I'm 29 years and 8 days old

Yep, I had a Birthday last week (the 4th) - my last year in my 20's!!! It kind of slipped by this year because a lot of people were sick in the fam (including myself), but maybe we'll celebrate this weekend in Breckenridge.

I've been having trouble with my Crohn's again (fevers, nausea, getting sick, stomach pains), but am doing way better now. Since I've been nursing I've been off of one of my medicines. I'm on a new medicine temporarily and it seems to be helping. I have to be pretty cautious with what I eat and it aggrivates me to have limits (makes me want greasy fries and a giant coke even more!). I've been lucky to not have been bothered much for the last 4 years though.

In the world of Hank: He's 8 months old now and just cut his 2nd tooth (7 long weeks after the first!). He's all over the place - walking around furniture, pulling up on anything (esp. my leg!). He's talking more too: babababa and mamama. lots of fun gibberish. his new difficulty is hating having his diaper changed. he refuses to lay still and insists on rolling over. sometimes i feel like i'm in a wrestling match and i've had to get pretty creative (like attempting to put on a diaper while he's sitting up). He's getting 3 formula feedings a day now. I wanted to nurse longer but I do like the freedom. What stabs me in the heart is paying $25 for a can of powder when breastfeeding was free! Oh well, kids cost money, right?

It's Valentine's week! and the flowershop is jam-packed with gorgeous blooms. it was exciting when we got our big shipment in from the dutch. I worked today and will work Wed. and Thurs. It's kind of crazy how far we deliver around town! Most delivery fees are $6-$10 but today I headed south to Stanley for a low rate of $22. um...there might be other flower shops down south! guess they prefer us.

On Friday we're off to Breckenridge! Hank, my mom, and I are flying and my dad, Ryan, Lindsay, Malachi, and 2 of Ryan's cousins are driving. No one would really enjoy sitting next to a strapped-down Hank for 10 hours +. The guys plan on skiing 3 days and my sister and I will probably just ski one. We like to do other site-seeing and shopping too. I'm looking forward to some fun game nights in the condo (and maybe a couple hours in a pub?! ...though I should probably stick to 7-Up these days). I'm sure I'll have lots of white mountain pics to post when we get back!

(the football butt picture is hank's super bowl outfit that Joe and Dee bought when they were in Arizona. check out the double swirls on this head. that'll be fun to comb when he gets older!)