I'm back, and Brody is big.

In nearly a month I will have a one year old. Let me take a moment to let this soak in. 

Let me also take a moment to say what a horrible blogger I've been lately.

I have a tendency to want to be so efficient, so much that I drive myself crazy at times.

I found myself keeping a running list of all of the events that I needed to blog of Brody.

And we were/are so busy.

And I was not having any time to sit and blog.

And the list was growing and the dates were increasing.

And I was stressing. 

So I decided to put the blog to the side for a little, until it felt fun again.

Now I'm okay. :)

I'm going to try my best not to feel to guilty about not writing about all the precious moments we have had with our sweet boy, and focus on documenting moments that are happening now.

He is getting so big!! 

Brody is crawling, ripping books, digging through trash, eating adult food, and starting to talk.

Today, I was driving home from work, thinking about how much he has grown, 

and I started to think about how soon he will be able to play with other kids and run around with them.

It literally brought a tear to my eye.

A few weeks ago I babysat two of the sweetest kids and learned that Brody does not understand sharing.

While the kids were a bit older than him, and were used to sharing with each other, Brody did not want them touching his toys. He therefore would grab the toy with both hands and push them away with his, not so small, head. Oh gosh, it was so cute.

Right now he loves to shake his head, "no." We aren't sure if that is what he means when he does it, but any question we ask him, there he is, shaking his head. 

"Brody, have you been good today?" Shakes head.

"Brody, do you want a bath?" Shake shead.

"Brody, how old are you?" Shakes head. 

It's the cutest thing.

I took him to the doctor a few days ago and while he is grower taller at an ideal rate, his weight is not increasing very much. 

The doctor seemed worried, which made me worried, and so we are offering him even MORE food, without forcing it. However I feel like he eats SO much already. We are adding a formula feeding per day as well. I guess I may not be cutting it any more.

Life is crazy lately. I'm anxious for it all to slow down, but I'm realizing that life doesn't exactly do that.

We are managing an apartment complex and trying to get through the semester as smoothly as possible. 

Jeff is still at McDonalds, 

and in school full time working on an Exercise Science Degree now.

I'm still teaching 7th grade every other day for two periods, 

and now we both have this added management job on our to-do list. 

Once this school year is over though, I've decided to stop teaching for awhile. Which is why we accepted the management job. It is such a blessing. It covers our rent and I am allowed to bring Brody with me during office hours. The office is connected to our apartment, so I have arranged it so Brody takes his nap during our office hours, which is so ideal in every way. 

Well, that is a bit of what we have been up to lately. I'll be back to blogging now because Brody is growing way too fast and I don't want to forget a thing.