The kids and I made it to Arizona. We have been here for almost 2 months already. Nate has been able to visit us about every 2 weeks. He comes in late Friday night and leaves late Sunday night. Not nearly long enough but better than nothing. We knew this circumstance was going to be hard. It definitely has had its trying moments. As in all situations I have learned a few things. How much I adore and love my husband. I knew I would miss Nate, but I didn't know I would miss him this much. In all honesty I am the type of person who gets a little annoyed when I am in the middle of doing something like,cooking, laundry, dishes, and Nate wants to hug and kiss me. I have learned that I miss that. And the next time he does that I am going to stop what I am doing and enjoy his presence. I might have to read this in a few months to remind myself of this:) Not only do I miss his physical presence I extremely miss his HELP! I have pretty much been a single mom for 2 months now. Everywhere I go, the kids go to. The only place they don't go is to work, but that is not break. My mom was single with 4 kids and I have asked her on several occasions how she did it! Is is very hard, and I am grateful to have a husband who is willing to help and who does an amazing job!
The kids have been enjoying Arizona. However Zoe often says " can we go home now mom". Jaxton celebrated his 2nd birthday while here. We had a small get together with family. He LOVES Thomas the train so I made him a Thomas the train cake. He is getting so big. I bought new shoes for the kids and bought them each the same size! He takes after his big sister and his mom and doesn't stop talking. He has an amazing vocabulary and imagination. He makes me laugh all the time. And is constantly testing his boundaries, which he is learning. He has started putting his cars and trains in time out for crashing into things.He still loves his blankie and baba. I tried to tell him we were going to give the Easter bunny his baba's and he would get toys and candy instead. At first he was ok with it. Then we went to see the Easter bunny and he would have nothing to do with it. Wouldn't look at him, wouldn't even stand next to him. So after I asked him "what's wrong, how come you didn't want to see the Easter bunny?". He said in the sadest voice " the Easter bunny's going to drink my baba". So i guess our plan backfired and Nate and I agree that he will forever subconsiously dislike the Easter bunny. Needless to say, the bunny did not take the bottles away.
Zoe is also getting so big. She is very much into negotiating. Which is making me a little crazy. Zoe has taken to potty training. It was her idea with a little help from Elmo. She loves wearing underwear and have had to have many talks about not showing them to everyone. Zoe cracks me up all the time here are some of her recent sayings:
I am leaving to go to work she comes from the other room screaming " mom mom mom waaaaiiit" so I stop and wait she tells me with her finger pointed at me " member mommy, don't forget to pee at work, k mommy don't forget to pee"
I am laughing at Jaxton and call him a nut. Zoe's wheels immediately start turning and asks " what kind of nut mommy" I say I don't know just a nut. About 3 hours later she comes up to me saying " I'm so silly mommy, I'm a nut, I'm a doughnut" we both busted out laughing.
Well looks like we will be moving back to Arizona. Nate is done with school in 2 weeks and will be driving our stuff back here till he gets a job. I have mixed feelings. I am going to really miss Colorado I hope we end up back there someday. I will have Nate post recent pictures.
