A long hiatus... and news!

I believe this has been the longest hiatus I've taken since starting this blog up almost two years ago (two years???), but I have a good excuse.  I am (drum roll....) pregnant again!  I am about 13 weeks along at this point, and I can safely say that this is the first time in almost 2 months that I haven't felt like complete and utter crap.  Like, 100% useless.  If it was this bad last time, I have forgotten the details, or else I wouldn't have been nearly so gung-ho to give it a second go.  On Monday of last week, I thought I had turned a corner... I had Juniper all by myself for the whole day, and we did some baking (first time I had felt like touching anything in the kitchen in many many weeks), and then BAM! at around supper time, I got hit with one of the most awful stomach viruses I think I've ever had in my life.  I'll spare you the details, but it was wretchedly terrible.  Then Clark got it, and then Juniper.  It is only today, over a whole week later, that I feel it has truly left my system.

Juniper, enjoying the fruits of our labour

Anyway, I won't spend any more time complaining, but trust me - no one would have even wanted to read a blog post from the last couple of months.  Also, I'll be honest - I have not done nearly as much photographing and video-taking as I normally would.  So unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of goodies to share with you... just a few pictures, and a few pretty cute videos.  But that's better than nothing, right?

 

From a party at the Sharps' (Patrick, Isabella, Juniper, Calla)

I got a genuine smile by asking Juniper if she had "tooted".

And finally - some videos!  This first one includes some "musical moments" from the past couple of months - a choice few of many.

This second video is a sampling of how well Juniper takes care of her rocking horse.  Sure - she likes to ride him, but there's a lot of care involved in owning a pet!

This last video is of Juniper CLEANING.  Honest to goodness.  I have no idea where she gets it from.  But as soon as she gets a tissue in her hand, there are a LOT of things that need to be cleaned.   Or maybe dusted - I'm not sure.  I didn't even know what dusting was until I was like 8 years old.

That's all for now - hopefully I'll be a better blogger in the weeks to come - especially with the added incentive of spring.  My guess is there are a whole boatload of new adventures just around the corner!