Oh Bother!

It's been a hectic few days. Our house is going through some kind of mid-life crisis or it could be depressed becuase it seems to be crying buckets, literally! We have a leak of some sort and we can't quite figure out where it's coming from. We think we've ruled out the air conditioner so I guess we'll be calling the plumber next! I had such high hopes this year...it's been my life's goal to be credit card debt free and this was going to be our year!!! But it looks like we'll be spending our tax return on other fun things like new pipes and a root canal and crown for Dan. Oh well. When it rains it pours. In our house apparently!

Well despite all this craziness going on Gigi had a good 35 month birthday. She went to school without crying. She was very happy because she was going to be with her cousin Sagan. She will be in Sagan's class from now on and they were so cute together. It made me feel so good to know she has a friend that will watch out for her while she's there. Gigi grew very little this month. It might have been an 1/8 inch or it could have even been the position of her head. I knew she would slow down eventually. She'll probably have a big jump next month to go along with the be three! I can't believe she'll be three soon. Where did this year go. It's so amazing how much she's changed in one year too. She's still cracking us up. She says the funniest things and loves to tell us stories. She has a very good imagination. She loves to play make-believe. When she plays with her Daddy she calls him prince and she is the princess and they have grand adventures. It's adorable to watch. Since there are still so many gifts under the tree (we'll get back to the tree in a moment) she got to open a present for her birthday today. It was a little stuffed hippo because if there's anything Gigi needs it's another stuffed animal! She loved it, of course, and immediately introduced him to her big hippo, his mommy.

So back to the tree. Yes, I know it's February 1st and it was our plan to take down the tree this passed Sunday. We agree it's time. Although it really does brighten up our home!!! Gigi loves it so much but despite all that we were going to do it Sunday but then the floods came and our attention was turned to that. We did take down our outside Christmas decorations. I'm sure we'll take down the tree this Sunday and begin to prepare for Gigi's birthday celebration...hmmm...I wonder if this flood will interrupt the birthday party we were planning. We planned to have a simple party at home. Well, it's still a few weeks away hopefully everything will be back to normal by then!