So much has happened...Let me explain...No time to explain. Let me sum up....
We drove to Austin with Lisa's father to visit with Lisa's brother Andy, sister-in-law Sabrina and niece Sarah, who were visiting from Seattle but used to live in Austin for many years. It was the longest car ride we had been on with the Boy (I hope to drive to California with him one day!) and it was the first time any of us had met our niece and the Boy's cousin, Sarah. They got along great!
Nicholas finished Kindergarten.
We finally sold our house after being on the market for 16 months, moved into our current home closer to Nicholas' school during the hottest month of the year (July).
Lisa survived another summer with the boy and with me taking each Wednesday off of work to give her a 'break'.
Nicholas started a new school and promptly started to pick up new words and bad habits too! His reading has improved. He is still working on writing, math and just being able to stay in his seat for more than 4 minutes at a time!
Nicholas joined a group ( run by two ladies with PhD's in education) that works on social skills. They meet each Sunday for two hours...which means Lisa and I can relax for two hours! They also meet one or two Saturdays a month for two hours as well...we actually went to dinner a few times and were able to use bad language! It was flippin awesome...
Nicholas also became a member of a special needs cheer team that has performed at one competition so far and is scheduled for three more this year, one of them at the billion dollar Cowboys Stadium which will allow Mommy and Daddy access to the field...woohoo.. We video taped the first one. It was a truly inspiring experience!
We had Lisa's Dad over for Thanksgiving, put up our Christmas lights after we ate...(We could not decorate in 2011 since our house was for sale)
I completed my 20th Marathon on December 9th. The newly named Dallas Marathon (formerly the Dallas White Rock Marathon) It was unseasonably warm that day, which affected my time a little, but at least I finished! Number 21 will be February 24, 2013.
We celebrated Christmas with just the three of us since Lisa's Dad spent Christmas in Seattle with Andy, Sabrina and Sarah. It snowed here on Christmas day. I had to work from home on December 26th due to icy road conditions...so, although I was home Lisa had to convince Nicholas that it was too cold to go outside and Daddy could not be disturbed because he was working....reason number 18,902,885 why I love Lisa!!
Nicholas lost both front teeth and actually DID get his two front teeth for Christmas. Since then he has pulled another one out and has loosened yet another one. He knows he gets a toy from the 'tooth fairy' for each tooth he yanks out of his head!
In August of 2012 we finally decided we had waited long enough for our first family trip to Disneyland. We booked a 5 day trip that began at 3:30am on January 4th and ended January 8th when we returned home to find out our car battery was dead at the airport parking lot....there will be a future blog entry dedicated to our Disney trip....
Fun was had by all....
