lately.....

Well.....this week has been a bit busy. sorry for the lack of posts. Last week I went to visit my friend Jamie. I had such a great time with craig and jamie. Lots of girl talk, movies, hanging out...just relaxing. it was weird to be kid-less and husband-less for a few days. it was good for me though. It was nice to just be me. and to be with someone where you can just pick up, catch up, not have to worry about explaining yourself...etc.....you know. friends that know you.

and friday night we had our first trip to the ER with Kael. It wasn't like an emergecy where we were rushing to get there etc...but it is really the first time we've had to take him in. He hasn't really been sick, only a cold her eand there but not many. We have been very blessed. So, he had had something in his eye earlier in the day and we rinsed it out but his eye was swelling and it wasn't really getting any better. It was red and watery. So we called a nurse hot line thing and she suggested taking him in. We had to wait awhile, though kael wasn't screaming or anything so it wasn't painful waiting. just waiting, tired though because by the time we took him was about 8pm. We got home shortly before midnight and was told it was two small scratches on his eye, we picked some eye ointment and it's all good. By sunday morning his eye was looking way better already. And the only thing that really bothers him is us putting the ointment in his eyes. Other than that He's doing great. He likes to be very vocal these days. lots of yelling and excited screaming. fun times.
that's what's happened lately......

visit

Last week there was tons of snow outside my house and now there is hardly any. i can see most of the grass in my yard. we had a heat wave like lots of others and it makes the winter seem so gray. even though it's warm i'd rather have sunshine, cold weather and the white cover of snow on the ground. it just looks dirty and gray now.

this morning i am watching my new friend Katie's kid. He is 4 months older than Kael ( although much bigger, kael is on the small side for his age) and they are playing together and i think it's great. They have both gone down for naps now, which i'm kind of amazed they both went down so easy. George ( that is the little boy) is our first guest in our house, funny isn't it and he's not even 2 yrs old. i love seeing them together. it's the first time i've noticed Kael actually playing with another kid as opposed to just playing around each other.
And speaking of another visit...
i am going to visit Jamie...i am so excited. I leave on Saturday and i get three whole days with her. I'm not even taking Kael. It will be my first trip away from him. So weird. Well, actually that's not true, I've taken trips before but they have all been for business etc...this is my first for fun. Me and jamie. it still seems unreal and i' not sure what i'll do with myself. I can plan my day and not have to think of nap times, bed times, eating, when is his fussy time etc...we can just do whatever we feel like. weird. i'm really looking forward to it and my mom is going to watch Kael while i'm gone so that Mike can still work. so i'm looking forward to my visit.

crepes

last year mike decided that he wanted to learn to cook, so last year for christmas he got himself a cookbook that really gives you lots of tips. so he didn't really learn to cook at all last year. he made eggs once or twice. But this year he decided to make crepes. So the other night we had dessert crepes...i had honey ad butter on mine. so great. And then for breakfast we had ham and cheese crepes. I must say i was highly impressed. i have never made crepes and i dont like making pancakes, but i love eating crepes and his turned out perfect, even the first one.

Happy New Years!!

Well, i just wanted to post. Nothing special going on today, but feeling good Feeling hopeful about the next year. Today i got to sleep in (thanks to mike) i've even been able to read some of my new book, a Thousand Splendid Suns and i made some yummy cheese and potato/veggie soup. and i'm looking forward to eating it. We're just relaxing, Kael is so active, he loves the dustpan, spatula's and the broom......and his new toys.
i'm going to enjoy the rest of the day.....watch movies, eat yummy soup, read.....hang out with my boys. today i've just been thinking how nice it would be to have my friends over. but i'll just have to think happy thoughts about them..:) love ya'll. enjoy your new day. A new year, new beginnings..fresh starts and continuation of all the great things from last year.
Happy New Year.