January's gone and February is nearly done!

I need to be better about keeping up my blog. I love writing...always have. By the time I leave work, pick up my son, go home, make dinner, etc etc etc, I just don't feel like I have the energy to do it.

So far, 2010 has a 50% success rate. January dealt me a lot of challenges...some of them were anticipated while others completely blindsided me. I have chosen to see those challenges as a means to make me appreciate the long weekend I had away and our upcoming 2 week vacation.

My friends and family have been awesome...willing to help me at the drop of a hat and being so thoughtful.

February has been pretty great...for the most part. Evan started back at his new/old daycare, and he hasn't looked back. In the mornings he is more than happy to see me leave so that he can play with his new friends. When I pick him, although he is ready to come home, he cheerfully waves and yells, "Bye Bye Teacher! Bye Bye friends!" I couldn't be more pleased. Evan spends less time commuting and more time playing. I get home before 5:30 pm most nights. I am just loving it.

I never understood why, at the end of every calendar year some people seem to always say 'good riddance' to 20XX. I just don't get it. I began to understand when we had such a trying start to the New Year...but I am choosing to see the positive in what has come of January.

1. Evan is much happier.
2. Even though I will have to pay for Evan's orthodontic care now...it's a far smaller bill now than if I wait.
3. I don't need to jump through any more hoops to get Evan a passport or to travel internationally with him.

With that...I continue to keep my chin up, try to be a better parent, a better sibling and daughter, and try to be a better friend. Because Evan, Craig, my mom & dad, and my friends deserve it.

Soccer Pictures!

Ugh - I am doing terrible at keeping up with this blog. December 8th was my last post. So much has happened since then, most of which I will not rehash. I can sum it up in that December was good, Christmas and New Year's were fun, and January can go away!

The one neat thing about January is that I finally got my order of Evan's first soccer pictures. I remember that picture day quite vividly. Pictures were being done at Woodvale Playschool. So that Saturday morning, I dressed Evan in his soccer uniform and we walked over to the playschool - it would have taken more time to drive. When we arrived we were given a order form and the kids were brought into a big room. They started with the individual pictures, and Evan was first. Evan didn't entirely understand the concept of how he was supposed to pose. The photographer, who was AWESOME with the kids, walked over and helped get Evan into position. I observed this while peeking around the doorway - parents were booted out because between the parents, the kids, the coaches and the photography staff there would have been too much chaos. So $19 dollars later, I finally got Evan's team picture and a 5 by 7 of his individual picture.