I'm not going to make any excuses...I litterly forgot about this whole blogging thing this past year! but i promise to try and do better from now on. so much has happend in the past year, Drake started Pre-School, I went back to College, Taylor and Drake both had surgery and I guess my body didn't want them to go threw it alone so I had 3! But everyone is doing well as we close out 2010. Taylors father and i have an agreement that neither one of us will move away unless we can agree on an area that will benifit everyone involved, so i'm still living up in the mountains of Va close to the Tenn. border. But jason and i often discuss wanting to get out of this area so hopefully i can talk him into moving closer to my family on the other end of the state at some point soon...but don't hold your breath on that one! but here is a quick summery of the past year for us...
March was a big month for us. Drake had his tonsils taken out, and the next day i had my 2nd laproscopy done. (the 1st one was back in 2000) that weeked Taylor turned 2! she had a Dora Birthday party and receved all those fun little toys that make every annoying noise known to man. but theres some weird force in my house where they work just fine one night and then the next morning the batteries are misteriously missing! The fallowing week i had my 2nd transplant done on my left shoulder. (the 1st one was 2 years ago when toot was 3 months old.) all of our surgerys went well.
We had Drake Baptised in April (Jason and i had Taylor Baptised when she was a year old) i transferd my membership from my church back home to the 1st united methodist church here in town. That same day Tony converted and also joined the church. (he was catholic) So it was a big day for us!
Taylor had her adnoids and tubes put in both ears in may. other than that 1st night she did suprisingly well.
We had a fun summer of swimming pools and playgrounds and lots of cooking out with the neighbors. We don't have any little girls living around us but there are lots of boys, even though they were all 4 and 5 years older than Taylor she would just chase behind them with little play guns and try her best to keep up! it was the cutest thing! although her daddy didn't like it too much when he would come and get her and she would strongly protest by saying "I WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BOYS!!"
My grandmother passed in september an although it was under sad circumstances it was very nice to be able to see members of my fathers family that i haven't seen in MANY years. Tony and i celebrated our 1 year anniversury. And Drake started Pre-School.
In October i turned 29 on the 26th Tony turned 29 on the 27th and that fallowing weekend was halloween. Toot was a pink butterfly and Drake was Iron Man. The county that we live in does not reconize Halloween if it falls on a sunday (i love that by the way) so the town had all there celibrations on sat. Taylors school does a HUGE thing for the kids with games and the blow up jumping castles and horse back rides. i'm deffinently going to have to get toot into lessens because she LOVED it, she didn't want to get off!
November we went to Tonys aunt alma and uncle terrys house for thanksgiving (Tony had a falling out with his mother last feb and they haven't spoken scense) but we had a fantastic time with his aunt and uncle. I just love them to death, everytime i get to spend some time with them i learn more about them and i think so highly of them both
This christmas was Jasons year to have Taylor so we went down to my moms house in NC the weekend before and had round 1 of christmas. Christmas morning Drake had his santa time (round 2) then when toot got home at 7 she had her santa time. (round 3) my father should be comming into town this week so he can give the kids there presents also (round 4!) Christmas day was really hard this year because i always go back home for christmas and i wasn't able to this year. but overall we had a GREAT time making ornaments, and reindeer food, decorating gingerbread men, making snowglobs, and decorating the house and tree. this was a fun year because Taylor was old enough to understand what was going on. I think she is going to be old enough next year to be in the Christmas play at church. that will be sooooo adorable!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Toot~Toot was so proud of her letter! |
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They were writung letters to santa!     |
