We are back!! An update!!

Sorry! I definitely didn't mean to go quite so long without a post! A few weeks ago the whole family got sick! I had a severe cold and my bronchitus came back again and worse. Then Doyle got the cold and Cade too. Cade bounced back from the cold much quicker than we did, but then the teething started and this time it was really bad. The top 4 were trying to come in at the same time! He pretty much just cried and cried and cried. Eventually, 3 of them came through. The fourth is just now appearing. So soon he'll have 6 teeth!

When I dropped Cade off at daycare this morning, they gave me a list of things to be aware of that Cade will need to be able to do before he can graduate into the toddler room. First, he has to wear shoes. Cade doesn't really like wearing shoes, so this will take some time getting used to. Second, he has to drink out of sippie cups only... no more bottles. This I think we just need to start him on cold turkey. Eventually he'll get thirsty enough and will take the sippie cup. And third, he has to be able to feed himself!! They said they would only feed him if it was something really messy like spaghetti. This is the one that we are really going to have to work on. We've pretty much just been speeding through meals with canned baby food. Which he's up to eating 4 jars a day now! This kid can really put the food away! Not to mention, after he's finished eating and seems content, I make my dinner. Only Cade points to it and wants some anyway, even though he just finished eating his own! I can see the writing on the wall already... he's going to eat us out of house and home! :)

Oh yes, Doyle keeps reminding me that I need to let everyone know that we (I) did not send out Christmas cards this year. What with all the traveling we did, I just didn't find the time to sit down and do it. Then I told Doyle I had this great intention of sending out "Happy New Year's" cards... well, I obviously didn't do that either! However, do keep in mind that I told Doyle if "he" wanted Christmas cards to go out so badly, then he could do it this year. Well, apparently he didn't want them to go out that badly because he didn't do it either! Maybe I'll surprise everyone and try and pick another holiday to send a card out for. We'll see! :)

The latest and greatest news we have regarding Cade is that he is finally sleeping in his own room all night by himself!! We started this right before the whole family got sick. Then because Cade kept having a fever at night we kept him back in our room. Then once he wasn't having fevers anymore, he went back into his room. He has done SO well with hit too! The rule is that once his bedroom door is shut, it doesn't open back up until the morning. I think he's realized this too. If he cries at all, it's for maybe 2 to 10 seconds (usually) and that's it! Even in the morning I'll hear him talking or moving around, but he doesn't cry bloody murder at all. He knows I'll come get him when it's time. So we've really been enjoying this!

Again, sorry for the infrequent postings! It does seem like every once in a while I get in a rut and don't made any posts for awhile. Then once I start back I post like crazy. We'll see if that rings true this time! We did go to a beautiful friends wedding in Tampa over last weekend and I still need to upload those pics to the computer. So as soon as I do that, you'll get to see and hear how that went. We really had a great time!

Enjoy your Valentine's Day! :)

Our Christmas morning!

Okay, better late than never right?? We've been busy to say the least. The quick recap is that Doyle's family came into town and then I pretty much got sick. I still have a cough but it's SO much better now. I also was having some sort of allergic reaction to one of the medications I was taking. Solantic diagnosed me with bronchitis (which I've never had before) and pink eye - yet once again. This is like the third time I've had pink eye since Cade was born! I'm thinking he is a carrier because I'm the only one that ever comes down with it at our house. But I digress... let me get back to our Christmas morning!

Doyle had to go to work that Sunday morning before Christmas. Actually, he got his schedule the day before and it said to report to Jax airport at 4pm. So Cade and I dropped him off at that time and came home. Doyle's captain flew into Jax and they rented a car and were sent to the Hilton in St. Augustine! That certainly has never happened before. Oh yes, if I hadn't mentioned before, Doyle is based out of Jax, so no more driving to West Palm... yeah!!!

So Doyle ends up spending the night in St. Augustine. Monday's schedule has them spending the day "on duty at the hotel". So Cade and I head down there to spend the day with him. While we are eating lunch, Doyle and his captain (who came to lunch with us) received their schedules for the next day, which was Christmas Day. It said 1pm show at the St. Augustine airport. Woohoo!! So we went sightseeing a little bit down there and then brought Doyle home with us! So we got to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning all together at our house! Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.


Cade really didn't get the whole Christmas thing this year but I'm sure next year will be different. The really exciting part for me was that when we dropped Doyle off at the airport in St. Augustine, we got to go out and walk through his plane!! I really never thought I would ever get to see the plane that he flew, only because he has always airlined to get to his plane. We literally just all walked through the lobby together and onto the tarmac. Doyle did ask the guy behind the desk if it was okay if we came out with him. Here are some pictures from the plane!

After Cade and I left Doyle at the plane, we went on home and enjoyed the rest of the day together. I had to go to work the next day. So Doyle really didn't miss that much even though he was being paid to work. :)

We hope you enjoyed your Christmas as well!