March Madness

If you thought I was going to talk about basketball in this entry, I hate to disappoint you, but I couldn't care less about basketball. Instead, I was thinking that this month was going to be crazy, but in a nice, busy sort of way...my own March Madness if you will.

On Tuesday we traveled to Higher Ground to meet up with my dad to get some flowers they were getting rid of. It took an hour to drive out, but it was nice to see him and he enjoyed seeing Colby. Every time I see my dad with Colby I see a new view of my dad and it makes me smile just thinking about it. I wish we lived closer because my dad is going to be a great papa.

This weekend we're going to visit my family in Hampton. I haven't seen my grandparents in a while, so it will be nice to spend a relaxing weekend at home with everyone. Hopefully Brandon will get to relax too before his birthday on St. Patty's Day.

I'm really excited about the last weekend of this month because I can't wait to see everyone again and then on Sunday I'm excited to meet the Cornwell's. Their little boy Matthew has PKU too, so I'm excited to offer whatever knowledge I have and provide some encouragement to them.

If this is March Madness, I'll take it!

Fun Weekend

It's been a really fun weekend so far. On Friday I went to a Bible Study small group party at someone's house. It was really fun getting to know some new people that live in the area and plus, my small group won the game! Yesterday I went to a baby shower in Roanoke for one of the girls in Sunday School class. We played some games and chit chatted about having baby's and dealing with toddlers. It was really fun to hang out with other moms and mom's to be. Elizabeth is due around Colby's birthday, so it would be really fun if her baby and my baby had the same birthday. Oh, and there were 256 skittles in the bottle and I guessed 254...beat you Greg!

Today I want to a different church. It's actually the church I go to for Wednesday night bible study, so I know some people from the party on Friday and the bible study. It was really interesting because I was always taught that you dress up to go to church (my mother got really upset with me one time when I wore flip flops to church! :-) ), but this church is really informal and while a lot of people dressed up, a lot of people wore jeans too. The worship before the preachers message reminded me a little of a rock concert, but they were really good and it wasn't too loud. The message was really thought provoking too, so I think I may go back. I do however miss a good piano or organ solo, but over the years I've decided that it's the message that counts.

Closing Packet

I'm really excited because our closing packet is in the mail and on it's way over! That means that the house will officially be ours very soon. It really does already feel like our house - we've made improvements already and we have big plans for the back yard, so it already feels like our place.

The awesomeness of brilliant college students

So today I got an e-mail from the guys at Tech that are working on a PKU tracking program. It is pretty cool I have to say, so go take a look at the website if you're interested: http://www.cs2.org.vt.edu/PKUTracker/PKUTracker.html It's not so great with baby foods, but it's pretty good with everything else. I'm going to compare the numbers on the website with the numbers in my book just to make sure it's good, but it seems like a really great start to keep track of Colby's PKU! (And anyone else who has PKU!)

Productive Day

So, today was pretty busy considering I had another snow day. I went and got Brandy, but that was not a simple process and I'm still not done. I had to go to animal control and confirm that it was my dog, then go to the municpal building to pay the fine ($16) and then when I was on my way back with my reciept, I got a call saying the animal control guy had to go catch another dog and it would be 30 minutes until he got back. By this time I realized that getting Colby in and out of the car for multiple errands was going to be hell for me, so I decided to take him to daycare so I could get everything done and not feel guilty about it. So I got back to Radford, picked up Brandy, took her home (yes the gate was closed this time!) and then headed back out to Walmart. I was at Walmart yesterday, but I forgot to get diapers and cereal for Colby (how I forgot diapers I'll never know). Plus I wanted to get one of those ID tags for Brandy, but they're machine was busted. I came back home and got to cleaning the extra bedroom which is still strewn with everything we didn't put away when we moved in. It's still not clean, but it's a start at least. While cleaning I listened to the "radio" on Pandora.com (which is a really cool internet radio that I recommend you check out) and check the progress of my Amazon book sales - I was pleasantly surprised to see that I'd sold 4 books already! So after several hours of cleaning I went to the post office to mail the books, went to the Dublin Walmart to get dog tags, but they didn't even have a machine, so I went to get Colby. On my way home I had to call the day care to see what he had for lunch...they'd forgotten to write it on his report card (pretty important guys!) He's been pretty fun this evening...but maybe it's just my good attitude because I feel like I accomplished a lot today. He was still fussing over his teeth, but I got him to laugh a lot, so that was fun. At any rate, I still need to go the municpal building and register Brandy and then call animal control and tell them I got her registered, otherwise I'm going to get a ticket - not cool animal control guys. Hopefully tomorrow I feel just as productive!

Worst dog owner on the planet - me.

I think I might be the worst dog owner on the planet. This morning I took Brandy from the back yard to the front porch so I could dry her off before she came inside since she was covered in snow. I wasn't thinking and I left the back gate open. Later I let her out into the back yard - I didn't close the gate. I didn't realize she was gone for hours! I went to Walmart, came back, posted some books on Amazon to sell, played with Colby and then finally realized she was gone because of my stupidity. I rode around the neighborhood, stood outside in the wind and called her, but finally I got cold and decided to call animal control (after I called Brandon in tears). Animal control had picked her up not far from our house and I can pick her up tomorrow...but still. I feel pretty rotten that, that happened in the first place. It won't happen again that's for sure. I can't take the emotional stress.

So, when Colby talks I can see his teeth now. My little boy is growing up :-( I had to buy him a baby toothbrush (it's a little bristley pad that goes over your finger) and some Orajel...hopefully he'll sleep better than he did last night with some pain relief. He went to bed at 7 and then woke up two hours later. He only wanted to be held, but eventually he fell asleep, but it took much patience on my part. Colby walked yesterday too. Brandon and I sat about five feet apart and took turns sending him to the other person and catching him on the way back. I know, I know...it's not exactly walking when you seem like you're going to face plant at any second, but it was pretty exciting. Sometimes he stood between us keeping his balance like a big boy. I couldn't get him to step away from the loveseat today, though. I guess progress will be slow, but oh so fun to watch.

I haven't made snow cream yet...I don't have anyone to share it with since Colby can't eat it and Brandon's at work right now. I have all day tomorrow to work on it...I'm off again! Looks like it's the snow storm of 2009.

It's March, but it's snowing!

Saturday it snowed a total of a half inch, but today, I think it's snowed almost 4 inches. It's not posted yet, but I think we're not having school tomorrrow! It's so pretty outside, though. It's sticking on everything. Not good if you want to go out, but it's cool if you're looking at it from your back door. I'm considering making snow cream - I'll let you know how that works out.

Brandy is inside today. She's fussing because we have the gate between the living room and the dining room, but she'll be okay. My parents got to meet Brandy yesterday. We think my parents thought she was living under a piece of plywood propped between three chairs. Of course when they turned the corner and saw her dog house, they understood where she was living. On Friday Brandy got to go to school for a little while - she was such a good dog! She wasn't scared at all about walking into the buidling and she was very sweet and personable with everyone. I bet she'd make a really good nursing home dog. Maybe we can take her to see Brandon's grandmother one day.

Okay, so if you read the blog regularly, you know I want to have a party for Colby's birthday. I was thinking on April 11th, which is Easter weekend, we could maybe get everyone together and have a late winter/spring birthday's birthday party. So we could celebrate Gwen's, Brandon's, Lindsey's and Colby's birthday on one day. Let me know what ya'll think about that. Oh...side questions...when's Jordan's birthday?