I apologize for the lack of posts lately. Wow! I can't believe that it's been nearly a month since my last post. I must admit that the holidays definitely kept us busy and the (attempt to) return to school has been even crazier.
I will give a brief overview of the past month....and I hope to add pictures sometime in the near future. Here are some things that we have been up to:
1.) As you are all probably wondering....Shane is now back in the "working world"! He literally was out of work for over a month. He was extremely busy with interviews throughout the month. However, with the holidays, everyone was holding off on new hires. In the end, Shane got a job at the place that I mentioned back at the beginning of December. If you recall, they offered him a job, but were waiting on corporate approval. Well, he finally got the "official offer" and was able to start there on Tuesday. Woo! Hoo!
2.) Our holiday season was very blessed and extremely fun. We spent 4 days in Minnesota (visiting Shane's family). We had a really nice time seeing our family in Minnesota. We were actually in MN on Christmas. Therefore, Santa had to find us at a different house. Trey was hilarious as he tried to fall asleep. He could swear that he heard Santa flying overhead and just couldn't fall asleep. However, I told him that Santa would not land until we were asleep. Eventually, Trey fell asleep and wouldn't you know???? Santa found us! :o)
On New Year's weekend, we celebrated Christmas with my side of the family. We met at a hotel with a waterpark. Therefore, all of the cousins, grandparents, etc. got some bonding time in the water. We had a really great time seeing everyone on this side of the family as well...and Trey particularly liked the waterpark. He had never seen anything like this before!
3.) School started back on Jan. 5th. However, Trey has had a hard time staying healthy and has missed 4 1/2 days of school. He had a horrible cough last week (in addition to cold symptoms). It was keeping him up at night and really tired him out. At first, the doctor thought that he might have asthma and suggested that we get him checked for asthma. He gave us some prednisone and sent us home. After a couple days, the prednisone seemed to help the cough. However, it didn't take long before the cough returned and he was looking pretty "droopy". Therefore, we went back to the doctor. It appears that he has an ear infection and pneumonia! Yikes! Therefore, we are home again....and taking antibiotics. Honestly, after his first dose of antibiotics, he really perked up and has been acting like his "normal self". However, I can't send him back to school yet. Not to mention, it is -26 here today (and it feels like -40 with the wind chill). Therefore, he is not going anywhere...and neither am I until it warms up a bit.
So...today, we are enjoying more cartoons. I am attempting to get some work done from home and Trey is on the road to recovery. He actually doesn't have school on Monday (MLK Day). Therefore, he should be in GREAT shape for school on Tuesday.
Otherwise, we are doing well. We definitely praise God for Shane's new job. We also are so blessed to have Trey in our lives. Our first Christmas was wonderful and we look forward to many more. We still cannot believe that we have had Trey for 10 months! He has really settled in well and continues to amaze us with his knowledge, humor, and language skills. He has come SO FAR in the past 10 months! What a special boy! I definitely hope to post some new pictures soon!
Have a GREAT Day!
God's Blessings,
Shane, Kathy, and Trey
Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sending God's Blessings This Christmas
Today, we are enjoying a snow day at home.... To be honest, Trey's school is in session. However, we live 35 miles from school. With the roads being so icy and snowy...we opted to not make the commute today. Unfortunately, Trey is missing his class Christmas party. However, we chose to live on the safe side, rather than risking it out on the roadways today. Therefore, we are just hanging out...I'm working a little from home....and Trey wrote his letter to Santa this morning (see above.). I must note that Trey is really into exclamation points right now...so the letter might look a little demanding. He doesn't intend for his message to be interpreted this way. :o) He also really likes stickers, so the letter is covered in stickers.
The other pictures above are our 2008 Christmas Card and some photos from a trip to the photographer in November. We hope that you like them!
Regarding Shane's job situation, the job that we mentioned last week sort of fell through. I guess that the job offer is still there. However, they are waiting on "corporate approval" before he can start. Rather than waiting...and waiting...and waiting....we started looking into other options. Shane currently is in the midst of a variety of interviews (some which are outside of the car business, which would be super...). So, we'll keep you posted on any developments. However, Shane had one interview yesterday. He has one today and he has two on Monday...so we are optimistic in it all. We also truly feel God's presence in all of this and know that his angels are watching over us. We hope to report good news soon.
For now, we would just like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! We hope that your holiday season is blessed, safe, and happy! From our house to yours....God's Blessings this Holiday Season!
Shane, Kathy, and Trey
Friday, December 12, 2008
Things are Looking Up
Just to update, it appears that Shane has a new job! He is scheduled to start on Monday at a new auto dealership! We really wish that it could be sooner to get a paycheck rolling in sooner. However, we are pleased that he will be employed soon and so thankful for your prayers and for God's presence throughout this time. The timing is strange because he will start the week before Christmas week. I'm not really sure how busy the dealership will be. However, at least by being at a job...he will have the opportunity to make some money. We have been extremely thrifty lately and will continue to be conservative for quite a while.
Nonetheless, our family time has been invaluable. We have really enjoyed our evenings of dinner, games, T.V., and great conversation. We know that everything happens for a reason and maybe, we just needed to slow down for a bit and have some of this terrific family time.
Tomorrow, Trey will be going to a classmate's birthday party. Therefore, Shane and I will begin our Christmas shopping. This will be some nice "couple time" as we don't usually have time by ourselves together. It will only be for a couple hours...but it will still be nice.
I hope that your Christmas season is blessed and happy. Ours is definitely perking up and we are so grateful.
God's Blessings,
Shane, Kathy, and Trey
Nonetheless, our family time has been invaluable. We have really enjoyed our evenings of dinner, games, T.V., and great conversation. We know that everything happens for a reason and maybe, we just needed to slow down for a bit and have some of this terrific family time.
Tomorrow, Trey will be going to a classmate's birthday party. Therefore, Shane and I will begin our Christmas shopping. This will be some nice "couple time" as we don't usually have time by ourselves together. It will only be for a couple hours...but it will still be nice.
I hope that your Christmas season is blessed and happy. Ours is definitely perking up and we are so grateful.
God's Blessings,
Shane, Kathy, and Trey
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Trying to Get Into the Christmas Spirit
It's been so long since I have posted. However, to be honest, I haven't really felt like writing. Thanksgiving was good. We went to my sister's house and spent the day with my entire family. However, on the day after Thanksgiving, Shane lost his job. Therefore, it's been such a weird time for us. We have been searching for a new job and nothing seems to be working out. Shane has never had a hard time finding a job. However, with the economy....it's totally different right now. (The economy is the reason that he lost his job....the dealership is having severe difficulties and has let go of many employees.) Anyway, we thought that this might be a good time for Shane to explore a new line of work. Therefore, he has his resume' at several different places, along with some auto dealerships. We are really hoping that something works out soon. He has now been out of work for a week and a half and Christmas is coming. I haven't done any Christmas shopping and to be perfectly honest, I haven't felt like it.
On a positive side, we have had some wonderful family time lately. Typically, Shane works two evenings per week. Therefore, we don't always have a lot of time together. However, we have really taken advantage of the opportunity to be together. Last night, Trey had a special program at school titled "Night School". They brought in several nocturnal animals and had a variety of "night-time" activities for the parents and kids. All three of us enjoyed the festivities and we got some great pictures of the night. Trey was able to see an alligator. He pet a chinchilla, two snakes (YIKES!), two ferrets, and a variety of other creatures. He also made some art projects as well.
We are definitely praying that a wonderful job for Shane comes about this week. We would appreciate your prayers as well.
We hope that your Christmas season is happy and blessed. We know that everything happens for a reason and the Lord is watching over us. We are just trying to wait patiently for His perfect timing in this situation. He certainly blessed us with our wonderful little boy. He will most certainly take care of us during this time as well.
On a positive side, we have had some wonderful family time lately. Typically, Shane works two evenings per week. Therefore, we don't always have a lot of time together. However, we have really taken advantage of the opportunity to be together. Last night, Trey had a special program at school titled "Night School". They brought in several nocturnal animals and had a variety of "night-time" activities for the parents and kids. All three of us enjoyed the festivities and we got some great pictures of the night. Trey was able to see an alligator. He pet a chinchilla, two snakes (YIKES!), two ferrets, and a variety of other creatures. He also made some art projects as well.
We are definitely praying that a wonderful job for Shane comes about this week. We would appreciate your prayers as well.
We hope that your Christmas season is happy and blessed. We know that everything happens for a reason and the Lord is watching over us. We are just trying to wait patiently for His perfect timing in this situation. He certainly blessed us with our wonderful little boy. He will most certainly take care of us during this time as well.
Friday, November 21, 2008
The Tooth Fairy!
On Wednesday night, Trey lost his first tooth. His tooth had been loose for more than a week and was really wiggly the last few days. In fact, Trey's adult tooth was beginning to come up behind his baby tooth. (Coincidentally, Trey had his 6th month dentist appointment on Tuesday. The dentist didn't seem too concerned about the tooth coming in behind. She said that once the baby tooth came out, the adult tooth would move forward. Interesting.....). Anyway, back to the subject at hand....
On Wednesday night, we had our normal bedtime routine. I laid Trey down to sleep and he laid there wiggling his tooth. Shane offered to help him pull it (I couldn't even look!!!). However, Trey declined and chose to work on it himself. Then, it was time for sleep. I told Trey that he should leave it alone and it would probably come out "tomorrow". We said our "goodnights" and we left the room. About 10 minutes later, I was sitting in our computer room and Trey came flying into the room saying, "Mom, Mom, My tooth came out!" Sure enough....he had wiggled that tooth until it came out.
Therefore, (after a few photos!) we put his tooth into a ziplock bag, put it under his pillow, and then he laid back down in bed. We talked about the tooth fairy and Trey started asking about what she is like.
Trey: "Is she like a mouse?"
Mom: "No."
Trey: "Is she like a snowman?"
Mom: "No. She is kind of like an angel. Do you know what an angel is?"
Trey: "Yes. What kind of money will she give me? Round money or paper money or like Mama's money?" (referring to a debit card....YIKES!)
Mom: "Not like Mama's money....but let's go to sleep and see what she brings."
Trey: "When is going to come?"
Mom: "After you go to sleep. She won't come until you are sleeping."
Trey laid so still and basically made the decision that he was going to fall asleep quickly. I told him goodnight and he was literally asleep within a few minutes. (He has NEVER fallen asleep that fast before!)
Of course the tooth fairy arrived after Trey fell asleep. Then, in the middle of the night, Trey came running into our room, saying, "Mom! Mom! I got money!" He laid it on the night stand by our bed and then ran back to bed! (He knows that he is supposed to stay in his bed all night.) The next morning, we talked about his dollar that he received.
What a fun night! And...of course, it was all a very big deal when Trey went to school on Thursday too.
I am including some photos that we took immediately after Trey lost his tooth. I am also including a photo of Trey and his teacher. This picture was taken at his Thanksgiving program last night.
Enjoy!
On Wednesday night, we had our normal bedtime routine. I laid Trey down to sleep and he laid there wiggling his tooth. Shane offered to help him pull it (I couldn't even look!!!). However, Trey declined and chose to work on it himself. Then, it was time for sleep. I told Trey that he should leave it alone and it would probably come out "tomorrow". We said our "goodnights" and we left the room. About 10 minutes later, I was sitting in our computer room and Trey came flying into the room saying, "Mom, Mom, My tooth came out!" Sure enough....he had wiggled that tooth until it came out.
Therefore, (after a few photos!) we put his tooth into a ziplock bag, put it under his pillow, and then he laid back down in bed. We talked about the tooth fairy and Trey started asking about what she is like.
Trey: "Is she like a mouse?"
Mom: "No."
Trey: "Is she like a snowman?"
Mom: "No. She is kind of like an angel. Do you know what an angel is?"
Trey: "Yes. What kind of money will she give me? Round money or paper money or like Mama's money?" (referring to a debit card....YIKES!)
Mom: "Not like Mama's money....but let's go to sleep and see what she brings."
Trey: "When is going to come?"
Mom: "After you go to sleep. She won't come until you are sleeping."
Trey laid so still and basically made the decision that he was going to fall asleep quickly. I told him goodnight and he was literally asleep within a few minutes. (He has NEVER fallen asleep that fast before!)
Of course the tooth fairy arrived after Trey fell asleep. Then, in the middle of the night, Trey came running into our room, saying, "Mom! Mom! I got money!" He laid it on the night stand by our bed and then ran back to bed! (He knows that he is supposed to stay in his bed all night.) The next morning, we talked about his dollar that he received.
What a fun night! And...of course, it was all a very big deal when Trey went to school on Thursday too.
I am including some photos that we took immediately after Trey lost his tooth. I am also including a photo of Trey and his teacher. This picture was taken at his Thanksgiving program last night.
Enjoy!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Picture Update
As promised, I am updating with Halloween photos. Additionally, I am including some fall photos and "Chuck-E-Cheese" photos.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Hello....Again....
**Updated....Just to let you know.... Trey was a fireman for Halloween. I'll try to post some pictures of him in his costume soon. :o) **
Ok. I'm a really bad blogger..... I can't believe that it's been so long since I last posted. I apologize. We have been very busy and time has literally gotten away from me. Since I last posted, Trey had his first Halloween. Unfortunately, I wasn't even around for it. I was sooooo sad about this. I had a volleyball tournament down in St. Louis on the 31st and 1st. Therefore, I packed up all of his things early in the morning, kissed him goodbye, and surrendered his first Halloween to someone else. Shane took Trey to school that day and, unfortunately, had to work in the evening as well. We had made arrangements for Trey to go trick-or-treating with a classmate and his family. As expected, they had a blast! It took a while for Trey to get into the routine of trick-or-treating. He had no idea of what to do. However, once he caught on...he loved it! When Shane went to pick him up, they were all back home and enjoying some pizza. And....Trey accumulated A LOT of candy! We still don't know what to do with all of it! YIKES! I'm so glad that Trey had fun. I was just REALLY sad to have missed this holiday.
The following week brought one of our blog friends to our campus. Joel came to our campus to do some recruiting. Therefore, he contacted us ahead of time to see if we would be around. Joel and Clarion recently adopted 2 boys from Russia and we have kept in touch through our blogs...however, we had never met in-person. On the day that Joel was here, Shane was able to make the trip in to campus as well. Therefore, all 3 of us were able to meet Joel. We were so sad that we couldn't meet their entire family (because the 3 boys would have had a blast!), but we are hoping to get together at some point again and introduce all of the kids. Nonetheless, we had a great visit with Joel and are so happy for their family!
My volleyball season ended last Thursday, so life is gradually beginning to slow down. I am definitely welcoming more free time and more quality time with Trey. I just LOVE picking him up after school and going home together. We have done so much juggling lately with babysitters, etc. I have really missed our little boy and have longed for some more "mommy/son" time. We are enjoying the less hectic routine and more time at home. :o)
I must say that Trey has been a real trooper throughout all of the juggling and has really gone with the flow. However, over the past 2 weeks, he has been a little more wound up. He has realized that he can make his friends laugh when he does silly things at school or in Sunday School. Therefore, we are working with trying to get him to listen better and act more appropriately. He is a very witty guy and could be labeled "the class clown". However, we are trying to explain that there are appropriate times to be funny and times to just sit quietly and listen. It doesn't help that his friends tend to urge him on with his silliness. Oh....the joy of parenthood.... He really isn't doing anything mean or hurtful. He's just getting a little goofy when he should be listening. I hope that this behavior settles down soon.
Otherwise, we are doing very well. We are getting very excited for the holidays and all of the festivities that go along with them. Trey and I have recently been noting all of the beautiful Christmas decorations in the stores. He wants to touch everything...so we are learning to just look and not touch so much. But, he definitely loves all of the colors and lights. :o)
God's Blessings,
Shane, Kathy, and Trey
Ok. I'm a really bad blogger..... I can't believe that it's been so long since I last posted. I apologize. We have been very busy and time has literally gotten away from me. Since I last posted, Trey had his first Halloween. Unfortunately, I wasn't even around for it. I was sooooo sad about this. I had a volleyball tournament down in St. Louis on the 31st and 1st. Therefore, I packed up all of his things early in the morning, kissed him goodbye, and surrendered his first Halloween to someone else. Shane took Trey to school that day and, unfortunately, had to work in the evening as well. We had made arrangements for Trey to go trick-or-treating with a classmate and his family. As expected, they had a blast! It took a while for Trey to get into the routine of trick-or-treating. He had no idea of what to do. However, once he caught on...he loved it! When Shane went to pick him up, they were all back home and enjoying some pizza. And....Trey accumulated A LOT of candy! We still don't know what to do with all of it! YIKES! I'm so glad that Trey had fun. I was just REALLY sad to have missed this holiday.
The following week brought one of our blog friends to our campus. Joel came to our campus to do some recruiting. Therefore, he contacted us ahead of time to see if we would be around. Joel and Clarion recently adopted 2 boys from Russia and we have kept in touch through our blogs...however, we had never met in-person. On the day that Joel was here, Shane was able to make the trip in to campus as well. Therefore, all 3 of us were able to meet Joel. We were so sad that we couldn't meet their entire family (because the 3 boys would have had a blast!), but we are hoping to get together at some point again and introduce all of the kids. Nonetheless, we had a great visit with Joel and are so happy for their family!
My volleyball season ended last Thursday, so life is gradually beginning to slow down. I am definitely welcoming more free time and more quality time with Trey. I just LOVE picking him up after school and going home together. We have done so much juggling lately with babysitters, etc. I have really missed our little boy and have longed for some more "mommy/son" time. We are enjoying the less hectic routine and more time at home. :o)
I must say that Trey has been a real trooper throughout all of the juggling and has really gone with the flow. However, over the past 2 weeks, he has been a little more wound up. He has realized that he can make his friends laugh when he does silly things at school or in Sunday School. Therefore, we are working with trying to get him to listen better and act more appropriately. He is a very witty guy and could be labeled "the class clown". However, we are trying to explain that there are appropriate times to be funny and times to just sit quietly and listen. It doesn't help that his friends tend to urge him on with his silliness. Oh....the joy of parenthood.... He really isn't doing anything mean or hurtful. He's just getting a little goofy when he should be listening. I hope that this behavior settles down soon.
Otherwise, we are doing very well. We are getting very excited for the holidays and all of the festivities that go along with them. Trey and I have recently been noting all of the beautiful Christmas decorations in the stores. He wants to touch everything...so we are learning to just look and not touch so much. But, he definitely loves all of the colors and lights. :o)
God's Blessings,
Shane, Kathy, and Trey
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