Wow - 2 years since we last blogged on this website. Sorry guys! Life is busier than ever with an active toddler running around the house. Harrison turned two in May. He is one active little guy. He has a great vocabulary for his age. He truly talks non-stop. I don't even know how many words he can say but I do know it is quite many! We moved from our house in Chattanooga in January 2006. We live in my parent's basement apartment again. It's a little cramped but we are making it work. It is a blessing to have it. We are able to focus on paying off our debt and once that is gone, we will save a huge down payment for a house. We plan on building our house and it will be the final house we have. We want to build on my parents property because we really enjoy this area now. We have grown to love gardening and all of the things country living allows.
We both missed work today. Harrison was up ALL night long. We woke up about every 1.5-2 hours screaming, crying and thrashing around. This started at 11 when he joined us in bed. We believe he has a stomach virus because of the output in his diaper. Anyway, he is doing better today. He didn't take a nap and won't eat much but he is playing and getting into stuff as usual. I stayed home to take care of him and because I probably had about 2 good hours of sleep last night. Chris mainly stayed at home to catch up on rest. We are house sitting for Chris's parents for the next two nights. Well actually he is house sitting alone tonight and Harrison and I will join him tomorrow. His truck "Mater" is going back in the shop tonight. We took it last week to have a oil leak repaired - nearly $500 and now we are having a radiator leak repaired - which will be around $150. We spend $500 on my car last month for new tires and servicing. I'm tired of car repairs. He will need to replace his cracked windshield and do a small tune up and change his brakes but that can wait until next month. I think Mater will run good after that. I sure hope so! We won't ever make any traction with our debt if we keep having to fix his truck. We only paid $3,000 for it so I guess this is to be expected. It's less than a car payment.
I've spent the past 3 days catching up on scrapbooking Harrison's first year. I'm on week 7 of his life...I guess you can say I'm really behind. It's moving fast considering the amount of pictures we have of him. I'm hoping to have his first year completed by the end of July then I will start his 2nd year. Well, Harrison is ready for me to hang out with him so ta-ta for now. ~Alicia
