December updates

Well we are almost at the end of December. I feel like I have been so busy. For some reason I dont feel like I can blog if i dont post pictures. I cant post now but i will soon. So whats new? I got a PRN job with LifePath Home Health. I am still training. I have been working at the U on Sunday and Monday days and Tuesday nights. I sleep untill about 11:30 or 12:00 and go to the other job from about 1-5. I have been trying to work in a few thursdays but I hate asking Alice every thursday to watch Jacoby. Hopefully I can go on my own soon. Once I am done training I will do on call every other Saturday. I have been helping mom wrap and bake as much as possible. Between our schedules we haven't been able to get together much for christmas fun. Eric and his family were here this past weekend for their christmas. We exchanged presents and went to lunch and dinner. It was nice to have them here. I haven't seen the kiddos in 6 months. Skyler is getting so big and grown up. Dane never ages, cute as ever. Gabe loved having them here. They actually got along! Jacoby is still cute as ever. He isnt saying much yet. He points and speaks jibberish quite a bit. You can tell what he wants most of the time. His new things are vacuuming, dancing, giving kisses and drawing. Yeah, he picks up pens and scribbles. Too cute. We kept his first ever picture he drew and are putting it in his baby book. He had his first hair cut. He had a baby mullet and it needed a trim. Brian and I shaved it to about an inch long with brian's clippers. I kept some for his book and I got before and afters. We are pretty much ready for christmas. I went out in the snow today and finished up some gifts. When we got home, instead of his usual 3:00 nap, Jacoby decided to stay up so i got some wrapping done. I paid for that later on when he was grumpy as ever. Good thing i got done, otherwise I dont know when i would do it. We got our tree up and lights up inside the house. Brian attempted to put them on the house but he dilly dallied too long and a snow storm came. As for finishing the lights... well maybe next year. Our house is in complete chaos. I cant put ornaments on the bottom 2/3 of the tree due to Jacoby's curiosity and Suki's obnoxious need to play with them. One of J's and one of mom's presents aren't under the tree because Suki couldn't stop eating them! GGRRrrr. I will have to put them out xmas eve night. I am scheduled to work christmas from 7-1:00 but i am hoping to be called off. The money would be unbelievable but, come on, its christmas. I have managed to get out of it the past 5 years, why start now. I am loving the snow. It seems to be snowing more this year than last. I plan to buy jacoby a snow suit and take him sledding, on small hills of course. I haven't been sledding in the longest time. I love that I can go back to my childhood now that i have a kiddo. So, I am telling everyone this next little gem, in the hopes that the more people I tell I have to stick to it. Brian and I are going on a diet on December 26th and I plan to lose 30 pounds by my birthday, 6/11. That is 5 pounds a month. Totally doable. Hopefully the more people I tell the dumber I will feel when and if I fail. I am actually excited to eat better. All the junk I have been eating is making me sick all the time. I dont know brian's plan, I know he wants to lose quite a bit though. When he starts a diet he really sticks to it, he is very determined. Lets just hope this time we both stick to it and make it a part of life rather than a phase. Ill keep all 3 or 4 of you that read this updated. :) Ciao for now.