Merry Christmas!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! We had a blast!!
Wed morning we had our family Christmas just the three of us. We had chocolate chip pancakes and then we opened presents. Lainey had so much fun and was excited with every gift. We talked about Jesus's birthday and just had some family time.

At lunch time we headed out all packed and ready to make the trip to Muskegon. We had dinner with both Grandmas and then we headed off to Christmas eve service at the Journey. It was nice to be back with friends and family for the week. I miss The Journey and the friends we had there. I feel so much at home when im there.

Christmas day we went to Joshs aunt and uncle for dinner and some more family time. During the prayer that josh's uncle was doing, Elaine decided that he had gone on long enough and blurted out AMEN!!! before he was done praying. After that everyone erupted into laughter so the prayer ended a little early. Around 4 we headed back to muskegon to spend some time with my dad. Elaine got to open her stocking from Grandpa and she loved all the fun stuff she got. Coloring books, playdough and other little items. She enjoyed seeing grandpa and all the friends and family there too. She was exausted by the end of the night.

Friday night we had Christmas with my mom and sister and her soon to be husband. We headed down to holland for dinner. My sister and Jon made their first turkey. It was delicious!! They did a great Job. Josh had to carve it, that was funny!! he did a wonderful job too :) We opened more gifts. I was excited because I got a mixer from my mom. I have never had one and I cannot wait to use it. Elaine was so excited because she got a dora bike with peddles. Although when my mom and I went to buy it we asumed it was half way put to gether. We were wrong so so spent a while putting together the Dora Bike. It was all worth it in the end. She loves it and wakes up talking about her BIKE. she has been riding around the house, or should i say trying to ride it. Hopefully by spring she will have the hang of it :) It was a busy few days but it was wonderful to be with family and enjoying each others company.

Saturday Josh and I spent some time together and ran over to the mall. I had to get some stuff for my sisters wedding and then josh paitently walked through the BIG SALE at Bath and Body Works. I was so excited about my purchases! We headed home in the afternoon. We got home and played outside in the crazy 60 degree weather thats NUTS!!!!!!!!!

This next week will be busy as my sister gets married on New Years Eve!!! So i will be heading back monday afternoon. Josh heading back on Tuesday. We wont be home until next week Sunday!!! Crazy busy.

We wish everyone a blessed and happy New Year!!

p.s. we are almost 26 weeks pregnant and everything seems to be going fine. Im definitly getting more tired and starting to slow down a bit. Jacob's kicks are getting much harder and starting to hurt a bit. He is definitly growing :)

BIG SNOW

This week brought us a ton of snow. 12 inches by us. and at least that much in west michigan. Thursday am bright and early lainey and I headed out to Grand Rapids. I had a appointment with The Maternal Fetal Medicine group. I have to go every six weeks for a check up and ultra sound. Things look great! Its really a treat to see Jacob grow every month or so. Everything looks great so far. After the appointment lainey and I headed over to my moms. We spent the night there. Grandma and Grandpa T came over for dinner too, so lainey had all her grandparents for the night. Lainey was suppose to have her 2 year check up friday at 10am. I got up early because i knew it was snowing, and woke her early and got dressed. only to get a phone call that her doctors office had closed. I was so frustrated. She is a month behind on shots and i needed a health appraisal done so that she can move forward with the early on transfer. So hopefully the will accomodate us next week when we are home again. ( I have yet to find a doctor here for her, and I really wanted her doctor to finish up her first two years) Elaine and I spent the day together at my moms, watching cartoons,playing with the cats, and we both painted our nails red !! It was so fun!!

Friday afternoon we headed out to hastings to my cousins to meet up with my sister and get our hair done. It only took half hour longer than normal. and the roads really were not that bad. Elaine had fun with my cousins kids for a few hours. Lisa and I got our hair highlighted and cut. My cousin is doing the hair for lisa wedding so we tried some updo's on lisas hair.
Around 8pm, lainey and i headed home to Farmington Hills. The roads were perfect, dry and i was able to drive normal the whole way home. until, i reached the Brighton area.... Have we heard of snow plows here????? the roads were so terrible, i went from 75 to 30 mph. Finally we got home, i was so relieved. lainey and I slept in until 10 am !!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was wonderful!! Then Daddy made us eggs and toast. yummy!!!!!!!

This afternoon, I with Josh help made three batches of peanut butter balls!!!!!!!! Lainey kept saying yummmyyyy
We also ventured outside for a while, josh shoveled out the rest of the driveway, lainey norman and I just played. Elaine loved shoveling the snow "like daddy" she would say.

well, its almost bath time, and then bedtime!!! YEAH!! josh and i are going to try a new church tommorow, called Kensington? (sp) have a great rest of the weekend!!!!!!!!!!

LAZY DAYS

life around the troast home has been pretty lazy lately. having to stay home and hang low is tough for all of us. I got to go out the other night, when i got home i said to Josh it felt so weird to drive?? i have not driven in several days. thats insane :) I do a couple things every day around the house. today i vaccumed. Last night Josh helped me address all the christmas cards and seal the envelopes while we watched my favorite show, the biggest loser!! A women won for the second season!! GIRL POWER!! Elaine and I are headed to GR tommorow morning. I have another appointment with Maternal Fetal Medicine, and another Ultrasound. Then we are staying the night with Grandma O. Friday Elaine has her 2 year check up. Then we are making my way to my cousins on the way home to get our hair done. Hopefully that makes me feel better. my hair is nasty and it makes me feel terrible.

Last sunday Josh asked if we could bake cookies?? yes he really did. He usually only helps dip the PB balls. SO i said sure, he helped mix it, and roll the dough(we made sugar cookies) then i sat at the table and frosted them. Elaine also helped, she had so much fun!! i have posted some pictures of her helping, and the finished product.

We took our own christmas photo, with the timer on the camera, we look a little goofy, but we got it done, we both did a lot of laughing as we would set it and run to our places. It was a good family moment. We hope everyone enjoys them. :)

im going to get going and lay down for a while. Today is the second day Elaine has taken her nap in the big girl bed. I think this weekend we are going to move it into her room. Right now its in Jacobs room. She layed right down today and fell asleep.

explosion

funny thing happened yesterday. We were sitting down for breakfast and all of the sudden we heard a huge crack and water rushing..... Josh and I jumped up and ran into the bathroom right around the corner. The tank had burst right in half, water from the tank running all over the bathroom, it was crazy!! Josh quickly shut the water off. We both looked at each other and were like what the heck??!!! Our house is always cold we have no basement and are on a cement slab , the floors are cold and the water is cold, so maybe water comming into the tank warmed up and it cracked?? we dont know. By 1:00pm, the plumber came and fixed it and got us a new toilet. so now we have a all white toilet in our bright blue bathroom :) it was a crazy thing to have happen after our busy crazy couple of days. Thank goodness for renting because we did not pay for it or have to arrange it being taken care of. It was just one of those things that happen i guess. we are laughing about it now:)

Jacob and Mommy

My so far un-eventful pregnancy turned into quit a scare on Thursday. All week i have been under some stress, combined with some other stresses and monday Night i started to cramp for about 12 hours. through out tuesday things improved and weds night it started all over again this time it was worse and i had really bad back pain as well as a ton of pressure. By Thursday morning i could not sit still, rest or even walk around for long, everything just hurt. Thanks to a doctor josh works with he was able to pull some strings and get me into an OB doctor. ( a little back story, because we really want to deliver back in muskegon for convience and because i really like my doctor no doctors here in detroit want to take my case because they wont make money, so they tell me they cannot corrdinate the care between two doctors. I have been driving back and forth to muskegon for appointments.) So joshs doctor at work pulled some strings and I was able to be seen by one of the doctor groups that had turned me down. I went in about 4 pm thursday. She did an internal exam and at that point felt my cevix was softening. She imediatly sent me to Providence Hopsital in southfield. ( they have a level 3 NICU, its smaller than GR but has the same stuff) I was given morphin for the pain and was able to relax. They kept me in labor and delivery on monitors until friday night. I had another ultra sound and cervical length which turned out to be ok. They also did other work ups for preclampsia just to be safe, that all came back fine, my protien was 160 so that is ok for now, once we get to 300 than they are going to start worrying. But so far i feel fine with all that there are no other symptoms associated with it. I was just scared and did not want to be in any sort of labor, we are almost 24 weeks. so things would not have been the greatest. Im very thankful for all the quick prayers from family and friends, I know it helped and I know that is why things looked better on the ultrasound.Jacob so far is looking great and is very healthy. his current weight is 1 pound 5 ounces. I came home last night and Im on moderate bedrest, I need to stay home as much as possible. I can go out once or twice a week briefly. meaning no more walking the mall and all that stuff. I used to go out daily and that wont be happening anymore, well for at least two weeks when i have another check up. I will keep you posted. I hope everyone is doing great and enjoying the weather on the west side, we dont have much going on around here, I sort of miss the occasional lake effect snow. Here its just cold with a small amount of snow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELAINE KATHRYN

Two years ago today I layed in a room at spectrum in pain and two hours from delivering lainey by emergency c-section. Last night I woke up every couple hours and could not sleep, i kept thinking about what i was doing at that time and how i felt, then i would cry and fall back asleep for a while. finally at 3:30am i fell sound asleep. I dont remember doing this last year but i guess im more emotional this year. Last night we were wrapping her gifts for tonight and i broke down again. oh well this too shall pass.

This morning when Lainey got up i walked into her room singing happy birthday,and she said to LAINEY!! and then she said" tank you" When josh called she said the same thing when he said happy birthday to her. We have been having a low key day, its been raining here all day long. So this morning we gave norman a bath and cleaned the bathroom. She and I have just been hanging out. Tonight josh is comming home a little early and we are going to have mac n cheese with hot dogs( her favorite food, although we dont have it all the time) and then i bought some cookies and we are going to put candles in them, then open a few gifts we got for her. This comming saturday my sister, her fiance and my mom are comming overnight and we are going to chuckie cheese. I just cannot belive how big she is and all the fun stuff that she can do now. SHe is such a big girl!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU LAINEY!!!!

OUR NEW HOME

wow, its been a while, its day three of our first week in the new home in farmington hills, MI. Things are going ok, we are pretty much settled in, only our storage boxes need to find a place to store:) and then we are fully un-packed. We left for home sunday afternoon at12:30 made one stop in allendale for our christmas tree, and we were on the road at @ 1 pm, and did not arrive home until just after 5 pm!!! We did hit some bad snow, but the roads were relativly clear, there was so much stopping and going it was crazy, at several points we did not move for 15 minutes. with clear roads. I think it was the combination of snow, and everyone going home at the same time. I hope those kinds of trips are far and few between.

Sunday night and Monday was spent un-packing and organizing and doing loads of laundry. Which i really like because the dryer here drys in no time. Our old dryer could take over an hour for one load. Lainey and I ended up outside to shovel and play in the snow. Monday night I ventured out to do some grocery shopping, I found a Mejier relativly close so I went there. NOT ALL MEIJERS ARE THE SAME, so i learned. most every fruit and veggie were on sale and rotten, i could not understand the lady at the meat counter, so i got way more lunch meat than i normaly buy, the store was dirty and gross, i wont be going back. There are some Krogers and Heartland stores closer, ill try those next. I came home to lainey sreaming, josh was watching shrek with her, and the dragon came on and appartently she was having nightmares. no more big kid movies. ( we dont have cable hooked up yet so we resorted to movies we had on hand) She was awake until after 10:30 and then again at 3:30am, 6 am and finally at 8 am. She ended up taking a three hour nap tuesday.

Tuesday lainey and I ended up at the twelve oaks mall!! ihad to schedual her two year pictures at JC Pennys and pick up a few things. This mall is HUGE, i only stayed an hour because it was such an overload on my senses. Lainey just kept saying " oh wow" over and over, its a big two story mall filled with any kind of store you want. I just could not belive how big it was. Tuesday night we got our tree set up and decorations out, I have all my christmas candles burning and it smells warm and cozy in here right now. Laineys favorite decoration on the tree is a sponge bob ornanment josh had from a long time ago, she keeps going up to it touching it and jumps up and down saying "spon BOB" yes she is weird:) ! yes she slept better tonight, only tears for brief moment and then she slept until 9 am!!! weds.

Its currently wed am. Lainey is engulfed in Veggie tails and so im taking the time out to write this. we seem to be adjusting well, josh is liking work so far, and getting used to his new enviornment. he has some tough stuff to do in the next months to come stuff that no boss really wants to do so pray that he can do it smoothly.
Im still trying to find a doctor, i found one today that specializes in problem pregnancies. But she declined to see me unless i dont go back to deliver in Muskegon, she said it was to hard to coordinate care. Im really down with this laty,all i want to do it come home for the delivery if i even make it that far. So i still dont have any doctors over here. things are so different here and all i want is to have doctors, and familar places of which i dont have. I handle things well until about nap time, when im sitting here all alone,and then i think about doing stuff back home, how easy things were and then i get really down and out. I hope it changes soon, i think being pregnant only multiplies stuff, but to me its all still real.

well, veggie tails is done, i better get going and get ourselves dressed we have to go to target for some tights for lainey, i bought some that are way to big on her. she looks like she has droopy legs its really funny. Enjoy the pictures!!

MOVING DAY

TOday is the day!!! Josh is working a half day and then picking up our 17 foot uhaul truck!! I really cannot belive this day is here. I really envisioned this day as being one that we would be on our way to building our house in Grand Haven, Not moving to Farmingtion Hills. None the less we are moving. the house is looking really bare. Really all thats left to pack is the computer, T.V. and the small amount of stuff I left in the kitcken,plus food. Everything eles is in the garage or in boxes in the house. Iam truly sad to be leaving. hopefully the right feelings will fall into place too. :) We are loading the truck tonight and leaving first thing tommorow morning. The goal is to be at our new house by 11 am saturday. We will be back sunday night because Josh has to work in holland MTW next week. Then we will be around for all of thanksgiving and the weekend. Heading back sunday night for our first full week living in our home, and Josh's first full week at work. WOW!! well, i better get this day rolling, we got dumped on with snow over night so lainey and i are heading outside to shovel, and play of course :) she loves the snow, and stays all bundled up which is funny. She gets so mad when we have to come back inside. we can only stand a half hour at a time. Everyone have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

First Snow!!!

Yesterday was the first big snow that we had!! I woke up at 5am and looked outside to see the ground covered in snow, and by the time we actually got out of bed there was a ton of it!!! Lainey woke up and saw it and kept saying now, now (for Snow) So after her Early On appointment I bundled her up and we went outside to play!! We threw the ball for norman and then we went for a walk with lainey in the sled. I tried to hook norman up to the sled but he kept pulling her all over the road so that did not work. Lainey was having so much fun !!

JOsh and I also ventured out into this winter wonderland to get our mattress and paint for the kids rooms in the new house. THe roads were completly covered in snow and ice. It took us a half hour to get to Art Van. Im glad we went because when we got there i saw this really cool table and chairs, the set was for the same price as a table we were looking at at IKEA only this particular table was solid wood. The sale price was for the floor model but it only had two small inperfections. It folds out into a big square table, with four chairs, and two benches. It is really neat. that is being delivered on Friday before we leave. Then we went and purchased the mattress, that is being delivered tommorow in Farmington Hills at our new house. Josh is currently there working for today and tommorow. Hopefully tonight he gets the bed put together so that we can sleep on it saturday night. He is also going to paint laineys room. We got a yellow color like what is currently in her room. For Jacobs room we got a color called Mountain Cliffs, its a blue grey and then im going to use different shades of blue and tans, for bedding and wall hangings. My sister Lisa and I are going to paint that room on Saturday as it it a smaller room and wont take much time.

Life on Green Willow pt. 1

SO, we spent this past Thursday,friday and sat morning at our new home that we are renting in Farmington Hills. what a few days!! Lainey got sick while we were their, the runny nose, congestion and two boughts of runny BM's :) One of which was explosive last night in the middle of IKEA!! what a mess, almost down her legs by the time i got to the bathroom with her.

Thursday was busy, we signed the lease, did a walk through. I went to Target for some cleaning supplies and josh headed off to work. This house has turned out not to be what we thought. I guess you cant tell much by spending ten minutes in a home, and then a week later rent it, with out seeing it again. Ispent almost 9 HOURS CLEANING!!!! Josh had a dinner he had to go to, so lainey and I ate pizza and continued to clean. Josh came home around 9 ish and then he and i unpacked our boxes. Neither one of us, slept well, because we were on my sisters air mattress that has a slow leak. We woke up several times to blow it back up. At least lainey slept through the night.

Friday josh went to work and lainey and i were doing some more cleaning, then we went on a walk through the neighborhood with norman. We went inside and I decided to run a cycle through the wash machine. As it was rinsing all the sudden every sink, toilet, and bath tub made the most awful, loud gurggling sound, even lainey cried because it was so loud. I thought the house was falling apart. i went to the back of the house in the laundry room, to find that water was comming up through the drain in the floor!!! I called josh and he called the relator, who called the landlord and said if this is not fixed in the next few hours the tenants are moving out. SO of course at 12:30 plumbers were at the door. Three hours later, a broken toilet and a snake pip thing, the house was back in working order. Aparently when you let pipes sit for as long as they did, and then start using them its not good. The pipes had eroded and then when we started flushing and using water, that caused a back up. So they ran water and ran a snake through it for an hour, and then replaced the toilet that broke in the process. at 3:45 they finally left. I began to seriously regret this decision, plus they never put a fresh coat of paint on the walls,which are gross with smudes and stains.

Friday after all that we went out to Chili's for dinner and then to IKEA which is only 20 mins away!! AWSOME!!!! We purchased out bedroom set, we finally got our KING size bed, now we have to put it all together. Friday night was a good night. Saturday we got up packed up and came home. I can tell you that the Spring Lake/Grand Haven Exit never looked so Good. Im really going to miss what we have here. Im ,with reluctancy ,looking forward to Farmington Hills. NExt week is the offical moving week, we are loading up Friday night, and then leaving Sat Am, and spending the weekend there. We have to be back here the week of thanksgiving so from here on out its a lot of back and forth until at least January.

ready for a VACATION!!!

So today started out like any ordinary day....well not really, everyday this week has been the kind that you just want to turn around and climb right back into bed and forget everything. TOday was just the stick that broke the camels back.. for me. Lainey and I were getting ready to meet grandma O for breakfast. Grandma was running late, so i was bring a few things to the car,(I had to return library books) so we bundled up and went out side for a few mins. I opended the Automatic Side on the van, lainey kept climbing in as i was putting my stuff in. I told her no,we are going to just play outside until Grandma comes. I got her out of the van and she started to follow me, so i thought, and i clicked the door to close and walked back to the house to shut the house door. I suddenly heard a scream i hope i never have to hear for along time. I ran back to the car to find the door had complelety shut on laineys hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I lost it, i had to force the door open and when I pulled her hand out, it was all dented, turning blue and swelling!!! I franticly dialed joshs phone. Josh was at the doctor getting his wart removed on his hand. he came home and took a look at it. We decided she should go see the doctor. He left for work and Grandma and I went to Hackly at the Lakes Urgent Care. We ended up waitng TWO HOURS!! mind you that lainey had no breakfast, neither did grandma or myself. Grandma helped lainey sit still for the X-ray,( i could not be in the room because im pregnant) she eventually cooperated and the Xrays looked fine, no broken bones. The doctor said to keep an eye on it and that it will probably bruise and look worse before its better. I finally got home and she ate, two bowls of applesauce, two PB and J sandwiches and some brocoli. I felt so bad for making her wait.

It all hit me as i was eating something and i just burst out in tears, it has been a really hard week and im worn out, and need a break, only it did not come yet.... I felt terrible and just needed to cry. and Of couse lainey is sitting there saying "no no mommy" "no no mommy" regardless the tears still flowed. Now after a nap i have a splitting headache. Hopefully tomorrow can change???

Lainey just ate snack and now we are going to try and get to the library??!!

TODAYS BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

The wait is over... we had a check up and ultra sound in Grand Rapids today. I had my first check-up at Maternal Fetal Medicine. They specialize in high risk pregnancys. Everything looks good so far. I have to go back in six weeks for another ultra-sound and start checking my blood pressure weekly. Todays ultra sound revealed what we have been waiting for.... drum roll please....... ITS A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!! that little bugger would not show us his stuff for a long time, the tech was not even sure we were going to be able to see anything... finally he spread his little legs and between them was his package!!! it was so fun, i shed some tears, and josh just laughed with excitement!!! The tech was really cute, she froze the frame and just sat there a minute, i knew right away and josh just sat there and finally said... "is that what i think it is.. a penis"?? she said YEs that is your son!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, its such a rush to find out.... i have been so excited all day.

Happy Halloween!

last night was alot of fun!! Elaine started the evening out with a big bowl of chili to get her ready for the night:) She was a bumble bee and stinkin cute!! we just went to my moms house and my dads house and then to some of his neighbors. Earlier in the day we went to holland to visit my sister and her class at work. Lainey got to trick or treat to all the teachers, they gave her candy. Then we had lunch at Daddy's work so that all the ladys could see her.
When we got to my moms house my mom let her pick out her candy, and being my child she goes in for all of it!! Grabbing all the candy that could fit in her hands, then she would put it in her pumpkin and start all over again. Then we went to my dads where she received more candy!! it was a fun two hours. I think she just had fun getting all the candy. She has a major sweet tooth, thanks to me. She was so tired that she slept in until 9am and then took a two and a half hour nap, and still went to bed on time.

Detroit update:
We are in the process of applying for a rental home, writing up a lease and all that fun stuff. The house is a 1700 sq ft Ranch(no basement) 3 bedrooms two bathrooms. its an older house with updates inside,all except the two bathrooms which are stuck int he 50's with all that old school tile everywhere and the ugly colors like bright blue and pee yellow. But its all clean ,just outdated. I will have a much bigger kitchen with storage and matching appliances. the home is located in Farmington Hills in a subdivision, it has a very large back yard for the area, always a plus. we will be able to start moving stuff in on Nov 13, we are going to take a load of stuff over and spend the night there as a family, so i will get some pictures and post them.

Pumpkins

Last Sunday night Josh and I carved pumpkins with Elaine. We got outside and it looked like rain, so we carved in the garage. Next thing we knew the sun was shining and then it thundered and then lightning , then hail and snow!! What a weird night. Even though we had great family time carving pumpkins!! Lainey took a couple bites of the goo, and then ate some seeds. After pumpkins I took lainey inside and we made homemade pizza and roasted the seeds. Elaine put on her apron and helped me cook!! she was so cute. What a fun evening.

On Monday and Tuesday Josh and I headed out to Detroit to meet and see the places/people he will be working with, and to find a house to rent. Josh sure has his work cut out for him, but it was a fun day to meet everyone. On Tuesday we went house hunting. We went through ten houses with two possibilites. Today we found out the one we both really liked and wanted, was no longer available apparently someone called on it before us. It was the dream place to rent, and we were really excited about it. IT was an old house downtown south lyon, in our price range, remodeld and almost 3000 sq feet. So its on to choice number two.. a smaller ranch with no basement or storage, but it was nice and remodeld nicely and clean. so hopefully we will hear about this one soon. There was not much to choose from. Well that is our update for now, we will keep you posted.

Tag... Im It

4 things I was doing 10 years ago..
1. I was in high school
2. getting ready to go to college, to study what i love, early childhood education
3. my parents were getting divorced
4. we moved from Grand Haven to Ferrysburg

4 Jobs that I have had...

1. washed dishes at a nursing home
2. worked briefly at a coffee shop in spring lake( the worst boss's i have ever had)
3. taught headstart in holland and Grand Haven
4. worked for my dad for many years when he owned a sandwich ice cream store downtown Grand Haven. Old Chap's Galley

4 Movies I have seen more than once......

1. Office Space
2. Shrek
3. In Love and War
4. A Beautiful Mind

4 Places I have lived....

1. Willmar, MN
2. Grand Haven, MI
3. Ferrysburg, MI
4. Grand Rapids, MI

4 Places I have been...

1. New York City
2. St. Louis, MO
3. Sarasota, FL
4. cozumel, Mexico

4 T.V. Shows I watch...

1. THe biggest Loser
2. The Office
3. Super Nanny
4. Extreme Makeover, Home Edition

4 Things you may not know about me....

1. I secretly always wanted to be a mortition??(sp), I have been facinated by how they prepare a dead body and have always wanted to see it being done. ( sorry that this will freak some people out)

2. I love Jo on Super Nanny, that is my first passion, I want to be here and be able to tell people like it is with parenting and not get into trouble. Naughty kids get my goat.

3. if i could I would sleep in past lunch every day and stay in my PJ's. I love being comfortable

4. Im very shy, and dont have much confidence in my self, I tend to not be able to make friends easily,because im scared to get hurt or let people know what im really like. I donot like being the center of attention. Im also deathly afraid of speaking in public. I just started to feel comfortable with talking in small group.

4 things I lOVE about Josh...
this one i could go on for ever about, i guess i better censor this one :)

1. He is secretly sensitive to my feelings, sometimes he does not show it. But i have always loved that he is this way with me. He is a wonderful man and I love him so much!!

2. He is an incredible Kisser(sorry i had to throw that one in)

3. He is so paitent with Elaine, and is a wonderful Daddy

4. He can fold laundry so GOOD, I love it!! I have never seen a man fold and Iron as well as he does. Im truly amazed!!

4 People I tag... wait not many people read my blog do they??

1. Alicia
2. Lisa Dawn
3. Kathy A.ka. MOM
4. Flora

We are Moving

Well i can finally announce this, Josh has taken a new Job promotion with in his company, procare. He will be the Practice manager for TCPC, procare in Detroit. He will be running the clinics in the Royal oak, Novi and Livonia areas. We made the decison to move last week. Josh starts working Dec 1. We are busy trying to find a home to rent for now,while we try and sell our condo. The company is taking over the Condo, so the price has drasticly dropped. If anyone knows some one who is looking for a place, they will definitly get ours at a steel. THe current price has dropped to 89, 900!!! someones going to get a deal!! Pass the word around. We are both sad, nervous, scared and happy at the same time to be making this big change in our lives. Please pray that the move goes great and that we can find a good place to live. We will keep you updated.

Wedding Weekend!

This past weekend my good friend Alicia got married. My sister and I were both in the wedding. it was a busy, yet fun weekend. Congrats to the happily married couple!!
Enjoy the pictures

Troast Family Up date

Sorry it has been so long, life has been busy and every chance to blog turns into something eles. We have been busy over the last month or so.

* labor day weekend we spent time as a family and hung out with friends. It was warm so Lainey and norman went swimming in the pool.. at one point they were both in the pool together.

* we picked a few grapes off the vines on our land

* I have had a couple doctors appointments already. We are almost 15 weeks pregnant. things are going fine so far. blood pressure is fine and I feel better than i did with lainey. We have to meet with the doctors and perientologist(spelling?) in November for a check up and an ultra sound. Hopefully we can find out what we are having. Im so anxious for that!! I dont feel as big as i did with lainey, which i guess could be good in the long run.

* At the end of september lainey had a NICU reunion In Grand Rapids. we only knew a few people there but she had fun. there was a fire truck, and an ambulance that she was able to go through. It was a tiring day,but fun!!

* Josh was in New York for work. He was able to go to a Yankee's game, have lunch with Grandma and Grandpa T and had dinner with his cousins. I stayed home and spent my birthday alone with out josh( my family made up for his absense, I got to eat out alot that week) thanks everyone!!

* This past week we celebrated our 3rd wedding aniversary,WOW time flies!!!

* Thursday night friends of ours from small group called and said that spring lake was having their fire saftey open house. We went with them and had so much fun!! The kids were able to tour fire trucks, cop cars, ambulance's, and boats. There were many saftey booths set up inside and free popcorn, hot dogs, chips and pop!! What a fun night. To top it off we all went on a fire truck ride!! Lainey loved every second. it was dark out so when the lights flashed it looked really cool. she was so excited!!

* We went to the pumpkin patch the first weekend in October. Some of josh's friends were there and we all ended up hanging out. Lainey made new friends. then we all went to Arbys for lunch.

enjoy the pictures, they are a mixture of the last month and a half.

Hair Cut

Last Thursday August 28 Lainey got her first hair cut. Daddy came too and took some pictures. She did very well, we bribed her with a cookie. She had a cookie in one hand and a comb in the other. She sat on the booster seat by her self. She looks so cute.

DUE DATE

Josh and I had our First doctors appointment for the baby. The check-up went great!! Dr. was a little concerned that the due date may have been a little off. She tried to use the ultrasound monitor (its funny that a Dr. has no idea how to run the machine:) Josh and I were able to see the heart beating, we did not hear it yet. But just knowing that he/she is in there is such a blessing. Dr. Mc.D had me go later in the afternoon for a "real" ultra sound. IT was so amazing to see this little person no bigger than 2 inches swim around and move. I was able to see a much better view of him/her when the tech was doing it. The tech gave me my first picture. You can see the head and back , and the little but. GOD is so amazing. I came home and watched the babystory, and i cried through all three episods. So our due date is April 7,09 but ofcourse we will have a c-section so the baby will come the week before that. We are currently 8 1/2 weeks pregnant!!!!