34

Well, I am officially 34 years old (I've actually been 34 for a few weeks now but haven't had the time or motivation to blog about it until now).  And I feel pretty neutral about being 34.  I feel like I've done quite a bit in my 34 years on this earth.  But of course, there's still quite a bit I'd like to do.  A few years ago I made a list of 35 things I'd like to do before age 35.  It was a big list, with big adventurous activities because I had 3 years to get it all done.  Instead, I sit here on my 34th birthday, with one year left to accomplish that list, and I've only done 4!  Yikes!

To my defense, we've obviously been pretty busy over the past year.  But, there's a LOT on that list that I would still like to do!  So, I'm going to do my VERY best to tackle as many things as possible in this next year but I will likely have to modify a few things.

There are some things on the list that I've tried to do but I've been unsuccessful (for no fault of my own)... ex: we've applied for permits to hike Mt. Whitney for several years but never win the lottery.  That's really just an excuse I guess but still. 

I won't rewrite the whole 35 before 35 list on this blog... if you want to read it again, you can find it here.

If I can't get the list accomplished, I may turn it into a 40 before 40 list (I reserve the right to do that) OR I may just say: "I had a kid which pretty much trumps all the other things on that list."  We will see. 

So, here's what we've been up to lately...

CLAYTON IS TAKING NAPS IN HIS CRIB AGAIN!
YAY!  AND HE'S GETTING HIS LEGS UNDER HIM
(LOOK AT THAT BUTT UP IN THE AIR).

BUT SOMETIMES HE STILL NEEDS TO SNUGGLE
WITH MOMMY TO SLEEP. 

HE'S PUSHING UP ON HIS ARMS REALLY WELL! 

WE ARE TRYING TO SPEND SOME TIME OUTSIDE.

FIRST TIME IN THE POOL. 

2/3 OF MY SWEET BOYS.

EVENING TUMMY TIME BEFORE BATH/BED. 

We spent Clayton's first July 4th being kinda un-patriotic.  Oops.  We sat around the house ALL day waiting on some new appliances to be delivered (yay).  But, they didn't get delivered until 8 pm and we spent the rest of the night getting them all set up... getting the food back in the fridge, etc.  So, no fireworks for us.  Nothing even remotely patriotic other than we ate hotdogs for lunch (that's pretty American, right?)  I wish we could've been at the beach but there are so many people in town that it's just not enjoyable.  And I hated missing the fireworks (we could hear them from our house but couldn't see them).  Oh well, there's always next year I guess.  

We have a lot of excitement coming up... big travel plans coming up soon.  Stay tuned!