So I had this amazing idea that I would start fresh at the beginning of the year and start blogging again. Well, it's mid-February and this is the first time I've been on here. Oh well, it's never to late to start again....right? This year, so far, has been somewhat of a blur. We began 2010 by attending a very intense New Year's Eve party at The Cooper's. Complete with Chicken Foot and all. :) What can I say...we party hard! The boys always have a great time hanging out with Josh so it really does turn into quite the relaxing evening when the 3 of them disappear to play.
In January we had a couple of birthday parties and a couple of Christmas. Because of the AMAZING weather we had over Christmas both of our plans with my Mom's side got postponed until January. It was great though, we didn't feel rushed or overwhelmed at having them all at once. We were also FINALLY able to get together with our best friends, the Bohanon's and made our first trip to Chick-Fil-A. Let me just say I LOVE that restaurant. It is so kid friendly. Unfortunately the closest one is in Liberty so we don't get to go there as often as we might like.
We also had another adventure when Alex had his 2nd surgery on his eyes. They did surgery on both of the outer eye muscles this time and he pulled through like a champ! He did amazingly well compared to last time, I think he probably knew more of what to expect and how to handle the pain this time. He was great and so far his eyes have stayed straight. We will re-visit in March just to check but so far so good. The only mishap this time was that they started to allow one parent to go back to recovery with the child when they are starting to wake up. Alex was crying for me so I went back, not the best idea I have ever had. I hadn't eaten all day and then when he stopped breathing a couple of times it was enough to freak me out. I had to hand him off to the nurse while about 4 nurses tried to keep me from passing out. It was quiet the site to see.
The Worts Family also came up for a visit in January. It was so great to see them and the boys had a lot of fun at Fun Run in Liberty and we had some great food at the Corner Cafe. The only down side was Collin getting sick Saturday night and then we passed it around our family for the past several weeks. :( I think that we have spent more of this year sick than we have healthy. Hopefully, we are on the up side now.
As far as February goes we have stayed just as busy as always. :) The beginning to the month we headed to Columbia to celebrate our youngest nephew Brendan's 1st birthday! Then for Valentine's Day we spent it as a family and headed to Kansas City. We ate at Abuelo's (Yummm) and then spent some time at Barnes and Noble. When we got back to St Joe and took the boys bowling for the first time. It was interesting and fun. Something that we will definitely do again. Now tonight, Sean and I are headed out to celebrate our Valentine's Day together by having some sushi and japanese food and do a little shopping together (weather cooperating). I will try to keep up on the posting better this year.
