I've always known I that I have a really good husband. He does dishes, he takes out the trash, he even helps bathe the kids. But honestly, I didn't know how good of a husband he really is until now. In case you didn't know, he is working in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He's gone for weeks at a time. He's been gone 3 weeks today and we aren't sure when he is going to get to come home. Right now, we'll be lucky if we get to see him at Thanksgiving. The kids and I are living in an apartment in Victoria. We thought we'd wait it out until May and then decide if the kids and I were going to move up there. However, neither of us anticipated how difficult living apart would be. I can honestly say, it stinks. Brad can barely even talk to the kids without choking up. I'm used to him working a lot, but not seeing him for weeks at a time is not good. The kids miss him terribly. Tyler says something heart-breaking nearly every day. The other day he told me, "Little boys need thier daddy's." It makes me cry just to think about it.
So, it looks like we will be moving in December. I honestly am praying that we don't have to move, but we are about 95% sure that it is going to happen. We love Victoria and when we moved back from College Station we told ourselves, "Never again! We will never leave Victoria again." So this is a strange place to be in. Over the last couple months I've realized that the most important thing is to keep our family together and it looks like the best choice will be for us to move. I'll keep you posted!
Other than that, all is well. Kids are growing and growing and growing. Emma and Tyler are doing well in school and Bowen loves his mommy time, although, when I say, "Let's go get Tyler." He makes a beeline for the door!
I'll try to update this more often and if we make the move, I'll be sure to keep this up to date. It will definitely be a journey!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Where does the time go?
I can't believe it has been 4 months! Time just flies by. I thought I'd take a minute and update. All 3 of the kids have been sick the last couple weeks. Even though I hate them being sick, I feel very fortunate b/c this is the first time Bowen has been sick and Tyler hasn't been sick in almost 2 years. Emma has been sick, maybe 2 times in about 2 years!They are all just about over it.
So a lot has happened in the last 4 months!
My sweet princess turned 6! WOW. I have a 6 year old. I can't believe it. She is such a wonderful, beautiful, smart and funny little girl. She makes Brad and I laugh so much and she has been such a joy to us these last 6 years. She has been very busy w/ learning to read and all the other joys of kindergarten. She really enjoys cheerleading and she can do a front flip on the trampoline, a beautiful cartwheel and she can kick over from a back-bend! I am very impressed w/ all of that! Haha. She is also doing ballet/tap. She likes that also, but she doesn't seem to be as into it as cheerleading. She is begging to play softball....but we will have to see. I don't want all of her activities to take away from family time and I don't want her to get over extended.
Tyler is doing well also. He is going to school 3 mornings a week and he gets into a little trouble, but for the most part he is a good boy. Lately he is really in to hunting! He loves to watch hunting shows with Brad. Brad bought him a BB gun, which he loves shooting (under VERY strict supervision, of course). He is growing like a weed and I would have never imagines my chunky little baby would be so tall and SKINNY. Of course, he might be so skinny b/c he NEVER stops moving. He has also taken to his role as big brother quite well lately. He loves to make Bowen laugh and already tries to wrestle with him. He is also really excited to play t-ball this summer and we have had a lot of fun working with him.
Here's a picture of Emma and Tyler in their bathrobes before bed!
Bowen is SOOO big. I am just amazed. He is walking. He has taken 8 steps so far! I am NOT ready for him to be up and walking around but w/ Emma and Tyler to chase around, I am not suprised that it has happened so soon. He claps and waves and is just so handsome. He's kind of a mama's boy, but I have to say I love it. (:.
Brad and I are good. I would love to say that we are not worried about how slow the oilfield is, but the truth is that we are. They have layed off about 10 people at his job in the last couple of months and we are just so thankful that he has not been one of them. My heart really goes out to the men that were layed off b/c I know that most of them have families and children. All we can really do now is just pray that he is lucky enough to keep his job and that we are able to make it through these tough times.
So a lot has happened in the last 4 months!
My sweet princess turned 6! WOW. I have a 6 year old. I can't believe it. She is such a wonderful, beautiful, smart and funny little girl. She makes Brad and I laugh so much and she has been such a joy to us these last 6 years. She has been very busy w/ learning to read and all the other joys of kindergarten. She really enjoys cheerleading and she can do a front flip on the trampoline, a beautiful cartwheel and she can kick over from a back-bend! I am very impressed w/ all of that! Haha. She is also doing ballet/tap. She likes that also, but she doesn't seem to be as into it as cheerleading. She is begging to play softball....but we will have to see. I don't want all of her activities to take away from family time and I don't want her to get over extended.
Tyler is doing well also. He is going to school 3 mornings a week and he gets into a little trouble, but for the most part he is a good boy. Lately he is really in to hunting! He loves to watch hunting shows with Brad. Brad bought him a BB gun, which he loves shooting (under VERY strict supervision, of course). He is growing like a weed and I would have never imagines my chunky little baby would be so tall and SKINNY. Of course, he might be so skinny b/c he NEVER stops moving. He has also taken to his role as big brother quite well lately. He loves to make Bowen laugh and already tries to wrestle with him. He is also really excited to play t-ball this summer and we have had a lot of fun working with him.
Here's a picture of Emma and Tyler in their bathrobes before bed!
Bowen is SOOO big. I am just amazed. He is walking. He has taken 8 steps so far! I am NOT ready for him to be up and walking around but w/ Emma and Tyler to chase around, I am not suprised that it has happened so soon. He claps and waves and is just so handsome. He's kind of a mama's boy, but I have to say I love it. (:.
Brad and I are good. I would love to say that we are not worried about how slow the oilfield is, but the truth is that we are. They have layed off about 10 people at his job in the last couple of months and we are just so thankful that he has not been one of them. My heart really goes out to the men that were layed off b/c I know that most of them have families and children. All we can really do now is just pray that he is lucky enough to keep his job and that we are able to make it through these tough times.
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