giving it a go - again

i love reading others' blogs, and it motivates me to update mine, but i don't feel i do a great job - possibly because i don't do it! so starting today, i am feeling rejuvenated to get this blog up and running.

a week and a few hours ago, today, i was having emergency surgery for internal bleeding due to an ectopic pregnancy. i knew i was pregnant, only 6 weeks, and also knew i wasn't feeling well. my biggest lesson learned in this - LISTEN TO YOUR BODY! i almost didn't call my doctor and fortunately i did. i went to the doctor alone because i really thought they were going to tell my i was constipated or had hemorrhoids - was i wrong! while i was listening to the doctor tell me what she was going to do (really, it was more like charlie brown's teacher talking) all i could think of was my sweet little olivia (and of course todd and the rest of my family). i honestly have never been so terrified and scared in my entire life. it is amazing how when you have a child he/she/they really do come first. i don't know when it happens or how, but it happens.

what happened last week really made me realize how content i am with my life, in all aspects. clearly i need more sleep, but what mom doesn't, right? with olivia's second birthday around the corner, i want to document where she is at right now.

olivia at 23 months and 2 weeks:

running (not walking, but running)

laughing like crazy

almost talking in sentences

likes to nap on her floor during the day and sleep in her bed at night (thanks mel)

isn't wanting to sit in her booster anymore at the table

doesn't get in her car seat as easily as she used to

loves to torment homer

loves giving hugs and kisses

isn't a fan of getting her hair washed in the tub

reading (even if the book is backward and upside down)

is addicted to minnie mouse