Will the sickness ever go away?

So the last week has been filled with tissue and over the counter medication. I had a horrible cold and Josh has been dealing with a runny nose that just doesn't want to go away. I dislike very much being sick I feel like nothing gets accomplished, have no energy for anything let alone taking care of Grace and Josh, the house, meals, laundry. But you know how it goes if mom doesn't do it it most likely wont get done. So I spent today cleaning from top to bottom, found some energy for a short workout, planned out meals, went to the store and finally did Josh's laundry. Starting to feel somewhat normal but actually looking forward to warmer weather and not being sick every four weeks.

Grace had a pretty good week been trying to be more patient when it comes to meal time, been more consistent with time out (only now need to get Brian with program) she's talking more and at the moment everything is a question, What's that? Where daddy go? What are you doing? (that one is probably thanks to Phineas and Ferb) Josh is walking more and can get across the room. Still at the point where is would rather crawl but I think by the end of February he'll have discovered he can get there faster by walking. Chris made honor roll after adjustment to his math grade. Pretty sure it's the first time he's gotten a A in math. Better than me, I truly hated math and it didn't like me.

This week prepare for Superbowl Sunday which is more about the party than the game, Better luck next year Broncos!!!

Busy Weekend

This holiday weekend was very busy. Brian had a hockey tournament his team didn't win but thanks to Cori and Eli for watching the kids Friday night so I was able to go to one game. I haven't been in along time forgot how cold it was in the rink. Of course there was the Broncos game Saturday night they didn't when but we had a pre-Super Bowl party. Monday I took Grace to her first movie to see Beauty and the Beast. I hoped being a movie she's familiar with she be able to sit through it. She did really well. When we walked into the lobby she said "wow". It was cute. Cori and Indianna went too and the boys went to the park. Finished the night off with some Papa Murphy's and the Bachelor.

Girl vs. Boy

My sister and I were talking the other day about girls and boys. She has three boys and I have one of each and she asked if I could see any differences. At first thought not really then as the day went on I changed my mind. Josh has been teething since Thanksgiving pretty much a new tooth each week. And it has been a long few weeks he can't sleep at night, needs to be rocked back to sleep, isn't napping but for a hour or so and of course his appetite is different each day. Grace never really woke up in the middle of the night, give her a couple teether tablets and she would nap, she did have days she didn't want to eat. The point is that there are differences he can be very clingy, Grace she loves to snuggle but when she wants to, she's pretty good about playing on her own, Josh is probably still to young to really play just crawl around getting into every drawer and cupboard. Hopefully the older he gets the more they will like to play with each other poor guy will probably end up dressed in some princess dress, I guess I should look for a prince costume.

Goals for 2012

This year there are several things I hope as a family we can work on...

More family time, to continue on my quest to lose weight, to get Grace to sit at the dinner table, Josh to sleep thru the night everyday of the week, spend more time outside before it get's to hot, be better about taking pictures and recording Josh's "firsts", to attend the temple every month, to teach stories and lesson's from the Book of Mormon, sending pictures to family, getting to bed on time, get up at 6 am for mommy time, better at budgeting, be more crafty like Cori (lol), run 5K, be able to run without screaming for air, to actually eat leftovers, watch less tv, eat more fruits and veggies (sorry no collard greens), travel to Colorado and Utah to visit family, date night every other month (next years goal will be every month), figure out why Brian snores and fix it, be more patient with Grace, FHE every Monday and most importantly to use the restroom without a audienance..

Here's to a great year!!

One of those weeks

So 2012 has already started out with a bang. Josh has been teething so we haven't gotten much sleep. But he has 3 compared to the zero that Grace had at 10 months. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep by spring. Grace is growing like a weed and talking more everyday. She got to spend the day with daddy Monday running errands then picking Chris up a the airport (he spent a week with Grandma and Grandpa Devoll). The weather has been beautiful this week, unseasonably warm so we have tried to be outside as much as possible.