Highs and lows of navigating life this year so far.
January – Got pregnant with #3 after making some health changes and seeing a holistic chiro.
February – Found out we were pregnant with # 3 due in Oct.
Took the boys to Destin, FL and stopped to see family in Alabama on the way.
Knocked the rock wall out of the dining room and pulled up the old wood tile.
March – Went to my first homeschooling convention.
April – Potty trained G.
Got our first chicks.
Went to Devils Den State Park in Arkansas. Walked the trails and took the boys to their first cave at War Eagle.
May – Lost one of our apple trees in a windstorm and planted several more fruit trees to replace it.
Moved the chicks to their outdoor coop and run.
Finally got the solar panels up and running and connected to the electric company.
Bro in laws dog was hit and lost Mittens to an inoperable blockage.
Built boxes for our garden and planted tomatoes, peppers, beets, carrots, cucumber, radishes, sunflowers, corn, green beans, sweet potatoes, blueberries, raspberries, rhubarb and several rows of pumpkins (the rows of pumpkins we planted all got eaten by squash bugs😔).
Found out at our gender reveal party we would be welcoming sweet baby boy #3.
June – I finally ordered a Young Living starter kit so I had an arsenal of high quality oils to give our family an extra boost in the health arena.
Went Blueberry picking with my sis in law.
Took the boys mini golfing at Paradise Park for the first time
July – Picked 15 tomato horn worms off our tomato plants and fed them to the chickens (they make great recyclers) 😅
We hosted our annual 4th of July party.
Went to Kauai just the two(I mean 3)of us. Took a catamaran around the coast, did lots of snorkeling, rented a mustang, saw and hung out with friends & family.
August – Started Kinder homeschooling with J.
Went to Destin, FL with some of the fam. Stayed in a condo. Rented a boat and drove to Shell island and saw lots of dolphins on the way back.
September – Got out first eggs from our chickens.
Bought the boys a bunk bed and got lots of things ready for the baby including needing to switch midwives in the last few weeks.
Corey injured his leg/back/hip pretty bad at work.
October – Finally welcomed baby boy #3 after my water had been leaking for about 36hrs before going into active labor. Active labor lasted about 1-2hrs and pushing stage almost 2 hours because he had his hand above his head. https://therewegrow.com/home-sweet-homebirth/
Royals went to the World Series.
Hosted our annual hayride/bonfire
And that pretty much brings us up to date…
