update finally!

Collan is almost a year old. i can't believe it. he's walking around furniture and pulling everything he can off of shelves and out of cupboards. its hard to keep up sometimes! i will get pictures up later. hopefully sooner than later. i have a ton more. he has one tooth with the second on the way. he eats everything! except peas. he does not like peas in the least. he loves baths. he will splash until i take him out. i end up getting a bath too. and he loves his puppies. when he does catch diogi, he pulls on her legs, ears, whatever he can grab. she likes to sit in his lap. mostly because he doesnt know how to push her off yet :) he plays keep away with bowser too. he'll grab one of bowsers toys, wave it in his face, then when bowser goes to grab it, he pulls it away and laughs histerically. i have yet to catch it on video. i have quite a few videos, but dont know how to upload them yet.
i have had the priveledge to join a friend at the gym a few days this week, and i love it. i can run for 30 minutes without stopping, and can do 100 crunches with a 10lbs weight. well, they're kind of crunches. i have aching back muscles i didnt know existed. and my hamstrings hurt. but i feel awesome. it might be an illusion, but i think my tummy fat is finally shrinking. for the past couples years ive been saying i wanted a bicycle to ride. i new one that still works right and doesnt sqeak. for valentines day, destin got me one! just a cheaper one from walmart, but i love it and its pretty. i cant wait till its warm enough to ride! i hate riding in town, but i'll deal. ( i hate crosswalks and traffic, people are too dumb and unpredictable.)
Destin got a call a little while back from the marines. the are re-evaluating his disability rating from the date of discharge. this is not the same as the VA rating. if the marines rating goes up, he will get backpay from the date of discharge and benefits monthly for life. (as far as i understand it) THEN, the VA has to up their rating and it will go up. then Collan and I get medical coverage through the VA. the disabilty pay he gets monthly now will rise, and best case senario, we can get approved for a VA loan for a house! woohoo! that would be awesome. worst case senario, the marines decide to be poopie and nothing changes. but destin has another VA appointment this next tuesday and they will probably tell him he needs another surgery, and it will have to be a full shoulder replacement. if that happens, his rating goes up anyway and maybe we get a house in a year and a half at the earliest. anyway, thats about all thats going on right now. cioa!