resolutions

after santa came
her first glimpse of the horsey ben and i got her
the cowgirl
opening her very first dump truck
modeling her new duds
playing with her truck
the awesome choo choo uncle kirby got her
opening presents with dad
kirby gave this to my grandma for mother's day back in 1983.
cool pots and pans from aunt resa
reading break
fun present from grandma barb
mmmm hot chillies from grandma barb
for kirby too
playing with her new tea set with granny


this has been a hard week. marley has been very very sick. the first time in almost two years that she has been sick enough that we had to take her to the doctor and even thought about taking her to the er. but she is over the worst of it, just a snotty nose and cough are left. we went to the doctor on thursday and ended up having to give her albuterol thru a nebulizer. if you have asthma you know what i am talking about. a nebulizer is a machine that uses the medicine albuterol and it somehow vaporizes this liquid that you inhale and in turn your airways open up. this is putting it simply. she had to have breathing treatments because her blood oxygen level was down. so that was very scary. and she had a pretty high fever for a couple of days. tylenol worked, but as soon as it wore off the fever was right back. so several sleepless nights and long days later, she is well on her way to being back to normal. it made me think about how easy it is to take tings for granted, especially things like our health. it's not something you really think about, at least not me, until it's not there. so my new year's resolution is two part, stemming from this past week. one is to try my hardest to remember to be thankful and appreciative of all the wonderful things in my life, to having a healthy daughter or a car that works. or a husband that loves me and his family. so i am going to stop being such a grumpy ungrateful person. laugh more, frown less. part two has to do with my own health, and that is something i am going to take more seriously. i've had health problems in the past, but nothing ever severe. and i would like to keep it that way. so i am going to eat better, ie less junk food, and excercise more, even if it's hot/cold outside. i don't usually do resolutions b/c i hate new year's as a holiday and b/c i think if there are things about you that need to be changed, don't wait for a holiday. kind of like valentine's day. if you love someone tell them everyday. not just on one special day. anyway. i just happened to think about this this past week b/c of marley being sick. more picutres of christmas are above. ben and i got new phone numbers (texas ones) and i'm not sure who all i've given them to, so if you would like our numbers send me an e-mail and i'll get it to ya.