Monday, February 14, 2011

Geez Louise!!! Time Flies!

A lot has happened since the last time I posted. Brooklyn is in the phase of her toddler-hood that she likes to try to say everything that everyone says, so her vocabulary is expanding everyday. We bought a potty for her in early January and the day that we bought it she used it twice, but since, we have been lucky to get her to sit on it. We've moved, so my anxiety levels have gone down a lot. Not that I didn't love living with my in-laws, but seven people in a three bedroom duplex with five dogs gets really crowded really fast. Add to that the seemingly endless flow of teenagers that visit and you really do almost have every element you would need for an insane asylum. Today is Valentine's Day, and Nick took me to a local restaurant for lunch and gave me the most perfect present, a cross necklace to help remind me of the steps I am taking to get closer to God. Nick is doing really well in his sobriety. He even quit smoking! All in all I feel like our little family is getting closer and that makes me very happy. But Nick's family really is going through a hard time right now and it's taking it's toll on everyone. Brooklyn slept in her crib for a whole 12 hours last night. It was completely unexpected but thoroughly appreciated. She has to go to the doctor on Wednesday though because she has bumps popping up on her arms and face. Nick has the same thing so we are thinking either allergy or virus. Although if it was a virus, wouldn't I be getting it too? I'm around them both all the time so I am leaning more towards allergy. Anyways, this is my first blog in 2011 and I'm a little scatter brained so I think this is the end of this post for now... Hopefully I'll get my swing back and be posting more frequently now. God Bless everyone that reads this.
P.S. Susan, if you read this, we miss you terribly. And we love you so much.