Just a quick update – I added about 75 or so pictures today!  I finally started the 2007 photo gallery – and added pictures of our new house for everyone to see.

Everyone is doing well here. Rob is getting ready to leave his current command and go to a new command (same base – just a different unit).  He is excited about having something new to do.  He has been off work almost 6 weeks recovering from his back injuries, but I think is excited to finally get back to work – although it’s probably going to kill him at first because he’s used to getting an afternoon nap around here!  Maybe with him back at work I can finally get something done at work myself!  🙂

The pregnancy is going great.  I’ll be 27 weeks on Friday – I can’t believe how fast time flies.  If history repeats itself, I have about 10 weeks to go before we see Bianca (and 13 at the most).  We are getting excited, time for us to start putting the nursery together!

Damian will be 4 and Kadence 2 next month! I can’t believe how fast they have grown.  We wish you could all be closer to help them celebrate their birthdays – but I’ll be sure to post some pictures when it’s all over!

I don’t have a lot to report today, but wanted to wish everyone a very happy new year.  Can you believe it’s 2007 already?  When I was little, it seemed like the time dragged on, that I’d never be 10, or 13, or 16, or 18… I always wanted that next chapter, but the wait seemed endless.  I can remember numerous adults saying “don’t rush it, when you get older time will fly — or when you have kids, don’t blink because if you do you’ll miss everything”.  I thought they were all crazy.  As long as it took to get between birthdays, or reach summer vacation, there was no way time was going to go “faster” just because you were an adult. Little did I know – everyone was exactly right.  I can’t believe Damian will be 4, and Kadence 2, in just 3 months! It seems like yesterday I was giving birth to them. The days do seem to go very fast when you’re an adult, and we tend to get so busy that we sometimes forget the little things. For all of those that I didn’t send holiday cards to, or birthday cards to last year – I am sorry. If I forgot to call you back, I am sorry. If I was late for anything, I am sorry… Being a mother of 2 (with another on the way), is alot more work than any other job out there! And adding being a wife, the owner of a business, etc – life does seem to sometimes just slip by without even realizing it. I deeply adore all our family and friends, and truly appreciate your love and friendship. My resolution of 2007 is to try not to get so caught up life – and remember to remind those that we love – how very much we love them!

Oh, before I forget – I have a confirmed due date (again).  We are due June 27th, and my doctor assures me that we are not going to change the due date any more. This is my new doctor, and I’m very excited about their staff. I am going to a private physician now, and am much more pleased with the care I am receiving. We go back on the 10th to have another ultrasound, and try to determine the sex of the baby. I’ll be about 16 weeks at that time. I then go down to San Diego (UCSD) on the 19th to have a level 2 ultrasound (which will confirm the sex of the baby), and meet with a couple specialists to discuss some of my history so they can make some decisions on how to best proceed with this pregnancy. Everything is perfect so far, but considering how difficult having the last 2 were, they want to take every precaution necessary to insure a successful outcome.  More than likely one of the decisions they will make, will be to schedule me for a cerclage. If you remember, I had one with Kadence (they stitch the cervix closed until the end of the pregnancy).  As I know, I’ll let you guys know!

I promised pictures, but don’t have any new ones yet! I have misplaced my camera!

My how things can change in just a few weeks! Last time I wrote, the kids were going to finally have their own rooms — well, that has changed! We are moving to a new house next week, and the kids will actually continue to share a room.  They could have each had a small room in the new house, but we decided instead to let them share 1 big bedroom. The house is brand new, and when it was built was supposed to have a pretty good sized loft. But, the builders decided to close the loft in to make it just a very large bedroom (almost as big as our master bdrm). Because of it’s enormous size, we have decided to let the kids continue to share a room.  Damian is excited about it, and of course Kadence isn’t even aware that we are moving yet!  Check our contact page for our new address. (Our phone numbers will remain the same – although Rob and I both got new cell numbers in July – those are listed on the contact page — and Rob changed his email address which is also listed on the contact page).  We’ll put up pictures of the new house as soon as we get settled in.  🙂

Now, as if all that wasn’t exciting enough — we have even more news for you!

WE’RE PREGNANT – AGAIN!

Yep, two just wasn’t enough for us, so we’re going to have one more baby! We just found out a couple of weeks ago, and as of right now I am 7-8 weeks along depending on which doctor you ask. Everything looks really good (and for those of you that thought we were having twins, nope – there is only one baby in there).  I am due between June 26th and July 2nd, again – depending on which doctor you ask.  We are very excited about our new addition!  We’ll keep you updated as we know more!

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Okay, it’s been almost 3 months since I’ve updated this site.  I know you’re probably all having withdrawals, and have been patiently waiting new pictures of the kids.  I have added new pictures to the website today, so please click on the “Main Picture Gallery” on the left to see the new pictures.  There are only 2006 images there, so if you’ve not been here in a while, you should also check out the 2005 gallery.  Keep in mind, oldest pictures are at the top, with newest pictures at the bottom.

The last 3 months have been very busy for us.  Rob left in February to go to Warrant Officer school in Virginia.  He’s doing very well and is ranked in the top 15 of his class.  He’s working hard, but he’s doing a great job, we are very proud of him.  He will graduate Thursday May 25th from that school and will then go up to Aberdeen MD to attend another school, thankfully this one only 5 weeks long.  We are expecting him to be home Fourth of July weekend and we can’t wait!

We did go out to visit him last weekend, the kids and I flew out there and then rented a car for a few days.  It was great spending some time with Rob, but was too short!  We will go back again for graduation, and then we’ll wait for him to come home.

The children’s Godmother, Rachel, moved in with us in February.  Her husband Casey (Godfather) just graduated Marine Corps boot camp in January, and he’s now away at school in Pensacola Florida.  So while he’s gone we asked Rachel is she would move out here with us from Idaho and she did.  She helps me tremendously with the kids, and as it turned out I had an opening in my company so I was able to give her a full-time job as my assistant also.  She’s doing a fantastic job working with my company and is a huge help to me with the kids.  I’m not sure at this point how I would manage without her.  We are hoping that after Casey finishes his school, that they get stationed out here!

As if all that wasn’t enough excitement, Damian will turn 3 on the 17th of this month, and Kadence will be 1.  Where does the time go?  Kadence has just started to walk, taking a few steps at a time.  Damian is 99% potty trained now too, and 100% off the bottle.  They grow up so fast!

Okay, that’s it for now, hope everyone is doing well.

Wow, can you believe I updated the website twice in one month?  Not much to say, but did add some new pictures of the kids today, about 20-25 new photos taken over the past couple of weeks.

We had a very nice Thanksgiving dinner here at home, I cooked. Yes, everyone is still living!  🙂

That’s it for now, I have to go clean house.   🙂