Sick

I'm sick and tired from being sick and tired. Something of the nature of a sinus infection/flu hit me last Wednesday night and I'm still getting over it. It was really bad over the weekend and ended up having to go back to the doctor on Sunday afternoon and got a breathing treatment, which helped a lot. The doc then gave me an inhaler, put me on antibiotics and gave me cough syrup with codeine.

Then, poor Stone starting in coughing... thankfully though, no ear infection or anything like that, just the typical cold stuff and the horrible coughing. I've kept him out of preschool this week (he's going back tomorrow) and now Kevin's fighting it.. hopefully we'll all get over it soon and on with our lives! It seems like when you're sick, life just stands still for a while. I've missed a good bit of work, which I know was necessary, but still puts me a bit behind on projects I need to get going on and finished soon. Then, we have half-way taken down our Christmas decorations... again, interrupted from being sick. Hopefully, we'll finish tackling that this weekend. And, on top of it all, we desperately need to clean and then "spring clean" and by that I mean do a "clean sweep." So, that is where we are and have been.

My dad celebrated his 65th birthday on Jan 10. I hadn't planned to go up there last weekend, due to the fact that we're planning another trip at the end of Jan to celebrate both dad's and cousin Nate's birthdays. But, it was a good thing that I didn't plan on going, cause I was too sick to travel anyway. Glad that my dad's been on this earth for 65 years and thankful for both he and my mom for so many things. He got to preach this past Sunday, due to the pastor of their church being out of town. He said he had fun and then the worship leader had the congregation sing happy birthday to him at the close of the service. I hope you have many more years to celebrate dad!

And finally, this is sort of a "p.s." to the previous post.. as I was saying Happy New Year, I totally forgot to include what we did to celebrate the new year. Normally, since our lives are pretty uneventful, we would just hang out and watch the ball drop in NYC, say happy new year and then go to bed. This year, we had already planned to go see Kevin's parents in Apex New Year's weekend since we were both off a few days and since we had celebrated Christmas with my parents. What became a surprise for us though, was that Pop was playing his sax at a ballroom dancing club's gig on New Year's night. Gigi got Kevin and me tickets to go and kept Stoney for us. So, Kevin and I got to dance the new year in...literally! Pop was playing in a big band that had been hired to perform live dancing music, and so they played all sorts of fun classics. Then, they had a little dance "presentation" that didn't live up to my expectations, but was still pretty good. But the most fun part was watching all the other people who I guess are regulars at this dance club out on the dance floor dancing. You had all kinds of different people who actually could do all kinds of different dances.. swing, jitterbug, fox trot and a variety of un-named dances to boot. The best part was that there was no smoking allowed inside.. you had to go outside if you wanted to do that, so there wasn't a haze in the building. It was a lot of fun and we were thankful for the date night out, especially since it was New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year!

2010.... I remember when the year 2000 seemed light years away, and now we're already in 2010. Hard to believe.. and hard to believe another year has come and gone. It's been a good year though, despite it starting off with Kevin getting laid off AGAIN, when it just happened less than a year before. However, God provided Kevin a new job and quickly, so we were most grateful. He also provided me with another job, one that was more hours and therefore a little more money. This also meant that Stone started a different preschool this past September and so far, he's doing great. He hangs out with me in the afternoons and does well with that too, although he is one tired boy at the end of the day.

Do I have goals/resolutions for 2010? Yep, but not going to post them here. Kevin is becoming a health nut, which is good and is rubbing off on me some. We continue to hack away at paying off debt and we keep our eyes and ears open for other possible job opportunities.

We work daily with Stone to help him with his speech and conversational skills. He improves daily. He's already really recognizing his letters/numbers which blows my mind! I'm sure he'll be reading before I know it. He's a whiz at puzzles and love building with blocks of all kinds. He still likes to color/draw and does really well for a 4 year old. He LOVES his grandparents and cousins and loves spending time with them and is addicted to Nick Jr. on TV! We seriously have to limit his TV time, cause he could watch it all day. He's still into all things Space and firefighters and loves books and learning in general. We keep working on his eating issues though.. too picky for a 4 year old if you ask me! And I swear, he grew over Christmas break alone! He's getting big!!! 41 inches high and 40 pounds (of mostly muscle, as he's one strong little boy). He has the sweetest heart and says the sweetest prayers and hangs with us in "big" church cause we continue to visit around to find the place where we're supposed to "land." He recently has started "retelling" Bible stories in his own words as he remembers, which is hilarious to listen to as well as it warms my heart. I love that kid!

Looking forward to what this new year will bring.

So, Happy 2010!