December-February

My last blog post was on December 2nd so I have to figure out what I haven't posted about. I will try to make a run down:

December:
-Just the usual dance class, preschool, Awanas, MOPS...
-Hunter and Lily had their first eye appointment--neither needed glasses.
-I (barely) survived Brian's deer season once again. He (barely) survived my bad mood.
-Hunter and Lily had their first Christmas program and it was too adorable. I laughed and tried not to cry and my big kids.
-We survived Christmas!! It seems like forever ago so I'm not sure I can comment on anything. Lily had the stomach flu Christmas Eve so we missed church. The kids were blessed with way too many toys!! But it was a good time!

January:
-Well, this didn't happen first but MOST important was my birthday. Woo Hoo! I am 31 now and confident it will bring much better things.
-On that note, I had many birthday celebrations with family and friends and loved every minute of it!
-I visited some school prospects for the twins and had major anxiety about the whole thing.
-I started Beth Moore's study entitled "Esther: It's Tough Being A Woman" and am still in it--it's great!!
-I had 2 appointments with a hematologist to discuss my panel of tests the OB had done. It turns out I am homozygous for MTHFR mutation. I had hope this explained 2 miscarriages in a row but after further testing, the specialist couldn't confirm that it did cause the losses and, in fact, felt it was not related. As for lifetime affects, I am deficient in Vitamin B so I have to take mega doses of folic acid forever. That's not such a bad side effect!!
-I survived my side of the family and our crazy month of birthdays. My Mom, sister, nephew, 2 nieces and myself all have birthdays in January. It's a lot of cake!!

February:
-My baby, Samuel, turned 2. Boo hoo!! He's so big (well, according to the doctor, he's small) and so incredibly independent overnight. He accepts help from no one!!
-We had Christy out from Grant Wood AEA to talk to me about Samuel's speech (lack thereof) and that was fun. It is easy for me to recount the words Samuel knows: "NO!", "Mama!" and "Dad!". Okay, sometimes he says "I got it!". That's it. So Christy and Janet (speech teacher) will be visiting us tomorrow to play with Samuel. None of my kids have been in to strangers or people in general (where do they get that from??) so this will be interesting!!
-Hunter and Lily got report cards from preschool and it was sooo fun/funny!!
-Valentine's Day passed without much notice. We had the kids so Brian and I just ordered Chinese and watched cartoons. :)
-We are thankful Brian has a job at Rockwell since they have been laying off. He should be pretty safe because he is "up there" on the seniority list.
-Oh, I almost forgot this one...I joined Weight Watchers with my sister. It is sooo fun to do something with Andrea and I love this program. Brian is beating me on the weight loss but at least we are all having fun! :)

Okay, that's all I can think of although I am sure I forgot something. I promise to not blog so much next time...