God, get me out of this PAUSE state!

Yes, friends and family...after almost 2 months with NO posts, here I am...hopefully to stay.
I don't even know where to start. How about start from explaining to you all that my whole life is right now in the same state as this blog...PAUSED.

I started exercising and dieting a couple of weeks ago. It lasted a whole couple of days.
I started doing laundry twice a week. The washing is going great, the folding, not so much. Two full baskets right here by me in my bedroom, taking all my energy away.
Planning my family's meals every Sunday, lasted about a week.
Budgeting, pffff....there goes the rest of my energy.

Well, I just figured I should start and pick up from somewhere, so the blog is a good one to get me going again.
Well...where did I stop?

My parents spent 4 weeks here. We had a blast. The boys had a blast.

During that time we had Mother's Day with my mom and Oliver's birthday party.
I will write a separate post for Oliver, but I have to tell you his party was a tremendous success.
Not so much because of the fact that I took a whole week off and planned my daily routine religiously, but because of the friends and family who came. There was so much good energy in this house you could feel it from miles away. We felt so blessed, onve again. Oliver enjoyed his party in company of really good friends. And so did mommy, just for a change.

My parents left on Monday after the party, and we were all devastated. Noah is at the age of finally understanding the distance, and it hurt really bad seeing him cry and ask grandma and grandpa not to go...

Father's Day was great. Of course, here is what happened. I "wrote" a beautiful letter to my husband, and password saved it so that he would not read it. Great plan if it wasn't for one minor detail: I could not remember the password! (And for the ones who are curious, I still don't!)
Gordo, I can't remember the whole letter, but I do remember thanking you for the husband that you are and the father you have become. My love for you grows stronger every day, through the eyes of Noah and Oliver. Thank you for being such an active presence in their lives, and sharing everything there is to live during each milestone for them! It is always such a good feeling to know that when Oliver takes his first steps or when Noah sees Thomas for the first time, that you are there with me! We know how much it means to you too, and that makes everything you do even more special. Thanks for chosing us, every day. I don't know what I would be without you.
And then I will end like this: And I am sorry that we bought the nicest cards ever, and never had time to write them, so they are still sitting on our mantle!!! (At least you got part of your present, uh?!?)

Well, as I already mentioned above, we went to see Thomas the Train in Connersville with our friends Lori, Keri, Bryce, Sara and Kelly. We had an absolute blast! Sooo much fun. Just looking at Noah's face when he saw Thomas right by him made it such a special trip! Getting to see Keri and Bryce and hug them was also great! We miss them so much. It was nice seeing the Three Musketeers together again.

This weekend we had a Brazilian party to celebrate a few saints. Very traditional Brazilian June party. There was a wedding, and Noah was the groom. Let me tell you, I had the hardest time finding the jacket for the outfit, (and thank Mari for finding it for me!) but seeing Noah again so excited with the whole thing was sooooo worth it!

We are enjoying our first summer at the new house. The boys love spending time outside, playing on the swing set, the elefant pools, the firetruck sprinkler, the sandbox or riding their bikes around the neighborhood. It is nice being able to do that for a change!
I am sure I forgot to say about a million other things that happened to us during this month and almost two (:-)) but as I start remembering them, I promise I will give more details around the topic!

This week I will blog for Oliver and Noah on a separate post. For now I will leave it at this: they are doing wonderfuly well, growing like weeds, and both of them continue to make Marcio and I the proudest parents on the planet! No, if there is ONE thing that I have not PAUSED is at being a mom for these boys. I might be sucking at it, but I refuse to pause that! It is what keeps me going, it is what keeps me going!