Randomness

What a week it has been. To be quite honest it has been hard. I think that the numbness I felt of my mothers death has really started to wear off and the reality has started to kick in. I feel extremely guilty that I have not gotten all thank you cards sent out yet, but rest assure I am working on them.

I started the fall semester of nursing classes and fully realize how much of a challenge they will be. In the first week I have 13 chapters and 5 study guides to complete. I finally started back to work. To be honest I am thankful for the normalcy and routine I am presented with.

I have started to learn "skills" in one of my classes and thoroughly enjoy it. It is nice to get away from strictly book work and move on to a more hands on type of learning.

Time seems to be going so fast and I feel the pain of not being able to keep my mom updated on my process. I miss her more than words could ever say, but know she is here with me through this journey.

Till next time!

Angel....When he is sleeping!

Bedtime has been quite the dilemma since living in a hotel. With only one room it is really hard to make things easy and comfortable enough for Nick to fall asleep on his own. We brought the pack n play, but he has become smart enough to finally crawl out of that. To be quit honest I am surprised that did not happen months ago. Needless to say although bedtime used to be around 8:30 it is now whenever the heck he feels like falling asleep. We put him in bed and he wonders back out to the living room saying " I sawy mommy and daddy". We can't help but laugh. Well last night around 11:00 pm we had finally had enough. We put him in the pack n play, turned of the tv and and closed the door. He cried for maybe two minutes. We could not believe he fell asleep so quickly...FINALLY! Well about thirty minutes later when we decided to go to be, this is what we found.

The little stink just can't stay out of our bed. We have never let him sleep with us. We just did not want to get in that habit. Now I feel sorry for him. Even if we put him in his little bed, we wake up the next morning with feet in our face or ribs. It is so hard to say no or be angry at a face like this!

The Next Michael Phelps?

The upside of living in a hotel seems to be the fact that we are able to go to the pool when ever we want. Nick is not afraid of the water what so ever. As you can see I am afraid for him. We bundle him up in all his swimming gear and let him go. He does NOT like for us to help him or be very near him in the water. I think I am going to try to get him into some swimming lessons this winter at the Y. He is a little fish. I am glad he is not afraid of the water, but wonder what it will be like next year if we don't keep him in touch with water throughout the winter.

gearing up
making his way down the ladder

Gotta love the goggles! He put them on himself.

Birthday Fun

Random birthday pictures from Nicks birthday at Chevy's. There is a tradition in the Martin household that the entire week of your birthday, if you go out to eat you are going to be sang to. This is the picture from PaPa taking him out to eat.

Happy Birthday to My Little Man!

Seems like just yesterday I was bringing Nick home from the hospital. Now he walks, talks and has a personality all his own. I wonder where the time went. We had a very small party for him last night with just Ryan, my mother in law and I. With all that has happened there was just not time to plan a party. I feel really bad but on the other hand am thankful he is only two. Next year there will be a blow out!

Happy Birthday baby boy! We love you!

Xander, Nick and Pujols' ESPY

Yesterday I met some of my family at the Arch. My Aunt Leslie and her family were passing through on their way to take my Aunt Jan half way back home after the funeral. We all had a great time at the Arch and then proceeded to Albert Pujols restaurant in West Port Plaza. The food there is really good and the prices are really quite reasonable. After finishing our meal we went to the check out to see the souvenirs. A man (quite possibly the manager) asked if the kids would like to hold and have their pictures taken with Albert's ESPY. Happily we replied yes and the kids were ecstatic!

Nick's new ride

This post is waaaayyyy over due, but Grandma and Papa bought Nick and early birthday gift. He loves it so much as you can see he even rides it naked.