It has been a very long 7 or so weeks. My last entry was New Years Even and little did I know that in just 8 short hours I would get horrific news to start out the new year. At about 8 in the morning I heard the phone ring but was to sleepy to get up and answer it, I was still sleeping in the nursery at that time. Next thing I know it's about 10am and Travis comes in to check on us and I ask him if that was the phone that rang and not a dream. He said yes and I asked who it was. He said it was one of his boss' and I could tell by his tone and the look on his face..it wasn't good.
Our dear friend Tim Wilson had dead of a massive heart attack just a few short hours ago. To this day I hear a song on the radio that he had played air guitar and acted like a goober to and I just shake my head in total disbelief that he's gone. I can't image how his wife and two little girls are taking all of this.
The following week was Britain's first "Slept through the night" night and I moved back into my room with Travis. That was an adjustment after being in the living room and nursery for almost three months. It wasn't like this with the other two, they slept through the night by 6 weeks old. She's been growing like a weed and has started rice cereal in her bottle and some fruits every now and then. We just went to the doctor yesterday for our four month check up and we weigh in at 14 pounds 4 ounces and she's 25 inches long. That means she's only gained about a pound in the past two months, that seems a bit off since she doubled her weight in the first two months. We're going for some more pics today with bubba and sissy at Olan Mills. She has such a sweet disposition and personality that I don't think she's related to anyone in this family. She's a total morning person and wakes up squealing, laughing and talking up a storm. She's a real monkey.
The last few weeks have been filed with Travis going back to school this semester, Chase's basketball games and practices have started up as well as Skylar and her cheerleading. I've been the schools box top coordinator for the past two school years and every year we have a contest to see which class brings in the most wins a pizza party. So, yesterday I sat down, after collecting them all last week, and began to count all three huge bags of box tops. I counted for hours, they have expiration dates on them and they have to be bagged in baggies of 50. It is a time consuming thing but it's free money for the school and as many of you know the kids go to private school. I counted a total of 3142 and bagged them all up for mailing. I was counting stuff in my dreams last night I counted so much yesterday.
Talked to mom yesterday about her and dad coming down for a visit the first week or so of March so I've got to get the house cleaned up. The kids are soooo excited to see Nana and Papa, they haven't seen them since Britain was born back in October. Then the first week of April we're going up for Spring Break.
Well, it's time to go snuggle with my boo boo monkey. I've have truly enjoyed Britain, we have our routine and we play and sing and dance. We watch cartoons and even snuggle and nap together. I didn't get to do this with the other two, I had to go back to work. Hopefully I can have time to post another one sooner than I have this time.
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