Today is as good a day as any to start a blog!

Today we have Kaelyn's big 9 month check up, along with her birth-to-3 assessment. Its pretty jam packed today. I sewed her some slippers/booties last night and need to sweep up my thread and fabric scraps from the kitchen floor and TRY to contain the mess that is our house. A dog, a baby, a hubby, and me, well we can drop a few things here and there and before you know it? BAM! the livingroom is a mess! Thank goodness for the baby gate and Kaelyn's unwillingness to crawl, cuz i think somewhere in the hallway is a bottle of febreeze just sitting on the floor.

Jeremy hasn't felt 100% the last few days and doesn't want to get us girls sick so he sacked out on the couch. I miss snuggling up to fall asleep and Kaelyn misses the snuggles and kisses when he gets home from work. We'll survive, but lets hope Daddy gets better quick. Mommy could use a trip out of the house to the library where I don't have to take Kaelyn out in the freezing Wisconsin winter elements!

We also have some sad news to report. Great Grandma Lucy is not doing so well. She had a pretty major stroke 2 weeks ago and last Saturday they think she had another minor one. They took out her feeding tube and at some point during testing to find out just how significant the stroke was, they found a blood clot in her brain. She's now in the care of hospice and seeing as how she is Jeremy's Great Grandma, that means she's Kaelyn's Great GREAT Grandma. A pretty special thing to be able to meet that kind of grandma. Kaelyn hasn't seen her since this fall due to living hours away, but our prayers are most definitely with our family right now. It's been a hectic last 3 months, with the holidays, my uncles funeral in December, new years/packers game (Jeremy saw the packers play the bears the day after new years. pretty exciting!) and we've managed a few weekends at home where we aren't sitting in the car for hours to go home, and it looks like we will be back before we know it. We aren't sure how long she'll be in hospice for, but I just hope that she isn't in any pain and is at peace.

Well, Kaelyn finished her banana slices (and made QUITE the mess in the process) so we have to go clean up and get dressed. 2 hours till Kaelyn has her birth-to-3 assessment and we go from there STRAIGHT to her 9 month appointment and from there we might as well go to walmart and grab a few things. I have an idea for the CUTEST slippers. Kaelyn has small but wide feet o finding shoes is a bit of a pain. I got this handy new sewing machine for Christmas so I have already made her one pair but wanna try another with a fun pattern! Maybe make some burp rags for my Brother-in-law and his wife who are expecting their first child (a GIRL!!) in early may. I think the girls will get along great! We'll just have to make sure they see eachother more than I saw some of my cousins. (Then again, My mom was 1 of 9. so that means we were all pretty spread out by age and by location. )

Will post an update later to let you know how it's going!

Thanks for your support and we hope you enjoy our blog!

Mommy and Kaelyn (and maybe Odie too!)