Daddy Loves Me SOOO Much!

Chris is absolutely hands down an amazing father! He loves his boys so much.

The Office is FINALLY coming together!!

So Chris and I feel like we have stock in Verizon after the 15 phone calls we have made over the past three weeks.....if it wasn't the lightning storm that fried our old computer, a new modem being shipped, a new computer, old printer would not work with Windows Vista....so we must use the fax machine printer, but if we use the fax, then we need a wireless router so that we don't have ugly exposed cords.....ugh!! But it is finally all hooked up, cords tucked away, and working.

The moral of the story, one purchase ALWAYS leads to many others..........overall we must say we are very impressed with Verizon DSL customer service.

Mommy wants me to play with my Big Boy Toys

Luke has so many toys and I am dying to have him play with them. Well we tried out the jumper and bumbo......and um, still too small! Well, at least the pictures will be fun to look back at.

The Debate!!

Chris at 8 days old


Luke at about 1-1/2 months

So there is sometimes a debate over who Luke looks most like. People that knew Zach when he was little, say Zach......however, anyone who sees Chris's baby picture.....is hands down Chris. You see what you think!

When I look at Chris's pictures, I feel like his mom is holding Luke and not Chris. It is not as real in the pictures of Luke, but it is a little crazy in real life.

It's the Weekend!!

I am so glad that it is Saturday!! The only bummer thing is that Chris does not wake up until 11 am due to working nights. Once he wakes I have to drive about one hour round trip to a client's house so I can close their case. Oh well.....then I will get to hang out with my boys!

Chris and I have a little wager going on to see who can lose 10 pounds the quickest (healthy style...exercise and eating). We haven't decided on the reward, any suggestions??? I totally got this one. Thirteen pounds and I will be at my pre-pregnancy weight. If I work really hard, I can accomplish this by our San Diego trip. This means beefing up the exercise routine, however. I am striving to get back to my normal weight as I was a little heavy when I got pregnant. This means I have 25 pounds to go!! Geez that seems like a lot!

Just Hanging Out with Litlle Man!

Just chillin....waiting for daddy to wake up!

Sporting my big boy shoes....

So I could not work today because....oops the procrastinator in me forgot until three weeks ago to renew my "registered counselor", which is a requirement for me to work. Yesterday I was informed that it still had not renewed. About 10 calls later, I made arrangements to have someone cover my areas in the hospital.

The blessing in this is that I got another day with Luke and Chris....Zach is at school. I just saw that it renewed, but I am not going to go in until tomorrow. The other cool thing is that I do not have any other private clients to see today, so it is a whole day off.

We are going to Luke's daycare (Kadlec Medical Center...where I work) for the intake appointment. We have already toured, etc. but have to finalize everything. Chris hates the idea of Luke going to daycare. I don't like it either, however I will be able to see him three times a day at work, so this will be nice.

Enjoy the pictures of Luke just hanging out this morning.

Zach's First Day of 4th Grade....

Zach being cool for the traditional first day of school picture by the front door.

Family picture....now with little Luke!

On the playground acting cool before the bell rings!

Well it was Zach's first day of 4th grade. Those boys and girls are hilarious. The playground was struck with nervous nillies running all around. Some boys were playing around, making funny faces, while the girls were squealing in delight at seeing each other again. Lots of new shoes, clothing, and backpacks.

It was exciting and sad at the same time. I have always been one to be very excited when Zach reached another goal in life. It began when he was a baby and continues to this day. It is so hard to believe that he only has 4th and 5th grade left until he won't want me around much....the dreaded middle school.....then High School.....then he will marry a girl that will take him away! So sad....love my boys, but girls tend to stick around their family more after marriage. OKAY, I am jumping a little far ahead....he is only 9 years old. Well I will continue to enjoy watching my little guy grow up!!

Happy Birthday to Me....

Well I turned the big 29....only one more year of twenties left!! Thank you to all of my friends and family who wished me a happy birthday! The day before my birthday I went out with my parents to PF Changs. It was a good night with EXCELLENT egg drop soup...now one of my favorites.

On my birthday, my lovely husband and sons came to see me at work with 24 long stem roses and happy birthday balloons. Since I have started working PT, Chris brings Luke to see me everyday (except one because he had to wait for Verizon). He has done this for me for three whole weeks and it is the highlight of my day. Zach does not have much fun when he comes, but he is a trooper for me.

That evening, Chris and I had adult time and went out without the boys!! We went with some friends to the deck of Cedars and watched the sunset while sipping on our drinks. We value the times we get to go out somewhere, just the two of us. We are constantly saying, "We are so lucky to have grandparents in town". Boy is that the truth!!

Overall, my birthday was a blast!!

Happy 40th Anniversary!!

My parents are celebrating their 40th anniversary today!! Us children and grandchildren gave them some pretty sentimental gifts that will last them forever. We were also able to give them a flat screen computer monitor, which my mom has been wanting for quite some time. I cannot wait to hear how they like them.

My First Blog!!

Hello everyone....Well I am starting a blog to keep all informed on our lives. It seems it is so busy to call, email, text everyone all the upcoming events and exciting news!! Our family is complete and these past 10 weeks have turned our lives upside down. We were busy before with work, school, etc. and now we have one word that consumes our life and his name is Luke! Luke is doing well and MUCH better than just a few weeks ago. He has begun to smile, coo, and make us smile all the time. He is quite the cuddly little boy and loves to sleep on his mommy. Though his days of sleeping on people has slimmed down to next to nothing because he is in training for his soon to be "sleeping through the night". Just one week ago, he began averaging a 6 hour stretch, then 3 hour, then 1-2 hour when he is ready for the day. This leaves us feeling much better than just one week ago when his average was 3 hour stretches. He is absolutely a wonderful blessing in our lives. We look forward to the day when we can sleep normal again.

Zach is quite the trooper these days....he puts up with a lot, including a sometimes cranky mom, a crying brother, and he generally is a HUGE helper. He likes to try to calm his brother down and is the best in the back seat of the car for getting the paci!! Zach starts school in two days and is not very excited. We are praying that he begins to like school more and will take any suggestions on sneaky ways to get this accomplished.

Chris and I are doing well and excited for our upcoming trip to San Diego. We had a horrible lightning storm that fried our internet connection on our old computer. Well 10 Verizon phone calls later, tech support to the house, the potential for a 300-400 dollar bill to repair it, and we finally decided to purchase a new computer. I cannot even tell you how amazing it is. I am addicted to it and this is actually the reason I made time to start a blog. It has the latest technology of the CPU in the monitor so that their is no tower or wasted space. The monitor looks larger than our small little TV in the corner.....

Well I will continue to keep in touch and add little touches and pictures of Luke and Zach!