Landscaping

Landscaping

Memorial Day weekend was FINALLY nice and sunny outside! We were able to get a lot of landscaping done that we have been wanting to do. We put a flower bed in out back and redid the front. If you click on the pic you can see before and afters for the front of the house. the guy who lived here before us had lost interest in his yard for at least a few years. We are working very hard to bring it back to green and grassy! Also we are getting rid of a lot of ugly or dead bushes to replace with hopefully something better. We were also able to work on the pool more so when it warms up more, we can swim, and we were able to clean out the garage and park the car in there! So it was quite a successful weekend but mostly because we were able to do all this together and just hang out, relax, and get VERY sunburned!! Well, the boys didn't but Wilmer and I did!

Wilmer is 30!!!

Daddy's 30th Bday

We had a little party for Wilmer on May 23 for his 30th birthday! He is starting a whole new decade! It is quite scary to realize how fast time goes now! We have been out of school for over 10 years now and the first birthday I celebrated with him was his 20th! I made a cake for him and got a bunch of pizza and wings. Aaron was very eager to help Daddy open his presents and cards. He would tear open the card envelope, open it, and let the money fall to the ground as he scanned the card- then he would drop that on Daddy's lap and go for the next one. He didn't realize he left the best part on the ground! =-) It was nice to just have a relaxing evening celebrating and talking with our friends. Things have been so busy lately, we haven't had time to do any of that.

Family

Family

Wilmer was a groomsman in our friends' wedding in April. That is where this picture was taken. When I bought my dress I had no idea what color the girls would be wearing but it was just a little darker than Wilmer's vest so we matched! =)

Aaron is almost 3 1/2 but he acts so much older sometimes. The things he says or how he says them- you wonder where he picked up that and does he really know what it means! I mean, he just sounds so grown up with his talking now. It's too bad he's not old enough to go to preschool this year. He is dying to go to school. Everytime he sees a bus he says soon he'll be 5 and can go to school on the bus and learn lots of things! He is writing his name now- fairly legible. It takes about 2 lines to write 5 letters but at least he knows what they look like. I am so proud of him and his desire to learn. He is very smart and picks up on everything. He is quite the eavesdropper as well! =) He is pretty much potty trained and has been for some time now. He wears underwear even to bed and usually does pretty good.

Tyler- 18 month old, blue-eyed crazy child! He is NEVER still, even at night, he is kicking the bars in his crib as he turns over. He is much more outgoing and friendly than Aaron but he also does not mind if he wanders away and can't see us anymore, which is scary for me. This past month he finally started talking and it's like he just can't get enough. He has to try to say everything. He doesn't want to just say dada and mama, he wants to know the word for everything so he can say it. He feeds himself and tries to dress himself already. He is beginning to show interest in the potty more so hopefully we can start that soon and it will be successful so I will only have 1 in diapers in Novemeber. He climbs out of his crib so there is no containing him anymore. Nor is there any more sleeping if he isn't!!! =( Poor me! He really wants to sleep in a bed like Aaron's but I don't know if he will actually get any sleep. Not that he stays in his crib anyway though. We have to keep the front screen door locked cuz he will just go right out and play outside and I'll be looking for him all over! He's such a little stinker! Then he'll look at you with such an innocent little expression as if he never does anything! Ha- don't let him fool ya!
We were able to take David, Melisa and the girls to Strong Museum to see it. The girls really enjoyed everything. There are a few pictures with them. Next time we will be dragging Grandpa and Grandma along!

Wrestling Show

Wrestling

On May 17th we went down to PA to visit my family as well as to watch Cody and Stacey in a wrestling match. Melisa watched the boys so they had their first sleepover with Emily and Hannah. Wilmer and I went with my parents, David and one of his friends to the wrestling match. It was ... interesting. I prefer to watch Cody and Stacey wrestle- not really the others! =) If you click on the pic above you can see more pictures and videos of it. Ok you will notice there are more pics of these really really big black guys! Um yeah they were quite funny actually to watch...until one of them became close and personal. You will see a pic of the backend of one of them. That is because he came up into the bleachers chasing another wrestler and was wrestling right there! I thought he was going to fall on me and he weighed at least 400 pounds! I was crawling in Wilmer's lap trying to get away from them. Not onlt that but they stunk and were all sweaty! Then to top it off- suddenly I felt wet drops all on my face and arms! Ok to back up a little- in the ring this guy had been spitting up in the air- like that's cool I guess! So when I felt all this wet, you know what I thought it was. My dad said they broke a water bottle over each other's head and I hope and pray that it was it was!! Anyway, then we watched Cody in his match with 2 other guys. Then we watched Stacey in her match with another girl. Both of them lost but they both did very well. It was actually quite interesting to watch. I think next time I will bring Aaron and Emily. They will like watching I think. So enjoy watching the videos!

Baby update

So this little one is already causing all kinds of commotion and excitement! This is scary because Tyler was also a little stinker when he was inside and continues to be on the outside!! In the beginning of May, I was at work when I thought my water broke! Yeah, I was only 13 weeks pregnant then so that was scary- then when I saw no water- just ALOT of blood- I was really worried. To follow up that I began to have cramps and contractions by the time I got home. Luckily I only work about 10 minutes away. Wilmer called a friend from our church that lives near us to come stay with the boys and took me to the ER. This was about 10:30 at night. We got there and I got into a triage room right away where they took blood and asked a lot of questions. Then they sent us back to the waiting room to ...wait!! Of course- what else would you do in the ER!! Finally we were taken into another area where I got a bed to lay in at least and we both kinda were in and out of sleep because it was now about 1am. Finally a dr came to see me and she was actually a resident that had worked in the OB dept- thank God. She knew a little better what she was talking about. After MUCH prodding, 2 ultrasounds, an internal exam, a consult with another dr, and a few more hours- we were given a diagnosis. It was called a troubled miscarriage. The baby was fine- kicking and all- but the reason for the bleeding was that the edges of the placenta had pulled away from the wall of the uterus and curled up a little. They said it could stop or it could keep pulling away- they had no way of knowing or stopping it. So now we knew what the problem had been but could do nothing- except PRAY!! And we did and so did eveyone that we knew. I am now 16 weeks pregnant and have had no further problems! The baby is growing and kicking constantly. Luckily for me, I can't feel it yet! =) Thank all of you who prayed for us. Please continue to keep this pregnancy in your prayers- we have 5 more months to get thru!!