Anyway, now would be better than any other to do a quick 2014 summary.
It was a big year, again. Biggest news I guess would be Emmeline being born, but let's go through earlier in the year. Connor turned 2 and, boy, I can't even remember what type of birthday it was. I think it was a Thomas-themed one since he was so into it back then. He's not as much now (thank goodness we paid so much to get all these Thomas things for him). I had to read my earlier blogs (my whopping one a month) to see what was going on. Looks like he had just started soccer class in the Spring and into the Summer. I can't believe that was a year ago already. Then, apparently we went to Colorado! I don't even remember that. I don't know why we went, but I guess we did. Wow. I don't think anything big happened during the Summer. I do remember I was surprised that we had 0 tornado warnings last year. Yeah, jinxed myself for this season, ugh. Then it was the start of Connor's first days of school. He was great the first day, then the next few times were a little rough as he knew what was going to happen. Then he finally started enjoying it. We had a couple of incidents of bad behavior like throwing rocks and toy-taking but overall he's been great and the teachers love him. He seems to get along with the other kids in the class as well.
Then, it was Emmeline's time to be born! The pregnancy was good for Laura up until the last couple of weeks when she seemed to get tired of it. This time, though, she did not have to endure an 18-hour labor but the exact opposite. We definitely left a little too late and she ended up having her minutes after we got there. Probably turned out for the better though since we probably wouldn't have wanted to wait around for epidurals and such. She's doing great and already has a personality of her own, but man, does she look like Connor!
Then, we had the holiday season, which went fine if I remember right. Nothing big to report. That's about it!
Already into March, we are in full get-a-house mode. Now that we turned down Portland and subsequently a Denver job that didn't pan out, we need to find a house either this month or the next because we need to tell our landlord if we're going to renew by the end of April. I'm hoping something good comes up. I'm tired of this place and paying rent. Lately, I've been watching this wood working channel on Youtube and I really want to get a small workshop set up with some proper tools to make things around the house and yard.
We are also in the process of deciding what to get Connor into for this Spring/Summer. There is soccer, swimming, and gymnastics so far. Connor went to a birthday party for a kid in his class and he seemed to love gymnastics, so maybe that. I'm not sure. I just don't want to have to do all this by myself.
I'm currently trying to plan a backpacking trip for me and Chris for mid-June, but I'm just hesitant in putting anything in stone. I always do this. I don't do it until it's too late. It would just be for a few days and I would literally fly in, go to the trailhead, hike, camp a couple of days, maybe swing by Chris' house and then fly out. I'm thinking Thur-Sun or even Fri-Sun. Very short. Prices are reasonable I guess right now hovering around $226. I wish it was more like $170 and then I wouldn't think so much. I should check Southwest real quick as I've only used Kayak until now.
Well that's all. I don't want to waste my entire free time writing this. That reminds me. I need to write more of my book. Sigh.