Well, the wedding went fine.  Of course, I had to lose my voice because of all the screaming and shouting I had to do.  It’s really hard to talk over 20 people who do not want to listen to you at all.  Oh well, next time, I will by myself a loud speaker so I don’t have to lose my voice.  Nicholas was in the tuxedo that we bought him and you can see those pictures of him on his page under January 2001.  He was so cute and handsome.  The only problem was that he wasn’t very well behaved.  He got his tuxedo dirty by mid morning and we had to take him home and wash it before we returned to the reception that night.  If you want to see some of Karen’s pictures, just click on Relatives in the miscellaneous section and then John and Karen.  Those were all the pictures that we took at her wedding. 

Nicholas, Oh, he doing okay right now.  He is now tall enough to grab the handle of doors so he can close the doors holding the knob now.  He does that a lot at my parents’ house and at home.  He’s a great handful now.  My mother tells me that it’s almost impossible to keep up with him because he is so active.  You cannot believe that amount of energy he has all the time.  He still can’t talk though.  We are trying to help him talk, but I guess he just doesn’t want to yet.  He knows how to say Mama, but I think he associates it with “carry me” instead of Mom.  The thing is that he only says it to me, but everything, with his hands out.  I am not sure if he says the same thing to Michael when he asks Michael to carry him.  I don’t think so but I will let Michael speak for himself. 

Chinese New Year has come and gone.  He received a lot of red envelops for New Year.  He was in his traditional Chinese outfit on the second day of New Year and everyone who came over wanted to hold him.  The only problem is that he is afraid of strangers.  If he has not been around you, he will not go to you and will cry very loud if you try to hold him.  I guess it’s a good thing, in a way.  He won’t just go to any strangers.  We didn’t do much for New Year besides eat a lot of Chinese food.  I am so tired of seeing lobsters and crabs.  I mean that’s what we had for Karen’s wedding and also for New Year.  Just a little too much seafood, if you ask me.  I’m sure Michael will agree with this one.  

We are thinking about switching Nicholas over to cups instead of bottles.  I mean, he can hold cups fine and that he’s old enough to stop using bottles.  I am planning on doing this transition this weekend and hopefully he will adapt to it without any problems.

We are currently in the process of looking for a home.  If we do have another child, the house we currently are living is will be too small for the family.  We want one that has at least three bedrooms and also something that we can call our own instead of renting.  Michael wants another baby and I am somewhat ready for another one.  The only thing that is really worries me about having another baby is the bed rest part of the pregnancy.  I have talked to my OB/GYN and she told me that if I do have another child, the chances of me going back on bed rest is extremely high and that the chances of me going back on bed rest before 22 weeks is also high.  I like my current job and don’t want to have to give it up, but I have talked to my employer and they are okay with it right now.  I just hate the thought about lying in bed for such a long time.  It really won’t help my back either.  My back is already somewhat messed up and hurts a lot of the times already so staying on bed for 4 months or so will only add more pain to it.  Well, all I can wish for is that “every pregnancy is different” and I don’t have to be on bed rest for the next pregnancy. 

Well, this is about it for this month.  See you guys next month.