For most of my life I didn't care for March much, as a month. It wasn't really winter but it wasn't spring yet either. It was usually either cold (and snowy) or slightly warmer and rainy (and muddy). It was about the halfway point of college semesters and still too far from April 15th in all the years I worked tax season.
Then we got a son with a March birthday. Then we got another son with a March birthday. And I don't have to spend the whole month doing taxes. In general, March is a better month for me now.
Until this year. It is not much of an exaggeration to say we were sick the whole month. Luke missed 5 days of school due to fever. We all got a stomach bug. I had multiple days of having a fever (like 3 different multi-day stretches!). Once we got over the worst of it, there were still coughs and congestion (which I've also had since October, I'm never healthy). I had many nights with hardly any sleep. We had to reschedule the boys' birthday party. It was a pretty miserable month, health wise.
So, the boys' birthdays (two of the rare days we were mostly healthy!) were definitely the bright spots and I am relieved we have moved on to April and, for the most part, much healthier!
Looking back:
1 year ago: Things That Make Me Feel Like Me (written in the early days with Sam!)
2 years ago: Chairs with History
3 years ago: Dilemma: What to Do About the Carpet (SO GLAD we dealt with this!)
4 years ago: An Appreciation of the Seasons (and in Defense of Winter) (Also, what I think of every time I hear someone complain about the weather, especially this time of year.)
5 years ago: The Joys of Parenthood
6 years ago: Making Room for Baby & Some Other Stuff (written after Luke was born but before we knew about him!)
7 years ago: Q: Now That You're Adopting You're Going to Get Pregnant (I think we can safely say the answer to that one is NO, 7 years later.)
1) Finally made Kool-Aid cookies, spring tradition. Sam figured out pretty quick that he liked them!
2) It snowed on Sam's birthday!
3) Bro's Lemur and climbing stairs, these are a few of Sam's favorite things.
4) The last can of formula! I do not miss that expense.
5) So we've been getting quotes to replace our (VERY old) AC unit and one of the companies seemingly turned off our heat, after telling me we should also replace the furnace. Sam and I had a cold day at home. Suffice it to say, we didn't go with that company.
6) NSA Day, this was over half my life ago!
7) Baking cupcakes. A lot of cupcakes.
8) We had planned to hang a lot of balloons for the boys' birthday party. The last time we did this we had to reschedule the party from being sick. Guess what happened again this year? Maybe we should stop planning on balloons.
9) Rearranging furniture for the party and Sam has a new favorite place to climb (I was on the couch with him, he was fine).
10) Chalk on a warm afternoon with my big kid!
11) Finally able to walk to school pick-up again! I'll miss the added reading time but appreciate the fresh air!
12) An inch of snow to start spring break. YAY Indiana!
Books finished: 12
Miles ran: 0.00, I'm going to start soon, I promise. Being sick didn't help things.
Currently watching: I'm caught up on Grey's! That only took a year. Matt and I watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine on the one day a week he can watch screens.
Most read post this month: Quick Lit - March, then {3} Benefits of One Bathroom
Luke's current favorite song: Awesome God by Rich Mullins. I love that that's what he keeps picking.
The weather is warming up, we've been outside more, and Easter is just over 2 weeks away. Life is great!
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