January in a nutshell

New Year's = boring... we were trying to put Gabby to sleep and missed the ball drop by exactly 12 minutes :) and sad because it was our first one without my Dad :(

The Wedding = was beautiful, fun, and everything a wedding should be with one exception.... yeah Dad wasn't there to walk his baby girl down the isle...something I also missed out on and it make me sad to think he didn't get to give either of his girls away :(  He would be proud however that we still had a great time as we focused on Katie and Tristan and the start of their happily ever after. Everyone had a lot of fun, especially watching Tristan and his brothers get crazy on the dance floor :)

Gram's Birthday = what can I say, you would never guess she is the age she was, let alone another year older :) God love her, I hope she passed all those good genes down :)

School = First semester with clinicals, which means $#!+ just got real :) and by that I mean REAL busy, real interesting, real tiring, real backbreaking, etc., etc.

Meg's Birthday = She is away at college, so we didn't get to celebrate together, but I made sure to wish "Meghanie Pooh" a happy birthday (my Dad always called her that, and for good reason lol)

and for an update on each of us:

Steve is doing good, he is still doing jiu jitsu every week...he has yet to have a week where he doesn't come home injured, sore, or somewhat broken, but for some reason he loves it... he's getting better, but still gets his butt kicked at least once a week... it's hard to watch...unless I am mad at him at the time ;)  (relax I'm kidding)

 Josh is also doing wonderful, he is on the honor roll...his GPA is almost over a 3.0, and if he does well enough on his ACT test, he will be enrolling in dual credit next year, thereby doing his last year of high school and his first year of college at the same time. We couldn't be more proud of him :) He is truly his father's son, all he ever wants to do is go fishing...when he isn't fishing he is working out...if he can't do either, he is on his Xbox, so like a typical teenager, the only time we get to spend time with him is usually at dinner lol.

Kaitlyn is doing good. She is working on being more responsible with her school work, and although she battles extreme fatigue, she is doing pretty well with her school work for now. She just had a sleep study, so hopefully we'll find out something to help with the fatigue, if not she'll just keep plugging away :) Her PFT's came up this month, so that is awesome, we are praying that they stay up for her visit in February. She did start her inhaled amikacin this month which she says is the worst tasting one so far, but it is also the quickest one so far.. and you can't win them all :)

Gabby is as precocious as ever. She is as sharp as a tack and getting smarter every day, which isn't always a good thing, as she knows a lot of things she probably shouldn't... but she's 2 and sometimes terribly 2.... such as when she wants to dump every toy she owns on the floor and then tell Mommy to clean it because its messy...not that it ever works, we tell her she has to clean her own mess and she does eventually...but getting her to listen is a chore in and of itself.  The one good thing I can say is that although she is definitely a handful, both my Mom and Gram love their Gabby time, and since they watch her for me while I am in school, she has stopped getting sick so often and so severely as when she was in daycare :)

As for me...I am busy... up to my ears in terms, techniques, and tests. Nursing school isn't easy by any means, but it is certainly worth it. So far I am loving this semester, and yet I am already looking forward to the end of it :)

ok...that's all I have time for :) God Bless