February gave Dan and I the chance to vacation without a baby and for the first time in 15 months we didn't have to wake up at 7am with the Joe-Man. My mom took care of Joey while we escaped to Hawaii. It was quite the treat. It gave us the chance to hang out with each other and Joey had the opportunity to wrap Grandma around his little pinky. Grandpa soon realized there were too many buttons at Joey's eye level. It's tough having a 15 month old controlling the television.
We returned to MN in the midst of one of the biggest snowstorms of the season only to realize Joey did just fine without us. Additionally, since then we've been hit with just about every stressor under the sun. Now don't get me wrong - it's not bad stuff - just stressful stuff. In fact, most of it is pretty good stuff. Let me give you the run down...
We bought a house!
Dan is renovating the kitchen. Here's the before:
Here's where we are now:
We only have the appliances, the countertops, and the tile to go! :) In the meantime, we turned the laundry room into the temporary kitchen. There's a lot you can do with a sink, a microwave, and a grill. I should say - there's a lot DAN can do... We probably would be a little less behind if I hadn't gone into labor 3 weeks early and in the middle of said project.
On June 21st we went from a family of 3 to a family of 4 and welcomed Matilda Mae Flynn into the world. She's quick - we arrived at the hospital just before 3pm and delivered her at 4:53pm after 10min of pushing. She delivered to the sounds of the Cowboy Junkies.
Everybody has adjusted pretty well. Especially Joe, who is the only one getting any sleep. He has enough energy for all of us! :)
The MoreFlynns the merrier...
Love to all, Jen
