Some updated pics. The Hells Kitchen one is where we ate at 2 times in MN. It was AMAZING!

I stayed home with V today and took her to the doctor. she had the croup 2 weeks ago with a high fever, after steroids she seemed to be doing better...until 2 days ago when she spiked a high fever again and has been coughing lots. I took her in today and the poor thing has pneumonia!!!! i will stay home with her again tomorrow and then see how she is after that, if she's strong enough/back to normal- she'll go back to the sitters. If she's not 100% better in 10 days they want her back and may have to do breathing treatments after that. Hopefully though, she'll be all better- the doctor thought we caught it pretty early so he said this extra strenth meds should help her alot. Even now, sitting on the couch with the TV on low and the soundspa on in her new room, I can hear her in there wheezing. Poor thing. Tomorrow I will post pics of her new room....we got carpet laid in the bedrooms last friday and let me tell you what a difference it makes. I hated the bedrooms, they seemed more like storage rooms, cold, hard...now they are so cute! V is soo proud of her room and her new bed that "mommy put together all by herself!"

She is just so cute. Her new thing is that everyone is "my best friend EVER and I love them soo much." One minute its me, one minute its alfie, one minute its gma and papa..... but they are her BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD. She is just so kind and loving and always asking "you doin okay mama? you need me to help you? " and saying thanks and please and how much she loves someone and is just soo thankful for everything, whether its me helping her put her socks on or getting her a snack or building legos with her she is just genuinely thankful. Dont get me wrong, she's spunky and understands how to push buttons, but she really just amazes me everyday. When I tell her "no" she says "okay mama, maybe next time we can" . i just love that. I love that she doesnt throw a fit in the store when I tell her she cant have something she just says "oh okay, maybe next time." and she's right, because generally when she's patient she ends up getting to do what she wants. I just think its pretty big of a 2 year old to understand that.

Women of faith is in 2 weeks and I cannot wait for that conference. I have some check ups (routine) in IC on the 15th and then the Casting Crowns concert and then a shopping trip to IC with some girlfriends from work and I am soo ready for spring. all these plans make it feel like its just around the corner. the weather was about 35 today and it was soo refreshing. it didnt hurt to walk outside and some of the snow is melting finally, though we still have ice cycles hanging off the front of our house that are at least 9 inches across and 5 ft long, some of them go from the roof to the ground. We have been physcially unable to get our front door open for about 3 months. the snow drifts there really bad and is now a solid block of ice about 6 inches high. which makes getting the mail very challenging, ive about lost a finger several times trying to wedge my finger in the 1/2 inch slot to get the mailbox open (which hangs on the side of the house) and get the mail out. Oh spring- please hurry!!!