So, one thing that I have forgotten to mention is the fact that I have begun therapy for myself. I have been trying to get in to see a therapist for almost 10 years now, and now I finally have one. Yay!
On the home front, things are going great! Dave's dad retired last week. He had worked for the Alaska Rail Road for 35 years. On Friday, the RR held his retirement party, and it was a big deal. The president of the company came out and said a few words, and awarded him with some bookends that are made from the railroad rails...they took a rail, sliced it, then gold plated it, and engraved it with his name and his start and retirement dates on it. They also presented him with a pendant that has 3, 6 karat dimonds on it, and a solid silver "Presidents Coin". The other item he recieved is a really big deal... Several years ago, the RR commisioned an artist...I can't remember their name, but he created 50 original pieces of artwork for the RR to be given to those individuals retiring after at least 30 years of service. It's so rare for someone to actually make it to 30 years, that he recieved #2 of 50. And the President said that it would probably take 50 years to give out all 50 of the pictures.
When the party was over, I mentioned to him that I had never been this close to a train, and he gave me a look that said "How have you lived this long?" and he asked me if I wanted to take a tour. We were in the car shop, where they repair the train cars, mainly the passenger cars, and so we walked through the shop, then he took me aboard two different cars. The first one was one of the older cars, and the second he took me on was one of the much newer cars. It was awesome. He then promised that when he gets back from Boston, that he will get me a ticket to Seward, so I can finally say that I have actually rode on a train. He said Seward because it's the best, most scenic route there is. I can't wait! He left last night for Boston, and won't be back for almost 6 weeks. I'm going to miss him.
If you had saw me at his retirement party, you would have swore he was my real dad, not my boyfriends dad. I had such a huge grin on my face, I was so proud! And I told him that afterwards too, I said "I am so very proud to say that you are my father-in-law". He started to tear up, and then I started to tear up, and I said "No, don't do that, we can't be crying all over each other right now!" and he started to laugh and gave me a hug. It was great. Dave came up and was joking around and said "Geez! My dad loves you more than us!" meaning him, his brother, and his sister. God, I am so grateful to be part of such a wonderful family now!
Okay, enough gushing over my future in-laws! Now to gush over my kids. The baby is getting friggin' HUGE! He's only 4 months old now, but he's the size of a 6-7 month old child. It's crazy! And he's starting to gain more and more motor control. He's able to reach for things now, and he's starting to notice his hands and feet more and more. He hasn't rolled all the way over yet, but he can roll onto his side. I think the only thing keeping him from rolling over is that he won't take his hand out of his mouth long enough so that his arm can get out of the way to let him get all the way over. We are going to be starting him on cereals this month, so I will keep everyone posted on how well that goes.
Jennifer is now fully potty-trained! THANK GOD! I almost got into a fist fight with this woman in the store last month when she made a comment about me being a lazy parent because my 4 year old wasn't fully trained. I went off....explained about how my 4 year old has serious kidney problems, and almost had to have surgery. It is fully understandable that she wasn't trained yet. The pediatrician told us NOT to try to train her until we had it all under control. And since she hasn't had an infection since October, it seemed like it was time, and within a WEEK she was out of the pull-ups! We are so proud of her!! As her reward for using the toilet, and not having to wear Pull-Ups anymore, my mom now has to quit smoking (sneaky huh?), and she gets to have a "Big Girl" bed. Right now she sleeps on a toddler bed, and she will sneak onto her sisters bed in the middle of the night because she hates her small bed. So we told her that if she stops having accidents and uses the toilet that we would get her a new bed. Then my mom made the "mistake" of starting to offer to stop smoking...then she thought about it and tried to say nevermind, but Jenny had heard what she was about to say, and kept her to it. Hehehe I'm happy about that.
We have decided to hold off on Girl Scouts until next year for LeeAnna, because there is SO much going on right now with all the kids and the whole family that we have missed way too many meetings. That, and the fact that this was her first year, and it's the last year that she would be a Brownie, and since all the other girls are so much younger, all the friends that she would have made in this troup wouldn't be there next year when she becomes a Junior. So, much to her dismay, we are waiting for next to year to get started on that.
Speaking of next year, Adam will be going into Cub Scouts next year too. For right now, there's not a whole lot going on with him right now, other than the fact that Dude shaved his head the other night. He needed it! His hair had gotten to the point where it was sticking straight up on the top of his head. So, there are now 3 bald guys living in our house. (I still haven't found the diskette with the pics of Dave getting his head shaved yet, but as soon as I find it, I will post those pictures, I swear!)
Well, I'm pretty sure that you are completly caught up, and since I have a very active 4 year old tugging on my sleeve to "PLEASE make her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich because she is SOOOOO hungry" I need to close this out.
Until next time, Ciao baby!
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