Josey Turning Two!

I absolutely have no clue where the last two years have gone. April 19, 2008 still seems so recent in my mind. Hands down, the best day of my life. Josey has brought so much joy into our lives. We are constantly amazed at how fast he is learning and growing up. He now goes into his room on his own accord to go to bed, of course not until after giving the sweetest kisses in the world to Mommy and Daddy. Just a few weeks ago he said "Wuv oooh" for the first time. Talk about melting hearts! He can count to 10 and is talking in three or four word phrases. It is so nice to actually know what he wants, well most of the time. Of course he does have his days of temper tantrums but overall is a very laid back, pleasant little man. He cracks us up at how organized he is, everything has to be just right. He loves to clean, take out the trash, and put dishes in the sink. Such a helper! He pretty much knows all the family members names now and it is so cute to hear him say them. He is stuck to PawPaw all day and has to do anything he is doing. Loves to play outside and "fix" things with PawPaw. He definitely loves his Nana too. We are so blessed that he gets to stay with them during the day. We recently added on to our deck and he was very involved. He pretty much sat by his Daddy or Grandpa, and helped hammer, and anything else they would let him do. He loves to play outside. Unfortunately, he is struggling with allergies lately but hopefully the Zyrtec and inhalers will help.
We are so blessed to have this little boy in our lives. I don't take that for granted for one minute. I have been really struggling lately wanting a brother or sister for him. I know it will happen in God's timing but it's hard not to be upset when "our plans" aren't quite working out. I just want him to have someone close in age to grow up with. We always planned on having children close together. We have been trying since right before Josey turned one, so it's been a long process. Some days I just want to stop all the medicine and try to forget it, but something just makes us want to keep going. I guess only someone who has been through months of not feeling well and constant mood swings on fertility medicine would understand what this roller coaster is like. Not sure what the future will hold as far as treatment. With Josey we were fortunate and only had to endure one month of actual treatment, after over a year of trying on our own. Just gonna try and stay positive and focus on the amazing little boy in our lives. Thank God for our sweet little Josey Alexander!!

What a week...

I am so ready for everyone in our family to get to feeling better! I think at least one of us has been sick everyday for about a month. Josey is feeling better after running a 103 fever with a throat infection. He has basically just moped around and cuddled all week. I am happy to see him playing again! Mike went to the doctor and has a sinus infection and bronchitis, which I had just three weeks ago. Hoping he feels better soon since he has had no voice for about three days. Mom has been sick this week and had gout in her foot which caused a lot of pain. Thanks to my awesome Dad for helping her watch Josey this week. He sure loves his PawPaw!!
I celebrated my 27th birthday on Wednesday. It was a great day. My family came over for dinner. Mike bought us a new flat-screen tv for the bedroom. We have been watching a tiny tv in there for four years. Laura got me some super cute Yellow Box flip-flops, love them! Erin got me the new Nicholas Sparks book, The Last Song. Haven't had time to start it yet, but hopefully this weekend. I always love it when my family can be together. Lots to do this month! Looking forward to Easter on Sunday and Josey's birthday in just three weeks!!