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Hey Guys!

21
Feb 2010

Hey Guys!
I am happy to report that life is going so good right now! February has already been an eventful month for us!
Due to some less than desirable circumstances we moved to a different apartment. Those less than desirable circumstances included bums, smashed car windows, cops pounding on our door (twice), graffiti on our door, and a stolen BBQ pit. We ended up picking up all of our stuff and moving it to the completely opposite side of our apartment complex, and I must say, the change has been amazing. Instead of crackheads, we now see the playground out of our living room window. Instead of neighbors standing outside our door smoking, we now have a friendly neighbor who walks his cat. We are so, so happy with the move. We are able to feel so much safer, and also save money towards our goal of buying a house. I feel like our family is finally thriving after so much chaos these last few months!

Rocky is getting so big! He is super smiley and just got a new play gym that he loves to lay on and play with his toys. He is a super sweet, happy guy and we all just are totally enamored by him! We have only had one hiccup, and that has only been rough for me. Rocky has decided the very act of breast feeding is so horribly offensive that he will scream his lungs out if I even attempt the act. He was fine the first 3 months, but then I got really sick for a week and my supply almost all went away so we gave him formula to supplement. Turns out he prefers formula way over anything I have to bring to the table. It has been kind of rough for me, especially since I am working full time. Breast feeding was something special that only I could do for him. I enjoyed that special bonding time, and it makes me sad that it is over sooner than I would of liked. However, there is nothing I can do about it, and I am not letting it get me down. He is a super wonderful little guy, and he knows I love him and we are bonded for life, whether I breast feed him or not. Also, I have a new found respect for all the woman I know who either chose to not breast feed, or couldn’t. Making bottles in the middle of the night is SO much harder than breast feeding. We are adjusting well, and I can tell Ian actually likes that he is able to feed Rocky and experience some of that bonding for himself.

Zane has a very full life right now. Since August he has been begging me to enroll him in his schools after school program that all of his friends go to. I was really reluctant, because I didn’t want to miss out on that time with him. Well, I finally gave in and he absolutely loves it! It makes me feel like he is so big now!! He loves hanging out with his friends and gymnastics. He is getting so good and working so hard to learn new stunts every day! He is excelling at school and is so bright and fun! We are so proud of the little man he is becoming. He has such a big heart. He has been really into playing basketball and learning tricks on his Yo Yo lately, and he is getting so much better at both. It is neat to watch Zane set his mind to something and practice until he gets it right.

Ian and I feel really lucky to have Rachel living with us. She is such an amazing Nanny for our kids and takes such great care of them while we are at work! It is so nice to know that they are being taken care of and to know that she loves them so much. She is working on saving money for esthetician school, which would be full-time so she would not be able to work. It makes me really happy to have my sister here, and to know that we are both able to help each other out right now. She is great!

Ian is a super busy guy. He is excelling at work, and is way too modest to tell you that he was named Employee of the Quarter for the entire Marketing Department! He also is working on some really exciting side projects with various members of his family, and even just had a video art piece he collaborated on with his brother make it into a Film Festival! He is also a really terrific father, always making time to hang with Rocky and to teach Zane all kinds of amazing things. He is also a really amazing husband, I am a lucky lady! He even bought me flowers for Valentines day, hid them in Rachel’s car (which he drove to work that day), with the intention of putting them on my desk after I left for lunch. Only silly me decides I need to take that car home with me on my break so I can take the kids and Ray out for breakfast. I totally ruined the surprise!! Ian was so bummed, and I felt so bad! But I loved them and he is super sweet anyways!

I am really happy right now. I feel like all of the craziness of the past few months has paid off and we are exactly where we are supposed to be right now. I love my job. I love my schedule, the people I work with, my company, my position. I love the peace of mind I have, and the things we are able to do now that we are both working. My stress level is at an all time low. I love the change I have seen in my family. The pure happiness everyone exudes. We still have somethings we are working on, I am still trying to get everyone to agree to go back to church. I think we are close. We are a very spiritual family, but for some reason we fail at attending church regularly. We will pray as a family, talk about God, but as soon as I mention going to church, everyone freaks out. I feel like it is the one thing we are missing. I know I could go by myself, but I have done that and it gets old fast. I want us to be there as a family. I think that is what I am going to ask for as my birthday present! Yes, my birthday is coming up, the big 2-7. Every year for the past 4 years I have set my mind on a theme for the next year. My 27th year is going to be all about pushing myself to do things that scare me, things I have always wanted to do but havn’t. I am really excited for some of the things I have planned!

Rocky and Zane need my attention now, but I just wanted to get this down. I don’t want to forget what an exciting time this has been for us!