January 10

Things are going well. I am now in week 15 of my pregnancy and still taking drugs for nausea. (That should end soon.) My energy is definitely returning and it's great to feel much more normal again!

Peter's birthday is this month and we have typically been doing friend parties only every other year. He had friends over last year so we will more than likely skip this year. But we always take the kids out to dinner for their birthday and the entire family tags along. Tonight Peter informed me that he wants Garr to take him to The Olive Garden for his birthday so they can eat some calamari! Who knew a 9 year old would eat fried squid? This is a monumental year for Peter as he will be a decade old (10 years!) and no longer be in the single digits!

Alison will be 8 years old soon and we are preparing for her baptism in March. She is looking forward to it and so are we!

We had a nice break for Christmas but the kids wanted more time off school. Who can blame them? I enjoy having them around and we are looking forward to being off-track at the end of this month. We'll probably be doing some Valentine's Day crafts and things like that to keep ourselves occupied for 3 weeks and 3 days of no school.

Michael has been so cute lately - but he is also a 2 year old terror! He is into everything! But he is talking more and copying what Garr and the kids and I say. It's really cute.

I guess I should say something about Jacob. He is so fun to be around. He and I are reading a lot of the same books right now and it's fun to have someone to talk to about the stories.

Poor Garr has been working so much and ran himself into the ground. He got sick right after Christmas. The thing is that it takes a lot for Garr to get sick, but when he is, it lingers in his body for about 2 weeks until he finally feels better. Thank goodness that is rare.

Well, it is a new year, so maybe in my next blog I will share a few of my resolutions with you.
Happy New Year!