March 2009

Oh my goodness what a month!

I figured I'd write a little something before the end of the month so I don't have almost 2 months to catch up on...

We're still trying to get everything out of Clermont and back into Dr. Phillips. We're almost done, but it's taken a lot of work and time. I feel like we're burning on both ends every day. It's taken its toll too, because Elise has come down with bronchitis, and conjunctivitis and now, I'm being treated for bronchitis! Hopefully Brian won't catch this one, it's a doozy.

On top of all this, we found out this week that the baby has already dropped into position and is ready to go! It's still WAY too early. He's measuring small too, so we go in for an ultrasound on Tuesday to make sure everything is okay and developing properly.
I should be posting the rest of the month's stuff and updates within the next week.Until then!

February

I Have a REALLY Good Excuse!

I still need every one's forgiveness for not being able to place pictures well in a blog. I still haven't figured it out!!

February has come and gone and I haven't updated the blog! My excuse is: We lost the camera battery charger. Our camera can only download pictures if it is on, and the battery has been dead, so at the end of February, I didn't do an update because I wanted to post some current pictures.

Neither Brian nor I could find the battery charger and figured it would show up someplace, sometime. Well, it didn't show up until yesterday when I was looking for something in the Pilot and found it in the console. We both had looked there, and apparently overlooked the charger!

We had our 3rd anniversary this Valentines Day, and Brian surprised me with a day vacation to Downtown Disney for a picnic at the Poly, and a movie. It was great to have a day to spend together without any other worries in the world.

As most of you all know, Brian and I have moved back to Dr. Phillips. We haven't completely finished, and it will take some time to get all of the moving finished though. We are grateful to everyone who helped in the move, and you know who you are :) Brian wants to get some of the plants from Clermont and bring them to Dr. Phillips, and chop down the massive jungle that engulfs half of the back yard. Gardening is a labor of love for him.
Brian has also been spending what little spare time he has with a new passion, or maybe renewed passion for guns. He and the boys have gone out with other members of the ward to shoot. They all seem to enjoy blowing up targets together. Elise and I are just fine with staying home and doing the girly thing, which for Elise is trying on every shoe in the house. in February, there wasn't anything more she wanted to do than try on my old pointe shoes.

Work is starting to pick up a bit, and for that we are so blessed and grateful to the Lord.

The pregnancy drama never ceases to amaze me. Without going into a ridiculous amount of detail, I will say that due to the high risk this pregnancy is, my current OB has refused to provide any additional care. (If you really want details you'll just have to call me) Being in my 3rd trimester, you can imagine the stress that put on me. Not many doctors want to take on a patient so late into their pregnancy. In fact a few doctors I took my records to reviewed them and pretty much said, heck no we won't take you! Luckily, I found a doctor in Celebration who has accepted me as a patient, and has made more progress toward relief than any other doctor I have seen so far. a sort of left handed blessing I suppose...as some blessing can be.

Elise is continuing to sign, and has over 90 in her vocabulary! She is such a bright little girl. She's getting better with her words too. In fact, yesterday, she said sizard (for lizard...there are a lot of lizards at the house in Orlando) and ji ji for Jimmy this morning. She and Brian like to give my belly hugs and kisses. She is also saying uh oh and oots whenever she makes a mistake or drops something. Her persistancy in saying please makes your heart melt and even more difficult to refuse her requests. Her manners are generally very good, except when she yells NO! or More!! We took her to Disney for my birthday, and she loved it! Those pictures are on my camera phone and I'll have to figure out how to get them off before you can see them. She loved the carousel of course, and would say horsey please and more throughout the day. She had so much fun, and was so excited that in a tunnel on the playground in Toon Town, she hugged and kissed a boy!! Brian quickly told her 'no kissing boys, only kiss mommy and daddy, okay?' With a nod of her head she was off again to the tunnel, and guess what? Kissed another boy! She's a handful.

Brian and the boys like to hide from each other, and Brian has recently taught Elise to hide. This is a BAD thing. I brought her out to the car yesterday and let go of her hand for a few seconds, and I mean seconds...to put her diaperbag in the car. I turned around to get her and she was gone! I started yelling her name, and looking all around the car, on the side yards etc. all the while screaming her name and hearing nothing but silence afterward. It must have been a full minute of panic (it seemed like 45) before I heard her mischevous little laugh and found her, hiding up where the gas pedal/brakes are. I seriously thought I was going to have a coronary. When we got to our destination (playgroup) I was telling my friend about what had happened and again, for a few seconds we didn't have our eyes on the kids and Elise had dissappeared again! She was upstairs in her friend's bedroom. She's quick and sneaky, two traits I am not too thrilled about dealing with for the remainder of her life.

So that's my post. It's been a busy, busy few weeks. It will only get busier as my due date approaches too...oh the life of a Momma!
Thanks again to everyone who has helped us out moving, we appreciate it so much!!

--terrah