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no...this isn't Martin, it's Elizabeth's friend Tyler.

This one is my cute little boy

It's been so long since I've posted anything. I used to think I was good at keeping up with this blogging, and now I know that I'm not good with it at all...lol.

Well...a couple of months ago...right around Martin's birthday I got referred to see a urologist....I couldn't believe it either. It was a bit of a scare cause we didn't really know what was going on. Turns out I had a couple of very large kidney stones. I had one in my ureter...sp??? that was stuck and now allowing my kidney to drain, so I had a pretty huge kidney due to the fluid retention. Well, my doctor scheduled me for a surgery to have a stent put in. I went in and was out an hour later. I was able to get it taken out a week later. I do have to go back next month to get an x-ray just to make sure they are all taken care of. So that's that.

We went to Arizona a couple of weeks ago for Lea Ann's 1st birthday party. It was really nice to see family and get to hang out, even if it was for a short time.

I registered to take a couple of classes this summer through Southern Oregon University. I guess in order to renew my teaching certificate next year I need to take 9 credit hours of graduate level classes. Thankfully I thought about it and looked it over before it was too late to do anything. I've heard it's very hard to renew a certificate if you let it lapse, so here I go...ready to spend thousands of dollars just to keep my teaching certificate around. It's so frustrating. Thankfully I only have to do this once.

Also, I registered Elizabeth in a playschool for next year. It looks like it will be very fun. I took the last opening, and Martin is 1st on the waiting list. It would be nice for him to get into it also. It's once a week for an hour and a half of play time with other kids. The teachers do arts and crafts with them as well as a little instruction time. Also, parents are required to attend with also so that there is plenty of help with the little ones. I'm really excited about it and I'm happy that it's super cheap too.