Alissa's Dedication

Sunday was a very special day. Here's some pictures from Alissa's dedication.

Anxiously Awaiting

Well there's been a kind of big developement lately in our lives...and for those of you who are reading...no more kids yet. ha ha. But Chris hasn't been feeling too well lately. Actually it all started in May of this last year. He has been having chest and side pains. At first they would come and go. Now it's basically constant. He went to the Dr back then and the Dr thought it could be heartburn. The chest pain is by his left peck area and extends to the side. It's has increasingly gotten worse, so I told him to go get a 2nd opinion. His regular Dr was out this last week so he saw the Nurse Practitioner. They did some films of his chest just to see if there were broken bones or he had pneumonia or something. Those films came back fine (which was good news). Bad news is he still has the pain and we have no concrete answers. Also I forgot to mention Chris has been waking up with night sweats. He gets up and he's soaked and so are the sheets, but he's not hot. So he goes in next Friday for a TON of blood work and a CT scan to see if we can find out what is going on. We probably won't hear anything until mid week following that because the tests are done on a Friday. I will keep you all posted. But for now...we are anxiously awaiting for Friday and for the results...

Holiday Woes

Goodness sakes! This Holiday season didn't turn out how I had mentally planned at all!! I was kinda disappointed, but hey- what can you do? Chris had a really bad toothache so he was feeling rotten. Even Vicotin didn't work to relieve the pain. :( His tooth started in on Tuesday. So, he was up and down every night. He couldn't sleep. We ended up opening gifts at 3am :) ha ha. The gift part was perfect. He got me a BEAUTIFUL coat, matching gloves, and purse. I felt spoiled ha ha :)

Family dinner was a little interesting. Chris's aunt was 2 1/2 hours late for dinner and the whole thing felt rushed and unorganized. Totally not the relaxing dinner I had envisioned.

Our Anniversary (5 year) was the 27th. We were supposed to go out to dinner. Our sitter cancelled because they weren't feeling well and Chris's tooth was still bothering him. So, we decided we had better postpone it until another time. I did dinner at home. I wanted something that we normally don't have and that Chris could eat because he was uncomfortable. So I bought lobster. I bought 2 cooked ones from Wegmans. When I got home, Chris asked if I knew how to eat it. LOL...i was hoping he would. How hard could it be? We had only ever ate the tails pre-done before. This was the first time the whole creature had been on our plate. Thank goodness I had a cookbook with instructions on how to take the lobster apart. Well the book showed how to snap the tail off. It totally lacked the part of the GUTS would go flying everywhere! OH SO NASTY! I thought it would be a clean break. No...the intestines came with it, flinging across the room. SICK! I built up the stomach to cut it apart and cleaned it. Again...I was hoping to salvage dinner. I began eating the tail....and didn't know it was supposed to be de-veined. UGH! I immediately lost my appetite for the lobster. so gross. Our dinner consisted of baked potatoes and salad. I did buy sparkling grape juice as well because neither of us can have the alcohol (I'm nursing and Chris was on vicotin). Thougth that would be a nice touch...but that ended up getting knocked over to soak the table cloth! It just wasn't my week.

Boy am I hoping the new year gets better!! The disappointing thing was..I was looking forward to the Holidays this year. Last year I was too tired because of having the baby. I wanted to do all the "Holiday" stuff. It just didn't turn out how I had mentally planned...but I guess what does? i guess we did the most important thing...made memories. ha ha.

Photo Journal of Alissa's 1st Birthday Party

STAIRS?!

I'm so not ready. ha ha. Alissa can no go up the stairs. She can't come down, which obviously poses a problem. We tried to teach her to come down on her butt, but she gets to confused and turns herself around to go back up. ha ha. *sigh*. My peanut isn't little anymore.

Just for Grandpa Nick

Well here's a special post. This is for my dad. He can never see Alissa...so this one is for him. I took a few videos and pics of her around the floor today. She was so pooped after this, she went down for a nap! Enjoy!!

"Ma Ma"

I love hearing it. Every time it makes me smile. I'm sure there will be some day where I will get tired of the nagging..Mom Mom Mom Mom.. ha ha :) but for now- I just soak it up.