5 years

at 9:08am five years ago today - I was admitted to the hospital to have baby Josephine monitored. I was so scared and excited at the same time.

Wow, how time has flown by~ and in so many ways my world has changed and I love it so much

With that said - at 3:04 am on December 1st, 2006 during the worst ice storm in 100 years surround by family we welcomed

Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Daughter

I Love you more than you will ever know!

It's been too long!

I just realized how long it has been since I wrote - I hate to say but time just seems to be flying by. So to catch up

My mom has made it thru Chemo with flying colors and she is now going thru radiation and has 19 treatments left


Josie is now in the 4yr old preschool class 3 days a week and can write her name and can tell you her phone number - She is learning so much


Christian is 17 months old and way to smart -and is 34", 24lbs 14 oz, so he is off the chart for his height and in the 25th percentile for weightust like his daddy) he loves cars and trucks really it is anything with a motor in it.


Christian is doing and learning new things everyday, I just can't get over how (According to Dr Kathy) how advanced he is.


My parents just gave the kids there big christmas present from them a swing set and they LOVE it

We a patiently waiting for the newest addition to the family - Baby Peyton who should be here any day - Josie is so excited about her new cousin


Ben has finally taken the test and got his CDL- which means we have big changes in the near future

one thing!

It is amazing how one thing can change your world for ever!
For me it was a pregnancy test at 6 am one April morning and then again one September morning
And now it has happened again with 1 test that my mom had - All I can say is that I hate cancer and am hoping and praying that my family makes it thru this and we ll pull together to help my mom!

This is one of those moments that makes you see just what you have!

March 2011 in recap

March has been a good month:

• To start it off we Had 3 birthdays - My Mom, My father in law, and my dad


• Christian got 3 new teeth


• We learned we are getting a Niece or Nephew in October (Something we and a lot of other people have been praying for for quite awhile)


• Christian frequently started saying Dadda and Momma


• Christian starting walking all on his own at just over 10 1/2 months (3/27)


• Josie can count to 13 all on her own


• Josie is learning to recognized letters in the alphabet not just sign the song


• Christian has learned to clap and say bye-bye


• I finished and mailed Christians first birthday party invitations


• We started to teach Josie how to tie her shoes


• And we got our taxes done and only owe $10 it Illinois


• We had parent teacher conference at Josie's preschool - Mrs. Cole told us that Josie has a wonderful imagination, is a creature of habit, likes to be in-charge, And she is the life of the party


• And finally I got to go out for dinner just me and my Hubby!

I can't wait to see what April brings!!

Christian

I can't belive how fast the time is going

I can't believe he almost 11 months old already!

It's been awhile!

I can't believe how long it has been- And many things have changed - I have decided that I have to get back to this - Not for anyone else but for me. I want this to be a memory log for myself and my now almost 4 1/2 yr old little girl and my little man (our surprise baby) that will be 1 in May.

With now having 2 kiddos I am forgetting to write down and keep note of all the things they are doing. And I know this is not fair to them - So it has to get better.

So today is the day I start again!

Josie & Zoe

Ben & I never thought that having to have our dog of almost 12 years, Samantha, put to sleep would be as hard as it was. But March 10th was one of the worst days of our marriage. With this being so hard we were going to wait for a little while to get a new puppy. This soon started to change. Our daughter Josie, who is 2, started asking about Sam all the time & if the Dr. had fixed her yet, because when she goes to the Dr. they always make her better. This was an everyday question from her.

Well our choice to wait didn't last as long as expected. We went to a Migratory waterfowl dinner/auction with Ben's parents and a group of 14 others,on April 4th & came home with a wooden duck decoy our newest family addition.Who Josie has named Zoe.

We didn't know how Josie would react.

To our surprise Josie & her new best friend are almost inseparable