Hard to believe tonite when I pulled up my blog to see that it's been a whole 2 months since I wrote! So much to catch up on!
There seems to be a nasty spell on our house this week with sickness. Miss Caroline started it all Saturday evening being grumpy then waking up Sunday morning with a 102.3 fever. I called "oncall" and was told to bring her in. As it turns out her tubes have come out (it's been 11 months) and now she's got an ear infection in her left ear :( So sad. I feel so bad for her. She was absolutely pitiful! So, they put her on antibiotics and she was back at daycare today. She's MUCH better now! Carter though is running a fever now and not feeling well so I'll be taking him to walk-in tomorrow morning around 7am to see what he has. All of this and Alex has been sick as well. He keeps crying and saying his tummy hurts. It's so hard at this age to know if he's really sick or just wanting to get out of school... Chris stayed home with him today and my Mom will be watching him tomorrow and Mana will have Carterman.
Work is going well. We had our audit today and received an 8. Pretty good. A 10 is perfect and rarely do you see that. I'm so relieved to have it over until at least next year! Speaking of, can you believe it's almost a month before Christmas??? Crazy, right?
Things are going well for Chris and I. We took a wonderful vacation to Vegas about a month ago courtesy of State Farm. My awesome hubby received his CPCU designation and is now official! We had SO much fun! We were able to go with some of our best friends and kid free so it was awesome! It was hard to leave! We stayed at Caesars and spent one of our days exploring the Grand Canyon. It was incredibly beautiful and hard to wrap your brain around. I don't know if you can possibly take it all in. It's almost too much for your mind to conceive. Absolutely stunning. We definitely came back to reality really fast once we came home though! Ha! It was fun while it lasted though and reminded us of how much we still enjoy each other's company and our quiet times together!
Carter has finally started walking! Yay! I've got them walking into daycare everyday now to give them lots of practice! Plus it helps Mommy's back! Whew! They are still in the "baby" room for now but have been slowly transitioning to the next room. They've been taking naps in there to help them get adjusted. Hard to believe they're now 16 months old. Seems like just yesterday... We've made so much progress though, I can't imagine starting over!
Speaking of fresh starts, my brother and sister-in-law are preggers and expecting my first niece in January! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am! She will be Joanna (hope I'm spelling it right!) Dawn Keller. I can't wait to meet her and spoil her to death! It will be so nice to hold a new baby again :) Now mom will have 2 grandsons and 2 granddaughters! Perfect! I'm beyond excited! I know I drive Jen crazy but I just grin from ear to ear everytime I see that cute little belly! I can't wait to see her!
I've found myself lately loosening up a bit. Not quite as high strung as I once was. I don't know if it was Vegas, or age or what but I'm learning to appreciate every moment and do the things I truly WANT to do and now. There's no reason to wait. We're not guaranteed tomorrow and I want to go out smoking! (just an expression, Mom!) I don't want to ever have regrets. I've been blessed in the fact that I've been given second chances many times and I hope that I've taken the chance to appreciate that. You think you're bulletproof in your high school years but really those are the years that are molding you into who you will be later in life. Enjoy yourself and don't take anything for granted. Sorry, getting off topic.
Things are good. Yes, kids are sick, I dropped my iphone 4 a few days ago and it basically exploded into tiny shards of glass so I had to go purchase a new phone (both good and bad I guess), work is stressful as it is with anyone, family life is hectic and I feel that I don't spend near enough time with the ones I love. If only there were more hours in the day. It's 12:12am Wednesday morning and I should be in bed sleeping but lately I've found that this is the time I enjoy the most. The time I have to myself. I can watch whatever I want on tv, read, blog, chat, whatever I want without being "touched" or "pulled on". It's these times of night I think when I'm my happiest :) When nothing HAS to get done. There's no rush to get kids ready and out the door, no appts to get to, no nothing. Just ME time. Time to do whatever I want.
Well, that's plenty for one night...
Love,
E
