So much to say

I promised my brother I'd post this video.

I took this on Sunday while we were skyping my parents.

We were laughing so hard!

I was thinking a few days ago about how blogging has kind of become my family journal, so I figured I might as well take a minute to describe how our life is right now. I know I'll forget a year down the road if I don't. So here's a quick update on our little family:

Jaden is sitting up really well. He's spending more time on his tummy, too, scooting around backwards and in circles. You can tell he really wants to move forward and gets frustrated when he can't, so crawling isn't too far away. Still no teeth, but his bottom two are looking closer and closer each day. He has such a fun personality. He's pretty laid back, unless you get him excited--see video, haha. He's chatting more and more. He says dada and baba, but not in relation to anything or anyone yet. He's not a big laugher, but we can get him going every once in a while. But he has huge smiles all day long!

I'm staying busy, which has been really good for me. Jaden and I go to two playgroups a week. One is in the evenings that a girl in my neighborhood does where we read a bible story, sing a song and do an activity. The other one is done by my friends in our old ward. We switch houses every week and let the kids play so the moms can chat. Every few weeks we'll go out and do activities like berry picking, a park, etc. It's been really good to make friends and talk to other adults during the week. I've also been trying to work out consistently. I'm training for a 10K (ahh!) in October. I'm friends with a girl in our neighborhood (who is actually the daughter of Steve's boss, and a member of the church) who has kind of the same exercise background as me. She also has a daughter who is three months older than Jaden and she picked up running as a way to lose her baby weight. She's way ahead of me though--she's already done a 10K and is working toward a half marathon. But she's been my running buddy lately and I've pushed myself so much harder with her help. We're also motivating each other to get to our goal weights. I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight, but I have six more pounds to be where I want. So our reward is pedicures once we get there. :)

Steve is oh so busy. Between work and being the YM president/scoutmaster, some days he doesn't have time to turn around. But he loves his job and the YM. He's such a doer that I don't think he'd want it any other way. He does appreciate being able to relax every now and then on the weekends, after he's completed his to-do list that's always about 30 things long, of course. And on top of that he's such an awesome dad. Jaden is turning into such a daddy's boy. As soon as Steve walks in the door, Jaden better be in his arms or else there are plenty of tears. It's so fun to see them bonding (again, see video).

We're settling into life here more and more. We still try to explore this area on our date nights to figure out the best restaurants/beaches/activities/festivals etc. Overall we're becoming more relaxed with life (and by "we" I mean "me"--I think Steve's been adjusted for awhile). We really do love where we're living and life is good. :)