I am still here

It has been a while since my last blog, and I just wanted to let you know that I am still here. Things have been really crazy, and I have been pretty down lately (or maybe just completely and utterly exhausted). So here is what I have been up to:
**Taking care of Reid- who is still fighting an ear infection, and now has a cough, not to mention two big teeth coming in on top! The poor guy is so miserable and there is nothing I can do to make him feel better except snuggle him in a chair at night, all night long.
**Living off of 4 hours sleep for the past few weeks- months?
**Trying to get on my WII Fit when I have time...not happening as much as I want
**Fighting the urge to eat sweets and drink soda. I have been so good about not drinking pop while nursing and I don't want to ruin it.
**Trying to get to church at least twice a month...hey- it's a start! The only problem is, is that mass is at 8:30 am on Sunday- pretty early
**Trying to get my house organized, and if you know me at all, you know how hard it is! AKA- this was the box that the outfit Reid was baptised in came in- I can't just throw it away can I?!?!?!? :)
**Enjoying every minute with Reid, he is growing so fast, I can't believe he is almost a year old!
And last, but definitely not least,
****Weaning Reid off of nursing. It was such a struggle at first, but I have truly enjoyed the bond we share because of it! I think I am really scared that all of these firsts will be my "lasts" because of the difficult time we had getting pregnant.
Hopefully I will be posting some pictures soon of my organized house!

Rain, flooding, and landslides...oh my

We got over 7 inches of rain in one day. I know I live on the coast, but I am pretty sure that is uncommon. There were multiple warnings about flooding from the snow melting and the rain we were getting. Rain saturated mountainsides are pretty dangerous, and small creeks become rivers. At 6:30am this morning the secretary from my school called and said "Uh Maegan, I don't think you'll be able to make it to work today. all the roads getting here are closed due to flooding and landslides." No biggy, I got to spend a day with Reid (who is really sick). What is kind of frightening is that even if I wanted to, there was no way out of Raymond, we were "stranded". I really do not like that feeling. The road I drive to work is still closed, there were three landslides. We'll see tomorrow morning if the roads are clear. If not, there might be a very long detour I can take, which would take over an hour to get to work.

Here are some pictures Rudd took while he was at work today.
Down town South Bend (no creeks or rivers nearby)

This is a bridge over a small creek, not so small now!

This truck got stuck in the creek from the previous picture.

Guess who's walking!!!

Rudd, Reid and I spent New Years Eve together at home. We watched movies, had Chinese food and played. While we were playing, Reid took his first steps. They were wobbly, but he definately was walking. Now, two days later, he is carrying things while he walks, and takes 5 or more steps at a time. I can't believe how fast it happened. Just over Christmas break he was standing up on his own, and pushing things either standing up or on his knees. Check out the cute video.

Christmas 2008

We surprised our parents and went to Umatilla for Christmas. We wanted Reid to spend his first Christmas with all of his family. We spent Christmas Eve with Rudd's family, then spent Christmas Day with mine. We went to Andrew's house and watched his kids open up their presents, it was a lot of fun. Andrew and the kids got Reid a Lion that roars and he can stand up and push it or ride on it. He LOVES it.

Reid got a huge dump truck from Grandma and Grandpa Skoubo that he can push and ride too, along with a monkey back pack and clothes (which he needed because he grows so fast).


Reid got a cute NY Yankee's field jacket (like the ones the players wear), a set of 2008 baseball cards, and a phone from Grammie and Papa Winters.

Here are some pictures from our Christmas Visit.

Reid with his cousin Eric

Reid with his cousins Chelsea, Alyssa, and Drew. They have lots of fun together!