Every Day Matters

December Daily: Day Twelve

Today was a travel day. I left the conference just after lunch and hopped on a 2 PM flight back home. I had a 3 hour lay over in Charlotte and ran into someone who shares the same love of Georgetown. It was nice to have a glass of wine and talk about our favorite places.

I finally landed in Norfolk just after 9 PM. I was so happy to be sleeping in my own bed curled up with two sleeping babies. It didn't bother me one bit that they moved around or slept across the pillows. I was just glad to have them near and hug them tight.

December Daily: Day Eleven

For Day 11, I kept things really simple and just added an overlay with stickers and then included a copy of the Christmas cards I created that day.

I love these pictures I took of the boys down by the park. While I took almost 200 photos, not one of them is perfect with everyone looking directly at the camera and smiling. However, that is how life is and the card is still adorable. I will share more of these photos over the next few days.

December Daily: Day Ten

Today was a girls day... movie, starbucks, and lunch. Skyfall was fun and Daniel Craig still looks good. The afternoon kept me busy with the conference and meeting people.

This was definitely one of my favorite conferences of the year. SAME Small Business Conference 2012. It turns out that I was on the cover of the brochure and everyone I was with thought it was very entertaining.

December Daily: Day Nine

I do love playing with tissue tape and white space.

Journaling: Made a quick trip out to Dallas Fort Worth for work and I was so excited to spend time with one of my best friends, Valentina. We are always so silly when we are together. We met a year ago and despite the fact that we live far apart, we are still unbelievably close. SHe just get me and we're going through the same things. She is my rock. She really helped me this year through the divorce and helped me find myself. I am so lucky to have her.

Love you Valentina. Best friends forever. Always.

December Daily: Day Eight

I am still keeping this project simple with hopes that I will make it all the way to December 25.

Journaling: 

Right now you love french fries and cereal.

Right now you love to sleep in Mommy's bed on top of the pillows.

Right now you love watching movies in the car and as soon as you get in you repeat the words, "play, play, play..." till it starts.

Right now you love Mommy to read you stories. You love to look at the pictures and tell me what you see. Your vocabulary is growing by the minute.

Right now you love the iPad just like your brother. You just can't get enough of angry birds and netflix movies.

Right now you love to brush your teeth.

December Daily: Day Seven

Dad was so excited to share this recipe with the little ones. Him and Robin had gone to a cooking class The Stove over in Portsmouth and this is one of the recipes from the night. The kids loved making them, especially Wills. He had gotten a recipe book last year for his birthday from Cindy and Roger and ever since has been interested in cooking and baking things.

Today I had quite a few things on my to do list and I am so glad that the smaller pages only take moments to put together. I feel positive that I will finish this album... loving the process so far!

December Daily: Day Six

While we put up out tree the weekend after Thanksgiving, I wanted to share this story in my December Daily Album. 

Journaling: This year when we picked out our Christmas tree, the boys were adorable. They thought the guy selling the tree was Santa. They stopped to tell him what they wanted for Christmas and that they were good this year. Definitely one of my favorite moments this holiday season. Love it.

I was surprised how involved Chase and Knox wanted to be decorating the tree. In the morning they ask me to turn on the lights and they stand by the tree and look at the ornaments.

December is my favorite month of the year. Tree $40.

December Daily: Day Five

This year I have decided to dedicate one day to each of the little ones so that they have a story just about them and where they are right now. I have always wanted to try and journal using one phrase in a repetition. 

Right now you love cheese its and anything train related.

Right now you love playing on the iPad, playing games, surfing youtube for anything train related, watching movies and of course playing angry birds.

Right now when you ask me for milk, you like to "moo" like a cow.

Right now you are so much better at following directions. You will get me a diaper, put your shoes away and help me clean if I sing the clean up song.

Right now you are talking so much more. You are putting two and three words together. You also love to sing the Thomas the Train song.

I took this picture yesterday while you waited patiently for the bus. It always amazes me to see how much progress you are making. You are so much further along than this time last year. I love it!

December Daily: Day Four

Today we took Chase to speech and occupational therapy. I was able to get a little bit of studying in for the LSAT. I am retaking it in February and I need all the extra study time I can get. We ended up keeping Chase home from school because he was so tired and he just wanted to sleep. I am sure it was a combination of the seizure yesterday and that he woke up around 5:30 AM and couldn't go back to sleep.

When the boys got home they wanted to write their letters to Santa. They were adorable and it is amazing how their mind works. They were sitting next to each other running through what they should put and not put on their list. Quite the conversation to hear.

I love how these papers have cute litte quotes at the bottom. I love Paper Source... so many different things to add to my scrapbook stuff.

December Daily: Day Three

With all the traveling this weekend, I had a laundry list of things I needed to work on Monday. I felt like I was being productive right up until 1PM. I received a call from the school that Chase had a seizure. They administered the Diastat like our plan requires and then they called for the ambulance. By the time I got there, the paramedics and EMT's were already around him taking his vitals and asking questions about what happened.

This was the second trip to the hospital in four days. Chase has recently started having absence seizures more regularly. Our Dr. said we would start to experience other types of seizures and that is not uncommon. Since he was born, usually we have the traditional tonic clonic seizures. However we are adjusting and taking it one day at a time. Soon we will be heading up to John Hopkins to start a Ketogenic Diet. Hopefully this will help.

I am so thankful for our teachers at Tallwood Elementary. They are great. They know exactly what to do and they take care of Knox until my Dad can get there to pick him up so that I can ride in the ambulance with Chase. I don't know what I would do with out them!