Potter Park Zoo

I'm doing a little catch-up on my blog posting today. Its been very busy lately for us between things going on at work and having to work later than normal; planting the veggie garden, berry patches, and annual flowers; getting our yard cleaned up a bit; and just the normal day-to-day things we do.

We're also keeping busy doing fun things, too. Last Saturday, we met most of the Hollebooms in Lansing at the Potter Park Zoo for the afternoon. Carson wasn't too interested in the animals like he was at the Lincoln Park Zoo, but he still had a great time just running around and exploring things. After a couple hours at the zoo, we all had a picnic dinner in the park and then played on the playground a little. Carson had fun playing with his cousins and was talking about "Do-el," "A-na," and "Buh-cah" (Joel, Anna, and Rebecca) on Sunday morning when we were talking about the zoo the day before. It amazes us everyday how he thinks of things to say that are totally in context without any prompting. He can be quite the conversationalist when he wants to be. His latest thing is saying things/animals/people are good or bad. He runs around telling Jet he's bad ("Dedt baaah"), mostly when Jet gets excited and is running around or when Jet tries to steal Carson's snacks. The other day, I asked Carson if he was good or bad. He looked at me with a big grin on his face and said "baaah" then giggled and shook his head no and said "goog" while pointing at himself. :)

Carson is cutting another molar and an eye tooth this week. So far the molars have been coming through quickly, but the eye tooth is taking its time... Let's hope it pops through soon, though, those things are painful for the little man. His appetite and sleeping are a little off due to the teeth, but nothing too terrible, thankfully.

We're hoping things might slow down a bit around here for a day or two, but the outlook doesn't look too great for that to actually happen. :) We thought maybe this weekend we'd have time to relax, but Kevin is leaving for Ohio on Sunday now. Luckily, it'll be a quick trip - he'll be back Monday night. And it doesn't look like work will be slowing down for either of us right now. It looks like I'll (this is Sara talking, by the way) be leaving my position as the International Border Crossing and Trade Policy Specialist and will actually be getting a new position at work. Details are still being worked out, but it'll be a wonderful opportunity for me... sort of an offer that I can't really refuse. A new office is being created basically to handle the biggest projects MDOT has ever had, so it will be a great experience... and a great challenge for me. I'm excited for the change, though a little uncertain, too. But I'm confident that it's the right move for me at this point in my career.

I should have all of the May and zoo pictures up in our albums soon, so be sure to check them out.