Christmas/NewYears/Catching up

So its been awhile since I have made an entry but let me tell you we have been busy with excitement! First came Christmas which went wonderfully. It was old family and my new family, everyone in the christmas spirit, merek and a power wheels, kim and philip in from Iowa, and all together good fun! Then came New Years, the plan was to go for dinner and then bring in the new year with the best of friends. But Ryan had other things in mind! Maybe 20 minutes into our nice romantic dinner Ryan asked me the most important question of them all..."Will you marry me?" At first I thought he was joking haha until he pulled a ring out of his pocket! I did some crying and then some laughing and then a little more crying...It was perfect! Then we headed out to lake Tyler to enjoy good friends and share the news! I couldnt have made the night any better if I had tried! I showed merek later and she was very amused with the sparkling factor that came along with it. Needless to say we have had an amazing holiday season and we will continue to be very busy with WEDDING plans! Were looking at April so mark it on your calenders!

P.S. Thanks to everyone who was helping to keep the secret! It was so worth it!

Oh the Cleverness of Me

Merek found her shadow yesterday. It was precious...she kept backing up and then running toward the wall making it bigger and smaller and trying to catch it. She never ceases to make me smile. Also, the other night Ryan put her to bed for the first time and he must have the special touch because she was asleep in 6 minutes...even i was impressed. He certainly broke my record. So tomorrow is christmas and everyone is in town and I cant wait for Merek to open all of her presents. So I guess we just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Years.

The Terrible Two's

Merek has thrown a few little temper tantrums over the past 4-6 months but last night we saw what she is truly capable of. I can basically sum it up in one word: TERROR. It was awful...she screamed and kicked and tried to bite and hit and twisted and squirmed and growled. It was awful. What was that? Your wondering what prompted such an awful, horendous and outrageous tantrum. Well I will tell you, it all started because after she got out of the tub I (being the horrible, mean mother that I am) tried to put her diaper on. Oh yes, I asked for it...what was i thinking? But it didnt stop there...oh no...it got much worse. You know that phrase "things cant get worse they can only get better." Whoever said that obviously did not have a toddler. So, finally, with ryan helping to hold her down we managed to get a diaper on her as well as her pajamas. Then she calmed down and played for a few minutes while I got her room ready to put her to bed. So we made the goodnight rounds to everyone and sweetly blew kisses and then she and I made eye contact...in that moment she realized: "They are going to make me go to bed". And the tantrum started again. After 15 minutes of screaming she finally wore herself out and fell asleep in my arms. WOW what a night. Then today my mother very encouragingly said "Dont worry it will get worse." I almost broke down a cried. Needless to say, we have officially entered .... The Terrible Two's.

Where's ryan?

So the other day ryan was out of town for the evening so merek and i were on our own for bath time and playing. We were sitting on the floor playing with blocks, which pretty much consists of me building a masterpiece and her knocking it down. When all of the sudden she looked up and kindof scanned the room...then she got up and started roaming the house. I assumed she was looking for my mom (Gran) because she LOVES her Gran. But when she found my mom it was obvious that wasnt who she was looking for. So i knelt down and asked her..."what are you looking for?" she gave me a silly grin and then started running up and down the halls saying DA DA DA DA DA. When it finally hit me that she was looking for Ryan. So i picked her up and went and found a picture of Ryan and said "Is this who your looking for?" and she pointed to the picture and squealed with joy. It makes me so happy to know that not only does he adore her but she truly loves and cares for him too. Anyhow i thought it was really cute that she realized he wasnt there and went looking for him. She didnt see him last night either because she was asleep before he got there so they havent seen each other in almost three days...im looking forward to seeing how excited she gets when she does get to see him.

Yogurt and wisdom teeth

So this morning I had all four wisdom teeth removed. It was AWFUL...I am in so much pain. But that aside...my mother, while being a huge help with merek today, still could not keep merek distracted from me for very long. She was so interested in my face (the swelling) and the ice packs. After a few hours i was able to sit up and i was eating some raspberry yogurt (my favorite and one of mereks favorites as well). So while eating my yogurt very slowly and carefully, Merek became aware of what it was that I had, and began demanding me to share. On any other occasion I would have gladly shared with her but being that I had just had mouth surgery I didnt think that was very sanitary or healthy. So my mom went and got her a cup of her own. Oh No...that was Not what she wanted. She wanted mommy's yogurt or no yogurt at all. So in the end i had to eat two cups of yogurt, mine and the the cup she wouldnt eat that my mother had already opened, and she cried and cried for 30 minutes. I think this whole ordeal just has her very confused and every 5 or 10 minutes she came over and patted my leg as if to say " I have no idea whats wrong with you but it will be ok." It was very sweet.

RSV/Bronchitis

so ryan and i had to take merek to the emergency room thanksgiving day because she had a fever of 101.9 and was shaking all over and wheezing so we got to the ER and they did chest Xrays (have you ever tried to hold a toddler down for Xrays??? Its not easy!) and said she has bronchitis and we shoudl make an appointment with her regular doctor the next day. So this morning I took her to see Dr. Wick her pediatritian and not only does she have bronchitis but she also has RSV. So we started breathing treatments this afternoon and hopefully in the next few days we will see some improvement. I just feel so bad for her... I hate to see her sick. So say a little prayer for her if your thinking about it. Also i hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving!

teeth marks

so this morning merek and i were getting ready to go to the mall with my grandmother to do some christmas shopping and i pulled out my computer to check my email and facebook and like usual merek made a bee line to me and the computer. Well im trying to teach her that she can look but she cant just bang on the keys, well of course she was banging on the keys so i picked her up and set her down away from the computer. We went through this at least 6 times until both of us were very frustrated. well i hadn't been able to get anything acheived anyhow so i started to just put away the computer well merek was not happy about that at all. She very deliberatly grabbed my arm and bit me so hard i bled. I spanked her(even though i didnt want to) but i could not belelive she did that. i guess the terrible two's have started early.