January was pretty intense. We spent a lot of time at doctor appointments for Travis. That involved a lot of back and forth, I feel like Charley and I were very nearly always in the car. Travis ended up having a minor surgery for a fistula. He took a week off work to be at home recovering. It was in a sentivive area that made keeping it clean and sitting to do work or drive a car a bit more complicated. It feels nice to be writing in past tense now that it's been a few weeks and the recovery is also picking up momentum. It's now middle of March and he just has a small wound we pack and keep clean. Things got pretty hairy that week he was home recovering and Charley got a stomach bug that went on for forever and I was just pregnant and uncomfortable and doing a lot on my own.
We also started going to play groups. That has done wonders for my sanity (adult conversation!) and has been a great opportunity for Charley to learn more sharing and be a bit more active (church gym=chance to RUN!)
This week(and they've stayed that way since I wrote it!) I even swept the piles of dirt all the way up (had left them in low traffic areas because getting up and down with the dust pan is getting difficult) and mopped the floors for the first time in a long time. I find though that the more motivation I have to do things, the less energy I have. One day of productivity requires a day of recovery. I get really crampy and uncomfortable and then I don't sleep well when I get everything on my todo list done. Uhg.
March is also bringing changes in my calling at church, jut learned I will be released but the new president asked for me to be recalled-to the same calling. Yay! I knew I wasn't done with young women's. I was really just starting to get a rhythm after finally feeling like I had it figured out.
This week is spring break, so we've been seeing more of Elyse and Liam which always makes Charley so happy. He's gotten more attached and definitely really brings out the water works for goodbyes. In a few days we will start potty training!! Ahahhh!! Pray for me.
Charley turned two at the beginning March. On his birthday I was telling Travis my plan to keep him in a crib and put the new baby in a pack n play so they were both in contained beds-but travisninsisted "he's two, let's try the toddler bed!" And I protested as he went and got it from the garage, but Charley took a two hour nap in it without a glitch. The first night he came out once at bedtime, which I just told him "no it's time to go night night" and walked him back to bed. This repeated the same the second night. The other things was on the first night he woke up around 2 am and was on the floor confused. He must have half sleeping climbed out and curled up, then gotten confused when he woke later. Otherwise, the only other catch was on a week anniversary, he came out of his room three times. The first one he got a verbal directions and extra snuggles, second and third time just silently I walked him back to bed. He cried the third time because he understood that coming out was not allowed. But he stayed in bed and eventually fell asleep. It really went surprisingly well. We're optimistic about potty training, but as my calender wed weekend gets closer I get more scared. Please, pray for me!
We also celebrated our 5th anniversary! By DJing a youth dance. What else? Lol. But, Friday night, the evening before our anniversary I made Travis a special dinner and he brought me flowers and said there were Girl Scouts at Fred's with cookies, so I also ran and stocked up on those. All in all a good weekend.
