Quick Update

Wow.  Life has been busy.  Here's a quick rundown on what's been going on at the Olson house:

-My Mom was here for a couple days.  Hanley got to have an overnight slumber party with Meme while Cody and I enjoyed a night away. We spent the evening at the Convention Center for Cody's annual work party.  After the dinner party, we even made it up to the sky bar at our hotel for another drink (granted we were still in bed by 10:30pm though...lol). I thoroughly enjoyed sleeping in! My Mom said Hanley did great (which is pretty easy for him to do when she probably spoiled the heck out of him).

-Roxy had a growth on her hip surgically removed. We had it biopsied and thankfully it came back cancer free!!! It ended up being some kind of severely infected dermatitis. She is healing well and has only managed to pull out 2 of the 10 stitches.

-April taught Hanley how to master the high-five. It's so cute.

-Last month we made the best decision ever and hired someone to come in weekly and clean the house.  Talk about life changing....seriously. My only regret is that we didn't do it sooner.

-Hanley graduated from swimming lessons.  Not sure how you graduate when you fail to master a single technique in class! He never really warmed up to swimming but I can't blame him when the water is so darn cold.  It's like they had to drop the water temperature 5 degree's due to budget cuts or something. We want to put him in lessons again this summer when the weather is nicer.

-We spent the long weekend in Eugene for Thanksgiving.  We ran the Turkey Trot in the morning with Courtney and Kyle then had turkey dinner at Kim and Loren's house. Cody's grandma was in the hospital on Thanksgiving so we made sure to visit her after dinner. I think seeing Hanley lifted her spirits some.

-I finally returned to work full time. I haven't decided how I feel about it yet...

-I ditched the pump for good. After 12.5 months with a baby or pump attached to me, the freedom feels amazing. Hanley's belly is sensitive to whole milk (one of the few things he gets from me) so we switched him to goat milk. With the cost of that stuff (it's like they think its liquid gold or something!), I am pretty sure we could have bought a goat by now.

-My Mom bought Hanley "The Elf on the Shelf".  We have been having a lot of fun with it!

As if November wasn't busy enough, December is going to be even busier, but I just have to remind myself that vacation is just 24 days away! Until then, we will be chugging along...