So Sweet

Tonight I have Anna and Max sleeping in my bed. Max fell asleep before Anna and she leaned over and gave him two big kisses on the cheek. They really are lucky to have each other.

Tuesday
The paragraph below brought tears to my eyes and I wanted to share it. I visited Jane's blog and am actually stealing this directly from her:

(I stole this paragraph from JK's blog about Tuesday. I thought it was too lovely to not share.
"The night after Tuesday was taken off the vent, I was holding her and we just stared at each other. I asked her if Angels had been watching over her and these huge tears started rolling down her cheeks. I can only tell you that the look on her face told me I didn't know the half of it."
You can go read the rest of her beautiful post here. )

Tuesday is such a strong little girl. Please keep your prayers coming.

The Big Move

Well, where do I start? I think we are starting to feel at home after a month of being in the new place. We are very happy to be close to our family and old friend's but we really do miss our lives we left in MI. I miss the little things that you rarely take notice of day to day. I miss seeing Carol in the yard and our conversations, I miss the kids being able to run from yard to yard and playing with all of their friends (Heather, Natalie, Brandon and Aiden) without a planned play date. I miss seeing kids ride their bikes down the sidewalk. I even miss the sound of UPS/FedEx (for a court of seven houses we all had a ton of deliveries) truck driving by. I miss looking out of the windows at night and seeing houses, lights and I even miss my cats. We also miss our activities with Elsie and Reid. Anna and Max have been playmates with Elsie and Reid since they were four months old! I still talk to everyone but it isn't the same as seeing them all of the time. To all of you in MI, we miss you very much! Please come and visit us! We will be out around Christmas time.

Now, there are many things to love about NY, so please don't think we aren't happy to be here. The kids love being able to run around their 5 acre yard. I on the other hand am scared to death of the coyotes that I hear howling at night. I made the mistake of looking up online all that I could about them and I am now fearful that a rabid one will come after my kids! I need to learn to be okay in the country again. :) I do love how beautiful our yard is--just need to stop looking at woods as if something is going to come charging out at us. I love that Grandma's and Grandpa's can and do stop by often for visits with the kids. I love that Anna and Max no longer need time to warm up to their Grandparents and run to them with open arms. I love that we actually have so many friends near by that we have known since first grade! I love that I will be getting gas, shopping or just out and about and someone from my past will come up to me and say hi, Dawn (Maiden Name). That can only happen when you return to a place where you grew up. I am just so amazed that you can be away for fifteen years and come back and have it feel like home. It is a feeling that I cannot describe but it feels really comfortable.
Anna and Max start at the new Montessori school next week! They will go three mornings a week and seem to really like their new school. They had a Popsicle social last week to meet their new classmates and to also give the parents a chance to meet one another as well. They will be in a class with two to five year old students. We are very pleased that they will be here. What a hard time we had finding a school that worked for us!

I guess I have rambled on long enough and now that we are settled in, I hope to update you all more often. Below are a few pictures from our "moving day".

Oh, I have to give one quick mention to the story of the missing cats (Zoe and Olivia) in the hotel room and how we had to call an exterminator and a animal control person for advice. This actually delayed our move by an entire day and additional overnight in said hotel. Was this move meant to be??? I ask this because the morning our life arrived in the big semi truck we were greeted at our front door with two men telling us there was no way they could get the truck up the driveway and that we would need a "shuttle service" which meant more time and lots more money. Luckily, the driver wanted to get back to his family and he tried one more time from the other side of the driveway and came up full speed taking out one large tree limb. Oh boy did we scream with excitement and amazement over this joyous sight! Maybe just maybe the rainbow that greeted us near the New York State line was a good luck rainbow. Only time can tell.

Prayers for Tuesday

A sweet little girl, Tuesday, from my Multiples group was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. I am asking that anyone reading this to say some extra prayers for her. Today she had surgery so she needs all of the support she can get. The photo below was taken last night and as you can see she is a beautiful and strong little girl.

A fund was created to help Tuesday and her family. It is called Tuesday's Fund and if you are interested in making a donation please click on the 'donate' button found beneath her photo on the sidebar.

Friend Award

I got a sweet surprise from my friend Jenn! Thanks Jenn and of course Jane for starting this!! I am feeling honored as this is my first online award(actually only award!)!!

I was tagged with the "Which Friend are you?" quiz. Would you believe that I am Monica?? I know, total shocker.

Okay, so as Jenn has officially named this the Jane Award, I now award the following with a tag from me.....

Chrissy

Sheri

Andrea

Alissa

Click here to take the test.

Moving and Homeless!!

Okay, we just can't seem to win. I am leaving this one up to God because things do have a strange way of working out but can you believe the house we were going to rent is sold?!?!?! Yep, our lease was in the mail and the realtor and owners accepted an offer for purchase. Now, I understand why they wanted to sell it but they really never should have decided to work with us. The realtor was pretty sneaky at the end took her time getting us the paperwork for sign. Now because of this, the other homes that fit our needs are gone! I swear I am going to explode. There is one house in that may come through but if it doesn't we have decided to put our hands up and rent an apartment. Heaven help us but we would be able to save a nice amount of money over the course of the year and buy a home while continuing to rent our house in MI.

I am at a loss for words and I am feeling pretty stressed about this. How do you fit an entire houseful of furniture into an apartment? I guess we will need a storage unit and I am already starting to miss my furniture that may not be seen for a year! Okay, enough feeling sorry for myself. The good news is that we will be closer to family and we will have plenty of friends to visit with to keep ourselves busy for the next year.

Have I mentioned that we are busy, busy, busy???

We are Moving!!!!

I am happy to announce that we will be moving to Clifton Park, NY August 1st. As though we haven't been busy enough, I am getting quotes from movers, researching Montessori toddler programs (there is only one in the area), making Dr. appointments here to make sure we are up to date with everything, trying to schedule time with friends, traveling to Toronto for business and going to the Jersey shore for a week in July. Hmmm, how are we going to do all this?

Jon and I started to clean out all of the junk that we have accumulated along the way and I am happy to say we have done a very good job! I am pretty sure the garbage men weren't happy on Monday when they drove up and saw a mountain of junk awaiting them. At any rate we are leasing our home to a German couple. Ulrich, his wife and two sons will be moving here from Germany for two years for his company. The boys are four and seven and I am sure will love all of the kids in the area. I really hope his wife likes our house because he picked it out on his own and she will see it for the first time August 1st!

Tomorrow we have a playdate planned with Sheri, Elsie and Reid and Jon's parents will be here for the 4th of July weekend. I hope to get some pictures to share.

On another note, we ordered Anna and Max their big kid beds! Max's bunk bed arrived last week and Anna's bed will be here tomorrow. It is very exciting and so far Max really likes his bed. He is sleeping in bed at night (part of the night) and napping in his crib. Anna is sleeping in our bed for both naps (when she takes them) and at night. She refuses to sleep in her crib! So, we pray that come tomorrow night we will have our bed back and she will enjoy her new bed!