I'm back....

Whoa!  I know I know.  It's been 4 Months of a hiatus for me.  I'd like to think I have a good reason.  Part of it I think is time got away from me and part of it was I found I was losing things to talk about because I was so darn busy.  When I took my "part time coaching job", who knew that it'd turn out to be a life consuming endeavor.  Ok, so I knew a little bit, since that's how I roll, but I figured I'd be better.  Nope.  Sadly, when I'm in season it's all consuming.  I can't help myself.  I eat, sleep, and breathe dance.  I'm hoping I didn't neglect Alex too much.  I don't think I have much to worry about though.  We had an AWESOME college student that looked after her.  Seriously, I would clone this girl if I could.  Finding someone to watch Alex after her, is like having a gas station burger after eating Prime Rib.

Rocking the Beavis and Butthead shirt

Alas, my life became dance team, and dance team my life and "At Home" life consisted of me going through a million things most people aren't interested in involving dance.  Then our season ended the end of March and I was excited to have more time on my hands.  Of course, we go and do something crazy and decide literally on a whim to sell the house and buy a new one because rates are so good (which lets face it, they totally are!).  Then life became cleaning and staging the house, trying to keep Alex from destroying it to much, and a fun but exhausting list of searching, touring and house hunting.

Well, as most of you know, we sold our house (in 2 days, with 2 offers), and found our new house in Onalaska, which I'm itching to get it.  Now, when I think I have a breather, we need to move out of our house in 2 weeks, move in with the in-laws, and a new journey begins until we can move into the new house.  It should be interesting.  Don't get me wrong I am thrilled and thankful that they are letting us live with them, but of course there are concerns.  The main one being, how are 2 retired grandparents going to handle the mini-tornado that is their 16 month old granddaughter.  One that is supremely independent, very vocal, stubborn to a fault, all wrapped up in a giggling, goofy, and recently very cranky little package.  They live a quiet life and although close, we usually only see them once a week.  Now we will be together 24-7 for a little over a month. 

In Alex news, she is ever changing, growing, and astonishing us every day.  She has 4 molars, and each one was a painful few days of not sleeping, cranky kiddo and an emotional mommy.  I have now been at home with Alex 24-7 for 5 weeks, and honestly most days I love.  The ones I don't enjoy so much are when she's in a bad mood or she's really cranky and then there is nothing I can do to change that.  I've also learned that days we can't get outside and run around are kind of painful.  This kid needs to run, and explore, and be on the move, which is another reason I am really happy to get our of our small, vertical cape cod, into a much bigger space.  She is a talker, like her momma, and has an opinion on everything.  You can't always understand what she's saying, but she lets your know if her own way.  Too much to talk about in the one post, but hopefully I can keep up with posts as our life goes though a new and exciting transition.