Saturday, November 22, 2008

Is it REALLY November?!


Do I look like Daddy or what?

That bite tasted weird!

Open wide!
WHAT?

Daddy and me.

Brotherly love.
Hi, my name is Groucho Marx.

Yummo!


Well, a lot has happened since my last post. It is finally starting to get chilly here, which would not be bad except we don't have any heat. I am wearing my coat and Titus is taking a nap in a hat. :) My surgery went well but I had some left over stitches and a bone fragment so I have had some residual pain. I drove the seven hour trip to the surgeon on Thursday and hope to feel better soon.

Aaron came on Wednesday to visit the boys and will be here for about ten more days. He made lobster and crab legs for dinner last night. I think he is Dan's new favorite person. Karen is moving as I write and Dolli moved in with her husband's grandmother until he arrives back in the states. She started working at Kohl's on Wednesday and seems to be enjoying it.

Titus ate rice cereal for the first time last night and did beautifully. He ate two bowls full! He was the neatest first time eater I'd ever seen. He is getting so big. He is over the ninety-fifth percentile for height and weight. He is seventeen pounds and twenty-six inches tall. I started using cloth wipes to go with Titus' cloth diapers. I am officially crunchy! James is getting close to finishing first grade. I think he is pretty close to being smarter than me. He is also growing like a weed.

I am hosting Thanksgiving and am very excited. I enjoy the hubbub! Aaron will be helping me cook. I won't get any time off for Thanksgiving or Christmas except the actual holiday. I wish I had some more time to spend with Aaron and my parents when they come for Christmas! The jury is still out on my job. I am being considered for the director position but am not sure if I will take it. I am not enjoying the position I am in and our benefits package has been put on a freeze so the boys and I don't have insurance as of December first. The director would be more money, but it would still have no insurance or time off. I would have trouble visiting Illinois. My boss from Midwest Stunting Association says Albuquerque is hopping and I should go back to stunting. I will have to think about it some more. Well, that's enough for me right now. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Jodi, James and Titus

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Back to work!


November 9, 2008
Four month birthday.

I love to read!
Hot stuff.
The renaissance fair.
November 2, 2008
The renaissance fair.
November 2, 2008

Hello to all,

It has been a blessing and a curse to be off from work this week. I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed plus two molars. I am feeling sore but not in pain. I am starving though. No food for a week! It was nice to be home with my boys but I didn't get to enjoy them very much.

It is finally getting cool, even cold, at night here. What is it, November? Can I say I love the weather here? :) I am tired of my skin flaking off but it is a small price to pay. I am very cracked and dry! I could use a whole bottle of Vaseline lotion a day, I think.

I am hoping for a promotion at work soon. The owners are a little scattered but nice. I wish I could stay home with my babies but this is a good job. I am being paid well and I like the people I work with. There is a director position available and I have expressed my interest.

Charlie, Devon, Karen, Tyler, Dolli, and baby Ryan come over once a week and play games. Mostly I visit. It is great to have friends and family here! Dolli has been taking me around town to introduce me to some people. Gotta love Kareoke! The Meyer's, Starnes', and Bruno's went bowling a couple of weeks ago and had a ball. Last weekend we went to the renaissance fair and it was still warm enough for shorts! (November 2)

I am enjoying handbell practice. I have met some very nice ladies at church. We have several performances coming up at church. I am excited. Aaron will be here for one and I hope my parents will be here for another.

Life is going well here. Moving forward has been good to me and for me. I am excited about Thanksgiving. I am the hostess this year. Aaron will be here to visit the boys and depending on what time you count heads, there will be up to twenty people here for food! I guess I'd better start planning. :)

Jodi, James and Titus