Okay - so January came and went in a blur! I remember some things and forgot so many others. I lost my phone at the Draper Temple open house. That means, I lost all my friends' cell numbers and some of their home numbers, too. So, for all my loyal friends and readers, if you want me to call you, reply in a comment with your phone numbers so I can stay in touch with you :0) or call me and I'll write it down.
Facebook is my newest addiction. I have connected with so many old friends in just 2 short weeks - I am in awe of the internet and it's power. I'm sure there's some kind of conspiracy where all facebook members become entranced and start doing it's creator's bidding, some evil plot or something, but I am thoroughly enjoying it!
The kids are getting more and more used to Bella. Bella is proving puppyhood to be a bit of a struggle. She loves to chew - as we knew going in. We just didn't know puppies are fascinated by electrical cords. She bit through some cordless telephone recharger cords and the worst was Derek's surround sound base speaker. We weren't to pleased. But, she is a smart thing, too. She does lots of tricks. On command, she will sit, give you 5, get dizzy (in circles) lay down and we're working on rolling over. She will even do all of them before you ask her if you're holding a treat in your hand. She loves apples and we use these as treats for her as well. She'll be starting puppy classes on Feb. 10th. Keep your fingers crossed. Hopefully she will stay away from chewing up our new table. We've doused it with bitter apple spray so we're hopeful.
Alison has a cold and she is miserable when she gets sick. She crawls into bed with us and we have to taker her back to her own, but that little time with us comforts her enough to get past the sick feeling and fall back to sleep. Ian and sleep aren't the best of friends right now. Ian had an ear infection and is teething (I wish those last three would just hurry up). So, when he wakes up in the middle of the night, it's an all out screaming and yelling fest in his room. He will scream and cry, call out everyone's names, scream and cry some more until we go get him. He won't go back to sleep unless it's in our bed. We really are trying very hard to break this habit. He will scream for an hour or more if we try to let him cry it out and then everyone (including the dog) is awake. On the flip side - Ian does flips in our bed so Derek and I really aren't sleeping that great anyway. It's a loosing battle at the moment.
Alison has started swim lessons. She is pretty nervous in the water but really wants to learn how to swim. So, she is in level one and will be for another round of lessons. She is doing great though. Every lesson she gets a little more comfortable. She is also making some more friends in our neighborhood. There are a couple gals (Christa and Rachel) they're sisters, and they come over almost every day to see if Ali can play. She loves it. Summertime is going to be fun for her. I just need to keep her motivated to stay in school through the spring. :0)
Alison is also learning how to read and even read a book to me last night. She is also a huge fan of Fancy Nancy books. This will be books she works toward adding to her collection by reading every day with me. It's not a bad reward system.
Derek and I are hanging in there. The nights are getting much better with Bella. She isn't as lonely and she's sleeping almost through the night without having to go in the backyard (Hooray). Ali and I went up to Park City yesterday and it was so nice. Sundance was over, so there weren't too many people, other than the usual skiers. I have two favorite places up there. They donated to our Susan G. Komen silent auction last summer. I am listing their websites on my blog. Check them out. They're awesome!
Well, that's it for now. If you are dying to know what's going on in our family and I haven't blogged in a while, you can catch us on facebook. Chances are - we're on!
