I haven't done a post with a family update in quite a while, since pre-covid, so I thought it was about time.
Louis: Gawd, where to start. He works so hard and takes really good care of us. He is still excelling in his career and once again, major things are happening and he could be looking at a rather large promotion here in the next month or so.
About a month ago, a gentlemen in the Dallas area reached out to Louis and commissioned him to do some batman work. This guy has 1 of 500 original masks that were created off the Michael Keaton films and he is wanting a replica mask made that he can actually wear, while keeping the original mask on display in his media room. Louis was more than happy to jump on the opportunity. All of his work has been on the Christian Bale films, so this was a new challenge, and definitely one he has really enjoyed working on.
Meagan: I'm boring. As you all know I don't work any longer. My stint at Fred Meyer literally lasted less than a month. Then corona hit and I definitely wasn't exposing my self or my family to some crazy "ish" for 10 bucks an hour. I did enjoy it while it lasted...kinda nice to get outta the house a few hours, a couple days a week, but now with the new baby coming and having 2 under 2, we have no plans in the near future for me to resume working.
Im keeping my self busy working on some Tot school with Tatum, and of course the typical cooking, cleaning and errand running part of life. I've also started to work on the babies nursery as well as their bathroom and playroom which both will be getting complete makeovers prior to babesens arrival.
Ive been getting back into cake making a little bit too. Not working with fondant so much as just making some pretty and yummy cakes. I'll share some photos on the next post.
Rachel: Has just started her sophomore year of high school, and is doing so virtually. She continues to draw some amazing pictures and her talent is just blooming....it's amazing actually. She still plays violin and piano, going on close to 10 years of each. She is looking forward to taking drivers ed as soon as the world returns to normal.
Bella: Is in 9th grade, which in the Boise school district is still jr high, so fortunately, she HOPEFULLY will have the opportunity to actually start high school in person. So far, school this year has been online. She loves to skateboard and is super good at it. She spends all her free time with her friends down at Rhodes, and actually got the chance to skate with some professional skateboarders the other day. She is working to save money for her Thailand trip this summer, she is required to come up with her own spending money.
Zoe: Has started the 7th grade this year, which puts her in her first year of jr high, which unfortunately for her, has been online this year. It's a bummer for these kids that have to not only start a new school, but also a new type of school- learning how to change classes, mess with your locker, all that stuff....they're gonna be thrown in one day, with no prior exposure. c'est la vie. She is still in horseback riding and recently got a new horse named Howdy. She has a show coming up on Halloween that she has been working on. She also still swims on the BSU swim team.
Tatum: Is my fat, happy, lazy little man. He is already 16 months old, but has no interest in acting like it. He doesn't walk or talk. He is content to totally chill and is the happiest, most content dude around. However, before he falls too far behind, we have started some work with the Idaho infant and Toddler program, to get him caught up to where he needs to be. We have just started the assessments, so we will see where we end up and what the plan is. I seem to be more concerned than they are, but its been difficult for me to not compare his milestone achievement rate to that of Bella and Zoe, which at this age apparently, is apples and oranges between female and male toddlers.
Baby 2: As you all know, it's another little boy! yay! We agreed Louis could name a boy and I'd name the girl. He's thrown around a few different names, but hasn't settled on one. I will tell you guys, it seems that it will be a classic name, as those are what he's been leaning towards, but ya never know I guess!
We will be 12 weeks on Saturday and that will be the end of the first trimester!! woohoo! I have had my share of exhaustion, vomiting, headaches and boob aches. Hoping as we near the end of the first trimester, that the symptoms will start to fade.
We're hoping to do a VBAC this birth. It is a bit more risky since my two prior births have been c-section, but the risk isn't huge, and the benefits to a vaginal birth are enough for me to consider it. The benefit to a c-section is that they could just do a tubal ligation immediately following the birth.....we are having no mas babies!
Anywho, that is about all there is to report for now...will post some pics in a few days....thats the good stuff anyways right?!?!
