It's a Wonderful Life

This post is long overdue. Life has been busy, but very good. So much has happened in the last few weeks. First of all for those who don't know Matthew is finally potty trained. YAY! I knew it would happen...eventually. It didn't seem to matter how much coaxing and bribing I did, he would refuse to go, even though he fully was capable of doing it. But one day he finally decided. He actually spent most of the day on the potty, peeing a little here and then 15 minutes later peeing a little more. He was so excited. Now he goes when he has to, I don't even have to ask him. He hasn't worn a pull-up in a couple weeks and that includes overnight. We are so proud of him, and boy does he know it. ^.^
As far as new baby news, I still have yet to see the doc. I go in on the 14th. I did find out that I am 12 weeks with an EDD of July 20th. However, as many of you know, I am opting for the c-section and it will be a planned thing, so as soon as I know the date I will let everyone know. I'm really thankful the first trimester is ending because it has not been fun. I have had days where all I do is sleep and then days when I spend half of it in the bathroom. As some of you know I've been working too, which only has complicated the situation. I am a pretty motivated person, but its hard when it feels like the life is being depleted from your body. I am still running though. The only thing that makes me feel good, however it does require a minimum of a two hour nap afterwards, but its worth it.
For those of you in Cali, I know you are being hit hard with rain and power outages, but to make you all feel better, your rain is bringing us lots of warm weather. Its 42 degrees now and I am loving it! The windows are open and we actually have plans to go to the park on monday. We have had 29 inches of snow in the month of December and its all gonna Melt! Supposedly we have had 86 inches of snow the past calendar year. Second to record in Wisconsin history. Janesville average snowfall is apparently 36 inches...... kinda hard to believe after all the snow we have had. Since it has been SOOO COLD, we took the kids to Sapora. It's a huge indoor playground. It was awesome and cured the kids cabin fever for a few days. Matthew was hesitant at first, but he warmed up and some of the slightly older kids helped him through the tunnels. It was really cute. Sapora is actually in Illinois, which is kind of a bummer, otherwise I would be there all the time, but its nice to know it is there for emergencies. For those of you who don't know we spend a lot of time in Illinois, at least it feels that way. There are lots of cool things to do down there and if there taxes weren't so high, we would probably buy a house down there. And speaking of buying houses... six more weeks till we can get pre-approved and start making offers. We are really excited, especially since a house we looked at a couple months ago is still on the market and we said if its still there when we are ready we are going to make an offer. Anyways I think that is all for now. Peace! and Happy New Year!!