Melisa's Life

I was counting out loud yesterday and when I would get to a number, Kade would say the next one...like I would get to 6 and stop and he would say "7." I was shocked. He counted all the way to 10.
...and this is my 100th post yeehaw!

I made a spur of the moment decision last week. It has always been a goal of mine to go back to school when Saige starts kindergarten. The new year got me thinking and I thought "why not start now?" It started with me filling out forms for financial aid. Then, I started looking at degrees, then what I needed to do as far as generals go. Tuesday, I was having doubts and wondering if I was doing the right thing. Wednesday, something happened and I had a total change of heart. I registered last night for 2 classes, one at the Davis campus at night, the other online. Classes started monday, so I'm a little behind, but that's ok. I got my books today and I'm getting excited. I'm taking botany and a basic computer class. I *think* I want to go into surgical nursing. I LOVE that part of my job, but vet techs don't make any money, especially in Utah, so I figure, why not people? I had a glimpse of the surgical nursing textbook today at the bookstore and got really scared. It's 4-5 inches thick, plus there's a 2 in thick workbook to go with it. Yuck!

My little boy has learned the word "no." For example, I caught him with a sharpie today and I said "Give mommy the marker." He runs away screaming "NO!" We have also started doing little timeouts, because he keeps doing things like pushing a chair all the way across the kitchen so that he can climb on the oven or when he colored on the couch. He sits on the stairs with me and when he's done, I'll tell him "no climbing" or whatever and he says "k." It is actually working. I'm surprised at how much he understands. Ok, that sounds bad...I mean he's smarter than most 1 year olds I know. like just now, he handed me my phone and said "call daddy." I told him to put his coat in the closet earlier and he did it.

We redid the kids room as their main Christmas present. I really like how it turned out. I still need to finish the valances to go on top of the other curtains, but we got the rest done. It's been busy around here with the holidays. We have family staying at our house and we hosted Chris's dad's Christmas last Saturday. Here's a link to a video of Saige's reaction, it's awesome....and here's some pics.

I took K in for his well check today and thought I'd write an update. The dr says he's doing great. I always get anxious when I make these appointments. I even started having NICU flashbacks that brought me to tears. I don't know why I do this, there is no reason for it. He is totally healthy and growing great. He is going through a do it myself phase and has started hitting a little bit and throwing things. I give him appropriate things to throw, have him give sister hugs multiple times a day because he hurt her. He tried to lift her up a few days ago and then was pushing her around while she was sitting on one of his toys. We have really been working with him because we don't want him to become a bully. He really is a sweet boy, it's not like he is just running around making everyone cry, he is just testing us I guess.
S is learning a ton. She knows how to write her name, mom, dad and kade and a few other small words. She can sound out pretty much anything and I can just tell her a letter now and she will write it. She loves school but complains that her friends don't listen. My kids love books and love to read which I think is awesome. Chris is a much better teacher than I am. He has taught her so much including all the planets. Right now they are reading about how mountains are made.
I am doing much better this week. I came down with a really bad case of strep last week. It was horrible. Luckily I got on meds quick and was able to host Thanksgiving dinner at our house. The business is going really well. My "black friday" sale went really well. I wish I had more time to stock my store. Most things I do are customs. I have made pretty much all our Christmas. I still have a few things to do and some things I would like to do if I have time. I have been trading with other really talented moms a lot. I have been able to get a lot of really cool things. I need to post some pics. They deserve some free advertising :) I have done quite a bit of Christmas shopping that way.
Chris has started vjing, which basically is where he takes clips of video, cuts parts out and layers them together. It's hard for me to explain, but it's really cool. He needs to make a video so I can post it. He had a gig last week at the dance club at the Gateway the night I was really sick. He said it went great. I wish I could have gone. Thank goodness for my mom. She took the kids to dinner so I could sleep. That's what we have been up to lately.

Last night I was tucking Kade in and he kept looking at me and saying "Go?", "Go?" I said, "yes, mommy has to go." He said "uh oh." Then I said, "do you want me to stay?" He said "uh huh" How do you say no to that? So I laid down on the floor next to his crib and right when he would start to close his eyes, they would fly open and he would look down to make sure I was still there.

I have been overwhelmed lately. Orders seem to come in waves, people needing their hair done comes in waves, why is that? It always seems to happen all at once. I don't want anyone to feel like you are burdening me to do your hair, I don't mind at all, I just wish things would even out. I got a huge list of orders done last week(I still have 2 more waiting for me) and I have 6 packages sitting next to me waiting to go in the mailbox. I decided to dedicate 2 days a week to shipping, it has made things a lot less complicated. I came up with a new way to organize all the orders that come in, which has helped a lot. I also have Chris's whole family coming to my house for Thanksgiving tomorrow. All of this and this morning I wake up to a horrible sore throat and I feel totally weak. This sucks, I can't get sick right now. My house is messy, but at least I don't have to worry about the business part of things. All I need to do is get my sorry butt off this chair and walk to the mailbox. I just needed to whine for a minute.

I read this on my neighbor's blog this morning and had to share it.

"Oh, and now you can see how much we've talked to our 4-year-old about politics. Today, I overheard Malia's friend, Saige, asking her if she knew who our new president was going to be. "no, who?" was Malia's response..."Barack Obama" said Saige, followed by an immediate giggle by Malia and ..."that's funny his name has bum in it." I laughed for a good 10 minutes. Maybe you had to be there."