New Year, New Posts

So, I made a resolution to post on this blog at least twice a month this year.

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah, that hasn’t worked out quite as well as I had hoped.  But hey, better late than never, right?  (HA)

Not much has been going on with our little family of late.  But here’s something of an update.

Mike

Still going to school, still working at the glass shop.  He likes the glass shop more, though he’s enjoying his classes this semester (Rocket Science 101 and another one I can’t remember).  The other day, he applied for one of his dream jobs:  air traffic controller.  Keep your fingers crossed that he gets the chance to take the test!  Aside from looking for real world jobs, he’s been looking into financial stuff, such as investing, as he’s discovered some interesting things.  He’s also a good Daddy:  he reads to Catherine, plays with her, and is the best at drying her off after bathtime.

Sam

I stay at home all day, taking care of Catherine.  When she goes to sleep, I try to write, though I usually get distracted… ^^;  I’ve made resolutions to get a book out to agents/publishers by the end of the year, to lose weight (I gained back all my pregnancy weight… yeah, not good), to gain a bigger internet presence (to help with getting published, but yeah, not doing so well on that either), and to have our family cosplay for Banzai in October finished well before October.  I’m not doing very well, but I’m at least keeping my Twitter up and going (I post writing prompts there @pharaohsqueen89 every Monday).  I’ve been reading a lot too, though spending more time with Catherine.  Being a mom is REALLY hard (emotionally draining), but I do enjoy it most of the time.

Catherine

She’s 8 months old now!  She can sit up all by herself, and she loves to do that and play with toys.  Her favorites include balls, keys, stuffed animals (mostly Buzz Lightyear), and anything she can put into her mouth.  Her favorite flavors are peas, squash, fingers, technology, books, and everything but baby food fruit.  She doesn’t crawl, but she rolls everywhere.  She’s very adept at angling herself towards what she wants (usually something she shouldn’t have, like cords) and then she just rolls, rolls, rolls over, grabs it, and puts it in her mouth.  She babbles, can blow raspberries, and has the biggest smile ever—which perfectly shows off her two bottom teeth.  She loves the mornings, and is a people-person; she’ll smile at anybody after being around them for a couple of minutes (which is fantastic—I hope it means she won’t have bad, if any, stranger anxiety).  Wherever we go, random strangers will approach us and tell me how beautiful she is—which then makes me puff up like a proud mama bird.  :)  She also loves baths, and when Daddy reads her a bedtime story.

Jarvis’

We love watching movies together as a family.  So far, we’ve watched all of Avatar:  the Last Airbender, Star Wars (the Original Trilogy), MIB, most of the classical Disney films, and now we’re starting the Star Trek movies—Mike’s trying to turn me into a Trekkie, and it’s working…  We like to travel down to visit mine and Mike’s families, who live 20 minutes away from each other, and two hours away from us.  When the weather’s warm, and every Sunday, we go on walks; and it’s awesome when we get one of our rare visits from friends or family.  We’re waiting to see where we’ll end up once Mike gets a job, and we’re looking forward to the future!

And I WILL get more posts up. I WILL.