Quick Update

Well, it's been over a month since I posted! Sorry to all you blogging friends, but things have just been crazy since our return from the holidays. I plan to catch up with Christmas to present sometime next week with photos.

We have been in out of doctors offices all month, so my daytime hours when Gunner's in school have been spent driving, waiting, etc. Evenings are just trying to get supper prepared and baths. I'm just tired! I've started weaning Brandon, so I am gaining a little bit of time during the day.

So here's a quick update on us.........

Jeff:
Was in Vegas for 6 days earlier in January for the annual sales meeting. It seemed like weeks! We survived though. It was so good to have him get home safely. His spring semester for the MBA program started back last Saturday, so it is back to studying weeknights for him. He's doing very well.....I'm SO proud of him! :) Also, while in Vegas, he was officially titled District Manager for this district. More responsibility on the work side of things, but that was the reason we made the move here in the first place.

Gunner:
Getting back in the swing of things after Christmas break was a little challenging. He's doing better now. We had a lot of middle of the night waking (AGAIN) and being scared of the dark. I think we're getting past it (AGAIN) because he has not come in my room during the night in over a week. We are working thru sibling jealousy issues now. I'm open for suggestions on how to deal with this one. It's due to the fact that Brandon is now actually accomplishing things and receiving attention for more than just feeding, diapering, etc. He and I had a great time making chocolate chip cookies yesterday while Brandon napped. He still loves being a cowboy, Superman, or sheriff. Did I mention he wore his Superman outfit (from Halloween) to Target and the mall? He loved the attention from everyone. I just grinned and thought, what a character this child is! Took him roller skating during Christmas break and had a blast! While Jeff was in Vegas, Gunner and I saw the new Veggie Tales movie. He loved it.

Brandon:
He has become a very fast crawler and loves pulling up on everything. He also tasted Goldie's dog food the other day since I didn't realize it was still out. (I'm such a bad mom - it now gets put up when she's not in the house) Earlier this month we saw a pediatric orthopedic doctor regarding his standing on his toes -- not his tippy toes, but literally the ends of his toes. The tendons in his feet are extremely tight, but will move. It was suggested to put casts on his feet to stretch these muscles so he could stand alone. Jeff and I discussed it and yesterday, the casts were done. Oh, he was so crabby and I felt bad. Today was much, much better. He started back to crawling again this morning and by this evening was crawling with his belly off the floor again. He will not stand with help yet, but I think he will in the next day or so. These casts will be on til Feb 14, unless he develops any problems from rubbing. At that appt. they will evaluate if it has helped, is helping, or did nothing. Then we will go from there. Surgery is a possibility, but not likely at this point. I'm not as nervous about this as with the craniosynotosis, but still very concerned.
His favorite thing is playing with a ball. When he sees one, he has a fit and says "ba, ba ba". Put him on the floor and he's off pushing and chasing the ball throughout the house. He now has two teeth on the bottom completely grown in and 3 on top that are still growing in. One more on top is about to break through (all this just since Thanksgiving!) BUT, this boy sleeps at night! :)

Me:
Finally made it to the dentist! The one we chose does an initial visit for consultation and xrays then you go back for your cleaning. At my 1.5 hour consultation & xray session, he found two fillings needed to be replaced. Today I had that done as well as my cleaning. No new cavities! After not seeing a dentist for 1 1/2 years, I thought that was great! I'm still trying to get back "on schedule" since the holidays myself. The house is a cluttered mess....we just put the Christmas decoration boxes in the attic last Sunday! (footnote: the decorations were taken down before Gunner went back to school) Next week we have no appointments, just a regular school week.....that's when I hope to get some photos on here for everyone to see! Also try to get caught up on reading other blogs & getting rid of the clutter in my house!

Goldie:
She's still our wonderful Golden. Gets quite ancy if she doesn't get at least one walk per day. Got to go goose hunting on Christmas break, so she was happy. She enjoyed our trip and all the acreage to run on while we were with our families. It was hard keeping her happy while Jeff was in Vegas, but I did manage at least one walk thru the neighborhood everyday.

That's it for now......................