I love Alan.

I had a great conversation with Alan tonight. It wasn't as long as I would've liked it to be, but talking is better than nothing at all. We are working through all the drama and curve balls we've been thrown the past week. If anything I really believe it's making us stronger. I am feeling much better about our relationship and everything as a whole. I know for sure that we are going to be alright and we really can overcome any obstacle thrown our way.


I'm sure there will be many more disagreements, frustrations, issues, and drama in the future. That's life and marriage. If there wasn't work involved, then something wouldn't be right. I am happy that we work things out and even happier that we learn and grow from our experiences.


Brittney is growing rapidly still, not that I was expecting her growth to hault. She is definitely pushing 18 pounds already, if not over. She is such a cute chub-a-lub! Yesterday when my mom was giving her a bath, she rolled over during bath...completely! Her face was under water and everything. It was pretty scary! She was screaming, my mom was half paniced, and I was like, omg...! She was alright, but she turned pretty red/purple from screaming so loud.


She is learning who is who. She is starting to notice who is a stranger and who is familar. It was almost over night that she went from letting anyone hold her, to crying if someone new held her. It's kinda neat to know that she finally recognizes who you are. You really are MOM or GRANDMA. She is talking so much more now too and even giggles out loud! Giggling out loud still isn't provoked by tickling, but more by funny faces or being tossed up in the air. I can only toss her up in the air so many times--5 or 6--then my arms feel like jelly, lol. She is FINALLY takinga bottle, although it's more of a sippy cup kind. We took the nipple of the NUK 6+ months trainer cups and she loves those nipples! She drinks the formula right down. It's funny, she's pretty picky about the formula. It has to be fresh, otherwise she won't drink it. It's actually really cute, although we're going to have to start watching how much we're wasting because that stuff is NOT cheap!


Her two bottom teeth are coming in even more! It's really exciting. Although not so much if you stick your finger in her mouth...she has no hard feelings about chomping down on it, and hard! She is fascinated with her hand/wrist/fingers. She will hold up her hand in front of her face and twist her hand back and forth almost like a wave. She just stares in awe; it's like the coolest thing she's ever seen. Then she'll move one finger at a time and kind of smile like, "Yup, I did that!" It's the cutest thing! She is rolling over even more now and can almost prop herself up on her hands! She is going to be crawling sooner than we realize I think. I don't know if I'm ready for that stage...yikes! Then we're really going to have to keep the house picked up since EVERYTHING goes in her mouth. Apparently I didn't put things in my mouth...Brittney does.


Spike is doing well. There are many days when my mom wants to kill him because he kinda is still having intentional accidents in the house. He hates the cold weather, wind, or rain...we'll take him out to go potty, walk around for a good three minutes and he won't do anything. The second we walk in the door and turn our heads, he's pooped in the house. Ahhh, it's sooo frustrating. Basically the dog is just stubborn. You would think he'd learn how to just poop and pee really fast and sprint back inside instead of wandering around the cold for minutes. Haha, stubborn dog!


Anyhow, I have to get my theory homework done before it gets too much later. Apparently there's supposed to be a big meteor shower tonight from 1-3 AM because we'll be catching the tail of Haley's Comet!! Ahh, I think that's awesome, I'm hoping to catch a glimpse. Love you all much and miss you very much baby cakes. You're the best, and I love you!!! xoxo