Where, oh where, does the time go? It's a new year, and a new month! In fact, it's the second month of this new year and I haven't even blogged once in this new year. So many things are going on around here and I'm sad that I haven't even sat down to write about them. I haven't even been good at keeping up with my calendar this year! Christmas and New Years have come and gone. We had a good Christmas, it was more relaxing this year. I'm not really sure why that is except that I didn't stress over the little things. We didn't go to a tree farm and do our traditional tree search/cutting down. Nathan wanted colored lights, so we just used our artificial tree with colored lights. I didn't bake as much as I normally do, I didn't make edible gifts for certain family members like I normally do, so that helped make things not as hectic.Nathan had his first speaking part as the innkeeper in his preschools Christmas program. He did great! My heart swelled up with pride as he remembered every word of his part, and my eyes swelled up with tears as I so proudly watched him.
Nathan started a gymnastics class, which he loves. We are going to do it until T-ball starts in March. He had to tryout for t-ball this year, and he did a good job. We still don't know what team we're on, but hopefully soon! But the big tear inducing event that we just completed was signing him up for Kindergarten!!!! Oh how I cannot believe he will be starting kindergarten in the fall!
I am trying to prepare myself, but I don't think that's possible. I thoroughly enjoy being a stay at home mom and getting to witness so many firsts, and watch him grow and become this sweet 5 year old. I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Our dog Hobbes who will turn 13 this year hasn't been doing good. He has really bad arthritis in his hips/legs, which is causing him to fall a lot and not be able to get around good. He lost his hearing about a year ago, and now his cancer (lymphoma) has returned. He isn't in great health so we decided not to do chemo this time. It breaks our heart to see him not feeling well. He is such a huge part of our family. We are just enjoying the time we have left with him and making him comfortable. I really can't believe he will be 13 this year. I remember when he was just a little puppy and I took off work to take care of him for a couple of days to get him adjusted to his new family. It seems like just yesterday.
Precious time...oh how it goes by so fast.
