Hello 2011 - GOOD-BYE 2010

I don't think I've ever been so happy to say good-bye to a year as I have 2010. While it brought lots of wonderful things (Wyatt's birth, Jason home from the Army) it was also a very difficult year with all our hospital stays (Wyatt with meningitis and Jason with knee and neck surgery) and effectively the end of Jason's Special Forces Army career. Here is hoping that 2011 brings us peace in our choices and new opportunities and adventures....

We had started out with a big New Year's Eve party planned but by the day before, most had to cancel so we ended up with just our good friends, the Slaughter's. It was a nice, low-key evening and we all had fun. Both Ethan and Wyatt had been suffering from ear infections and with Wyatt not sleeping, and therefore Mommy and Daddy not sleeping, it was a much better New Year's Eve this way. Hopefully next year we can get back to our big parties.

These days it seems that wherever Ethan goes, Wyatt is not far behind. Sometimes Ethan likes it, other times he's busy pushing him away. The favorite game for them both right now is to open the kitchen cupboards and pull (or throw as the case may be) everything out. Sometimes it's a nice way for them to occupy themselves so I can get things done but normally I can just feel my blood pressure rising.

I know I need to just relax and let them have fun, but since it's usually me doing all the cleaning up it's just one more thing to add to my plate.

I'm an impatient person by nature, so if anyone has suggestions on how to let things go, I'm all ears!

We've been enjoying a lovely week being "snowed in." Although the roads seem to be better (Jason's been out the past two days and says it's fine), school has been closed through tomorrow - we'll see what happens for Friday. We have Ethan's IEP meeting with the schools scheduled for Friday, so I really hope we can keep that scheduled. I can't believe Ethan will be starting preschool in just under two weeks!

As you can see, we have another little mini-Jason on our hands! This little one is growing up so fast, he's able to stand on his own for a few seconds now and today he was trying to stand up by himself in the middle of the room. And Ethan is walking so much more now, it's almost all he does now, thank goodness. He just might be walking all the time by his 3rd birthday!

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Having a Great Visit with Aunt Delly

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