Easton,
Thank you, thank you, thank you for finally taking a nap during the day! For the past two days, you fussed and fussed ALL DAY LONG because no matter how long you were in your crib, you just would not sleep. Today I decided to put you down at 11:30 no matter what but you beat me to it and fell asleep at 11:00 all by yourself. Thank goodness because mama really needs to get some stuff done around the house (like dishes and laundry and cleaning). You have started sleeping through the night (YAY!) and we couldn't be more happy about that except for the whole new no sleeping during the daytime thing. We'll continue to work on getting you on a more regular schedule but guess what? You're going to have a nap...like it or not. Sorry!
OK, enough of the mean mama stuff. Now on to the good part. You are getting so big! You turned 3 months old on Monday and you weigh about 13 pounds now. You are smiling and laughing more every day and are really starting to "talk" a lot. You now think peekaboo is pretty funny instead of just staring back at me like "lady, what are you doing? Have you lost your mind?" You laugh and look like you'd just really love to play peekaboo right along with me if only you could.
Right now you are sleeping and even though I am enjoying having a mom-break with some time to myself, a little part of me is thinking OK, you've slept long enough. You can wake up now so we can play. I love you, my little sweetie boy!
Love,
Mama

Easton got something REALLY COOL in the mail yesterday. A letter from THE PRESIDENT! Yep. I read an article in one of my parenting magazines about how you can get a welcome letter for your child from the President just by sending a birth announcement to the White House. I was skeptical but thought it sure would be cool if it worked so I tried it. On Jan 8th, I made up a little birth announcement and mailed it to the White House. And yesterday Easton got this:



I have to admit...I cried when I read it to him. :) I don't care what you think about President Bush (I personally like him but that's just me) you've got to admit it is a very cool thing to get a letter from the President of the United States.
This is definately getting framed and hung on the wall.

Here's what I'm listening to today.

Cross Canadian Ragweed - Soul Gravy
Jason and I were at the Tumbleweed to see Ragweed the night they had their CD launch party/concert for this album. It was a crazy night and SO much fun! I snagged a poster from the wall of the 'Weed and had the guys sign it. It's hanging on the wall of our office. Way cool album. It's hard to pick favorites when it comes to Ragweed but this one has got to be one of the tops for me. I really love Number, Wanna Rock & Roll and Alabama from this CD.

Josh Turner - Your Man
Who doesn't love Josh Turner's deep voice? I love Would You Go With Me, No Rush and Your Man. Wish I had his new album. I LOVE Firecracker. I sing it to Easton a lot. Not exactly lullaby stuff but it is fun.

Phil Vassar - Greatest Hits
Until I bought this CD I had no idea Phil Vassar was such a talented and prolific songwriter. I love his versions of his songs better than the radio versions. Favorites on this one are...well, all of them. It is a greatest hits album for a reason. :)

Trace Adkins - Dreamin' Out Loud
I love Trace Adkins for the same reasons I love Josh Turner. There's just something about his voice. I'm not at all a fan of the Honky-tonk Badonkadonk side of Trace but this cd is great. My favorites are I Left Something Turned on at Home, This Ain't No Thinkin' Thing, 634-5789 and If I Fall.

Cross Canadian Ragweed - Mission California
Jason came home from Walmart one day not long ago and surprised me with this CD. We didn't even know Ragweed had released a new album. It stinks to be so far away from their favorite places to play! We have lucked out and seen them around here a few times but they don't get out this way as often as I'd like. Anyway, about the songs. I like In Oklahoma (for obvious reasons), Smoke Another and Jenny. I'd have to say this is my least favorite Ragweed CD but it's still a good one. Maybe because I'm not as familiar with it as I am the rest? Nah. I just don't care for the songs as much. It's a much more serious album than most of the rest. Good for them. Way to do something new. But I much prefer the rowdier, rockin' sounds of Soul Gravy.

See? I don't ALWAYS listen to kid's music. :)

OK, I really have to get off the computer and get something done today. (Other than blogging, ordering pictures for people and balancing the checkbook). But I wanted to take a second to tell you just how ridiculous I've become lately. I have a GREAT selection of kids' music Cd's and Easton and I listen to music a large portion of the day. And sometimes those songs just WILL. NOT. LEAVE. MY. BRAIN! So now I'm getting ready to do the dishes and what am I listening to? All 3 of my Sesame Street Cd's. Easton is asleep so it's not like I'm playing it for him. What a nerd!
It's not QUITE as bad as it sounds. I'm skipping over the songs sung by the Sesame Street Characters. No "La la la la Elmo's World" for me. The songs I'm listening to are sung by people like Aerosmith and Johnny Cash but still...it's kid's music. And it's really funny when I share this ridiculousness with Jason. The other night we were both singing "Oh Jelly can you come home Can you come home, Jelly can you come?" (the chorus from James Taylor's Jelly Man Kelly). But shh! Don't tell him I told you. He'd deny it for sure!
Here it is so you can sing it for days too. It is VERY silly. Gotta love that tuba. Hehe! I also love the way the kids yell out the verse loudly and off-key as only the cutest can do. Too funny! And wow! It's James Taylor with hair.

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And so that I can hopefully live down the fact that I listen to Sesame Street CD's, let me leave you with a little grownup music. Couldn't get this one to show up. I think Ragweed asked YouTube to not allow people to embed this video because it says embed feature is disabled. Sorry! I tried. Click the link to see the video
Cross Canadian Ragweed

Did you know Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings made kid's albums? Me neither until yesterday. Easton just might get those for his birthday. Or for Christmas next year. Gotta start 'em early and teach 'em all about the good stuff. :)

The Johnny Cash Children's album
Rainbow Connection
Cowboys, Sisters, Raskcals & Dirt and he's also on this one by Jessi Colter
Around the World

and while you're enjoying all this link-y goodness, check out this cool site.
But before you do, let me tell you why it's so cool. Jason got a plate exactly like this from the hospital when he was born. His mom saved it for him and now it's on a shelf in Easton's room. I think it is SO cool that some day we can get the same type of plate for Easton too. Check it out.

Baby Keepsake Plate

Boy, I am just so impressed with myself for figuring out how to do these links. Now Blogger makes it easy but before they had the Insert Link button as an option, I had to figure it out myself. And for someone who knows absolutely NO html, that was pretty tricky. I was pleased as punch when I first learned how to do it. Now everybody has it easy. All they have to do is click the little button and BOOM...there it is. Wish they'd have done that sooner and saved me a little headache. But I bet I won't forget how to do it anytime soon. :)

Remember when I was talking about not knowing too much about the presidential candidates? I found a good (hopefuly unbiased) website that I have found pretty helpful in starting to learn about the candidates.

Your Next President.net

I'm still not sure who I'll vote for but I really like what McCain said about teacher's pay.

Q: How can we attract the best and the brightest teachers, given the current salaries? A: I don’t see why a good teacher should be paid less money than a bad senator. It’s important that we have merit pay for teachers, that we have teacher testing, that we do everything we can to motivate young men and women to enter this profession. There’s a whole generation that’s retiring. It is unconscionable that the average salary of a lawyer is $79,000 a year and the average salary of a teacher is $39,000 a year

Source: Republican Debate at Dartmouth College Oct 29, 1999

I finally had a chance to send pictures to people. Teresa, Grandma & Grandpa Edgar, Tammy & girls, Dad and Mom...you should be getting pictures in the mail in 5-7 days. Leslie, your copies are going to your mom's house to save on shipping. Same for you, Bon. Love you all.

As you can see, I haven't been posting too much lately. My vision is pretty bad lately because of floaters/blurriness from uveitis. When it's bad, I tend to stay away from the computer because it is very hard on my eyes. I have an appt w/Dr. Wehner (a retina specialist I've been seeing) on Feb 11th and he'll probably put me on eye drops again. This is awful! I'd love to blog more, read more, do some craft projects, etc but all those things are hard on my eyes. I try to read sometimes but the floaters sometimes make me miss entire words and that makes for some confusing reading. Mostly I just play with Easton, clean house and watch a lot of TV. Not the best, most productive way to spend the day and certainly not what I'd like to be doing, but oh well. It gets better.

I really enjoyed my shopping day with my friend Katy on Saturday. Having to sit through class first was crummy but we more than made up for it with the shopping. We went to Bath and Body Works, Old Navy and Target and found some really cute things there. Kristy, thanks for the hint about Old Navy for cute Valentine's Day stuff. I found Easton this shirt.

I also found myself these rain boots, which I love and Jason absolutely thinks are ridiculous. I told him I wouldn't make him wear them. :)


Nothing too exciting going on. Easton and I just sing and play and I change diapers, feed bottles, read books (thank goodness for the large print in most kid's books!) and hang out. It's pretty fun but not usually very blog-worthy. :) I mean who wants to hear that I listened to the "Songs from the Street: Songs from Sesame Street" cd 4 times in a row yesterday. James Taylor's silly song "Jelly Man Kelly" is our favorite, followed closely by Johnny Cash's "Nasty Dan". Also, "I Love Trash" sung by Aerosmith's Steven Tyler is great. Anybody with kids should get these cds. They are awesome. And fun for kids and grownups too.


That's about it for us. I'll leave you with some more cute pics of my little sweetie.



Easton says "Go Pokes!" Wearing hs (a little too big) OSU shirt and jacket from the Churchwell family. We tried the pants on but they were WAY too big for now. That's OK. He'll grow into them by March Madness, I'm sure. :)


Aren't we mean? :) I'm sure he'll thank us for this later.


Easton says Hi. He's all bundled up and ready to play in the snow. His little jacket says "80% Red Dirt, 20% Blue Ridge 100% Edgar and was made for Easton by our friend Katy. And yes, he did have very warm clothes on underneath this thin little jacket.



Ready for a cold sunny day. Oops! Looks like mom forgot to take the sticker off the front of the sunglasses.


What a cutie! Easton is just like his mama...he thinks cold and snow are yucky! But it sure makes for some cute pictures!

Easton needs new clothes. I know, I know. Those of you who have seen this boy's closet are laughing right now and going "Yeah right!" But the majority of his closet is filled with Newborn size and every day I am finding more and more outfits he can't wear. He needs new clothes...trust me. So I told myself not to do it. I tried and tried NOT to go to this website because I knew the clothes there cost an arm and a leg. But I couldn't help myself. I had to go to the Gymboree website and wouldn't you know I found this:



I REALLY want him to have this shirt. But it is $16.50! For a shirt that he'll probably only get to wear 3 or 4 times before he outgrows it. I'm not buying it, but boy it is cute! It would be so cute for him to wear on Valentine's Day, too. Do boys have Valentine's Day outfits? Probably not but they could if they were as cute and cool as this shirt.

Yuck! I have really got a case of the blahs today! I haven't left the house since Sunday and am definately feeling a little stir-crazy. I have class all day tomorrow in Harrisonburg and my instructor said we should get out around 3. Jason is watching Easton all day while I'm in class and I think my friend Katy and I are going to go shopping or see a movie after class. That will be the first time I have gone anywhere w/out Easton since he was born. I am really enjoying staying home with him but I am also VERY much looking forward to having some time where I know he's being taken care of but that I'm not the one doing the taking care of him, you know?

Last Saturday I had class all day and Jason had to work so Easton got to go to class with me. What better place to take your child than a class full of childcare workers? :) He was an angel the entire day! Didn't even fuss until 30 minutes before we were supposed to be let out for the day. And we were there from 7:30am to 5:00pm. And he made the rounds being held by about 10 of my classmates and didn't even seem to mind who it was that was holding him. I know that fear of strangers sometimes devlops in a few months, but it was nice to be able to let other people hold him without him freaking out. Hopefully he'll continue to be as easy-going as he is now and it won't matter too much who's holding him.

In other news, it snowed here about 4 inches yesterday. Since I didn't have to get out in it (or shovel it) I thought it was beautiful. Wednesday I got a phone call from Dr. B, Easton's new pediatrician. He was just checking up on us, making sure our first visit there went well and that he answered all of our questions when we were there. I was very impressed with his professionalism and told him so. I mean how many doctors actually take time out of there day to call you themselves just to check on you and your child? Pretty nice. He jokingly said that he'd try to live up to my high expectations but I think he'll do just fine.

That's about it for us. When you don't leave the house for days on end you don't really have that much to blog about. Easton is adorable as always and is sleeping 5-7 hours at a time now so we are all feeling better since we're getting more sleep. He's taking fewer naps during the day but sleeping longer at a time so now it's easier to get housework and homework done during the day. Thank goodness! :)

OK, I finally had the time to fix the links to these sites. I hope! If anyone tries a link and it doesn't work, let me know. :)

Most of you might not need this, but I thought I'd post some of my favorite websites I used when I was working at the daycare. These have great ideas for lesson plans for those of you who homeschool or just want to work at home with your kids after school.
Amy's Favorites
ABC Teach
Perpetual Preschool
First School
The Virtual Vine
Preschool Bible Crafts
Mrs. Levin's Pre-K class
Carl's Corner
Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinder Page
Step by Step Child Care
AlphaBites
Child's Play
Mrs. Alphabet
Pre-K Fun

I finally got a new cell phone. After 6 months of hearing me nag about how my 8 and 9 buttons don't work on my phone, my sweet hubby finally got around to ordering us new phones. In his defense, we WERE under contract until recently and didn't want to have to pay for new phones but thank goodness I didn't have an emergency where I had to dial 911 because I could have only dialed 11. :) Now we're in the process of transferring all our contacts and info over to the new phones, learning how to use them, etc. *UGH!* And also I want to put a certain kid's song as the ringer for my phone and can't figure out how to do it. It's a song no one has heard of so it's not like I can just go online and download it to my phone. I thought about upoloading the song to my computer and somehow connecting my phone to the computer and uploading from there. I think you can do that with Bluetooth but I don't have that so I'm not sure how it would work. And speaking of downloading, I haven't had much success with that lately. I went online to try to download just a couple things to my phone (one ringtone and a wallpaper graphic) and it didn't work. So I called tech support to make sure I didn't get charged for them because I didn't receive them. Supposedly I didn't, but I'll wait until the bill comes and see if that's true. If I get billed for something I never got, Chris at AT&T Tech Support is in big trouble! :) What a pain. Guess I should just leave my phone alone and not put anything on it but that is BORING! I? Anybody have any suggestions? Or know someone who would be able to tell me?

Brrr! It's cold outside! Easton's bear suit keeps him warm on cold days.


Easton and mom showing off their new clothes they got for Christmas.


Hi, Great and Pawpaw Ed! I love my new clothes! Can't wait to see you!

Eskimo Joe's baby. Thanks, Nanny! and thanks Aunt Tammy, Maggie, Nicole and Abbie! Love you!

I'm supposed to be watching the presidential debate right now. We dvr'd it last night and I am trying to watch it for the first time ever. I know, I know. I should have watched a debate before now. But something happens in my brain when they all start talking at the same time. It's like it short circuits or something. I want to scream at them like they're 3 year olds "Hey! Wait your turn! He's talking right now...you'll have your turn in a minute." For this very reason I also cannot watch anything on CNN (unless there's just one person doing the talking.) or ESPN. Well, I wouldn't watch ESPN anyway because I don't really care much about sports but ESPECIALLY when it's one of those shows w/a panel of guys talking about sports and they all talk at once and argue and all I hear is "wah wah wah wah" like the teacher's voince on Peanuts. I thought of 2 other resoutions I should have added to my list:
1. Learn more about politics, history and geography. 3 subjects in which I am most certainly NOT smarter than a 5th grader. Or maybe even a 3rd grader for that matter. It is really embarassingly bad how little I know about those topics. I actually OWN a book called "World History for Dummies". Guess I should read it. :)
and 2. Learn to drink my coffee with less stuff in it. As it is now, I use TONS of vanilla-flavored creamer and 1/2 a packet of Splenda in each cup. I can't imagine that all that stuff in my coffee could be very healthy. So I'm trying to learn to put less of "a skirt" on it, as my dad says. I'm not going to even try to cut down on the amount of coffe I drink. That would be next to impossible. But I can try to put less stuff in it when I do drink coffee. Don't know why this is something I want to try to do really...maybe to try to save $$$? Nope. Not really. I just want to taste more of the coffee flavor instead of all the creamer and sugar.

Can't wait to start using my new books! I got the latest Weight Watchers cookbook. I have several WW cookbooks and their recipes are REALLY GOOD! I love their pizza sauce recipe and the dough is good also. Their marinated flank steak recipe is great too. I'm hoping this cookbook proves to be just as good or better than the ones I have. I also got Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade 3 cookbook. I don't have her cookbooks 1 and 2 but this one was on sale cheap and I love her show so I thought I'd try it. NO MORE COOKBOOKS! I think I have enough recipes to cook a new recipe 3 meals a day every day for a year and not make the same recipe twice. It's ridiculous. New Year's resolution number 11. No more buying cookbooks! (But if you want to give me one as a gift, I'd LOVE it!) The 3rd and final book I bought was Sandra Boynton's Rhinocerous Tap. If you aren't familiar with Sandra Boynton, you should be. She writes really funny kids books and music. Philadelphia Chickens is the name of one of her other CD/book combos and I usually walk around the house for days singing "Oh yes we're COWS. We're remarkable COWS. We can dance on our toes, we can sing through our nose, Oh yes we're COWS." It is so funny. You'd just have to hear it. Trust me on this one. Anyway, I thought Easton needed the 4th and final (?) Sandra Boynton book to add to his (MY) collection. I haven't received it in the mail yet, but I'll let you know if it's as good as all the others.

New Year's Resolutions
(not really in order of importance...just as I think of them)
1. As I'm sure most of America says, my first one would be to lose weight. I'd really like to lose 15 lbs. I just wish it wasn't winter time. This one would be SO much easier if the weather was nice!
2. Keep the house looking neater. I'm sure this will get easier as Easton gets on more of a schedule. As it is right now, my house looks like a war zone.
3. Have more date nights with my hubby. Anybody volunteer to babysit?
4. Worry less.
5. Find a church we like and start going regularly. Make Grandma Nanny proud. :)
6. Pay off credit card debt. Not that we have THAT much, but it still would be nice to not have that hanging over our heads.
7. Buy Christmas presents thoughout the year so we do not have to use J's Christmas bonus to buy gifts. Every year we have to wait until bonus time to start buying. Not anymore! I want us to be able to use that bonus in a better way, so I'm going to buy gifts earlier so we can do something fun w/that bonus.
8. Eat healthier. Really goes hand in hand w/number 1 but we need to eat more fruits and veggies!
9. HAVE MORE FUN! Be more spontaneous. Act silly. (Do the chicken dance more often. It makes Easton laugh.)
10. Blog more.

I think that's about it. They should be pretty easy, don't you think?

We saw Dr. B today and I really liked him. He was very professional and nice and even though he was obviously VERY busy (he was running late today so we had to wait until 15 minutes after our appt time to be seen. The nurse assured me that this was very unusual. Let's hope so!) he still took time to answer all of my questions thoroughly and not make me feel rushed. And the good news? Easton weighed 10lbs 14 oz! YAY! And the nurse did not have trouble weighing him at all. Could it be the digital scale? Or could it be that this lady actually has an idea of what she is doing? :) Either way, I am pleased. Easton did get his 2 month shots today and that was rough for both of us. He's running a slight fever now and fussing a lot. I gave him some Infant Tylenol and lots of extra attention today to hopefully make him feel better.

In other news, I've decided to start Weight Watchers again. I really had good results with it last time I did it. I don't think I'll go to the meetings though...that's just a little too like Alcoholics Anonymous for me. (Not that I've actually BEEN to an AA meeting, just guessing.) "Hi, my name is Amy and I need to lose 15-20 pouinds." But I need to go get the books first. The ones I have will work but they're from 2003. I'm sure the new ones have more stuff in them and the more info the better. I still have all my WW recipes and stuff from last time, so getting started should be pretty easy. It's the exercising part that will be tough. Wonder if it would be safe to wear Easton in the front pack while I'm on the treadmill? It would add some weight and help me lose quicker. Plus, the motion will rock him to sleep. :) Just kidding. Don't think that would be a wise idea. What if I tripped or something? That would be awful! But it was a good idea aside from the whole "putting your child in danger" part. Guess I'll just have to do it when he's napping. Which would mean I could only get on the treadmill 20 minutes at a time. But hey it's better than none at all!

Let me tell you about my experiences w/crappy Dr. S. Well, he may not be crappy for adults, but he obviously does not have much practice w/newborns, that is for sure! He is my family practice doctor and I thought it would make things easy if we all saw the same doctor. There is a very long waiting list at the Pediatric Associates of Winchester (one of the two options I had on my insurance plan for pediatricians). So, I decided to just try out Dr. S.

Jason and I both took Easton to his one week check up, asked a lot of questions and generally were pleased with the service and care we received. Aside from the fact that his nurse was new and couldn't seem to figure out how to use the scale properly, everything seemed fine. 3 weeks later, we took him back for his one month checkup. Again, the nurse had difficulty with the scale. She finally got a reading on the scale and she said it looked like he had not gained any weight since his last appointment. WHAT?! That is NOT good! So, Dr. S came in and asked me a dozen or so questions about how often was I feeding him, was I breastfeeding or formula feeding, how many wet/dirty diapers a day was Easton having, etc. I answered all of these questions and at the end of the appointment, he said that it seemed like I was doing everything I right and that we would need to watch Easton closely and make sure he started gaining weight. He said for me to "keep doing what you're doing and we'll see you in 2 weeks for a weight check." OK, no problem.

I continued doing things as I was but was concerned about him not gaining weight so that's when I made an appointment with the lactation consultant just to make sure things were going OK there. As I posted before, we had the appt with "Laurie the lactation lady" and she said he seemed to be getting enough from me but that I did the right thing by supplementing him with formula when he wasn't gaining weight. She also said that it's a good thing I listened to my instincts and supplemented when I was worried about him not gaining weight. It gives me chills and makes me slightly sick to write about this but she also said that "it's a good thing you did (supplement with formula) because if you'd just continued that way, you might not have had a baby in 2 weeks." Oh my Lord, you cannot be serious! I can't believe Dr. S did not suggest I supplement w/formula when he didn't gain weight. I don't know if what Laurie said was actually true, because it sounds like she was saying Easton was starving and he certainly was eating VERY often. Like every one and a half to 2 hours, sometimes more than that, so he certainly was NOT starving. So I’m pretty sure the nurse didn't read the scale right, and I don’t know if Dr. S should have told me to start supplementing him w/formula at that 3 week appt when he hadn’t gained any weight, or if Laurie was overreacting about his lack of weight gain. Maybe a combination of all three things, but whatever the case, I'm VERY glad I started giving Easton formula. When I did, we definitely saw his weight increase, although by exactly how much is a good question.

When I took Easton back 2 weeks later, AGAIN the nurse had a hard time weighing him. She fumbled around with the scale for quite a while and then she said "Well, it looks like about ten pounds, don't you think?" Um...lady? YOU are the nurse, not me. I DO know how to work that scale, but shouldn't you know more about it than me? This doctor's appointment was 5 days after the appt w/the lactation consultant. When we were there, she weighed him on a digital scale and he weighed 7lbs 14 oz. At Dr S's office 5 days later, she was saying he weighed 10 lbs. Somehow I don't think he gained that much in only 5 days. When Dr. S came in, he said "Good, he's gaining weight nicely." I said "Yes, and I'm glad. I was very worried." Know what he said? He said "Yeah, I know. I was too. He was looking a little scrawny." EXCUSE ME?!! Did you just call my baby SCRAWNY?! I don't care what you think about him, that is EXTREMELY unprofessional and RUDE! I left the office so angry I could barely speak.

When Easton came down with a bad cold over the weekend, we took him back to Dr. S. as soon as his office could get him in on Monday. Maybe I should have taken him to another doctor but he was sick and it would have taken quite a while to get him in to another doctor and I didn't want to wait and take the chance of him getting even sicker. The nurse STILL had trouble with the scale and she said "Oh, this is the baby that is hard to weigh." No, lady. My baby is NOT hard to weigh. That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. YOU have the problem because you cannot seem to read the scale.

I don't know if it's because they don't see too many newborns or what, but I definitely decided that after the cold was taken care of I was going to find Easton a new doctor. A pediatrician. Someone who sees babies Easton's age every day and knows what the heck they are doing. I didn't care at that point about waiting lists, out of network costs or whatever. I was determined to get better care for him than we had been receiving with Dr. S.

So today I started calling pediatricians. I started with the 2 that were listed on our plan because it would be nice if we could find someone on our plan that we like. The first place was the Pediatric Associates of Winchester. Still a very long waiting list. Easton is due for his 2 month checkup and has an appt with Dr. S on Jan 10th. I was hoping to find a new doctor before Jan 10th so I could cancel the appt w/Dr. S and switch to someone who knew what they were doing. So then I tried Dr. B. His receptionist said they have a cancellation tomorrow. YES! We'll take it! I called Dr. S's office to request his medical records and I'm going to pick them up at 10 tomorrow morning. Then we have an appt w/Dr. B tomorrow at 11:15. Man, I hope we like Dr. B and feel comfortable with him. I’ll be sure to keep you posted.

Still haven’t posted my resolutions yet either. Maybe this weekend. Or maybe tomorrow after the dr’s appt.

I finally updated my blogroll list over to the left. It's much shorter than it was and I added some new ones. Go check them out.

In other news, Jason left early this morning to go to the Orange Bowl with some guys from work. (Merry Christmas, honey! Hope you are having fun!) Easton and I just hung out at the house today and watched a Lifetime movie about identity theft. (Fascinating, no?) Then my friend Liesl came over for a short visit. After she left, I checked out some of my favorite blogs, did some dishes, played with Easton, watched some TV, made some phone calls and now I'm about to go to bed. Hurry home, honey! Life is much more interesting with you around! :)

Tomorrow? Much more of the same. And hopefully I'll have time to post my New Year's resolutions.