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Dear Gracie,

Today you are 2 months old. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been taking care of you for that long already. You’re already beginning to form your own personality and I’m very happy to say that daddy has become more involved with you now. We both love seeing you smile, coo, and stare at everything you can. You will often lay in bed with daddy while he watches cartoons and watch the different colors and movements. You’ve been a pretty happy baby lately.

You hold your head up for longer periods of time now and will bend your knees and then attempt to stand which is a surprise when you’re in my arms and try to jump out of them. You weighed 11lbs and 4 ounces at your 2 month appointment and 23 inches long. You got your first vaccines and handled them like a trooper. You cried for a minute or less and then snuggled with daddy. I think I was ready to cry myself. You seem to get incredibly frustrated when on your belly and can’t yet crawl but soon enough you will be able to.

You can still fit in newborn clothes although I’m going to begin packing some of the smaller items up. Cloth diapering is still going well with you as well. Your skin definitely knows the difference. You also had your first Thanksgiving but since you’re so young, you enjoyed breast milk instead of food. Next year you can enjoy some of the super yummy food with us.

You’re growing a lot more hair now and it’s beginning to stick up a lot. You also look more and more like your daddy every day, including his curse of big ears which I find adorable but he gets playfully teased about. We co-sleep with you and have no plans to transition you to a crib in the near future although we do need a bigger bed to fit you, me, daddy, and Colby. You love nursing to sleep but it’s a bit hard for mommy to do that due to big boobs so I get uncomfortable quickly but will stay that way if you go to sleep and stay that way. Mommy and daddy like sleep too.

Next month for Christmas we’re getting you a jumperoo to match your swing. It will be interesting to see you jump up and down and get to move a bit. I know you get bored. We look forward to seeing you grow and do new things each and every day.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

We had the funeral for my grandmother this morning. I handled it a lot better than I expected. I think it’s because we expected it and knew that she was suffering beforehand. I hate open caskets though because the person never looks like themselves. Ugh. May she rest in peace.

Otherwise things have been good. Randy started his vacation Friday night and we have been spending a lot of time together. It’s awesome to see him and he’s been spending some time taking care of Gracie as well. He’s more apt to spending time with her now that she is more responsive. She coos, looks around, smiles, and interacts a bit with people. We’re at my mom’s house at the moment. Randy wanted to come over Sunday and we’ve decided to spend a few days here. We’re going home on Thanksgiving after we visit with his family for a few hours. Miss Gracie is going to get her vaccinations today I do believe. It’s her 2 month appointment. I’m curious to know how much she weighs and how tall she is. Randy is actually going with me today because I don’t want to take her to get shots alone in case she needs comforting on the way home. I have to drive so I can’t.

Otherwise, everything is going well. He goes back to work Friday night and then we’re back to the daily grind.

I was going to blog but we’re headed out to the door to Randy’s parent’s house for the day so I’ll leave you with 2 pictures.

It is impossible for me to blog everyday. I just don’t have enough to say to make it worthwhile. I’m full of fail from day 2 but that’s OK.

It’s very quiet in my house right now. Gracie is sleeping, Colby is too, and Randy is at work. His hours are now from 10pm until 10:30am as opposed to 6:30pm until 6:30am. I’m not sure how I feel about it quite yet. On the positive note at least when I pick him up it’s light out. Breast feeding is still going although not exclusively and I can deal with that. I’m not stressing, she’s much happier, and her digestive system is back in check where it should be. I’m still waiting on my moby to get here so I can finally try it out annnnnd I’ve been buying a new diaper or 2 every week so my cloth stash is building up quite quickly. I think this excites me more than it should.

Wow. I have a boring life lately. I don’t expect it to get more exciting anytime soon. My current anticipation is Call of Duty World at War 2 and Randy having veteran’s day off.

Financially things seem to keep hitting me. First I get a letter saying a student loan I owe for NYS went to court and is a summons from August I never received until mid September and then the site is 6 1/2 hours away in the capital so there is a default judgment against me. I’m going to assume they’ll end up taking this from our taxes as well.

Then I get a letter from the IRS saying my 2007 return was off because my income was higher than I reported. Apparently when I totalled my car and the bank forgave the loan due to gap coverage, that should’ve been counted as income but I was never made aware of this. I never received paperwork from the bank, IRS, or any one stating how much of the debt was forgiven so I couldn’t report it. As a result, I owe them $455. Randy and I are going to let them take it out of our 2009 return since we are getting a refund this year anyways but URGH. It’s annoying.

Then today my mom says I received a certified letter from my old insurance company stating that in my accident in June of 2007, the injuries possibly exceeded the bodily injury limits of my policy (Which were $25,000/person and $50,000/total). I hit a car from the rear end when I came over a hill and didn’t brake fast enough. Both vehicles were totalled and I was ruled at fault obviously and insurance paid the costs of the vehicles and I’m wondering WHY I was just made aware of this 2 1/2 years later? In the letter it states I have the possibility of hiring an attorney as well. I called the insurance agent and she hasn’t returned my call yet. UGH. I’m frustrated. I find it hard to believe the injuries exceeded $50,000 and considering i have no assets it’s not going to be feasible to try to get anything from me either. I’m really not in the mood to deal with all of this crap.

I keep wondering what is next? I hope that the 3 rule applies here. I need a break from these sudden financial hits.