Finally Found My Way Here!

The last 2 years have been...well...nuts! My energy has been sapped since the end of my pregnancy with Aviendha combining with seriously off numbers with my thyroid and iron. Luckily we figured out what was wrong last December and it has taken about 9 months to correct everything without having to go on any thyroid medication which ironically made me tired anyway when I took it in the past. Plus half my hair fell out which no female can feel good about :). So, with those things under good order my weight is slowly making it's way back to normal and my energy is going up in turn. Recently we purchased a Wii specifically for the Wii Fit which in just 1 week has done wonders for the both of us! There is a rather amusing game, and my favorite, which is Hula Hooping. Right now my family will be smiling and nodding because we are all excellent hula hoopers. Nick, sadly, is not and he can't come close to any of my scores which makes me rather delighted (in a devilish way!) considering how competitive he is!










Aviendha has hit some great growth spurts which finally has put her out of the 7th percentile and into the 35th. Poor kid still has very little hair though. I've had to resign myself to letting her wear lots of pink because she is more frequently being mistaken for a boy. She is also very fond of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" of which she mostly just knows knees and toes :) She is also a climbing fool which scares the beejeebers out of me! The other day she was climbing on something and fell head first to the floor. It wasn't a long fall but there she was balanced on her head with her body bent backwards (her feet pointed towards the top of her head. I about died right there as I ran to her. She didn't stay in the position more than a couple of seconds but I thought she wouldn't be able to walk after I picked her up. She had a look of shock on her face the whole time, she never cried or got upset, she just stared at me like there was something wrong with ME. It obviously didn't scare her much because she's back to climbing onto everything she shouldn't. Aside from the scary stuff she knows a ton of words but ofcourse we can't get her to say anything on demand. Two days ago she was pretending to sneeze and then after a few times she said "Bess Ewe!" (bless you) something I say after everytime she sneezes. Funny thing is she rarely says things more than 2 times with the exception of "Hi" and "Doggie" and her new favorite "Ewwww, yicky!".










I recently took some pictures of a lightning storm we had here. This one is better than the first time I tried. It looks real red and hazy because the preceding winds kicked up A LOT of dirt. Unfortunately I could not catch any of the really good stuff because it started raining.