February

Well we sold our house! I can't believe it's happening all so quick. We had to be out by March 5th and Tony leaves for Oreagan on the 8th. Well it's time to pack but wait we had a few heardles Ava got sick, the baby got sick and I had the stomach flu. We made it through it and finished, it was down to the deadline. Thanks to my grandpa, dad, grammer and Jennifer we made it. It's always the same people to the rescue. We are very lucky to have all of them.

Anthony - Anthony is still doing great in Karate and I love to see him come out of his shell. He is starting to get more frustrated when he can't do something correctly the first time. I keep reminding him that he needs to keep practicing at whatever he does so he'll become better. But he's 4 and mom doesn't know what she's talking about. He has a bestfriend Kayan at school who he just adores. It's really cute I think that's his first true school bestfriend.

Avabelle - Ava is always busy. I can hardley keep up with her. My favorite thing about her lately is her singing. She sings by herself it reminds me of when I was younger I used to love to sing to myself. She is so happy and charming. She also loves to be dramatic over little things. If she trips she'll run over and get a hug and then the crying instantly stops. She just wants to be acknowledged. She's been in the same dance class for 9 months and is really getting good. I think I might put her in soccer this summer. AS SOON AS SHE'S POTTY TRAINED!!! She goes in spurts. Sometimes she wants to go all the time and other times she doesn't. I can't wait until she's consistent.

Louie - Louie is crawling in a circle. He has the arm thing down but working on the legs. He is still very close to me and loves to be held. His personality is really coming out and he really smiles and laughs quite a bit. As long as his basic needs are met(mom holding him) he's usually a pretty happy guy. I love to kiss his cheeks and rub his head. During the move I had him in the baby backpack and he loved it. I got to move super quick with him and that kept him stimulated.

Tony and I - Wow talk about stress this time with moving. One person watches the kids the other packs. I remember back in the day when we were both packing and moving was so much quicker. I always think Tony couldn't possibly impress me anymore because I think he's the greatest, but the amount of work he did packing was amazing. He always gives a 110% and we are very lucky to have him. I wish I could get over getting so down about him leaving out of town. I freeze up before he goes.I feel like we are so close that it's like a part of me is missing when he's gone. We have officially been together 17 years this month. I know I'm a much stronger person because of him.