The Moreno Madness: It has been a long while....so were do I start?

In November, my grandma, Rocky went to the doctor and next thing we know she was put in the hospital for pneumonia. She has been in and out of the hospital and nursing home ever since. We found out that she has stage 4 of COPD and dementia. It is so hard to see her just lying in a hospital bed. I don’t think the 74 year old woman has EVER set still! She was always on the go. She means the world to me. She was a bridesmaid in my wedding!!! (ignore the blobs) She is getting better by the day, but she still can’t walk and get around by herself. She will probably have to live in the nursing home, which stinks, because I have always said that she will never live in a nursing home, because I will take care of her, but physically I can’t and no one else can. My aunt, Vicki, has been with her non-stop! She had basically given up her life to sit with Rocky everyday and then she goes home at night. My aunt is AWESOME! She is a trooper.

In December, Eli and I got to Las Vegas for the first time, thanks to CarMax!!! Eli works for CarMax and every year they have an awards banquet for the best CarMax’s. Eli’s has worked for this CarMax for about 3 years and we have gone somewhere every year. The first year we went to the Gaylord, the second year we went to San Antonio and stayed on the River Walk and this year was VEGAS! We had a blast and tried to see everything, but didn’t get to. We were there for 4 days and didn’t see everything, which means…we have to go back! I recommend everyone going once. I thought it was going to bad and the slums, but it wasn’t. It was really nice. I can’t wait to see where next year takes us.

The holidays were good. It just wasn’t the same because Rocky wasn’t around. So after we did our thing we all went up the nursing home to visit with her.

Now, we are at the first of 2011! WOW, that’s weird! This is going to be a GOOD year! I just know it! While Eli and I were in Vegas, I got an email from our adoption lady. She was telling me that in January we would be moved up on the waiting list. She said that basically our names would be on the table for the birth parents, because they get to pick the adopted parents. So, we are waiting. We have a bunch to do while we are waiting!!! We have to read books, put together a life book, and get home inspections, fire inspection and much more. Prayers are appreciated!