for all of you,

who are in the snow and rain...We're sorry.

P.S.

I updated the slideshow of Cole with Ashley's great pics. Scroll down, it's on the side. Seriously people, call her before she becomes famous!

Happy Easter

We've been having too much fun. Maybe when I come up for air, I'll put a real update together. Until then, Happy Easter!

Sitting For A Portrait

After the great success with Ella's pics and Al raving about Ashley, I wanted in on the action. She was SO great to work with. She accommodated with our schedule and even came to the house.

Our only hang-up was getting Cole to be cooperative. I'm not sure if you know very many 14 month olds, but they don't follow directions well and will not hold still long enough to pose for pictures. He needs to talk to Ella and get some modeling advice :) I am not sure that Ashley knew that she was signing up for the work-out included with the shoot! Here is a sneak peek.

And So It Begins.

It's official birthday month. You can look it up.

Starting from the 31st of March with my grandmother all the way to the last day of April with my aunt; it is birthday mania in my family. We even have 4 people born on the same day. Poor Charly, she is coming into a crappy month. Both of her parents have April birthdays, along with her grandpa and two of her aunts.

Even my dad's alter-ego Mitch celebrates in this time period. I think he's going to be 47 this year...again.I'm telling you, by the time the day of my birth rolls around, people are sick of birthdays

So before things get crazy-let me wish you a happy birthday (all fifteen of you)!

Feliz Cumpleanos mi familia

*If I forget to call you, just call me and yes-I will let you pick the song (or you can refuse it altogether like Katie did last year)

Return

You haven't missed much.

Things that have gone down since surgery:
* Cole is walking like a pro
* I have figured out that I am the only one in my family that likes curry. Anyone else out there love curry too? Anyone, anyone...
* Had an ultrasound on my leg. Thankfully, no blood clots. Still have weird pain, but it is letting up some
* I am still a big fan of my bed. It's comfy
* Made it to the dedication. Felt like I was going to pass out at one point, but glad I went
* Yes, I did watch Return to Snowy River and according to the vote taken...I would take Jim Craig over any other man-fictional or real
* My son really likes Jack Johnson. Every time I put him on, he busts a move...good boy
* My dad is a miracle-worker in the yard. All of my flowers decided to come up with a little TLC from him...and then it snowed
* Have I mentioned that I hate the snow? It has snowed almost everyday this week
* The Jazz had better get their act together
* I caught up with everything on my DVR. One of the world's greatest inventions in my eyes
* Crusty finished school and now she's leaving to the land of the sun. Am I a bad person if I am having bitter feelings towards her right now?
* I have decided that Cole's new room is going to have a surfer/beach theme. Now I just have to wait for this to go on sale
* Apparently pizza is the new official meal of the Relief Society

I'm Alive

Surgery went well. I was awake and watched the whole thing. Very cool. The most uncomfortable thing about the entire procedure was having a strange man shave my nether-regions and then he put a sterilizer on directly afterwards (can you say BURNING...just a little). I had to stop myself from yelping.

They did find another possible problem during the surgery-but hey, this is me we're talking about. I may have a problem in my lungs called AV-Malformation. Another clotting problem and possible stroke risk. I had a CT scan this afternoon to see if this is the case. It is unrelated to the heart thing, but we would have never found it without this procedure.So far all is good. The hole is closed, and Brian brought me Cafe Rio for lunch. We'll let you know about my lungs. Until then, signing off to take a nap!