A 3rd baby girl

At 8:04 a.m. we had our third little girl. 6lbs and 5oz and 19 inches long...still no name yet. We will keep you posted.

Anna's First Day Video

A friend in our church made this video of Anna's first day of Kindergarten. Enjoy!

Anna's 1st day of Kindergarten

Anna started her first day of Kindergarten this month. It is only half days, but it is still a little scary...for mom and dad. :-)


She wakes up after a good nights rest for her first day.

She posses for a picture with Ella...

and daddy...

and Mommy.

Her new princess backpack

Walking to the bus stop.

Waiting at the bus stop with little sis and another girl from the neighborhood.

On to the bus for her first day...

and little sis misses her already. (or upset she didn't get to go on the bus too) :-)

Okay only 2 posts

Okay it is getting late already so I am just going to cut it to two posts tonight. The pictures took too long to load. So I will give a brief update. As of about 2 weeks ago I am now officially a computer tech at ECR. See my geeky new picture of me and the other techs at http://www.ecr.net/aboutus.aspx

The girls have turned 5 and 3 now. It seemed like they were 4 and 2 forever. Amber is doing well and as of now it looks as if we are having another girl in October. Still trying to pick a name. Post any good ideas you may have we are open for some suggestions. Julianna will be starting Kindergarten this year and she is a little worried about it. She is plenty smart enough, but she is just worried about having a lot more kids in her class and them all liking her.

She is still a little trying at times and bed time is still a bit of a hassle. Ella is almost fully potty trained which is a great blessing. Other wise we are all healthy and doing well which is the most you can really ask for. I will hurry and post one last quick picture of the girls from February in their matching Dora outfits from Grammy.

Catching up

Wow, been so long since I have blogged anything. I am going to try to get a couple entries in tonight and catch you up on what has been going on. I thing I will start with my trip to yet another ball park. Went to see Yankee stadium before they tear it down this year. It as cool and all, but it was no Wringley Field. Here are some pics I took while I was there.


Of courese the picture with me and the scoreboard

Old Yankee Stadium

New Yankee Stadium

Where the subway stops at the stadium

NY's finest... no not Stan's Stuff


The vendor I bought my hotdog from

The back alley behind the stadium

Which is where we had to enter as bleacher sitter

The Yankee's star Jeter

And A-Rod

3 months

Yikes. Once again I have left 3 months go by with out any updates. In 3 months, Ella has turned 3, my job has changed, I have been to Yankee Stadium and we have found out we are most likely having a third girl. I will try to post some pictures soon of all these events. Hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for checking in.

Oh yeah....a due date.

It is currently set at October 8th. Still trying to get Amber to start that blog. :-)

5 years old

I cannot believe it. My little girl is 5 years old today. She is not exactly little any more. She is about 3' 7" already. Her hair is almost half as long. :-) She can write all her letters in capitals and lower case. She can read simple books. She can count to a 100 and do some simple adding. I know she is not the smartest girl in the world, however, I think I am not just being a proud parent when I say she is a very smart girl.

She had a great birthday weekend. We spent the weekend at her great grandma's house and went to an Easter celebration after church on Sunday with 55 relatives. We had lunch and Easter egg hunts. One for the babies, 2 and younger, one for the pre-schoolers and one for the rest of us from ages 16 to 87. It was a great time.

So we have a 5 year old, and Ella is only a month and half away from being 3. It will be quite an exciting time to add a third one come October. Yep, we are pregnant again. We are already further along than we were with the last one. Everything is going well this time. We know because Amber is really sick this time.

We will try to get Amber to start her own blog that will post where we are along the way. She loves to watch other people's blogs that show that so hopefully we can get her to do one too. I will be sure to post a link once I talk her into it. Until then, thanks for stopping by. Hope you all had a great Easter too!!

The 3 R's

Yes Greta, Jack does have it right!!

The Story of Stuff

This lady seems a bit too happy for the subject matter she is talking about, but most of what she said is more true than we are willing to admit. I watched it and I realized I need to reevaluate many things I do. It won't be easy but I ask you to join me and to send this story to your friends as well. Be sure to check out the 10 ways to make a difference and do your best to do as many as you can. The more of us who do the more we can help break the cycle.

Pictures

Just some pictures I have been meaning to post over the past year that I said I would post at sometime and never got around to. Hope you enjoy.

Anna's Tea Party





Painting Easter Eggs with Mommy







Amber and I at the Renn Fest.




Anna and Ella before and after their first haircuts.









I'll try to post some more from my camera phone later. Hope you enjoyed them.

It is a new year

Well it is a new year and my first blog of the year. I have a friend who has returned to blogging after 3 months of silence and has encouraged me to get back to my blogging.

The holidays were different this year. We went only to Amber's family for Christmas and did my family's Christmas at Thanksgiving. Which was quite an experience has you have probably already read. Still trying to make a decision about trying again or not. The girls have been a little trying at times and trying to decide whether or not to throw a third one into the mix is kind of hard.

We have also had plumbing problems this year. What we thought was once fixed seems not to be now. Ugh!!

We had the girls pictures taken by an Antiquities company that does the sepia type of photos. I will try to get some of them posted. They are really cute.

Well hope everyone else is having a good new year. Don't forget Lent is just around the corner. This Wednesday February 6th is Ash Wednesday. If you have any interesting ideas for Lent, leave me a comment. I am always look for some more unique ways to prepare for Easter.

Snowball fight

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Tree trimming

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Slacker

I am such a slacker on blogging. I have not been very faithful and if you are still around checking in God Bless you for sticking it out with me waiting so long between posts. It has been kind of a rough time lately.

Amber and I were going back and forth on whether or not to try to have another baby or not. Finally we decided we would try for just one month and see what happens. Lo and behold after just one month we were going to add a third child to the family.

Unfortuantely when we went home for Thanksgiving we had a miscarriage the Sunday after Thanksgiving. While no miscarriage is ever "good" we were thankful for the conditions in which it happened. We were home with family who were able to watch the girls as things happened and Amber's sister works for an OB/Gyn who came in to the ER on a Sunday to meet with us. It was good to not have to rely on the inexperience of ER personal with said situation and we were able to leave knowing for sure answers and not more questions.

The first question most people ask is are we going to try again. So in case you are wondering the answer is we are not sure. The doctor suggested waiting at least 3 months to even try. So we have time to think about it in any case.

On top of that Amber had the last part of her root canal scheduled for when we got back but now it appears she has gotten an infection in her tooth and has been in miserable pain and getting very little sleep. So our life has been hectic to say the least.

We do have some more cute pictures of the girls I will try to post soon. Things are changing again at work for me as well. It seems I may be coming a full time computer tech soon. I'll keep you updated, I promise.

Thanks for dropping by. Please leave a comment so I know you guys are still out there. Thanks again.

Ella on a zip line

Finally got the video to upload to YouTube. Here is Ella's like 8th run on the zip line.

Fall Fun

Okay the next one to catch up on is we went to Garden Gate this last weekend while my mother in law and my sister were here. We had fun going through the straw maze and picking out a pumpkin.

Pirates' Game

Okay, I have some blogging to catch up on. First the oldest one I meant to post was our make up game for the Pirates. (We missed our first game we were suppose to go to for snow) We went a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. Here are few pics including my usual me in front of the scoreboard. My 5th ballgame in my 5th new ballpark this year. I was honestly having a better time than my face lets on to. :-)

The Day

Well Sunday was the day that I lost my best friend 18 years ago. It was a very busy day Sunday which was kind of good. I really did not have much time to think and dwell on it too much. Even after 18 years it is still painful at times to relive the whole day in my head. Tonight was a the first real quiet night I have had at home and so I took the time to remember Tim with some of our old favorites: ice tea, Doritos and jalapeno and cheddar dip. All that was missing was a Jean-Claude VanDamme movie.

On another note, I think I have a big decision coming up at work. I think they are moving the repair department to another building. I need to decide if I want to become a full time tech or to stay and take on different duties. I will find out tomorrow about more of my options. So just remember me in your prayers for now as I try to make the best decision.

Anna's 1st day of school

We are such over zealous parents. We actually took 37 pictures of this one day including still asleep the morning of the first day, getting hair done, pictures with mom, and with sis, and with dad (which I included). I decided to not bore you with all the pictures and just give you the highlights.

She is all ready to go with her new Dora backpack.


Picture with dad at the front door.


At the parking lot where over zealous mom and dad both took time off work to drive there and take pictures.


Mom shows her the way to her room.


Ms. Jeni greets her at the door and shows her wear her stuff goes.


All ready forgetting about mom and dad at the door taking pictures she is off and anxious to start her first day.


After a long day of school (1 - 3:30) she is worn out on the ride home. By the way, her favorite part was getting to ride the bus 5 blocks from her school to Mommy's school where she teaches.