Raising Kids IS hard. But awesome.

Okay, I can't leave my last post as a depressed and sad one. So here is a happy one!

Things are great. We are loving our new house. We don't have a yard yet but that will soon come (next summer). For now we are utilizing the parks near us and our friends across the street. We love having neighbors and close friends.

I haven't gone running in 3 weeks and plan to start again tonight. Yay for me! Running is such a good stress reliever for me.

Luke and Wesley are as fun and as cute as ever. I found that as I decreased the stress in my life and allowed myself to let go of things that were out of my control, Luke's behavior has gotten significantly better. He feeds off of my emotions and when I am stressed he gets scared and out of control. As I stay calm and just accept life as it happens around me (while assuming control of the things that I have control over) he does the same and everyone is happy. We are all greatly benefiting from this new outlook on life.

I also have a strong belief in the fact that the relationship between spouses is the most important one because when something is out of order with husband and wife it automatically effects the children. Make sure you and your husband are on the same page and communicating with love ALWAYS. Kids hear everything and we need to be careful of what they hear. Not only that be we should just always talk kindly to our spouse. We can disagree on things but there doesn't ever need to be yelling or fighting. Ever. It's that easy. Stay on top of your concerns with your spouse and never put off telling your spouse something because you just think it will change. Do it now. Your relationship needs it.

Luke has gone 2 weeks without an accident in his diaper. In fact he's not even wearing diapers anymore. He gets to wear cool big boy Lightning McQueen underwear. Cool dude. I am so proud of him. And the Nerf gun sitting on top of the fridge that was promised to him when he became potty-trained will be given to him soon. Cute boy.

Dave and I went on a date last night and it was great. We need to do that more often and plan to trade with our neighbors a couple of times a month so that we can all get some necessary big people time together.

Well, my goal of keeping this short has failed. That's okay.

Raising kids is still hard but it's the greatest blessing in my life. Along with my husband.

Here's to making every day an adventure!