Morning Announcements and '16 Echocardiogram

Well, today is February 1st, and I never did a blog in January! I've been so behind lately! We had a great month, and lots of fun things happened! Jack celebrated his 100th day of kindergarten, and the same day he got to do the Pledge of Allegiance and the Southeast Polk Respect Code on the morning announcements for the whole school! He did a great job and I was a very proud mommy! This past weekend he came down with a fever and upset tummy and had to miss school today, which if you know Jack, makes him very sad! He loves school and hates missing it. He's feeling like his old self again tonight and is excited to go back to school tomorrow.

Lia had her annual echocardiogram and EKG today. I'm happy to report, that we've been given yet another year's clearance. Dr. Lozier stated that things look very 'stable' and there was hardly any change when comparing this years echo to last years. We are so thankful to God for his continued blessings with her health. We continue with the weekly methotrexate injections for her arthritis, and she has been pain-free in her joints lately! We head to the U of I in March for a follow up with her rheumatologist.

I am loving my fourth graders, and Ryan is loving his job at Doll. Things are good here in Pleasant Hill! I hope this blog finds things well with you too :)

Enjoy a few pictures from January!

100th Day of Kindergarten festivities

Rocking the Pledge of Allegiance!

Echo and EKG

Having a blast in the snow before we headed back to school over Christmas break.

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Well....my mom and sister and other various family members have started asking what Ryan and I want for Christmas this year....so I began thinking, and here is my Christmas list thus far: *Dance Dance Revolution for Wii (Don't laugh, it's actually really fun) *Dancing With the Stars for Wii *Waffle Maker *good quality chef's knife *fun dress socks to wear to work *black boots with pointed toe *brown boots with pointed toe *Dressy winter coat *Wall Flower refills (for home and school) Ryan and I aren't shopping for each other this year since we are honeymooning over New Years. We are going to Las Vegas, and I can't wait!

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