Need a house?

Our house is officially on the market. It's been crazy busy and I think we spend all of our time cleaning now, but it looks good. Click on the blog title to check out our online listing. We have our realtor walk-through tomorrow, so hopefully we'll start getting some traffic. Keep us in your prayers that we survive this whole ordeal and get some much needed space in a new house! I'll keep you posted.

Our hearing child!

We took AJ to Cardinal Glennon last week and got some great news. He can hear just fine! He has some moderate hearing loss in the lower tones, but they believe it is due to residual fluid behind his ear drum and is not really an issue. He can hear speech tones very well. The best result was that his brain responded to 70 decibels in his "bad" ear!! That means that the cochlea (inner ear) is intact and functioning. We no longer need to do a CT scan because we know that there is something inside his little closed-up ear. We will do something with it in a few years, but right now, it's simply not an issue. We are so very blessed with our beautiful boys and I thank you all for your thoughts and prayers over these last few months as we waited for answers. God is listening!

Houston, one day closer to you!

Ah, it is hot down here in Houston, TX and I have one more day until I get back home or rather to St. Louis to meet Bria and the boys. I am about 8 months into my new job at Air Products and Chemicals and I lilke it very much. It is a huge departure from my last job but in mostly the good ways.

I have been able to travel the world in my last job, but I get a chance to see my growing family all day, every day now and its great.

It is true that I missed my anniversary again this year, but I will try for next year!!!

I also got to see Chuck, my only brother, this week and do some catching up with his family. The boys will be out of the house before they know it. It seems like only yesterday that Alex and Dillon were Keavan and AJ's age.

They are 17 and 15 now. That makes me feel a little old when you put it that way.

That is all for now, I will be adding my two cents every now and then.

chelsea

30 years and 1 week

I just completed my first week of being 30. Honestly, it doesn't feel any different than 29. And actually, since I spent more than 1/2 of year 29 pregnant, 30 feels a lot better. Chelsea's and my 7th anniversary was on Monday. He sent me some beautiful flowers. As usual, he was gone. We think we've been together for 2 of our 7 anniversaries. But since it comes only a week after my birthday, it gets glossed over anyway. Isn't it good that we don't get caught up in the details?

We are going to St. Louis this weekend. AJ goes to Cardinal Glennon for his hearing test on Monday morning, so we are making a weekend out of it. The boys and I are driving to Kim's (you can view her blog via the link on the left) Friday morning, then meeting Chelsea at Bonnie's when he flies in from Houston that night. We get to see the newest member of our family on Saturday. My cousin, Brent, and his wife just had a new baby boy, Logan, a couple of weeks ago. Then Sunday, we are going to the zoo. Should be exciting! Check back next week for pictures and details of our exciting trip.

My next addition to the blog will be a stress0meter to keep track of how crazy my life can get before I lose it. I start school on Monday, the first day of which I am missing because of AJ's appointment. Our nanny quit on me, so we no longer have childcare for AJ. We are putting our house on the market in a couple of weeks. So if anyone can figure out how to add a few extra hours in the day for Chelsea and I to work and make sure our children are not rotting in front of the TV, let me know!

Keavan at 3 1/2

Our big boy is growing up so fast. He is very smart and very active. He can add any 2 digits under 10, write almost all of his letters, spell his name and he knows all of his phonics. We are working on reading skills and he has a few sight words. He loves puzzles and playdough and dressing up in costumes. He is very much a boy because everything lately is a gun and he is usually pretending to be some sort of super hero. He also enjoys dressing up in his friend's sister's Disney princess dresses though. He is definitely our little drama king. He played soccer in May and Chelsea was his coach. I should say that he wore a soccer uniform and ran around the field with his friend Austin, completely oblivious to the game going on around them. Oh well. At least they weren't watching TV, right? Speaking of which, are any of you familiar with the show Kai-lan? It's like Dora, only in Chinese. Now he is teaching me Chinese words to go along with the Spanish ones he sprinkles in to everyday usage. Thanks Noggin.

AJ at 6 months

Our baby boy is 6 months old now and he is hilarious! He is seriously the happiest, easiest baby I have ever seen. He belly laughs when you kiss him and he loves to give sloppy, wet kisses back. He thinks Keavan is the greatest thing on the planet. We try to tell Keavan to be gentle, but it's hard to convince him that he might hurt AJ when AJ is laughing! He can roll over back to front, but doesn't very often. He doesn't really do anything else. He loves his Baby Einstein exersaucer and shows no real interest in being mobile...which is fine with me! We are enjoying him greatly at this adorable stage and are in no hurry for him to get any bigger. Although, it would be nice if he could sit up on his own so I could put him in the cart at the grocery store. His infant carrier weighs a ton! He's 16 pounds 12 ounces and 26 inches long, as of May 22.

And we finally join the revolution...

I decided that it was time to enter the wonderful world of blogging. Because I need something else to do. Ha ha. It seems that I can keep up with everyone else's lives, it's time I allow you to do the same.

I turned 30 yesterday and celebrated with a whirlwind trip to Cape. I never thought I'd be excited about being home for my birthday, but it was nice. I did, however, make the mistake of driving by my parents' old house and discovered that it is now purple. 'Tis sad. But it was a good trip. It's nice to go "home" once in a while.

I will add new pictures of the boys and try to write something at least once a week, so check back often. And if you have a blog, let me know so I can add it to my list!