Oceans, Mountains, & Leaky Waders: June 2014

Hello to you all. I know it has been a while since my last post, this is mostly due to two things. Norah has been staying up later into the evening therefor I play with her later and makes for less time to write, the other reason for my lack of writing is the serious contempt I feel for the computer I am forced to write on. This dinosaur has to be the slowest computer imaginable and yet I can't justify buying a new one because the only time I use it is to make these posts. So there, that is my excuse for my lack of posting.

Norah is doing extremely well. She definitely is defining her personality these days and its great to see how she reacts to things. Its actually very entertaining to watch her figure things out on her own and the look of excitement on her face when she succeeds. Unfortunately as of right now it appears she may have inherited her mothers palate. She has become rather picky when it comes to feeding her. Allison and I have realized Norah will no longer eat fruit and veggies while sitting at the dinner table but she will eat them in between meals as a snack. Norah is an outdoors girl. We have a small children's pool on our back porch that she loves to play in. so far this sprig it has been to cold to fill the pool with water so Allison had a great idea to get Norah some sand and use the pool as a sand box style container. This was a great idea although one of Norah's favorite activities seems to be to empty the sand from the pool onto the deck. Summer babies are much easier to dress, in fact some afternoons Norah thinks it is appropriate to run around bottomless. Oh to be so free.

Allison has still been quite busy as of late. Norah keeps her days and nights pretty eventful as well as trying to keep up some semblance of a personal life. The town we live in is quite small and community orientated. This affords us some great opportunities to take advantage of, mostly within walking distance of home. Allison has been participating in a free outdoor fitness club 3 times a week. Its been good for her well being both physical and mental. So far she has been happy with the amount of progress she has made and is even planning to enter a 5k run sometime at the end of summer. The fitness club also gathers one day per weekend to run bleachers at the local football field. Norah and I have been tagging along for the weekend session. I have to say the bleachers kicked my butt and forced me to realize that maybe I wasn't in as good of shape as I thought.

I have been quite busy at work, it seems like when it rains it pours and I have had one job after another. I like the fact that I don't do the same thing everyday, I have had a nice mix of welding, tiling, carpentry and fire inspection. I have realized that although I like this type of work now it is not what I want to do when I retire. I really hope I am able to finish my degree in the next few years so that I have some options. I went to the doctor a while ago for a check up and found out that I currently have high blood pressure. This was a bit of an eye opener for me and Allison and I have been focusing on eating better and working out more. I have lost 14 pounds in the last month or so and look forward to continuing leading a healthier lifestyle. Now that spring has finally made it I have been outside quite a bit, on the golf course or fishing on the lake. Being able to get outside after such a long winter has done wonders for my mental state. Today Allison has headed to Grand Rapids, a close family friend have had a baby boy on Sunday and Alli has been itching to go meet their new addition. I had already taken today off from work so I get to watch Norah. We are going on our very first Father - Daughter luncheon. I think we may even get some ice cream but ssshhh don't tell mommy.

I think that is all that is new with us. We miss you all and I will try to update this more often, hopefully I still have readers.