The Musings of Michelle

Here is my attempt to not let those little precious moments go unforgotten...

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As I reflect back on my life so far I have realized that I'm really just an average girl, with an average life, living with an average disease. But what I do have is an AMAZING God who continues to blow me away with His love and His grace in my life. This is my attempt at putting into writing my journey so far.

Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Happy Tuesday everyone! Just waiting for Hannah to get up from her nap so I thought I would blog real quick. You won't hear me say i'm waiting for Hannah to get up very much, but hopefully soon. We are working on her naps this week and it's been rough, but I can tell she's getting better. I cheated this nap and we started on the recliner together and took a nap for about an hour and now she's in her crib finishing up. It's important that she learns how to soothe herself back to sleep during her naps, but I also love the cuddle time when we nap together, so I'm not going to give that up yet!

I'm starting to get very overwhelmed with life right now. We found out that we will be closing on our house next Thursday! That's just crazy how fast they got our house built. But it looks great and our inspector said they are doing a good job on it, so hopefully it does't come crashing down on us. :) So between trying to keep this place in order, work, pack, and take care of Hannah it's getting a little stressful. I have been trying to schedule my days and write down what I need to do in smaller chunks and that usually helps to not make it seem so much, but it's not helping this time. But oh well, these are all good problems to be having, so I shouldn't complain.

Welp the little one is up so I guess that's all for now. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Thursday, November 20, 2003

I have new pictures of Hannah on my pic site. I hope you enjoy them. She's definitely a cutie if I do say so myself. Great job on the running girls! You are my inspiration! I'm going to start running again and my goal is the columbus marathon next october. maybe we'll all have to meet there!


have a great weekend everyone! Go Bucks!!!

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Sorry it has been so long! This time I decided to type my blog in notepad first and then copy it in so I don't lose everything again.

Welp it has definitely been an eventful month since I last blogged. Went to Kevin and Emily's wedding a couple of weeks ago. That was a great time and good to see Tracey and Matt again. Hannah is definitely blessed to have an aunt and uncle like you guys! It was great to see other folks at the wedding too who I hadn't seen in a while, Stacy and Scott, the Malones, the Christies, and the Edwards. Thanks so much Joan for the beautiful quilt! I want to find a quilt rack for it to put in Hannah's room.

The wedding was Hannah's first overnight trip somewhere. She slept in Kevin's room and we slept in Tracey's room so she wouldn't wake Tracey and Matt up. She was such a good girl all weekend. Of course she got spoiled by everyone including me since I let her sleep in bed with me a few times so that I could get some sleep. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do!

That following week Ryan had a training up in New Carlisle so Hannah and I went up there Wed and Thurs night to hang out with him. That first night was a rough one. We didn't realize what a noisy sleeper Hannah was so we kept thinking she was getting up. So we didn't get much sleep that night, but the next night we learned to tune it out so it was better. It was good to get back home and on a normal schedule again. I never thought I would be saying that!

Last Friday was an exciting day for us (especially sleep deprived me). Hannah slept through the night for the first time! She slept from 11pm to 7am. I was so excited that she was sleeping that I couldn't get back to sleep after I woke up at 5:30am. And of course I had to run in her room to make sure she was still breathing. She's been sleeping pretty consistiently at night now. She will typically get up around 6am. On saturday she slept until almost 9am!

Naps on the other hand we have not gotten down yet, but that is what we are working on this week. Hopefully it won't be too stressful.

Mom Good came down this weekend to visit and help out. We had such a good time! We did lots of shopping and Hannah got a lot of good Nonnie time! We got some packing done which felt good. I can't believe how fast our house is coming. It looks like all they have left is the carpet, plumbing and a few odds and ends. So hopefully we'll be in before Christmas. I have all my fun decorations that I bought last year that I am excited about putting up!

I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving. Kevin and Emily are coming and it will be great to hang out with them and for Hannah to get to know her Uncle Kevin and Aunti Em!

This weekend we are going to Columbus for the OSU vs Michagin game. I guess it's for all the marbles so that should make it an even more exciting time. My parents got a new family room furniture and a 48inch tv so that will also make it more fun. Plus they have a new hot tub!

Welp Hannah is screaming in her crib so I must go. But I will try and update more often now that I am scheduling my days and being a little more productive. And I promise Grammy and Tracey that I will put new pictures up soon!

Saturday, November 08, 2003

well I was in the middle of writing a long blog when I accidently hit something and it exited. It asked me if I wanted to save the post and I clicked yes, but I don't know where it is now. Does anyone know where I might be able to find it before I type it all over again? arrrghh!!!!