how pretty!!








Scary lady painting in science building

Trip to Meredith

I t ook my niece to meredith for her first visit this weekend. I took her to see the dolls. Here are the posters of the new Avenging angels...

Here is our doll, still looking beautiful!

some of the new dolls

SNOW!!!!!

The first two pictures were taken about 8 am. The bottom one was taken at 630 am! I got up at 2 or 3 am with wilson and there was no snow on the ground at all! I was really suprised to wake up and see this!!! It is so pretty!

We are going to hang out here at home today and watch theh snow and watch thee festivities in Washington DC. Hav efun in the snow!!!

Did anyone see

Nip/Tuck? OMG!! It so far this season is so good! Can you believe Christian? ANd the new guy is so funny!

But best of all anyone watching Rock of Love Bus Tour- what a complete train wreck!!! Much worse than any seasons.

12 month checkup a little late...

Well, we finally were able to get our 12 month check up in today! Changing insurance is sure fun!!!!
Here are our stats:
19 lbs even
30 inches long

He certianly isn't as heavy as i thought he was! But he is growing good and strong. He also had a double ear infection as well! He had been waking up at night at random over the past week and he has been a little more fussy and congestiony, but he didn't act like he did with the round of ear infections last year. I just thought he was beginning to show his colors!!
The dr suggested that we keep our appt with Duke and go one more time. If we don't like what they say then we can go from there and I can always go to another cleft pallate team. That is the good thing about living here- we pretty much have our pick of specialists.

Well, I am going to go to sleep now. I am sleepy. I am in the process of getting a nice sinus infection/ head cold and I just took some cold medicine. And I am slowly getting sucked back into American Idol. Good night all!

A new olympic sport?

Well, Wilson decided to do some crib diving yesterday. Ihad put him down for a nap come downstairs to fix my lunch and I heard "CRASH BOO- Loud cry" So I ran upstairs and found Wilson sitting in the middle of his floor. I will give hima 10 for distance- and not hurting himself!

A new pet

My sister and her family have a new pet:
Pickles the Hedgehog.







Rob said that they used to keep these as pets while he was over in Iraq. It is a rather cute little creature.

How are things going?

Well so far so good. Eric has been gone for over a month now. So if I have it right we have three more months until he comes home. I have had some problems with getting Otis the dog adjutsed to the new schedule- he used to geta walk from eric half way through the day- but now he doesn't. I have to remember that this has been a big change for him as well- so I have been speaking with the lady who helped us with most of our training with him and I just have to remember not to get frustrated with him- although it can be hard- but I just have to keep my patience with him.
Wilson is adjusting just fine as well. In fact he is moving to theh 1 yr old classroom full time next Monday- kin dof sad- baby boy is offically growing up! I think he is getting some back teeth in and that has really been bothering him.
Work for me is still and I am extremely grateful for the boss I have. Mitch is fantastic and is so completely understanding of the situation we are in. I basically can come and go as i need to. He is fantastic adn I can not believe how lucky I am to be in the place where I am.
Eric and I do get to talk for about 10-15 mins at a time. He normally will call me in the mornings around 7 am. It is 3pm over there at that time. He is ona break at work and wants to call and say hello. We are both in the process of getting laptops so we both now have webcams and we talk everyday by email as well.
I am still doing Jenny Craig and I am doing well on it. I am down almost 10 pbs- I should hit 10 lbs this next week. I do look forward to it. I never thought I would have fun on a diet- but I am this time around!
Well, I am off to go have me a piece of JC cheesecake and cuddle up with Otis and watch some tv and go to sleep. We are all sleepy!

Oh we also want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the crazy Amanda and I am so excited about teh B-day party at theUmsted! How fancy!!

my cool horesy thing- it bounces, spins, makes horsey noises, and youo can hook it up to the TV!! How cool is that? THis is my pretty night light my nanna got me.

Here is Mater- Aunt Celena picked out a great present!

I loved playing with Nana's tree. I loved all the lights and everything.

My birthday and Christmas were made even more special with a phone call from Daddy. We miss him so much.