the one where i say... "it's been a while"

So yeah... I'm in the mood to get back at this thing. Mainly because my kids say too many funny things to not write about it and also because Cooper is growing so fast that I need to start recording it better, as I did with Ellie and lastly because I know you are nosy and want to know what is going on here. ;)

Here is my bulleted list of what is floating around my brain:

• I need spring to get here... NOW. I want to open my windows and breath fresh air.
  
• We amazingly haven't been all that sick this winter. Just a few mild colds and a couple cases of croup for the Coop. Our flu shots must have worked because many around me were down and out for a week or more with the flu.
  
• I need to start working out again. I feel like ICK.
• I am so thankful that someone created 3 buck chuck.
  
• Cooper had his 18 month check up last week. 27 lbs (7 lbs less than his sister who will be 5 in a month) and in the 95th percentile for height and head circumference. That's my boy.
• Cooper has been super clingy lately. Hard on me, hard on him.
• My daughter is starting kindergarten next fall. I'm not ready. (B.I.G. sigh)
• I'm currently watching Sister Wives. Wow. I'll never understand. But then I guess I don't need too.
• I'm terrible at deciphering when to use to/too and my brother in law lets me know it every time I write it wrong.
  
• I need to start planning Ellie's birthday. So many ideas... zoo, hotel, pj party...
• Greg has been offered (I use that term loosely) 3 part time jobs. Being so "in demand" must feel awesome. Oh wait. I am "in demand" every day. Ellie demands this, Cooper demands that. It isn't always awesome.
  
• Pft. Justin Beiber on a Proactiv commercial. "It's pretty chill." What a doof.
• Thank God Greg is getting another job (or 3) so we can save for another vehicle. Our van just cost us $488 in repairs yesterday. It is a big pile.
• I can't tell you how lost I would be on a day to day basis without my parents. They do SO MUCH for us.
  
• My life has been turned upside down in the last 12 months. Things have happened that I never would have guessed would and it has all turned out great!
• I've recently decided I need to be more present in my children's lives. Since I am able to work at home I find myself constantly checking email, shuffling through paperwork and checking my phone for messages when I should be playing with/giving attention to my kids. I am going to work 10 hours less a pay period in order to help me be be the mom I need to be and the mom my kids deserve.
• I am so lucky to have the husband I do. I cannot imagine not having an equal partner in my life who doesn't feel like certain things are my job. He does everything I do... most times better. :)
• I am addicted to Caribou, but for once I haven't been there in 4 days. That is a record!
• And last but certainly not least... thank you to the W's for letting us borrow their awesome train table. Cooper is IN LOVE. Even Ellie is a little bit in love. Nothing has kept the attention of my son for over 45 minutes... but this did it. Can you see his little lips pursed and saying, "choo choo" over and over again? :)