Summer-Time Treat

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Happy 7th Birthday Eric!!!

Today, 7 years ago I became a Mother! It was by far the absolute best day of my life! I may not have thought that quite so much during labor, but I tell you it truely was the best day of my life when I held my adorable baby boy in my arms!!! It's so hard to believe my first born is already 7 years old!!! Eric is still in PA with my dad. He will be home Saturday morning for his birthday party. He's going to be so excited when he sees his birthday cake. Atleast I hope he will be! He's extremely into WWE right now. WWE is wrestling for those that don't know. I don't know how or why as we don't watch that at home. Now Tim watches UFC fighting, but that's real fighting not the fake stuff that WWE is. But anyway Eric didn't really give me an idea for his birthday cake and we had agreed with everything that's going on that he would just do cupcakes....but....we all know I can't just do cupcakes!!! Especially not for MY kids!!! HEHE

Anyway...so my Dad told Eric they would do whatever they wanted to do today because it was his day. So, when they got up they rode his quad, then went to the park and played on the splash pad. And then my Aunt Shirley had the boys and my Dad over and my Aunt Kay and Pete went over as well. They had dinner, cake and ice cream and then Eric got some presents. He sounded so happy! I'm sad that I didn't get to spend my baby boy's birthday with him but very happy he had a great day!!!! I can't wait to see both my boys on Saturday!!!

Pappy Summer Camp

The boys are at Pappy Summer Camp! We met my Dad in Erie yesterday and then they were on their way. I do not know who was more excited my boys or my dad! They will be in PA till this coming Saturday. My dad will bring them back for Eric's bday party. So, it's just my princess and I this week!!!

Power of Prayer!!!

Yet again, never fault the power of prayer!! My lil Ivy bean came thru the surgery with flying colors! We are home now and she's doing awesome!!!! The surgery was actually very quick! We got there at 7:15am. Did all the pre-op stuff. They let me take her back to give her the anethesia (sp). That was at 9am. At 10:36 the doctor came out to talk to us! There was actually a lot of blood going into her lungs. He ended up closing the pda (the hole in her heart) with a little coil. And what a difference that made! He showed up the video about 10 minutes after doing that and there was no more blood flow there! She was super groggy yesterday. Pretty much slept until 4pm. She ended up vomitting at one point and had an elevated tempature. But they gave her some tyelnol and she was fine! She slept the way home and when we got home, she seemed very happy to be back in her environment! She slept all thru the night last night too. I've so very proud of her and she's doing fantastic. I'm very thrilled to have this surgery behind us now. I agian thank everyone for their prayers. God is good!!!!!

Ivy's Surgery

Ivy is having her surgery tomorrow. We are to be at Strong Children's Hospital in Rochester by 7:15 am. They called to confirm and let me know more info on what's gonna happen on Monday. Now, she can't have any solids or anything after midnight. But she can have water or apple juice until 5:00 am. They told me that they have clinic conferences Thrusday morning and probably won't be done till about 9am or so. And then they will get her to anethesia and get the surgery going. My poor baby is going to be soooooo miserable. Not being able to have anything to eat or drink. I'm debating on waking her up around 4:30am and giving her a bottle of apple juice. I dunno yet. I'm praying that everything goes well and ask that you pray for my lil princess too!

Alex's Soccer Game

Here's some pictures of Alex during his soccer game. He does pretty well. Some games have gone better than others but I'm very proud of him. Enjoy!

Crossing Fingers

So, that guy that grew up the house just called Tim!! He said he's pre-approved for the mortage, he just wants to walk threw with his contractor friend to look at the mechanicals of the house. He told Tim he's 95% positive that he wants the house. Just hoping and praying he does. It would really take a lot of stress off of us. And then I could focus more on the upcoming move and getting rid of stuff verse getting/keeping the house show ready. So continue to pray for us!

1st Showing

Tonight is our first showing for the house. We had one guy come look at the house already. He actually grew up here. We thought that he was interested in the house as he told us he wanted it and was gonna see about getting a mortage, but no more definate news since. But we have a showing tonight. So, I've been busy cleaning, cleaning, organinzing, cleaning, throwing away, did I mention cleaning....UGH I'm so ready to be done with this! Non stop working on the house since we found out we're moving. I am hoping and praying that someone buys it soon! We have an Open House this Sunday as well. Didn't quite realize how much work it was gonna be to have the house 'show' ready....needless to say, I'm at the point that it is what it is. With the Army moving us they will be doing all our packing for us, so the people coming to look at the house will just have look past all of our crap. I know when we were looking at houses we looked at alot of houses that were way worse than ours and dirty. Atleast I can say my house isn't dirty! Just cluttered lol. O well, so asking everyone to send up some prayers that the house sells quickly!

Yard Sale

We had a yard sale this weekend. It went alot better than I thought it was going to! We got rid of a bunch of stuff but boy do we have a bunch more to get rid of. There's absolutely no way we can take all of the stuff we have with us. You don't realize the amount of stuff you have till you start pulling stuff out! It's crazy!!!

A New Home for Yeti

Today we found Yeti a new home. It was alot harder to say goodbye to her than I had anticipated. Sure I new that the kids would be upset, but wow. We found her a great new home tho. She now has a lil sister. Her name is Sierra and she is a 6 month old English Mastiff. They got along great. Her new daddy Nate was excited to have her. And they he's very familiar with mastiffs. His aunt also has a mastiff rescue. I feel she will have a great home and be spoiled rotten. Nate also said he would keep us updated on her and send us some pictures. The boys were very happy to hear that. I got a couple pictures of her and some of her new sister as well. We will sure miss our Yeti!

For Sale

Our house is officially on the market. The listing went online today. It's bittersweet. This was our first home that we bought and now we are selling it. And we won't be buying again anytime soon, but that's ok. This has been a little nervewracking. I just keep praying that it sells quickly. It's crazy the amount of stuff that needs to be done and the way the laws have changed in just 4 short years. We have to fix this, do that meanwhile we've done so many things already. It's crazy really. O well. Tim got the 'official' orders yesterday, so we are definately going. I was told this evening to try to relax a bit and enjoy the last couple months that we have here. That was much needed too because while it's going to be an adventure, when we are finally in Florida I'll wish I did this or did that or went there or whatever. So, I'm gonna try to 'relax' a little bit. Hopefully that works too. I know I would relax alot more if someone comes buy my house soon! HAHA

Walking

Ivy is walking!!! She's so cute with her steps. She's been taking a few steps here and there for about 2 weeks now, but she can now walk all the way across the room when she wants to! She still is crawling but she's getting so much better! She has great balance too! Earlier she was standing then squated to pick up the toy she dropped, then stood back up and walked away. I was a little shocked but very proud of her. I can't believe she's already walking. It seems like just yesterday she rolled over!!!!

Very Proud of Tim

We had to go to Syracuse, NY today. Tim earned an award and it was to be presented to him by a 3 star General. Of course the General was late, but when you are a 3 star you can be! He reminded me of the General from Army Wives. Hehe. Anyway, he earned the Glen E Morrell Medallion for Recruiting Excellence! He also got a ring and then the 3 Star General Freakley gave him a coin. Which is very awesome! I'm so very proud of him!!!

M-O-V-I-N-G

We are M-O-V-I-N-G! We are moving to St. Petersburg, Florida. Or atleast around the area. We just found out on Monday 6-28-10. And the report day is September 27, 2010. We are going to try to be there in 2 months. But it's going to be hard. I'm very overwhelmed about selling the house. I really hope we can sell it because well, honestly don't really want to think of any other options. So, just hoping for the best and leaving it all in His hands. The kids seem to be taking it pretty well so far. Eric of course is a lil more worried and is going to miss his friends, but we're trying to keep telling him what an adventure it's going to be! And an adventure it is going to be! I'll keep everyone updated!