Current mood:

calm

Too long
 I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted.  I don't even know where to start.  I guess with me.  I've had some weird health issues the last couple of weeks.  Abdominal pain.  After an ultrasound of my liver due to high enzyme levels and several blood tests my dr. thinks it's just some acid reflux or possibly pre-ulcer.  I'm on meds which he says will take care of it in the next week or so.  I'm really tired and gaining weight and pretty much not happy about that.  I stopped working out when I wasn't feeling well last week and gained a couple of pounds that I had worked so hard to lose.  It's a little weird because when I've lost weight I've been able to keep it off.  I guess that metabolism just loses it after you hit 30!  So I'm working out again.  If Nic would learn to sit up, I'd give him solids...that's when I really lost the weight with Val,  but my period also came back, so maybe I don't want that....

Yes, Nic isn't sitting up yet.  He seems to be really close to crawling though.  He's so funny..he'll get up on his hands and toes.  His little body suspended in the air.  It's pretty cute and I tried to get a pic today, but the angle was weird.  I'll post it  someday.  Speaking of posts...I just posted a bunch of pics from CA and a few of Val on the other website.  www.fendleyfam.blogspot.com
He eats well though and is growing.  At his 6 mo. appt 2 weeks ago he was 16 lbs 7 oz and 26 1/2 in. long.  Guess I'd better move him out of the carrier car seat soon!  He's getting to heavy anyway.  He's always got lots of giggles and laughs for me.  It's pretty cute when Val plays with him and he just laughs and laughs!

Val is her own creature.  She's crazy...there's not much else to say.  It seems every other day she's potty trained.  Some days she'll go all morning and afternoon (not during naptime though) without going in her pants.  Other days, like today, it's only diapers!  I don't know what to make of it and I feel like I've done enough pressuring and when she's ready she'll do it herself.  That's her favorite thing to say now anyway "I do it myself".  she's funny.  She's pushing every limit and button, but can be really good and creative when she wants to.  She's learning to color pictures (not just scribble over them, but actually trying to color them in!)  She's learned to jump recently as well.  It's funny to watch how hard she concentrates...I'm always worried she's going to bit her tongue because she curls it and sticks it out when she's jumping.

Craig....hmmm....Craig is mostly focused on getting us out of our car debts by working 60 + hrs a week.  11hrs M-F (usually) and until at least 12 on Saturday (starting at 5AM).  It's ridiculous, but I think we'll have one of them paid off at the end of this month.  We're also ditching the credit cards and switching to debit...he says we'll save money.  We're taking Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey and that's what he advises.  No debt living!  So I guess we should apply what we're learning, otherwise it's senseless to pay babysitters and the fee for the course!  it's been a fun class though and we'll be millionaires some day because of it....right?!

This was really long, but it's been years (well, maybe just months) since I've written!