Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful start of 2010...we had a wonderful time with my Mom & sisters in Sun Valley. My mom's God-daughter, Heather, and Q's (Susie) boyfriend were there to celebrate Christmas with us. Callie caught a bad cold but managed to get better towards the end of our trip. Chloe seemed to have enjoyed herself in the snow...minus the part when she fell off her sled & face down on the snow. She enjoyed taking walks with Steve & checking out the horses around my mom's neighborhood. She loved being in my mom's bookstore. She thinks everything comes from the bookstore if we need things! She'll tell us, "We need to go to the bookstore & get milk" or "We need to go to the bookstore & buy it". It was nice seeing everyone & being able to spend some time with my sisters. The visit seemed short but we all got along....so as Steve would like to remind me, it's better to have it short & leave happy...than have it long & leave upset!
I cannot believe we are halfway done of January & yet to blog about this month! It seems like I've been lagging in the BLOG department. Since we've moved...actually I should say, since I've moved to Blog spot, it seems like I've lost my touch of blogging! Funny, I'm sure some of you probably thought we moved...like moved to another house as you were reading the beginning of this sentence...so ummm no, we didn't move. Hubby is still waiting from the bank. He promised me that we should get an answer by next week....so we'll see. I'm not as in a hurry as I was last month or so ago. I want to stick it out until Chloe is done with her school for the year. I'd hate to take her out. But I am already checking out other schools for her next year. There's a couple of schools that I am eyeing on...the only thing, they have a waiting list. So, I need to get going & sign up.
Chloe went back to school after her winter break. She got 3 new kids in her class - 2of them are twins. It seems like the twins are having a hard time adjusting. We are in week 3 now & they still cry after the drop-off & need to be consoled. My heart breaks for them because I remembered how Chloe was on her first 2 months of school....crying & holding onto my legs for her dear life. I am noticing that Chloe is getting overwhelmed every time I drop her off these last week. She isn't as excited going to school. I am back to fighting with her about getting ready & dressed. She is, now, not liking school as much. She would prefer to stay home with me & Callie. I have to remind her that she's a big girl now and big girls have to go to school whether they want to or not. It's part of growing up. I am hoping that she'll love school again. It was just cute to listen to her about what she's learning & how excited she gets about going to school...and now, it's like pulling teeth. She'll get excited to show us the things she's done - whether it's an art or craft she's done. Her relationship with her Dad is just the greatest thing for her - she adores Steve like there's no tomorrow. She loves to play with him & cannot wait for him to get home. At times, she'll have me call him because she missed him.
Callie is now 6 months! I have yet to take her for her well-check but I can assure you that she is thriving well & just doing fine. We started her on solids and she devours her food & gets upset that I'm not feeding her fast enough! She definitely loves her food & milk! She is trying to crawl but can't seem to move forward...she looks like a whale trying to flap her fin...it's the cutest thing! Although, she is sitting up well - she can sit on her own w/o a pillow or our help. She is still trying to control her upper body but she can sit for a few good minutes by herself without flopping back or forward. She loves to roll all over the place -it's her way of getting from one to place to another! I think she might learn to walk before she can crawl!!! She & Chloe get along so well - they are so cute together. Chloe loves to entertain her & Callie just laughs at all the corky things that Chloe does. If Chloe laughs then Callie is right behind her laughing out loud also. Callie is saying "Dada" alot...I guess we would consider that as her first word? I'm debating about that...I mean, she knows who her Dad is and when she says the words "Dada...dada...dada....dada....", I don't really think she is calling her Dad. Steve from time to time thinks that she is calling him! So maybe I should give that to him & say, Callie just said her first word at 6 months! Chloe said 2 words at 9 months which was "Hi, Doggie!" to Scooter (The Gibson's dog). I think Callie's real first word will be doggie also since she adores Magic like Chloe did at her age! I will definitely give this to her, she is signing the word "MILK" to me...funny how she picked up that sign language quickly!!!Both Steve & I are trying to lose weight - we officially haven't really started. I think we are just now talking about it OUT LOUD!!! Steve definitely has been talking about it for quite sometime but I think we are in the process of actually DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! I'm not a work out type of person nor have the discipline to push myself...it's not one of my strength. I hate working out - never had to be serious about it until I had my girls. I would prefer to take a class so I don't get bored and I have someone to workout with & telling me what I should do. While Steve, on the other hand, has the discipline but he just needs to get there. We are in the process of looking into a gym. A couple of my friends are doing classes so I've gone to 1 class the other day. Hopefully we get on the band wagon fast and be serious about it. As for eating better...well, I guess, we should try to commit to one thing for now. Once we get the hang of it, we'll start committing to eating better.
