So, yeah... I pretty much suck.

Okay- I realize I have not posted anything in awhile. Will get to the Christmas and birthday pictures soon and load them. This week, I swear. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I could have used my 10 days off for Christmas break to do things like update my blog and such, but I chose to sit on my ass and hang out with Scott and Hawkins. So, sue me. We had so much fun together! I love those guys. Scott and Hawkins can make the most boring of situations an absolute blast. LOVE them. I don't think I got out of my pajamas half the time. Coming back to work was quite an adjustment.

I started back to school last week. Full-time work, full-time graduate school, full-time family. We'll see if I'm alive come May. I'm only taking part-time classes after this semester because there's a lot of field work to do in the schools and I just won't be able to go full-time and do field work, too. But, this semester I'm giving it a try and I'm feeling a little overwhelmed right now. On Tuesdays, I'm on campus from 8am until 10pm. This is HELL day. If I can get through Tuesdays, I'll be good to go. One down, 14 left. I'll keep y'all updated.

Will post some photos tonight or tomorrow.

This past week we had Grammy, Grampa and Uncle Charles in town for the kid's birthday. It was a full house, I can tell you. We had some family and friends over on Saturday for HP's party and it was a lot of fun. On his actual birthday, the 9th, there was a diarreah and diaper rash scare. Seriously. You never want to see blood in that area, but I did. It was our scariest day yet. And on his FREAKIN' birthday! We went to the doctor and I'm all like, "So, we need a hospital, RIGHT? Something needs to be done NOW! We need a team of physicians to fix my child's ass because he's in pain! Let's MOVE!" It just happened over night. It was terrifying, but of course, Hawkins' pediatrician, Missy, who I love, calmed me down and gave us a list of remedies. Missy is the greatest. It kindof makes me mad that she cheats on Hawkins by seeing other children, but we're willing to live with her adulterous ways b/c she's so smart and loving and great to us.

Will update with pics soon. Doing well. Hawkins is awesome, adorable, sweet, loving, smart, creative- everything you could ever want in a child. Take care!