Kelly
Yes… this is my 300th post!!
I started this blog WAY, way back in May 2009 – just DAYS after we moved our family to New York. Miles was just 6 months old. It seems like forever ago….
I thought I would have passed the mark a long time ago. I feel like I’ve been narrating our lives for many more than just 300 posts. How do we celebrate such a milestone? We don’t. I’m late. There’s nothing to celebrate when you’re late – well, unless you’re pregnant. I am not :(
Anyway… I have averaged about 100 posts a year, but have recently fallen off the wagon a bit. I don’t want to be the giver of excuses, but I do have a couple.
1) When I started this blog in May 2009, Nate was a grad student (read: never home) and Miles had an 8pm bed time. I was alone, a lot! Not only was our family far, far away missing out on Miles’ development, so was his dad. I felt a strong obligation to keep up with Miles’ ever changing skill set.
2) After grad school ended, life got busy. We moved and settled into Chicago. I didn’t like blogging my evening away while Nate was home. However, I home with Miles all day (read: unemployed) for the first 4 months we were in Chicago. I tried to keep up as well as I could, but also wanted to make the most of my stint as a stay-at-home mom while simultaneously looking for a job. By this time, I had printed out the “first chapter, the New York Chapter” of the blog using blog2print. Luckily, I realized how much I LOVED having weekly updates of the goings-on of the family. I was still doing a pretty good job..
3) Now.. I’m lazy, distracted, bad about keeping up with photo documentation. Blogs are always more interesting when they are loaded with pictures AND commentaries. I’m usually missing the picture part of that these days. Miles isn’t changing as fast as he used too and a lot of what we do seems repetitive. Also, the new, blog-able moments pass WAY too fast. Miles is smart, clever, and funny. He’s a real person functioning in real-time at full speed like a real person. Where did my baby go? I kind of miss the baby-delayed-actions (however, I didn’t feel life was very slow motion back then…)
Yes, these are excuses. Yes, they are poor excuses. I will try not to dwell on them, but improve on them. This is just how my family has changed… and since this is a blog about my family, it's how my blog has changed.
So… since I’ve been lacking on the updates lately, here’s a few things you might like to know:
- Miles is signed up for Spring Soccer!!! I enrolled him in a preschooler park and rec league for 3-5 year olds that will take place for 2 hours on Saturday mornings for eight weeks starting in April. Miles is stoked!
- Nate started a new job in the last week of February. He’s now an architectural designer at Gensler. It’s a large corporate firm headquartered in Chicago. Nate’s really excited about the opportunity to learn from peers and be involved in a diverse set of projects.
Nate’s photo for the company website! So official! - Grandpa and Grandma Klinge visited 2 weekend’s ago between drop off and pick up of two of their kids in Rockford. We loved having them. Nate’s new job had a crazy deadline that really cut into the visiting, but we still have a great time together. Sadly, I was a little too flustered by the chaotic work schedule to remember to take any pictures. Miss you.. and ready for another visit whenver you are!
- The Shamrock Shuffle is this coming weekend (3/25). Nate and I are both running it alongside my brother, one of my sisters and her fiance. I would love to say we’re excited to finally run the race we’ve been training for, but training would be an overstatement. We probably averaged running 1.5 times a week since January. Sadly, we were stuck running on junky treadmills in the complex, running about 4 feet from a stagnant, sage green wall. It’s miserable! However, these last few weekends, we’ve enjoyed running outside. It’s still far to dark at 5:15am to move my run outside during the week though… We’ll posted about the race once we’ve completed it. We are excited to race, and excited to host the family for the festivities!
- Nate’s been taking on quite a few freelance projects. We finally set up a little workstation for him. Nothing fancy. Just an organized, well lit space with a desk, and extra monitor and a few other computer related perks. So far, so good!
- Miles was recently asked to be a ring bearer for Uncle Caleb and Aunt Laura’s wedding. He couldn’t be more excited! He IS a pro, you know!! Miles was a ring bearer for the first time at the age of 2.5 months!! In January 2009, Miles was ring bearer for Nick and Beth SyWassink . Again in April 2009, Miles was ring bearer for Tim and Carrie Klinge. Yes, he was exactly 6 months old! Ring bearer #3 was at 19 months for Russ and Kelly Banwarth in May 2010. Bring on October 27th, 2012! Just 2 days after Miles’ 4th birthday - Do I see a Wisconsin Dells birthday party coming on….?
(PS – Thanks for the shirt, Caleb and Laura!) - Cooper turns 7 today. Cooper was born in the Chariton, Iowa humane society on St. Patrick’s day in 2005. He was one of 10 in a litter from a Jack Russell terrier stray. We’re guessing the father was a large beagle (mix?). We were anticipating a 25lb dog, but still adore him, as is. Even if he is twice the dog we signed up for… :)
- Miles loves the ladies. That’s really no secret. Yesterday, Miles’ teachers filled me in on Miles’ newest behavior. He’s taking a liking to kissing his favorite girls. The teachers have been telling him to save his kisses for his mom and dad instead of his friends. We second that motion. 3 years old are efficient enough at spreading germs. We really don’t need this to speed the passage of cooties and illnesses, even if his two favorite ladies are super cute!! Miles did assure me that he only kisses girls inside the school, not on the playground. (did I miss something – was that supposed to make me feel better?) What a kid! Daddy’s, lock up your daughters!
- Finally, I think there’s a growth spurt coming on. Miles has repeatedly downed enough food to feed me for two meals. For example, Miles as the following for lunch last weekend: one little tub of applesauce, 4 peanut butter sandwiches, 2 clementines, 1 piece of string cheese, and a large glass of milk. For Miles, one PB sandwich is 1 piece of bread with a light layer of PB folded in half - BUT STILL - That’s a lot of food for anybody, especially a 3 year old!!
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Dang that sounds like a good lunch, Miles!
Congrats on your 300th post :)
That is cool that you can turn your blog into a book, too. Fun.
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