf. I think he only got it for me so I would stop using his good clubs, but I can’t say I blame him! Aubrey and I made him a small canvas for his office that have our handprints on it. The background is black and then my handprint is in white, with Aubrey’s handprint in red on top of mine. It wound up being more abstract than I had hoped for, but I think he liked it.
That’s about all I have for June…when we weren’t celebrating various occasions we were escaping the heat in our pool!
July
This was a crazy month for us – it seems like the hottest month of the year is always the busiest! We had a great 4th of July weekend. Bitsy came over that Saturday and we had a cook-out at our house. We tried some new recipes that were delicious and then swam and sipped on Sangrias. It was a relaxing evening and the perfect way to celebrate. Downtown McKinney celebrates the fourth with a fabulous parade. We went to this for the first time and had a blast. We got there early and picked a prime spot on the square and were able to see the parade up close and personal. We didn’t stay for the whole thing as it was very hot and Aubrey was pretty tired. Most of the city’s fireworks didn’t start until 9 pm so we missed out on them this year. It was too late for Aubrey and I think it would have freaked her out, but hopefully we’ll get to see some next year!
Mid-month we took Aubrey to lunch with Kate at Rise (yum) and then headed to her 18 month appointment with Dr. Kennedy. She weighed 23. 6 lbs and is 33 ½ inches tall. Dr. Kennedy is pleased with how she is doing, especially on her motor development and her vocabulary. By the time a child is 2 they should have around 50 words. At her appointment she had 49 words. Here are a few of her words: hello, hi, byebye, nighty night, bird, cookie, pup pup, more, up, momma, daddy, Sadie, Maemae, Bubba, Gigi, Bell Bell, hungry, stinky, poo, orange, apple, hey, baby, Aubrey, elmo, uhoh, no, moo, hot, bath, nap, home, hat, shoe, beep, boom, kitty, ow, amen, vroom, yum yum, good, book, now, balloon, what happen?, ball, duck. She is constantly moving and running and dancing. She loves to pretend vacuum and sweep the house, and she loves to play with her dolls. She follows instruction really well, but it is only when she wants to. She has a stubborn streak just like her momma and we are working on getting it under control. When she is really tired she gets frustrated easily but calms down pretty quickly. We are constantly exhausted by her but we love every moment!
The last weekend of the month we were supposed to go to Galveston for a few days but at the last minute we cancelled due to tropical storm Don. There was talk about it becoming a hurricane so we decided it would be best to cancel the trip. Luckily, we were able to reserve a house at Cedar Creek lake at the last minute which turned out to be perfect. The house was called “the Farmhouse” and it was gorgeous. It was a 2 bedroom, 2 bath home with every amenity one could need on about an acre of land. Outside was a huge chicken coop and yard, with tons of chickens and roosters. Aubrey LOVED the chickens. Also on the property were several goats that we were able to feed and pet and even walk. Aubrey fed them apples every day we were there and let them nibble on her fingers. The lake water was down 4 ft, but this actually worked out perfectly for us. It created a sandy beach that Aubrey could play on and then wade into the water. She had a blast.
even got to ride in Justin’s kayak, as well as float alongside Bitsy in her own pink kayak. I think all of this was overwhelming to her at first but she soon fell in love with the lake and the farmhouse. It was a perfect, relaxing weekend and we can’t wait to go back!
So, that’s about it for the months of June and July. That was brutal to sit down and write so I will be sure to try to keep up on a monthly basis from now on!
