January

So far our themes for the month would be:
Kevan- Starting and Finishing
Brooke- Reducing
Preslee- Gaining

Kevan- Started school last week. Only one more term and he'll have his associates in Criminal Justice.  He's looking at bachelor's degree programs for when he's finished.  He's working really hard to finish the master bathroom. We keep running into set backs but he's on the last TWO things and he'll be done. :) I'm really looking forward to having to fully working bathrooms again.

Brooke- I have been working very hard on reducing the stuff in the study. We decided to get rid of our ridiculously huge desk taking up the whole room and downsize to a smaller one. With less room comes less storage. So far I have thrown away 4 brown paper grocery bags full of recycling. I still need to find spaces for quite a few things but I can see the floor again and the majority of the office things are put in place. I am sort of dreading finding spots for all of my craft things that need a home. All of this will be quite useful if we buy a new house in the coming year. We are looking to get some more space in a home not too far from where we currently live. I'm pretty darn excited about it!

Preslee- Oh my little imp! She gets into everything! I don't where she keeps finding pennies but I keep having to fish them out of her mouth! She is gaining weight and height of course but also new skills everyday. She loves to eat anything we give her. She started on Cheerios this week. Between those, puffs, and yogurt drops she has gotten really good at feeding herself. She is trying really hard to crawl. She is pretty quick at army crawling with her belly on the ground and sometimes she gets up on her knees and rocks. It's so hard watching her get frustrated trying to figure things out! Last night she got sick a threw up in her bed but my perpetually happy baby laughed and smiled right after and didn't show any signs of being sick today. She tests the full range of her voice daily. She squeals when she sees the cat which is pretty much all day.

 I'll post pictures soon!