It's been a long time.....

Sorry for the lack of updates. It seems that the day comes and goes so quickly, and by the end of the night...I just want my pillow. Now that Mattie has gotten so tall and lengthy, she doesn't like to sleep in the crib because she sleeps with her arms fully extended, and that leaves her hitting the sides of the crib. So who does she sleep with, ME! I hate when people let their kids sleep with them, so I am my own worst nightmare. We have tried so many times to get her to stay in the crib, but it doesn't work.

Mattie's doing great with her arms. PT and OT are really helping and there no longer seems to be any delay. The meeting with the Orthopedic Specialist went great. He saw no problem with her, said he didn't even know why she was there, and said he will do a follow up with her on her first birthday. Phewwwww! She is getting so big, and her smile gets bigger, along with her blue eyes, day by day.

We went to Rochester for her first St. Patty's Day parade. A bunch of the locals here came down, and we had fun. Mattie didn't know what to think about all the bagpippers, but loved all the attention she got with the "Irish Princess" TuTu onesie that Grammy Sheila bought her. She was decked out in green from her head to her toes.

Mattie got to meet Avery Grace for the first time. Avery, Mattie, Lisa, Jenn and I got together for a bagel and to enjoy some company. I haven't seen the girls since Allison's wedding, so we had a lot to catch up on. Avery is so cute. She cries at the sound of Mattie cries, and vice versa. It was so cute.

We also got a chance to go visit Marcey and Charley (and the rest of the Fox's), Mattie loves their new addition, Beaner. It was nice to see them all again, I miss them so much. Especially little Char Char. She had superglued her eyes shut the day before (nice job watching her Chuck!) and I had to laugh when she told me what she had done. What a little Goofball.

Sheila made a huge dinner of Corned Beef and Cabbage, and of course, Mattie got to try some on her 1st St. Patty's Day. She seemed to enjoy it.

This past weekend Mattie, Parker, Nellie and I went to the Expo. For those who aren't from the North Country, the Expo is like the Home and Garden Show at the Dome Arena, but a lot cheesier, and not half as cool. But the kids liked all of the noise, and all of the crazies that it brings out. Saturday night all of the family, minus Aunt "Itchy", went to dinner and then back to the Expo. Zayne won Mattie a bunch of cool stuff, and also won himself a new fishing pole. So guess who will be waiting for the fish to start biting so he can get out there and put that pole to the test.

I am still looking for a job. I know that I should just do the whole daycare thing, but we need a house to do that. In order to get the house, we have to have the money, and in order to have money, I need a job. Yuck. I wish I were Amish sometimes.