The month started off crappy with my mom being sick and in the hospital. Unfortunately the news did not improve. She ended up having major surgery and being diagnosed with a terrible disease. I will spare you the details but thankfully in the end for right now she is doing ok. One happy thing that did happen this month was we got together for her birthday. Melanie and I got together the day before and got a cake and bought a couple of gifts for her. It was really nice. She was a little disappointed since the grandkids could not come over. Due to her weak immune system health adults were the only people invited. We made the best of it. I took a few pictures that night to send to Courtney.
As the month progressed Jake had spring break. It started out a nice and lazy week. We spend one morning up at Jakes parents house. Jake and Jon helped their dad dig a GIANT hole in the back yard. He is working on a plumbing project. That afternoon Jake ended up getting a call from Barrack Gold in NV. They wanted us to come out and they wanted to talk to Jake. Jake has had 3 interviews with them in the past 2 months. So the next day we dropped off Nathan with grandma and grandpa Cefalo and we headed to NV. Jake had a great interview with the company. We are hoping to hear back from them in the next week or two. He has also interviewed with another company in Phoenix that we are waiting to hear from. In the next couple of weeks we should have an idea of where we are heading.
The trip to NV was nice for me. I will say that it was the longest I have ever been away from Nathan. I missed him a ton but I loved sleeping in and getting a full nights sleep. 2 things that I haven't experienced since he was born. While I was waiting for Jake I was working on my new website. I am a little bitter because it should be up and working as we speak but...it is not. I am hoping that things will be ready sometime tomorrow. Check it out when you can. I am pretty happy with it.
Nathan had a difficult month. With all of the craziness he saw a lot of babysitters. I would like to thank everyone who I have called and asked favors. I really don't think we would have make it thought this month with you. Thanks. I was told by everyone that Nate was wonderful. I hope that is true. He had to deal with a couple of tragedies himself. First I will no longer give Nathan a bottle during the night. Some of you might think why I haven't done this before. Well...we have tried several times and each time we dealt with a screaming (and I mean screaming) baby for hours and hours during the night. We tried all of christmas break and it always ended at about 4:00 when we were both so emotionally and physically tired I would give in. Well this month I did it. Thanks to Jake being supportive and not killing him or letting me kill him:) we finally made it through. I will let him go down with one bottle but that is all. I am now working on getting him fully onto a sippy cup. Only time will tell. Also Nathan had a sad experience with his beloved bear. He has been inseparable from it for as long as I can remember. I know he is only a year and a half but he attached quickly. During the transition going from bottle to no bottle Nate would chew on this bears nose. Sadly the nose became loose and I worried that at some point it would fall off and choke him. So one day while he was down for his nap I cut off the nose and sewed a nose made of thread onto it so he couldn't bite it off. When I went in after his nap I gave him the bear. At first the look of joy on Nathan's face made me happy because he was accepting the bear back. Unfortunately he hadn't noticed the nose yet. When he realized that something was wrong a look of panic came to his eyes and he handed it to me with a look saying "fix it". It broke my heart. He would not accept his bear back after that. Every so often he looks at it and smiles and then he remembers and doesn't give it a second thought. So in one month we got rid of the bottle and the bear. My baby is growing up.
Well that some of what is happening here. There are a couple of other things that are of note but I will save that for a future post. I love you all and I am thankful for the blessing you are in our life. I am also thankful for our Savior. Easter is coming and I have him on my mind this time of year. We are all facing difficult times. Some more so than others. I am not going to lie and say everything is all roses around here. There are a few things that Jake and I are needing extra comfort for. He makes it better for us all. I know he has made it better for me.
