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Seems like I've been coach...oops, I mean couch..... (HAH) bound for a long time now! Three weeks ago I feel at the Circle Retreat center AGAIN! This time I suffered a bad ankle sprain that had me in the ER for a morning and crutches for 2 days. Now, I have a sinus infection. I've missed two days of work this week and worst part....I missed the Mercy Me concert tonight! I've wanted to see them since Jillian saw them at Baylor! I went to the doctor today and got some penicillin so hoping I'm feeling better tomorrow.......it's Heart of Worship at St. Laurence and they have a fabulous speaker lined up. That bleep, bleep devil is trying to keep me away from anything Holy. Well, he's not going to stop me!!! I'm going to go tomorrow, even if it's just to hear a speaker or two!!!!

Had fun between the illnesses.......Curtis finally had his third birthday party. The day before though I took him out for a day of "Special Time". I took him to his first movie. He was absolutely wonderful! He loved it! Of course, Nana gave him LOTS of sugar so he was buzzing when I took him home......ahh...the life of a Nana! Hard to explain how much I love those little people. I can't explain how wonderful it is when he leans over to tell me how much he loves me or when my Kaylee-Bear runs towards me with her arms outstretched. It's such a rush!! Talk about unconditional love! I understand now my Grandma's statement...."Aren't they grand?!"

Since it's Valentine's week-end, I have to say how Blessed I am to be married to Kim. He has given me a wonderful life of love and happiness. God has truly, truly Blessed me! I've put more pics on Picassa....check em out!

Quincy

Made it to Quincy with no problems. Kenny picked us up at the airport with all three of Scotts kids but they were really good. It was just a little crowded with two carseats and me in the backseat of his pick-up....:) Guess it was just a little reminder from God to not blow the diet since we have to ride back toSt. Louis the same way! HAH! Haven't taken many pictures but knew the kids would want to see something. So guys....this is for you!

Baptism

Sweet little Nicholas Michael was baptized today. Fr. Drew was nice enough to do a private baptism in the chapel after a very long day. Nicholas still shouldn't be around a lot of people but he still had quite a cheering section with his Godparents, Barrett & Jessica and their two kids, Uncle Mike and Aunt Emily and their two kids from Minnesota, Uncle Travis & Aunt Erin, Uncle Dan, Aunt Kristy, Kaylee and both sets of grandparents. Lots of fans!!! It was beautiful.

Routine

Well, we're back to the old rut......I like the rut in some ways.....keeps everything on an even keel but I'd sure like a new one where I don't work! HAH! Sitting in the living room watching the NCAA football championship.....don't really care who wins even though I live in Texas but seems like everybody else in the state is watching so I feel like I need to so I have something to talk about at work tomorrow. Really missing my reunion group.....with the Christmas holidays and the weather we haven't met in about 3 weeks. They are always in my thoughts and prayers...such good women!

Parenting........

Rough week....Nicholas has RSV (common childhood virus) that has escalated into some serious bronchial problems. He's been at Texas Childrens for a few days but has not gotten any better. We're presently waiting on a chest x-ray to see what else is going on. He's taking breathing treatments now with some asthma medication which seems to be helping a little. Poor little guy! I'm going crazy not doing anything for Jillian. It's so weird to be here cleaning my house and waiting on the phone to ring! Like I told her, she's Nicholas' mom and she's doing what she can for him...well, I need to be your mom now! She's so tired and postpartum yet.........please pray for us all.........I'm keeping my Facebook updated as regularly as possible and will try to do this too. Thanks for the prayers!!!!!

Christmas Break!

I love being off! But how come we can't seem to just relax???? Kim had a CT scan this morning (just being safe with his family history), then Jill and I both went for a haircut this afternoon. We took Nicholas with us and Kim kept Curtis. Tomorrow Kim's going hunting so I'll have some time to get things together for Christmas Eve. I'm also going to lunch with Lana. That'll be a nice break. You'd think we lived hours apart as much as we see each other!

Trying to keep the reason for the season in my heart..........I love getting mail this time of the year!!! Just with everyone would send a note or picture!

Really fun day!

Kim and I took Curtis to the downtown Aquarium yesterday. We had SO much fun riding the Ferris Wheel, carousel and the train through the shark tank. Curtis was such a wonderful young man. He held the doors open for his Nana and even offered to share his "alligator" on the carousel. He was a little afraid of the dark tunnels and all the fish around us in the big tour but I thought he was a pretty brave little man when he wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel again! He kept checking that there was glass between him and the sharks though! Pretty smart dude!