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Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to Jaina! My sweet little girl is 2 today. She is such a blessing to us! We had a birthday party at my parents' house. This kid does not need ANY more toys! She has more than enough to last her until she outgrows them.

I will posts pictures soon. Maybe tomorrow... instead of my treasured Sunday afternoon nap!

Update

Well, I'm updating (mainly for Chrystal :D). Greg has bronchitis. Jaina has a mild case of pneumonia. I've been giving them candy for taking their medicine without complaining. Jaina really acts like she is fine, she just has a bad cough. The doctor told me it was probably caused because she has had a lot of drainage and I've been giving her cough medicine to keep her from coughing all night, so all of the mucus has settled in her lungs since she couldn't cough and loosen it.

Jaina will be 2 tomorrow. Wow. She is so smart and SUCH a little character! I am enjoying every second of it! I can not wait to see what kind of person she grows into, but I really want her to stay little for me! I hope she is well enough for her birthday party tomorrow. I feel like this cake took me HOURS to make...

Goodnight for now. Maybe I will actually put some effort into keeping this blog updated for you. :)

can't sleep

So I'm blogging...

I had my 6 month follow-up with my neurologist a few weeks ago. Everything looks great! I'll go back in a year as long as my symptoms from the chiari malformation don't get worse before then. I'm still having severe headaches (accompanied by occasional ringing in my ears and vision problems)...maybe 1 a month that is BAD (like stay in bed all day bad) and 2-3 more in in a month that require meds, but I can still deal with everyday life. I also have pressure when I bend over or turn my head suddenly, and blacking out (not passing out, just everything goes black for a few seconds) when I stand up suddenly. It sounds a lot worse when I type it out than it actually is. At least I think so...

Jaina was a garden gnome for Halloween. She was adorable and it fit her perfectly! It was hilarious when we could get her to dance in her costume for us!

This was about the clearest picture I could get. She was waaaaay more interested in moving around and her candy instead of being still for me!

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I just posted lots of pics on facebook! Go check 'em out!!!

Hey all...

I guess I should update this thing, huh? :D

Jaina is now 21 months... I think? I keep losing count. LOL! It's easier to say she'll be 2 in January. She's been going to a babysitter that has some older kids so her vocabulary has EXPLODED in the past couple of weeks. She's still in 18 month clothes, with very few 2T.

We're trick-0r-treating tonight after church... should be lots of fun!!! I'll post pics eventually.

:)

Jaina pooped in the potty. I'm very excited about it. :)

Guess what?

After thinking about it for a long time...

After a couple of hospital stays for myself and a couple for Jaina...

I've decided I'm going to nursing school! I don't know where yet but I'm planning on starting next fall, so I have almost a year to get everything in order. The top runner is Baptist Health School of Nursing in Little Rock, simply because they help you get your pre-requisites as part of the program and everywhere else you have to have them before you can even apply. I have most of them, but is the 1 or 2 I don't have that will make it a pain. I'm really excited about it and I haven't been this excited about any career decision I've made up until now.

Have I created a monster?

At the end of the first prayer I hear, "Amen. A-MEN. Good girl. Amen." Lol. And, yes, that was coming from JAINA! How could I not laugh?

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This child looks just like her daddy. Scary.

um...

It's been an embarassingly long time since I updated this thing. I'll get around to it, I promise. :)

Jaina was in the hospital for an infection in her arm, and then again a few days later because she had an "altered mental state" (according to the hospital paperwork). She was pretty much unresponsive to everything. She's better now and acts like nothing happened, which is good except for the fact hat we have no idea what happened or if it will ever happen again!

Later.

Homemade Salsa

I made some tonight... I was actually impressed. It only took an hour from the time I started until I finished washing dishes, so not bad. The only other time I've ever made it was with fresh tomatoes and it took ALL day. I did manage to pour it all over myself, my husband, and the stove and floor before getting it into the containers... go figure!

I'm very blessed.

If all I have to complain about is Jaina not staying in bed, it sounds like we're doing OK. :)

We went to a friend's house to watch Dear John. I really just wasn't impressed. I've talked to people who thought it was great... not so much for me.

Jaina did WAY better with bedtime tonight... only got up a couple of times and she was on her way back to bed when I "caught" her.

OK, I gotta go to sleep. My eyes are starting to cross. Nighty-Night!!

WHAT have I gotten myself into!?!?

Jaina has turned into a climber. She can climb into our chairs (that are bar-stool height) and did so TWICE today so she could play with my laptop.

She was really good for church tonight. I'm worn out but she was really good and she is learning fast! Then Wal-mart (ugh) and home.

She's been out of bed an uncountable number of times tonight. I think I may take my book to the hallway instead of going back there to constantly check on her. There's an idea...

Oh, and by the way...

CONGRATULATIONS to Jordan and Chris! They are now officially moved in to their first house!

I think a housewarming party is in order...

Well

Jaina is still doing great in her toddler bed. She got up and came in our room once last night. I took her back to bed and, thankfully, that was the end of it (for last night at least). Tonight she's been in bed a total of 20 minutes and has already been up once. She was so proud of herself for getting out of bed! I just took her back to bed and she is fussing about it!

Greg and I went and played racquetball for a little while tonight. We got a friend to keep Jaina. Her grandson is in town and they needed to play. :) It's nice to get a little "date" once in a while!

Yay

Jaina is now officially in her "big girl" bed. It's really just her crib that converts into a toddler day bed. She didn't get out (or fall out) of her bed at all last night, which is a lot better than I was expecting. Let's hope tonight goes as well!

Jaina's Favorite Website

Cullen's ABC's

She will sit and watch this and stay entertained for quite a while, which is unusual for a very busy 16 month old. :) The only ones I've looked at are the "Christian Songs."

I had the afternoon off today (since I have to work Saturday). I got Jaina out of the house so Greg could paint our bedroom. That's my Mother's Day present. It's about half way done now. WooHoo!