Welcome to our Rollercoaster!

Wow, the last couple weeks have once again been filled with many ups and downs...

At 8:05 am on January 28th we had our first giant up... Kaigan Jackson was welcomed to the world by his parents, although Cody was feeling a little green at first he soon recovered to take on the role of super dad!

As you can tell from the picture the kid's got a good set of lungs on him. He weighed in at 6lbs 9oz. and 20 inches long (I think). He is adorable, although he did mark his territory on both mom and dad right away.  Erin did have to end up having a C-section so she spent 4 long days at the hospital before she got to take him home. 

That evening Matt and I went to his brothers house for dinner since January 28th is also Matt's mom's birthday. Melissa made an awesome dinner and then we hung out with Lily while Melissa went to Young Womens. Lily is such a ham and once she got warmed up to us she really put on a show!

Lily also showed us her newest skill, she loves giving uncle Matt kisses! At first she wouldn't give Deb or I one, just Matt. By the end of the night though we all got a bye-bye kiss.

Most of the downs that we have been having are with Matt's job, right now he is the one that has to do most of the work, before the rest of us can get started, and so to say the least he is stressed! He has been working long hours and working with people that don't have the same understanding that he does and that makes it frustrating for him. I can't wait until the site is done, or just launched, and he can relax a little. 

Another up that I had was when I went to shoot some pictures for a friends wedding. This was my first real wedding to take pictures of and I was way nervous. I am glad that I had my friend Anya there to help me since she has done weddings before. I am very excited and will post some pictures when I get copies of them from Anya. 

And of course when the Steelers won the Superbowl that was a HUGE up for Matt, he is a Steelers fan for sure!

Today I had a very personal down moment, while reading my aunt's blog I realized that I had totally forgotten that on February 2nd it was the anniversary of my Grandma passing away. I first started to cry because it hit me right then just how much I have missed her. Then I got so mad at myself for not remembering.... how could I forget something as important as that.... how could I have let my life get so out of focus that I forget about a person that is so special to me.... not to mention those people who are still here with me that I have neglected to keep in touch with. Right now I feel like the most horrible grand-daughter ever. I have to get my stuff back in line and really get back in touch with my family. On both sides. 

I just hope that my Grandma knows how much I love her and miss her!