Waaaay too long

It has been waaaay too long since I have posted here. My mind is bursting with things which I want to put down, but lately it feels like such a chore and I have not been able to bring myself to do it. I have been reading a lot lately, but not writing. It is strange, they seem to trade off in my life, first I am into one and then drop the one and am in to the other. This surprises me, though, because I would assume they would go hand-in-hand. But here is the quick version of what has been going on my blessed life.

My best friend Marc from Texas came and visited from the 8th to the 12th and we had a pretty good time of visiting. I was actually pretty angry during most of it because of a terrible sinus infection that I got the day before he arrived. It is now almost two weeks since it started and is just now going away. I finished an antibiotic tody and hopefully it will be all gone by tomorrow. Marc has just graduated from Texas A&M and is going to be working for his father's company. He is a civil engineer. I have always wanted to have "people" to call when I have questions about anything, so now I have my "civil engineering guy" I can check with any time I have a question on the topic. Someday hopefully I will have a "guy" for everything. I love the concept of telling people, "Well, let me check with my [whatever] guy and get back to you." Ok, well I guess I would most like to have all knowledge and be able to answer authoritatively any question ever asked to me on the spot... but since that probably will never be so I will settle with having "guys" to talk to :-).

On the home front, Riley Joy is doing wonderfully and puckered her lips for the first time (for me at least) and kissed me a couple days ago. She has done the open mouth baby kiss until now... having a child is so incredible :-).

Hannah is doing well. She is very sleepy, but still functioning incredibly well. She is the most perfect mother I could have ever imagined for my children and she continues daily to blow me away. It is such a joy to have her for a wife and mother of my children :-).

I have been reading "Nighttime Parrenting" by Dr. William Sears and have really been loving it. He talks about how parenting does not stop once night comes. We have been striving to be 24/7 parents to our lovely daughter and it is defintitely paying off. There is nothing like having her relax completely in my arms knowing that she is safe and secure there. She trusts us 100% to meet her needs and we feed off that trust... once again I say, having a child is so incredible.

So, today is the big day. This morning change, hope, peace, joy, wealth and happiness are going to instantly flood our nation as Barack Obama is elected President! Ok, yes, that is sarcasm. But though I am scared of what he is going to do as President, I vow to support him to the fullest extent that I can. Regardless of what I think of him, he is going to be my President and I will give him the respect he deserves and respectfully disagree if he acts against what I believe is best for our country.

One one last note, for the first time in over ten years, I am going to have cable television. Well, satellite, but still the same thing. I got a small package without many of the common cable channels, but still with Fox News. That was the only station I was interested in (I despise television and do all I can to avoid it). I am getting a dvr with it so I will be able to record and watch Glenn Beck's new show. Yup, I am excited. It also has lots of family and childrens stations which I am sure Hannah will use (sparingly, of course) for Riley Joy. It will also be nice to finally be able to get the regular broadcast stations. We have made due with the local new station and PBS alone (all we could get though our bunny ears) for years now :-).

So life is good. God is good. All praise be to Him.