Another Update

I feel so bad for being so behind. We have been busy bees, and school is getting into the home stretch of the semester, lots of projects coming due soon, so I have been spending most of my time doing that.

So, where to start?

We headed to California for Spring break. I won some hotwire dollars (for lack of better term) to get a free hotel stay. We met up with our friends the Bolanders down there. We went to Knotts Berry Farm, the beach, and thanks to some awesome friends, we got into Disneyland for free one day. It was a lot of fun.

I fell back in love with my Ergo on this trip. But not front or side, hip wearing. It was perfect for waiting in lines. I loved it! The pictures above are us in Fantasyland pulling (or trying) the sword from the stone, and then Grayson playing in Goofy's back yard. I wrote a pretty detailed post about our day in Disneyland on my Disney blog. Yes, even though I am behind on this blog, I have several others that I am doing. The Disney one is about things having to do with travel to Disneyland, Disney craft tutorials, and such. I just have so many friends asking for tips regarding Disney things, I decided to put it all in one place.

After our stay in California, we changed our normal routine of driving home and actually stayed a night in Vegas at The Signature at MGM Grand. If you ever want to go to Vegas, and want a smoke free, casino free hotel- THIS IS IT! It was really nice and not having to worry about having to walk through a casino, or smell smoke was nice. We enjoyed dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe, walked on the strip a tiny bit, visited the M&M store, and called it a night. we were in bed before 10 pm. Not very adventurous. We decided between that, and the fact the traffic coming home during the day rather than driving through the night was much heavier, that we won't be staying over in Vegas again.

 We got back on Friday, and Saturday Mike went and picked up his niece Sienna who came and stayed with us for her spring break. We spent a day at the zoo, and just hung out. It wasn't her most exciting visit (especially considering we took her to Disneyland 2 times last year and Colorado in the summer), but it was good that she was here.

I had surgery the week Sienna was here. I have been struggling with infertility again, and we had tests done and found out my right tube was blocked. After trying to get around that, and having already met our deductible, we decided to go ahead and try to unblock during surgery. I was also in a lot of pain the last 2 weeks of my cycle (ovulation until next cycle). We thought that was also from the blocked tube, but my OB discovered I had endometriosis. He cleaned it up, and also cleaned up my c-section scars on my uterus, got my tub unblocked, and removed some other adhesions . I am currently in the last 2 weeks of my cycle, and not in pain. It is WONDERFUL!

Grayson update:
He is almost two already, which is just crazy to me! He has learned so much. He is starting to know his numbers, and can count a little bit. If you ask him how old he is, he will tell you 2.
He has learned so many new words and phrases that we are always amazed at what comes out of his mouth. He is still babbling a lot, but he is REALLY talkative, so it makes sense he would still speak more babble then a quiet child. He is also singing a lot now.
He loves to race and will even say "Ready, set GO" and expect you to run up and down the hall with him. He loves music, cars, and blocks. Mickey Mouse is still his best friend. I wish I could remember all the words he knows, and all the animals he recognizes and can make their sounds, but it is too numerous to remember off the top of my head. I am trying to compile a list before his 2nd Birthday.
He is still small, maybe weighing 21-22 lbs and wearing mostly 12 month clothing (some smaller some bigger based on brand).

I am going to try my hardest to update more often once school is out. Next semester (fall) I am attending full time, so I am not sure how well I will keep up then, but hopefully it will be better than this semester.