Wow. Again, it's been a long time. This is turning out to be like my journal....I don't think I will lose this blog tho...

Um, for those who read this, these last few months have been filled with lots of love and laughter!!! :) That's what everyone wants to hear, right? Right now, the boys are both sick with ear infections and coughs. Medicine and lots of liquid will hopefully cure them.

There has been some word going around the ward too about a home coming up for rent in the neighborhood, so hopefully we can move there. It'll make Mike happy to have all of his toys back and have his bed. I can't say that it will be like going back to an old routine, because it seems like we've lived with Joel and Dawn for longer than we've lived without them. I think I might just convince Kelly to take out a loan to build on and re-do the basement so we can just continue to live here, but with more space.

At least this other house won't be too far away...

Yep, maybe I'll remember to get on sooner rather than later for another update of TheMawFamily...

Long Time...

A few things have happened since my last post. Wendell started walking mid October and can now run a little. He also goes up and down the stairs. Two teeth have appeared in his mouth, the two little ones on the bottom. Its cute, but not so much when he tries to bite your fingers or chin, as he used to before he had them.

Mike will be 3 years old on the 8th, which is in six more days! I can't believe it! I've been planning for his birthday for a few months now, but haven't really planned anything...I'll get to it.

Mike is sick right now, and has the cutest raspy voice ever! Its sad tho, cuz he isn't very loud, but boy does he know how to play the sick card! He is a little too clever sometimes! I love him very much! I can't wait for his birthday and Christmas!

Oh! And Wen will be a year old on the 1st of January! Its so crazy how much time has gone by without me noticing! He's still a little guy, so its hard to believe he's really 11 months old, but he is.

Well, hopefully I'll remember to get on again sooner than this last time....

Wow, it's been a while. Well, October 5th, Wen started waving "bye, bye" and he now stands up to a push along toy and will walk with it for however long it will go. When he gets to the end of the hall or room, he will yell for someone to come and turn him around so he can keep walking!

Wendell stood up yesterday all by himself! I stood him up to a ride-on fire truck outside on the grass next to great-grandma and he just stood there. Didn't reach to grab the truck or me or anything. For at least 10 seconds, he was standing! My little baby is growing up and getting stronger! Its showing now too!!!

Oh, how I love him! Soon, he'll start walking too...

These are just some random pictures from my camera. I was finally able to upload the pics from it! Some of the pics go back over a year! In fact, almost two years ago... Mike's first Christmas.

I can't believe my first little baby is so grown up! He talks and has his very own opinion about things, and can be very demanding about what he wears too.

Little Wendell, he will be 1 years old in less than 4 months! I can't believe it! It feels as if I was just barely pregnant!

Its been great fun watching the two of them grow and learn! They love to play together too. Mike is always very protective of his little baby, and makes sure I know when he needs me. Mike also knows how to get me to put Wen down, so that he can get some one-on-one time with mommy.

My boys are the smartest and the brightest stars in the sky! I love you, with ALL of my heart!

We moved out of Morgan, and now are staying with Kelly's parents...again. They are so patient and great, we are so lucky to have them and be able to stay with them.

Mike yesterday, after his nap, cried because he wanted to go home. He said he wanted to get into the car and go home. It was so sad! We are not going back to that home, not ever. Someone else has bought it, and now lives there. How sad. We were planning on being in Morgan for a few years, and now we have to scramble to find another place to live so that we aren't taking up so much space at Dawn and Joel's household.

I am also looking for a job to help with paying off our debt. That will be so great! Then we can go on a real family vacation! Well, I want to go on one. Next year Mike will be old enough to really enjoy Disneyland, and Wen will be old enough to at least go on some rides. Let's hope it happens.

Irritability, bi-polar, and depression. I've talked to my Aunt Kathy, my dad's sister, and she's been researching our family history for medical issues, and has found that these three things have been diagnosed in most of the females going as far as my 4th cousins.

This is a good thing to know, because I live with depression. I haven't really thought much about anyone in my family tree having these problems, because I only really consider my mother's side, but it turns out, that my father's side are the ones I have things in common with. I no longer feel alone. I feel as if I have some kind of connection in life to others. These people understand what I am feeling on a day to day basis. I have family. I am not the odd one out. The one who doesn't belong.

Sorry if this isn't what a blog is for, but I just had to share it with something. Type it out, to get it out.

Anyway.........