I can't sleep.

So, I have a new blog! Its been a really long time since I've blogged on a regular basis and I really miss it too. Hopefully I will be able to keep up with this! Let me give you all an update on me and my family in case you are out of the loop...

* Nick and I live in Casey, IL now... if you don't know where it is, google it!
*Nick is working at a hog farm now - he resigned from mattoon east side at the end of june.
*we help out with the teenagers at our church here in Casey, Nick is going to start leading Jr. High on Tuesdays, & We are leading a group at Hardees church on Sunday nights (if you want details on this one, ask me)
* speaking of our church, we LOVE it!
*I am a college student again, I just finished up my second class @ Nazarene Bible College and I start number 3 on Monday

thats basically whats going on with us... now I will let you know whats going on with Chaya...
*she is 13 months old now! (I can't believe it!)
*she can walk if I hold her hand and we go really slow
*she pooped in her potty for the first time a few days ago, even though I'm not actively potty training her until she can walk... she's amazing!
*she is into everything!
*She loves to read
*she just learned how to color
*her favorite toys are her dolls, backyardigans guitar, and tow truck & fire truck
*after months of him missing, freddy the teddy has made his way back into our lives
*Chaya is talking now, she says mom, dad, no, wow, yea, hi and bye...and I think thats it...
*She knows how to make elephant sounds, dog sounds, bird sounds, and cat sounds
*she blows kisses, tells us bye when we leave a room and is working on saying I love you...
*she gets more amazing everyday and we love her so much!!

Well thats about all thats going on here, tonight Chaya went trick or treating for the first time! She went as a pumpkin, we only went to 5 or 6 houses and she got lots of candy, I ate the stuff she couldn't lol..but she did get a good share of stuff, including scooby snacks! yum, I guess? Nick and I carved pumpkins last night and his looked great, mine not so much.. we are very much enjoying life in Casey right now, we have met tons of great people and tonight while trick or treating we got to meet a few of our neighbors which was really nice. Nick and I have been able to spend lots of time together lately, yesterday he took a day off of work to take me to the e.r. because my ribs were hurting so bad, Chaya did something to them when I was pregnant with her, I have been in constant pain for over a year now and I was told at the emergency room that they may never heal.. fun fun. They gave me some pain meds and sent me on my way. Hopefully I can find someway to get them to feel better, they are always the most painful at night when I try to sleep...(which explains why I'm blogging at 2:30am...) Anyway, after the hospital we went to walmart to get my medicine and I started feeling sick to my stomach and all yesterday I was super sick, I was running a fever and in the bathroom every five minutes..no fun but my husband took care of Chaya for me and made me soup and basically pampered me until I felt better. He is so wonderful!! I love him so much and I am so blessed to have such a great husband!

Well I think I'm done writing for now, but I'm really going to try and keep up with this thing, I hope you enjoyed reading my random entry tonight! I hope all of you are doing well!! Leave me comments if you want!

~melissa