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Happy January 2012!

Sorry it has been forever since I have blogged. That is what happens when a Mom, Wife, Nurse, Athlete, Sister, Daughter, etc…gets busy! Here is a quick recap of the past few months for our family…

September:

Scott- Began student teaching at Kenyon-Wanamingo for 8 weeks. He also had classes online, so he was not able to work at all. Which was a complete blessing. He tried working one or two days and both of us agreed that it just made our lives too chaotic!

Katie- Continued with my MSN program. blah…I need to tell myself to just keep going, even though there are many times when I just cannot fathom the thought of putting together another paper. I will say, I am learning a lot. It is amazing the conditions nurses have to work in around the United States. Makes me very thankful for my great job! Other than this, I really just went to work, took care of the kids and exercised!

Henry- Began Daycare and 4 year old preK at ZM. He has loved PreK. He still has his doubts about Daycare. He only goes once or twice a week. Not gonna lie, but I am loving it much more than I thought I would. I do feel guilty at times when I send him and I am at home, but I get SO much accomplished!

Olivia- Also began daycare at Abbey O’Connors, which she absolutely LOVES! And, that would be an understatement! She loves playing with the other kids and getting out of the house!

October:

Scott & Katie – Continued with our school. Scott at KW and me in my MSN program. In October we went to the cabin with Scott and Stephanie. Scott A. and I ran the Whistlestop HalfMarathon. It was great. I was not quite sure how I would do, as I was then and am still now playing with my mileage each day and each week. But it was fine, I ran it in I think like 1:37…I think! So, I was happy to finish and do okay!

Oh, and we celebrated our 6th Wedding anniversary! Seems unbelievable that it is already 6 years!

Henry dressed up as an airplane pilot for Halloween! He loved trick or treating this year. We went to lots of houses and got lots of candy! He thought he was in heaven!

Olivia dressed up as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. She was adorable! It was really fun, because she got into it too this year! It was nice, because Scott and I could just walk together and not have to walk with them up to the doors at EACH house!

November:

We did a bit of a home remodel project (instead of going to Las Vegas…..yep….but I do s’pose it was worth it!). We transformed the playroom in the basement (which is I believe about 20x24) into a Master Suite! Scott built a couple of walls to make us a walk-in closet….it is FABULOUS! We are both loving it! The bathroom was already finished, it had been just Scott’s bathroom since we finished it last year. I think he loves struggles to share it with me now. It is nice to now have a room big enough for our King size bed, and not feel like we are squeezing it! We also have a nice little TV/reading area. I also have a little shoe and jewelry area, that again I believe Scott loves struggles to understand. He really has no concept of how many shoes women have. I keep telling him I have less than the average, but I am starting to wonder myself! I have had lots of fun decorating it though and making it a room that I love. The kids have adjusted as well. I was a little nervous about how they would handle us being downstairs.

Then it was Thanksgiving. We had dinner with Scott’s parents the night before and with my parents on Thanksgiving.

Black Friday-Lots of shopping was done! It was a great time, enjoyed only by ME! I purchased many necessities decorations for our new bedroom.

December:

Scott GRADUATED with his Master’s Degree in Special Education!!!!! And, GOT A JOB! (and, yes I am yelling this!) He and I were both elated! We could not have asked for a better outcome! He accepted a Full-time position with the Pine Island schools teaching 3-6th grade.

Katie- I hurt my back and was off work for much of the month, thankfully I am feeling fine now! But, it was ridiculous!

Christmas! Henry and I ended up being sick with a 12 hour flu bug….He had it the 23rd and I had it the 24th. I was absolutely miserable! It was awful. Thankfully we went to all the family functions we planned to go to! the kids got so many great gifts, and are now enjoying playing with them everywhere and anywhere within our house!

Henry got a telescope, ipod touch, globe, round baler, guitar, and many other great gifts….

Olivia got a bike, barbie house, barbie VW Beetle, Dolls, more cute stuff for her dollhouse, a doll carrier, Leapster and she too got many other great gifts….

Then on December 28th Kari had her baby….it was a GIRL, Lyla! She is adorable! We just all love her to pieces!

Sidebar…

this morning after my conversation with Kari on the phone Olivia asked me why I call Kari so much. I explained that she is my sister and I love her so I like to talk to her on the phone. Olivia then says “Lyla’s my sister because I love her so much!” It was too cute, it just melted my heart!

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January:

Bonnie had her Baby…it was a GIRL too! Conveniently her baby is named Layli! So, we have to try hard to remember each baby’s name and how to correctly say it. It does not seem like it should be THAT difficult, but it is! She is just precious, and thankfully is seeming to be an easier baby than Ian!

Scott started his job in Pine Island!

Katie – I have kept going with school, despite really again wanting/wishing I was finished!

Henry and Olivia-not much has changed! Daycare/School/Mom Time

Henry did wrestle in his first tournament last week! He was too darn cute! He lost both of his matches, but he had so much fun! His first match I do not think he realized that this was not practice and he was really supposed to try! In the second match he did much better! He still lost, but he was so happy to get a trophy! We were really proud of him, he stayed happy and did not cry or whine about any part of it! He might wrestle again this weekend, just to have a little more practice and a bit more knowledge of what wrestling really means! He originally told us that he would try really hard “to get 5th!” this time….we told him let’s at least try to get 3rd this time instead of 4th, even though we would still be happy if he only gets 4th!

Next week my little toodles will turn 3! I cannot believe that she will be THREE already! She is such a fun little girl though. She is so much more like me than Henry, that it totally makes me laugh when she does something that is just like me! She has such a vivacious personality when she is around people she knows, but I do hope that as she gets involved with more activities and preK that she starts being a bit more outgoing with people she does not know!

Okay, well that is enough for today! Hope you have all had a good 2012 thus far….and I will try to update more frequently again, because I really do love to blog, there is just not nearly enough time in everyday!

~Katie