I Win, I Win!

Have you ever bid on something from ebay? In the past I've tried, but usually ended up frustrated because people are willing to pay way too much (in my mind) for used items. Last night I bid on a cookbook that I've been wanting and I actually got it and I got it for a lot cheaper than anywhere else I've check. Just had to tell someone.

Pictures

Brothers -with lovely red eyes. :(

Watching for Daddy to come home from class.
Seeking comfort while Mommy vacuums
Just hanging out
"Helping Mommy"

News!

I'm sure this is old news for some of you, but I still had to post it. Matt and Heather had their 4th daughter last Thursday! Her name is Ellie Grace. (I'm not sure if that is how they are spelling Ellie, but that's my quess) She weighed 8 lbs 10 oz. Go Heather!

I'm back. We are now into our fourth week at RBC. Suddenly our time seems to be going quickly. It's weird. I told Jeremy at the end of last week that I'm finally realizing how long 6 weeks really is. It's a little longer than I thought. Don't get me wrong, it's not too long, just longer than my mind was realizing. I can already tell that it is going to be hard to leave. We are enjoying our little apartment, but I am starting to miss our house. Especially my kitchen. This time here has been good for me. I'm realizing that I can do without a lot, but it is nice to have certain things too. I won't bore you too long. I had planned on putting up a picture, but I'm not on our laptop so I guess that will have to wait. The boys haven't changed that much. :)

We spent this past weekend at my aunts house near Cincinnati. We had such a good time. It was nice to be in a home again. Isaiah had a blast playing with all of my cousins old toys. He also discovered that he can crawl out of his Pack 'N Play. We were rather surprised to see him walk into our room after we had put him to bed. What a battle. He did finally fall asleep, but he woke up early the next morning. We heard him coming and decided to see what he would do. He crawled past our bedroom door then pushed a big truck right into our bedroom. I'm not sure what he was thinking. For his nap the next day Jeremy put the Pack 'N Play on top of the double bed. I guess Isaiah was too scared to try to crawl out of anything that high. I'm begging, does anyone have any great suggestions on how to train a child to sleep in a regular bed? We probably should have done it before this, but he has done so well in his crib that we just didn't feel like bothering with it. Anyway, we did have a great weekend even though we were a little tired most of the time.

Jeremy is starting to really feel the pressure to get his work done. Pray for him if you think of it.

I'm not sure what else to tell you. Life is good. Now I'm going to start peaking at your blogs. Sorry if I don't leave comments. I'm running out of time.

Update

I don't have much to say. Mom left on Wed. :( Now we are adjusting to life without Grandma and Mom. Crissy, your comment made me realize that maybe I didn't explane what we are doing. We are attending Rosedale for their 6 week winter term. Actually, Jeremy is the only one taking classes. I can hardly believe that we are already almost through our second week! Like I said, I don't have much to say and I don't have time to post any pictures. I'm try to be more interesting next time.

Alive!

I think I am going through blog with drawl! Today is the first day since Saturday that I have been on line. We are not able to connect to the Internet at our apartment. I think they are working on it so hopefully sometime soon we will have access.

I have "posted" so many updates to my blog in my mind the last weeks. I don't even know where to start updating you on our lives. I guess I'll just start and see where I end up.

We had a good Christmas. It was different to not see my family (other than Matt and Heather for one evening). If all goes well we will have Christmas with my family in March or April. We did enjoy getting with Jeremy's parents and brother on Christmas day as well as his whole family for a day and overnight.

We had a blast watching Isaiah enjoy Christmas. Several highlights included a live nativity, and of course seeing his face when he saw the gifts under the tree on Christmas morning.

The weekend before New Year's was our busy weekend. We had a get-together every day for four days straight. We enjoyed all of it! The boys were real troopers. Isaiah even managed to stay up to see the New Year in thanks to a great marble roller at his Great-Grandma's house. Needless to say he was exhausted on New Years Day. By evening he was walking around the house crying and complaining. I had a little rubbermaid container sitting on our kitchen table. That is not where it belongs, but I hadn't taken time to put it away. At one point while Isaiah was wondering through the kitchen crying he picked up the container and walked to the cupboard where it belonged and put it away. The whole time crying and saying "put back, put back". What can I say, he likes his life to be in order!

After our busy weekend I woke up Wednesday morning ready to start packing for Rosedale. Not to be. I got sick. I very rarely get stomach "stuff", but I got hit hard with this one. By Friday I was feeling better, but got hit again on Saturday. Thanks to Jeremy and my aunt, who kept the boys for three hours on Saturday, everything got packed and we were ready to leave on Sunday.

So here we are. We have a nice apartment and are pretty much settled in. We are still adjusting to a different schedule, but it is coming together. Jeremy is really enjoying his classes.

My parents got here last night. My dad leaves Saturday morning, but my mom will be here until Wednesday evening. It has been fun to have them here and of course it's great to have help with the boys. (so that I can update my blog!) They are planning on keeping them tomorrow evening so Jeremy and I can go out to celebrate my birthday.

Yes, I've reached the big 30! Monday was such a strange day that it hardly felt like a birthday. Thank you to everyone who emailed or left comments here. Also thanks to all of you who did things to make my birthday extra special -you know who you are. :)

Well, I'm hoping to drop in on some of your blogs so I'd better get off. I probably won't be leaving comments. For whatever reason this connection is almost slower than our dial up...

Merry Christmas

We've had a good Christmas and New Year. I will try to post a real update soon, but for now here are a few pictures from the last few weeks.

Isaiah's first Sunday School craft -Baby Jesus sleeping in a paper bag. Very cute. I can hardly believe we have a son that goes to Sunday School!

Nathan's first Christmas

gifts.

Christmas Eve