I wish I could sleep on the futon

Ok, so this is a picture of my nephew, Alex (I don't know why he has a giant horrifying snake on him). I met him when he was about 9 or 10 years old. In just 4 years this kid has changed soo much. I cannot believe it! It is as though it is a completely different Alex. His sister, Jenna, has grown a lot too. I can hardly believe the two of them. They live in Nova Scotia and I hardly get to see them. Now with Heather I probably won't get to see them for awhile. I miss them a lot though, and I think about them all the time. My brother, Darren (their father) recently seperated from their mother, Paula. It happened in the late months of my pregnancy-it actually gave me hypertension, and I had to be taken to the hospital. Woo. It was soo hard to believe that it happened. It totally shattered my view of Darren, and made me realize how strong and amazing Paula is. I still talk to Paula, and I have maybe talked to Darren once since Heather was born...I've distanced myself from him. Enough about that, I know Paula reads this sometimes, so I send a giant "I LOVE YOU" to her and the kids.

I spent most of today with Heather. She slept most of it, and I hung out and watched tv-I rented the oldschool movie "Big" this morning. I've realized that Tom Hanks was quite a looker in his younger years...the funny thing is I think that Richard Dreyfuss was soo attractive when he was younger. Haha, I'm weird. Mike went into his old job, and then went Christmas shopping for me. I know a couple of presents he got me, but the rest are surpises. I obviously know about the david and goliath stuff since I picked them out (it should be here by the end of the week...iyeeeeee!!). I am finally done all my christmas shopping. I have spent soo much and it is sickening really. I still have to get my dad chocolates actually, so nevermind. Since I am on this new medication it totally messes me up at night. Apparently I kicked off my blankets last night and rolled onto Mike. Hahaha, I would've done that anyway. However, the drug makes me so tired in the morning. I wanted to sleep in but Mike felt ill and couldn't take care of Heather. I still have bottles to do though,so I can't go to bed early. Sometimes I wish I still breast fed, but at the same time I'm not...who wants to see my breasts?? Well, besides Mike. Haha.

Well, on that note...I should get cleaning. The kitchen and closets look like they vomitted with rage. It seems like I clean everyday, but somehow the apartment looks like crap. Any pointers on how to keep a place clean???

---Katie