Okay so I had high hopes about doing a different post for each month of the last year but life happens and my plans get dashed so instead I am just going to combine in it all in to two post and then maybe do one more with some pictures.
January - We started out 2010 quietly with Owen still recovering from pneumonia. He regained his strength and we headed to Southern California for vacation mid-month but instead of sunshine we met up with rain, a lot of rain, and tornado warnings. At one point the water was so high on the roads it was above the curbs. The weather did not deter us...we still made it to Disneyland and California Adventure and found shorter wait times and even a little bit of sun while we were there. We also tried something new while we where there and took the kids to Medivial Times where they enjoyed a meal WITHOUT utensils and a show with knights and a princess. They loved it and so did Jeff and I!!!
February - February started off pretty simple with Leah enjoying school and looking forward to the Daddy-Daughter dance later in the month. Jeff was busy working while I was still at home with Matthew and Owen. We had fun celebrating Owen's birthday early on the 15th by going minature golfing and getting pizza. The next day I experienced the scariest moment of my life when I watched Owen fly across our back deck in his Little Tikes car. I heard him hit the rails as I was running through the house and practically flew down the stairs to get to him. He had fallen approximately 10 feet and after rushing to the hospital, waiting through x-rays and CAT scans, we found out that he had only broken his right thigh. This was the beginning of what felt like a roller coaster ride with my not quite 4-year-old being basically bed ridden for the next two months, a series of doctor's appointments, two awkwardly postioned hip spica casts, and two surgeries (one minor and one not so minor).
March - Owen's first surgery was on March 5th to have titanium rods placed inside of his femur because the casts were not keeping his bone in the right place for it to heal properly. After staying at the hospital for two days we went home and started the final healing process. Jeff and I celebrated our 8th anniversary in the 23rd by going out to dinner (I think) and then Jeff left to go to California to deal with a somewhat complicated legal thing, more time-consuming and annoying then serious.
April - April Fool's Day found me wishing the last 6 weeks had all been someone's bad idea of a joke but knowing it was not. Owen was working on walking again , I can still remember how proud I was when he took his second "first" step. Easter was celebrated in the usual way, with the dying of easter eggs, a visit from the Easter bunny, an Easter egg hunt in Uncle Martin's backyard, and a family dinner. Spring break brought visitors from Utah, Grandma June and Grandpa Larry so we did a little sightseeing and spent time catching up. The rest of the month was pretty uneventful, Leah and Matthew helped John (our landlord who lives downstairs) get the garden started and Owen started getting comfortable on the back deck again and even got in the Little Tikes car for a quick minute.
May - Part of this recap is coming from pictures and I do not have many pictures so I can only guess that May was pretty quiet. We did some exploring and found a cool park down by the water that had tons of crabs hiding under rocks. The kids had so much fun flipping over rocks to see how many crabs went scurrying and how big they were. I decided that it was time to do something about my career future and started school with online courses through University of Phoenix to get my Bachelors in Education. It has been tough at times but I seem to pull through and I just keep reminding myself it will all be worth it in the end. At the very end of the month we flew to Utah to visit family and friends and celebrate Jeff's Grammy's birthday. It was quite exciting since I flew with all three kids by myself but they were on their best behavior.
June - We finished up our visiting in Utah and headed home. Leah finished out the school year and then summer officially started. Our closest park began charging to park there so we decided to start exploring some new parks; we found a few duds but also some good ones too. We also started bowling through an awesome program I found called KidsBowlFree.com, where the kids were able to bowl two games everyday of the summer for free. We did have to pay for shoe rentals so we did not go everyday but it was a nice alternative. At the end of the month we celebrated Mom's birthday.
Stay tuned for July 2010 - December 2010 Recaps
