Wrapping up 2008

I can't believe that tomorrow is New Years Eve.. where has the year gone. It seems like the older I get the faster time goes by. We had a wonderful Christmas, except the fact that the flu ran its course through my entire family. We weren't able to have Christmas Eve at my mom's house due to the flu. Other than that, everything was very special for Brynn's 1st Christmas. Of course she got a ton of stuff, no thanks to Josh and I. Between the grandparents and aunts and uncles on both sides of the family she got pretty spoiled if you can imagine.

I do this every year around this time but I have to set my New Years resolutions. I am hoping this year I can stick to them better than in the past.

First, I want Josh and I to start going to church as a family. It seems like the only time we go together is when we have family in town or are out of town with family and go. I was raised in a family that went to church every Sunday together and I want Brynn to have that same thing. I have gone to two different churches in Terre Haute since we have moved here and I like both of them alot. I have gone alot by myself before she was born , and could get Josh to go with me some then. It isn't even really that is he is opposed to it, but I just don't seem to force it on him either.

Second, I want to get back into shape.. don't we all. I am just sick about how I sort of let myself go. I just got so wrapped up in being a new mom and other things that I just didn't take the time to really take care of myself. I have already signed up to do the mini marathon like I said before so that will hopefully get me the motivation to start lifting weights and doing pilates again.

Third, I want to do volunteer work. It is hard to find time to do that, but it is so important. Josh and I are so blessed and have so much to be thankful for that we should give something back to the community.

So I hope everyone will help me stay true to these resolutions, check in on me every once in a while and see how I am doing!

Happy New Year!!

Home for the Holidays

We have a busy week ahead of us and I am so excited.. alot of time to spend with good friends and family. My sister and nephew fly in tomorrow from NY.. I am so excited to see him. I haven't seen him since he started walking so I cant wait. Then over the weekend we are getting together with several friends for the Purdue-Davidson game at Conseco on Saturday.. it should be a good game and I am excited to see my friend Kerri who is home from San Diego for the holidays. Then Sunday I am going to my goddaughter's 1st birthday party. I cant believe she is 1.. where does the time go? It seems just like yesterday she was born.. I am so excited to have the time off of work to do all of these things.

I am feeling so much better today.. it really took it out of me though. Luckily, Josh has dodged the bullet so far, so lets keep our fingers crossed that he doesn't get it. Brynn is 100 percent recovered now which is most important anyways.. and I am slowly getting my energy back.

Hope to see you many over the holidays. I am sure I will post more before then but if not everyone have safe travels and a wonderful Christmas among family and friends. Love to all!

FYI

Just wanted everyone to know the flu has spread.. I woke up this morning not feeling so well. I thought it was just a fluke so I went a head to work and after the third time of throwing up called Josh in to rescue me. That is the nice thing about us both being in the same profession and working for the same company. The bad thing is I couldn't take care of Brynn.. so my mom came up to help out. I feel so sorry for Brynn she hasn't been feeling well and all she probably wants it to be held and comforted and I couldn't even do that for her. I feel like a deadbeat mom. Luckily Nana was able to come to town. Makes me once again realize living close to both sets of grandparents is so nice!

Bitten by the Flu Bug

So Brynn had her 1st experience with the flu.. it was short lived thank goodness but still so sad to see her that way. It is hard telling where she got it from.. considering Josh and I are pharmacists and everyone we interact with is sick. I had never seen someone so small throw up so much. It made me so so sad. I called Jill, who works with pediatrics and Suzanne, whose kids were battling this a week ago just for some reassurance that I was doing the right thing. You know in your mind in the right thing to do but just feel so helpless so want to know that you are doing everything you can to help them feel better. Luckily, she didn't have the diarrhea to go along with it. She finally ate a real bottle this morning. I was leery of giving it to her but she was so hungry so I just gave her a small amount to see if she could keep it down and a half hour later fed her more. It has been 2 hours now and I haven't seen anything come back up and the good news is she finally had a wet diaper. Yeah!!

So now I just hope Josh and I don't get it.. obviously I would much rather be sick than have her sick.. but don't want it to be a continuous cycle.

Am I Crazy??

We had a busy morning today.. we are signing Brynn up for Kindermusik classes that start in January. Josh was off this morning so we went to a class to try it out and make sure Brynn would like it. It was 45 mintues long. We think she really enjoyed herself, but she was tired by the end, rubbing her eyes and she was asleep before we even pulled out of the parking lot. She was the youngest in the class today.. most the other kids were walking but she enjoyed watching them run around. Hopefully when the Spring semester starts there will be some smaller babies in there with us, but either way she and I will both enjoy it. I am doing it just as much for her as me to meet people.

Then Josh and I went to sign up for the mini marathon in Indy next May. Our friends, Dan and Sarah, did it last May and encouraged us to sign up with them. We will be training with the Terre Haute Road Runners so it will be another good way to meet people, not to mention a great way to get back in shape. No more excuses!! I do think I am kind of crazy considering it has been well over a year since I have ran at all but it will give me something to work towards.

Then I got my haircut.. much needed. I looked like a shaggy dog.. so now Brynn and I are at home, cleaning the house for the rest of the day. I don't have too many more days home between now and Christmas. My sister flies in next Thursday, the 18th and I will be spending alot of time at my parents after that until Christmas with her and her family. I can't wait.

I am happy to say that Grandma Canup(Josh's mom) is getting around much better now. She had to go to the ER Friday night due to her back. She couldn't even get out of bed on her own, for those of you that know Linda she doesn't like to ask for help, is always wanting to help everyone else. Hopefully surgery wont be required but just sorting to wait and see.

Today is my mom's birthday.. Happy Birthday!! She is NY with Kristine and the Lincolns. They are going to see the the Rockettes tomorrow. I am so jealous. I would love to be in NY this time of year.. with all the Christmas decorations.

The Lion King

So I had my first experience with a Broadway show last night.. I cant believe it is the 1st time I have been to one as much as I like musicals. It was absolutely amazing. I went with Jill and 12 of her fellow nursing staff at Jasper Hospital. I had such a good time. The makeup, costumes, music, everything was awesome.. and I don't care what anyone says Rafiki is my favorite!!! It definitely makes me want to go see more shows.

Updates

Since I last wrote it has been more bad news... Jason's friend Tyler passed away Monday. My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family.

Then Bobbi was able to come off the ventilator on Monday but since then has been put back on it. Her family has been there around the clock for love and support so I know this is a very trying and tiring time for all of them. Between the three sisters there is 15 kids that have to be taken care of, please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers. It is all so so sad.

On a more positive note, we are done decorating for Christmas. It wasn't has fun as I thought it might be.. just more stressful. Next year will be easier now that I have more of an idea of how to do things. Luckily my mom came up Tuesday evening to help me, so that was nice to have her expertise.. her house always looks so pretty every Christmas. I don't think I would have gotten it done without her.

Brynn is doing good.. growing like a weed. She will be five months old on the 14th. We don't go back to the doctor until her six month checkup, hopefully as long as she doesn't catch something.. I will be anxious to see how much she weighs, I feel like she is gaining alot faster now. We recently changed her formula because she was spitting up so much and she seems to be doing alot better on it. She is getting close or I should say closer to sitting up on her on.. she doesn't fold completely in half at least anymore. I am hoping she will be doing it on her own by Christmas.. I just think it will be more enjoyable for her if she can sit up.

I am going to see the Lion King tomorrow night with Jill and some of her nursing friends. I am really looking forward to it. I will let you all know how it goes.

Thanks to everyone that helped out with the babysitting this week since Suzanne needed to be with her family during this sad time. Brynn is lucky to have such loving grandparents.

Count our Blessings

Although I had a nice Thanksgiving with my family, I received alot of sad news over the weekend.

First, the girl that babysits for Brynn, who is also a classmate of mine from high school, father passed away yesterday morning. He has been sick for several years but the doctors could never really figure out what was wrong with him. He has been in the hospital since November 15th, they had him on a ventilator but really no signs of improvement. It was a decision the family made together to take him off rather than prolong the inevitable. I just feel so bad for her. She is my age and I can not imagine losing one of my parents. Please pray for them.. she has two little boys, a 1 yr old and 3 yr old that will now grow up without their grandpa. It makes me so sad to think about if that were Brynn.

Then, Jason has a good friend, Tyler, who has been battling cancer for the past few years.. he has progressively been getting worse and is now in renal failure. Although I have never met Tyler, just by the stories Jason and Kelli tell he sounds like an amazing person. He is in his late twenties, way too young to be battling something like this. Please just pray for Tyler and his family that he can at least be comfortable these next few days/weeks, and hopefully it isn't too late for some sort of miracle.

Last but not least of course, I know everyone from Loogootee knows about Bobbi Hunt Nonte, but please pray for her and her family. She had surgery a few weeks ago and things did not go as planned, she has been on a ventilator ever since and is not showing signs of improvement. I have not had an update since Saturday so hopefully things have improved since then. She has small children at home and I just pray for them that their mommy pulls through. I have not seen Bobbi in years, but when I was little used to run around with her sister Tara alot. She used to tote me and Tara around to the pool and wherever else we needed to go, I used to always think of her as another big sister.

I hope I didn't depress everyone.. it just puts things into perspective and makes you realize how lucky we really are. Please pray for all the people I listed above, for their families to give them the strength to make it through such horrible times, I cant think of a worse time of year for this to happen to them.