J family: Where have we been??!

Ugh.  I know.  I know.  BUT I have a few good excuses.

So, we moved.  We bit the bullet and bought a house.  While I was a little less eager than JJ to move, I'm so very happy with our house.  I guess it was time to put on my big girl pants and suck it up. 

November was pretty much a blur of packing, organizing, ear infections and, oh yeah, moving and unpacking and organizing!  Phew!  We absolutely couldn't've done it without my parents and some of our amazing friends.  A bunch of people from JJ's school helped us out and that meant so much to me - he really has a great group of buddies.  A coworker and friend's hubby were also recruited, and everyone appeared to still be moving even after all was said and done!  : )

My parents came to help us unpack and celebrate Thanksgiving with us in our new house!  The weather was amazing and we hit up the park on a walk - which doesn't always happen in November.  At least not where I'm from - last November, M was getting her first taste of snow!

December was fabulous.  More nice weather plus starting to feel settled equaled a great combination.  The C-man got tubes, which was such a crazy-fast procedure it was insane.  He did SO WELL, only fussing that we couldn't feed him from midnight on.  We were the first ones scheduled for the day, so he didn't have to wait too long and drank 10 oz pretty much as soon as we got to see him - still a little sloppy from anesthesia! 

Oh yeah, that was another development.  Much to Mommy's UNhappiness, C pretty much weaned himself at the end of Nov-early Dec.  : (  I attribute it mostly to stress and working full time, but I could not keep up with his needs - even pumping at work I never had a storage for him like I did with M (well her nursing was another whole story...).  I had no choice but to supplement, and you know how that can be a slippery slope.  Anyways, it's not the end of the world, and I know that I got him as much boobie juice as I could.  : )  hehe

My parents came for Christmas, and this time we felt like we could relax a little bit more!  We enjoyed having them back so much!  We were totally spoiled with not having to travel for the Holidays.  I'm pretty sure A and L J aren't going to let us get away with it next year though... ; )  We did miss them and are so glad they're coming to visit in February!!!

The boys, (two of JJ's bro-bros), CP and B surprised us and visited us for New Year's!  P called saying B bought a new car and was itching to test it out on the highway, which I translated as: we miss our little brother.  : )  We were so happy to have them, and the best part of that trip was beating both of them in scrabble... huh... they haven't played since... funny thing... ; )  Oh, and I WAS up at midnight, even if I had a nap on the floor for about an hour that evening.  : )

Enough of this update - can't wait to share a few recent funny stories!