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and now August is almost gone!

Shooo...where is the time going?  I am not doing well with keeping up with this like I had hoped.  Sorry, folks.

Well, for August...all our visitors left ~ sad day.  :(  We had a blast with Kraig's parents, brother and Bobby.  We showed them around Chattanooga and just had a great time visiting.  The especially loved spoiling Rett.  I know he misses them all already.

Kraig did the Chattanooga Mud Run which he says was a blast.  I look forward to hopefully participating in it next year with him.  They finished in about 40 minutes.  I was quite proud of them.

Rett has grown an inch and gained almost 2 pounds since birth.  He's a little chunky guy :)  He can no longer fit in his newborn clothes.  That is extremely sad.  But before long, he will be talking and crawling so I look forward to that.

Kraig started school.  He is teaching Bible and History this year and looks forward to it.  He is very busy already but doing well and having fun.

So, my new goals for staying at home...
I like lists, so I will lay them out for you.  As a stay at home mom, I plan on making our home a home and organizing our lives.  So, here goes!

~ I will plan out our menus and cook 4 nights a week
~ I will do a crafty project (Pinterest) once a week especially to help decorate our house
~ I want to get rid of something once a week and minimize our stuff
~ I want to teach our dogs some new tricks
~ I will work on some sensory activities with Rett
~ I want to start organizing our clothes, ironing and replacing things that are old or we no longer wear
~ I will go and visit our grandparents once a week.
~ I will start exercising and loose the rest of the baby weight.

Now, all of this is just a start and as the weeks keep going, I want to add to this list and be able to mark things off.

September holds new things for us too.  Rett gets shots.  Kraig's birthday.  Kraig is going hang gliding. We are planning for the holidays and trips up north.  We have started playing volleyball with the church.  We will see how that goes.  Should be interesting.

Well, hopefully next time...I will have something more interesting to post but this is just a little update for August.

~ashleigh


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