It's been a long time!

Sorry for the lengthy delay between postings! It's so hard to find time to do everything I'd like to do these days. We've had a fun couple of weeks. Chris's dad came to visit over the Father's Day weekend, and we all enjoyed spending time together. Yesterday, we had our friends Jen and Janine over with their little one-year-old twin girls Jordan and Sydney. We had lunch and played in the pool, and the kids seemed to all have a good time, with a few melt-downs here and there. Matt and Thomas hadn't had their usual morning nap, so they were a little grumpy.

Today I found a nice crib on Craigs List and bought it for Thomas. Matt's been sleeping in a regular crib, but Thomas has been in the co-sleeper (portable crib). So, he needed a regular crib, and we'll have the co-sleeper for the new baby. We've re-arranged their room, and it's a tight fit, but it looks pretty good. Thomas seemed happy about his new digs! One of these days, we'd like to create a door between their room and the bedroom next to it--then, we can have the whole big space for the three boys.

I've traveled to Utah and Southern California since the last post, and Friday marked the last day of our fiscal year at Baker & Taylor. It's been a tough year, but I'm eager to see how we ended up. There are a lot of new and exciting things going on, so the next couple of years should be interesting.

The new kitty, Baxter, is fitting in just fine--he gets on the kitchen counters, which we do not like, but we hope to break him of this habit as he gets older.

Our new little baby seems to be fine--I go to the doctor tomorrow for a check-up. I'm feeling good, thankfully.

Looking forward to the holiday weekend coming up!

xo, j&c, m&t

The Baby Herbs are Walking!

Matt and Thomas have both started walking a lot now. They're practicing all the time, and they're doing great! We just had their 1-year pictures taken, and they turned out so cute. I'm posting some here.

In Chris news: He is working out and running all the time and is in really good shape. Ed and Eileen are hosting a luncheon in his mom's memory on June 14 out in California. We hope to be able to go, but it would be a very long drive for just a day. He's finished up his pre-req's for his physical therapy assistant school, so he'll be starting the actual program sometime this fall. A new little kitty has adopted Chris, so it looks like we have an addition to the family--Baxter who is 6 months. He is currently living in our spare room, but he'll get introduced to the family this weekend. He got neutered and his shots this week.

In Jane news: I'm excited that my friend Amy is now the northern California rep for B&T! We'll get to work together over the coming month, heading to Utah for the week on Monday. Found another scorpion in the house last night, but luckily Brady pointed it out to me before I stepped on it in the dark. It's a constant battle for us, and Chris is good about exterminating around the outside of the house. I'll be 22 weeks along tomorrow with our new little guy--we're so looking forward to his arrival!

Our real estate continues to be a hardship--we have several vacancies, but so far we're managing. I hope this economy turns around soon!

Love, j&c, m&t