Skip to main content

The Long Way Home

Well, that didn’t go as expected. Eli and I had a little extra time and a little more company than expected on our trip home. We had planned on spending 6 days in Thermopolis enjoying our family, but instead we ended up at 10 days and only 2 of those were with full functionality on my part, as I ended up having an appendectomy. Luckily Josh came out and got to help and enjoy time with everyone and I got some time to rest. Then, instead of flying back from Casper we ended up driving 6 hours to Denver before hopping on a flight home. It was a big to-do, but it was worth it. Eli so enjoyed his cousins and running wild I’m sure. I’m still pretty sore- but every day is better than the last.  

Eli: Month 19 months

 IMG_5724IMG_5740IMG_5749IMG_5730bIMG_0004IMG_0009IMG_0010IMG_0012IMG_0013IMG_0018IMG_0021IMG_0025IMG_0027
I say new words like… Eli, cereal, cheese, please, Shiree, Mimi, Op (for Optimus), hot
My favorite food is raspberries.
My favorite toy is my builder truck that goes with my blocks. I love to push it around the house and I sometimes put it on top of furniture.
Some other things I do include… grabbing Scentsy spray and pretend spraying after a diaper change, hooting like an owl, tweeting like a bird, growling like a lion, and meowing like a cat. I went to Wyoming with mommy to visit all of my cousins. I rode a 4 wheeler for the first time and absolutely hated it. I started stringing words together without assistance and said “bye bye daddy” and “Mom! EAT!” (mom was making me wait for lunch). I also started going to gymnastics -or tumbling- as Uncle Ryan says. I loved learning to roll so much that I started doing forward rolls over our couch (using the bench to assist me). I now wear 3T clothes.
A Memorable Moment for Mom was: when I decided it was time for a shower so I went into the bathroom, took my diaper off, and jumped in the shower. I also took a dirty diaper and ran upstairs to put it into the diaper bin.

Well, I’m off to binge watch Lost!
-Shantel
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I thought I was fat

As a woman, I've always placed a lot of value into what I weigh and how I look. In the past few years especially I've been doing my best to move away from that, to focus on being healthy and feeling good, but those thoughts creep up for sure. It's my 6 week check in and I've lost 4 more pounds, so basically I still have 18 pounds to go. I started out these 6 weeks by going to the gym and only drinking water, but after week 2 Eli got sick for 2 weeks, then Anias got sick for 2 (make that 5...) weeks, then I got sick for 2 weeks, then Anias got an ear infection and would NOT sleep. He wouldn't fall asleep for 2 hours past bedtime and would wake up for hours. He's actually still doing this and he's still sick. Thursday he had a 101 fever so I took him in to the urgent care and his ear infection in his right ear did not go away. They put him on Augmentin and it just destroys his tummy. He actually vomited 3 times Friday on top of it all. I'm not used to thi...
4 comments
Read more

The Daniel Fast

When Josh and I moved back to Bellevue this summer we joined a new church, Zeal, which we really love. We've felt more challenged there to really engage, and twice a year the church as a whole focuses on 21 Days of Prayer. In January we fast during the 21 days, andre encouraged to give up something we feel hinders our focus (Instagram, sweets, etc.) We chose to do the Daniel Fast. The Daniel Fast is based on the following verses... “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink." Daniel 1:12   In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks" Daniel 10: 2-3 So basically, we've been eating a vegan, gluten-free, no sugar or sweetener-added foods for the past 11 days. We don't have fried foods either as they're 'rich', but we do have whole grains. We drink 100% juice and wat...
Post a Comment
Read more

Not so fast

Well, this week wasn’t quite as easy as the week before. Hence, the late post. Yes I’m glad to be home, but things went very awry much of the week. Josh didn’t come home on time any day, and to be honest one of those days while the dinner timer was going off and Eli was screaming for dinner in his high-chair, Kito decided his antibiotic wasn’t agreeing with him and proceeded to vomit…5 times.  I may have cried. Eli was teething on top of that so sleeplessness was in the mix and our schedule got thrown off by doctor appointments and such. I’d much rather have things go as planned, but what can you do? Still- I feel like my compassion and ‘spark’ are coming back slowly.   What we Bought: Little yums teething biscuits and new diaper bag Most Awkward Moment: Eli pushed the shred box over and used it as a step so he can prop himself up and see outside. I was in the room! He was just so fast. Best Moment: Any of his very clingy hugs! He just loves you so much and you know it. U...
Post a Comment
Read more