WOW! Time Flies?

Looking at the last post with pictures I wonder where the time went.   Since then, we have moved, gotten new jobs, lost a cat, gained a cat, and now Ben is turning 3.  3? Wait that can't be...... yup I guess it is...  He has come so far in that time!   He loves Thomas the train and dinosaurs.  Right now we are going through the oh so dreaded potty training. He can totally do it! He can pee and even poo on the potty... when he wants.  Most of the time he flat out REFUSES.  Kicking, Screaming, biting hitting anything ot not sit on the potty... Then as soon as he is off he grins and pees in his big boy pants.   SIGH.  Stubborn little kid!  The summer is coming to a close and we are sad to see it, but I am thrilled to be starting my 3rd year teaching first grade.  After this year.. Tenure! Whoo hoo!  I can't wait...though  I am not ready to go back to school, which I need to do starting like two years ago.  Tim is in the process of finishing up his masters after a few glitches last minute. When he is done, my turn!    Hopefully I can keep up on the blog a little better. maybe once a month?  we shall see.  I will try to post again after Ben's birthday party tomorrow since he is turning 3 and I can't wait to see his face when he sees the one thing he's been asking for  the last 3 months when we have asked him what he wants for his birthday... The convo every time goes like this: "Ben what do you want for your birthday?"  (Ben) " A cake"  (Mommy) "What kind of cake?" (Ben) "A Tyrannosaurus Rex cake!" (Mommy) "What color?" (Ben) "Green". Matter of fact every time.  SO hopefully he is pleasantly surprised tomorrow! He's getting a party with family and a few friends tomorrow and then Sunday, on his actual birthday we are going to go up to Mom-Moms and see the family up there.  So all presents etc will be done with the cake and ice cream tomorrow.  Fun times!= def going to be tired mommy........  If I can remember how since it has been so long, Ill update the photo on the side so it's not Ben as a baby!

Been awhile!

Just stopping in, I guess I should update more often!

Time flies and I haven't had a chance to post!

Since the last post we had a wonderful Christmas, and have also put our house on the market, moved into Tim's parents, been working on the Denton house, AND Ben turned 6 mo old! its been busy!!!!!!!!!

neglecting the blog again

I've been neglectful! I did want to post and say that Ben is 5 mo old today! He is doing more and more every day. he's learned how to roll, he reaches for stuff and gets it... he's loving his cereal and fruit......he's lovin his walker...oh there's so much he's doing! I really should update more but I have been busy working on the house. We officially have it listed on January 4th. hopefully it sells quick! then its a move into Tim's parents...and then moving to Denton in the spring. I will be neglecting my site some more because I really need to get my application in to Caroline county so i can hopefully have a job in Maryland next year. I will apply to DE too, but I would really like to have a MD job. Also gotta get ready for the Praxis test so that I can change my MD license. so much to do!!!!! Hopefully before Christmas Ill get back on here and get Ben's 5 mo pics up.
if not.. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thank you

doing an early post because tomorrow will be a busy day. But I wanted to say
THANK YOU
to all of the Veterans out there.

Giveaway!

Mindy is having a give away on her website....

Check it out!!!!

Halloween was a ton of fun. Ill have to do a post soon with pics of our little mouse/bear/tigger!

Welcome Home!

So Billy has finally made it home. We missed him so much while he did so much for our country...though we know we didn't miss him as much as Lindsay did!

Billy and Lindsay were the first to know we were pregnant...they found out the same night we did. He was in Indiana preparing to be deployed to Afghanistan and Lindsay was there with him. so we let them know since he wouldnt be home when we broke the news. He then came home on R&R in July... the day he had to return, is the same day that I had a migraine that caused me to be admitted to the hospital. Ben was born the day after Billy left. So he only knew Ben through pictures. On Tues we were privileged enough to attend his welcome home ceremony (even though the military kept changing when it was) we ended up being late (even getting a police escort because we couldnt find the building!) but still managed to get there before Billy was "welcomed home" He got to see his wife and meet Ben for the first time.

Thank you Billy for serving our country...and Thank you Lindsay for your sacrifice too!