The past 8 months...

I thought I better post something before a whole year of not blogging sneaks up on me!
Jaeda will be 2 this summer and I can't believe how fast time has gone! Let’s just do a fast recap of what this year has been like so far: Last time I posted she was starting to run... and now there is not a single thing she can't get into. If she can't reach it, she finds a stool to climb to accommodate being small. She continues to love dancing, and she sings, repeats EVERY word you say (so be careful) and she is the most active little girl I know! She is always doing something and really loves learning. Her favorite things to learn about are zoo and farm animals.
She is addicted to the ipad--- which I didn’t even know she could use until one day she turned it on, unlocked the screen and got into her Elmo game. She can navigate around the screen and into her favorite programs like she’s been doing it for years! She repeats letters and their sounds and likes to count to 3...although she likes the numbers 2 and 3 the best... enough to skip 1 and repeat 2,3,3,2,2,2,3! :) We have some work to do hah.
Jaeda has been going to Day Care part time since October so Mommy could work and get out of the house. The down side is that we have had a sick little girl most of the winter! I can't even count the doctors visits -there have been so many. She is scheduled to get ear tubes at the end of this month due to multiple ear infections this year. We had our yearly visit to the Nephrology Specialist in Des Moines to check on her kidney/ bladder reflux and it is still mildly there---so we have been referred to an Iowa City Specialist to talk about our options.
All of the bad things have come with a million good things! And she is generally a healthy little independent girl!
Many Changes are upon our family! First, we had our house on the market for a little under a year and have decided to take it off the market and do some renovations to make it perfect for us! We are a 5 minute walk from the playground, the pool and central park/ down town, plus only a block from the river(which we can see from our sun room and deck. We have begun to appreciate what we do have in this house that has become our home instead of seeing the negatives.
Second, Jaeda is going to be a Big Sister in August! We are excited and anxious at the same time! Jaeda is very motherly and will be a great sister! I know I have forgotten many things about having a little baby (sleepless nights, stocking up on breast milk, pumping and freezing it- trying to warm it on shopping trips, being on their schedule,...so its all coming back to me!!!!!)
Last, Mommy has decided to stay home with the kiddos, I took 4 months off when Jaeda was born, and want to be home with this baby too. So I will be a stay at home mom and try to find some things to keep me sane (especially in the winter) but, hopefully it will help keep my kids healthy!

That is enough for an update.... I will try to continue to post--especially with baby news/ updates!