Dance the Night Away

So tonight is our first dance lesson. I have to admit, I'm pretty excited about it. As for Chris, I would have to guess that he's not really looking forward to it. In fact, I'm so excited about it, that I had to call Karen to see what to wear! I think I changed clothes about 10 times, and still ended up in jeans and just a knit shirt, which is what I started with in the first place. Our dance teacher, Ihor, called this afternoon to remind us about the lesson. Hallie answered the phone and I could hear her saying, "who are you?" Then she yells "Mommy, its the doctor teacher". I had no idea who was on the phone. I guess that what I get for leaving my cell phone just laying around. We signed up for three lessons. I would love to take more after that, but it's all gonna depend on Chris. If he likes it, then I really wanna continue. We'll see how it goes!

Sleepless nights

Ok, anyone with young kids can relate to this. When is the last time you have gotten a full nights sleep, no interruption, no crying babies, just pure, sweet sleep? For me, I can't even remember what that's like. Hallie sleeps all night long, most nights. It's the going to sleep part that she struggles with. We have just recently gotten her to fall asleep without us having to stay in the room with her. But last night was a different story. She got in the bed a little after 8:00. Oh and Jackson was asleep too, at this point anyway. So I thought "Yes! I can sit down and watch Grey's, CSI, and ER." Then Hallie decided that she has boogers and wants me to get them out because her Daddy claims that he doesn't know how. So she sneaks downstairs and we blow and problem solved. Then a little while later, she decided that she's afraid of the dark. So she wants her door open and the hall light on. So I settle back into my McDreamy time. Then Jackson wakes up. So I make him his bottle, feed him, get him back to sleep and head back downstairs. Then I woke up again, cause he had to burp (mind you Hallie is still awake and watching our every move in the hall). Finally they are both out and I can finish watching. Thank goodness for modern technology! I don't know what I would do without DVR. What did I do before it?

When we finally went to bed and were maybe asleep for about an hour, Jackson wakes up again. Chris got him back to sleep. Then he woke up at 2 and didn't go back to sleep till sometime after 3. Then sometime after that, Hallie wakes up crying because her door is closed. Chris goes in with her and falls asleep with her. Shocker. So this morning when the alarm went off for him, I got up and woke him up. Oh I forgot Jackson work up at 7, but I didn't go in there and he drifted back to sleep. Chris gets up and starts getting ready, and in his quiet way of getting out of Hallie's bed, wakes her up and she comes to get in the bed with me.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE having kids! But man I wish they would sleep and sleep at the same time. It's rough!

First Time for Everything

Okay. I know. I have said before that I wouldn't blog. I have fallen into peer pressure. I admit it. So I figured since I'm on the computer for about 23 hours a day a might as well. I must make you, may faithful reader, aware of one thing. In no way is this going to be well written, inspiring, or even something you find interesting. But I will promise this. I will promise to try!!

So for my first blog, what to blog about? There is so much I could write about. Kids, Chris, Church, Friends, the "Mexican" in my house... Gee where do I begin? I guess with the new year underway and the holidays behind, I can let you in on how insane it was around here. First off this year was the first one where Hallie really understood what was going on. She got the whole "Santa" coming and bringing gifts, but more inportantly she understood that it was Jesus' birthday. The only thing she is struggling with is that she thinks Santa and Jesus live together and that Jesus helps Santa get ready for Christmas. I think I should work on that. Seriously, she really enjoyed this Christmas. As for us, it was so busy! Going from house to house, accumulating more stuff at each one, and trying to keep everyone well was the hardest! Both kids got sick right after the holidays. Jackson was cutting two teeth, (I know, I know..."All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" ) believe me I've heard that one. But with the two teeth came double ear infections! Yikes! Then Hallie gets some kind of sinus/bacterial infection that seemed to last forever! Now that everyone is well, things have seemed to calm down somewhat.

So for my first post, I think I will close with this. I think that despite the craziness of the past couple of weeks, I have learned something. No matter how much goes on, how much you think things are spinning out of control, Christ always seems to make things stand still so you can focus on Him. In the middle of all that happened, I was reminded of how much Christ had done for us over the past year. We were blessed with a son, which we didn't think was possible. I have a daughter whom I love more and more everyday. I prayed for "real" friends and have been blessed in that area of my life too! I guess with all this rambling, I am truly thankful!