January 16, 2011

Jim during the snow storm

Anita watching and calling for a ride knowing her mom's not driving in this weather

baking cookies

art work in her Christmas nightgown

the sweet climber resting

listening to music with dad

Anita is 15 months today and still struggling with those wicked teeth.  In the last week we have dealt with a snow storm that left 14 inches of snow on the ground and then very cold winds.  Anita enjoyed watching the snow from inside the house and did not go sledding this week due to cold temperatures.  She has been busy working on walking backwards until she bumps into my legs and then sits on them.  She has also been working on getting faster and starting to run which is scary.  The vents continue to be an issue in addition to throwing things to the basement.  Anita is very helpful with throwing trash away in the kitchen but watch out because she will also throw away her shoes.  She is keeping us busy and we are loving every minute of it.  Today we went to lunch at Famous Dave's to celebrate her 15 month b'day and Jim has 5 years of sobriety tomorrow.  Praise God for these two miracles in our lives.  Brenda and Kristina came to visit which always cheers up Anita even when she is sick and Friday night we celebrated cousin Frank's birthday in SSC.  Hoping that life will slow down soon because the weeks are flying by and I feel like I am missing out on so much of what Anita is doing.  In the paper today there was a story about a woman who visualized herself winning the lottery and she did.  I am going to picture that every night too from now on and may even consider buying a ticket to help that dream come true.