We've been pretty busy this last month. We took our first family vacation to Florida, visited family, did some major work on our house, and Michael has had some crazy busy times at his job. Needless to say, the thing most on my mind (in place of blogging) is sleep. Oh, glorious sleep, how I dream of you from morning to night! But enough of that!
Michael took us, including my sister, to New Smyrna Beach for a week. We had a condo right on the beach and were fortunate enough to have nice weather the whole time. There were no problems with oil that far north and everything went pretty smoothly. The only down side to the trip, other than the fact that there wasn't much of interest for a near two year old, was our trip to Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure. We were supposed to be there for the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Long story short - five hours of waiting and we didn't even get halfway there. It was a poor set up (no shade, fans, or drink stands) within reach of the lines) and a big disappointment. After all that waiting we didn't really feel up to visiting the rest of the park. At least Michael and Rebecca got to visit Universal Studios the day before.
While we were away, we were supposed to have our house worked on - the dining room and living room. That did not go as planned and we were stuck living in my in-law's guestroom for most of a week. The house was still not even livable, so Michael and I took over the project. It's not perfect, but I think it looks pretty nice. We had to pull a few all-nighters and lots of late nights, but we're now to the point of just little things.
The biggest problem to come out of all this is Seth's attitude change. Taking him away from his normal schedule really messed with him. He was pretty good at going to bed, but now it's at least an hour of screaming before he finally will go to sleep. And boy, does he not want to obey anything now! He has definitely been trying my patience. The good news is that we're "supposedly" going to start speech therapy in August. I'm really hoping that will help, as Seth still isn't talking. He will mimic "mama", "dada", and "baby," but won't speak voluntarily. He is becoming more expressive with his noises, though. He yells "oh" when he falls or when his blocks fall over. It's cute and I love any noises he makes, except for the crying/screaming. I can really do without that.
On to our second child - we found out two days ago that we're having another boy. I have to admit I was a little disappointed at first, since we only plan on having two children, but God knows what He's doing and I'm not going to pretend like I know better. This way Seth has a little friend to play with and we don't even have to do any shopping. It should work out very smoothly. We've been juggling a few names around, some we liked until we found out they were very popular or other people were using them. I think we've finally settled on one, though - Caleb Martin. Michael and I both like it and I think it may be the one - but who knows!
