Never a dull moment

Well, summer is officially over for us. Kurtis started school yesterday. Big 6th grader! He seems to be mostly excited about the start of the new school year. Soccer started up today. Kurtis will have two practices a week and games each Saturday.

Lila started a gymnastics class that goes through January. She smiled through every minute of her first class in which they used balls, a parachute, the parallel and uneven bars, mats and balance beam. She has Jeff's coordination.

Jeff is still broken and unhappy about it to say the least. His arm isn't healing properly and more surgery may be in his future. He is back to work on light duty and going to the gym to expend a little energy. And since he can't ride skateboards at the moment, he's collecting them. http://www.creatureskateboards.com/

Clarissa is miraculous! She is nursing like it's going out of style and I'm loving every minute of it! She is obviously getting enough to eat and some might speculate that I'm feeding her butter cream instead of breast milk!

As for me, I'm good. It was a long, hard summer what with the move, the baby and Jeff's injury. But, I made it through. Sometimes I wasn't so sure I was going to, but I did. Now I'm focusing my energies on the kids and on breastfeeding awareness/advocacy. I spent a few days as a volunteer at the Breastfeeding Cafe http://www.utahbreastfeeding.org/cafe.php here in Salt Lake. That was a great experience and I hope that I helped a few moms and babies.

My next adventure will be to take on "aunt-hood" thank you Katie and Chris! I can hear the little voice now... "Aunt Ney Ney, do these shoes look good with this outfit?"

all dressed up!

World Breastfeeding Week

This week is World Breastfeeding Week! If you know someone who is pregnant or might become pregnant let them know that they can get free breastfeeding help through La Leche League. To find a LLL near you go to llli.org.

And remember both the World Health Organization & UNICEF recommend breastfeeding exclusively for 6 months and then continuing breastfeeding with complimentary foods until at least TWO years of age or as long as mutually desired!

Unfortunately Jeff is still broken, but none the less he is still going back to work on Monday. Kurtis is gone to Illinois for his annual summer trip with his bio-dad & step-mom. Jeff and I have been enjoying the girls and spend our time trying not to drive each other batty. We have been taking nice long walks in the evenings and went to see a fireworks show on the mormon pioneer day holiday. Here are some more pictures of our amazing girls!

sweet baby Clarissa sleeping on Mommy's lap... Kurtis at a fireworks show... Lila and her buddy Evan at his 3rd b-day party!

It's going to be a long summer...

Well, I actually slept last night! HOORAY! Clarissa is a fairly good sleeper, but she is definitely a morning girl! We get up somewhere between 5:30-8am every day. Most days it's about 7am, which isn't too bad! Other than that we're all hanging in. Jeff is going a bit stir crazy & I am just trying to keep up. Everyone is healthy & the baby is fantastic. Lila just loves being a big sister and says every day how beautiful her sister is. Kurtis is doing well spending his time playing with friends and relaxing. We're hoping Jeff will heal quickly & things can get back to the usual circus!