She is 5!!

Happy Birthday to Grace!

Grace turned 5 last week and for her birthday she got her ears pierced. I could not believe she did it. I thought for sure she would chicken out but she was very brave. She cried after they did it until they handed her a mirror and then she was all smiles. She had a bowling party and was quite the princess.

Mike is working a lot. He has to be to work at 5:00am all week:( He is enjoying taking Grace the the driving range. I think it is great because it is something they can do, just the 2 of them.

Plus it gives Mike an excuse to golf.

Maxton is getting bigger everyday. We think his eyes are going to stay blue. He is rolling from belly to back and almost from back to belly. He is all smiles and is talking all the time.

I am working more than I planned when I took this job but I am really enjoying it. They would like me to go full time this fall but I am not sure if I want to yet.

Thats all! Hope to see you all soon!

Hello

Well with the holiday past it is now time for Graces 5th birthday! I can't believe how big she is getting. Grace will be starting Kindergarten at a Chartered school in the fall. It is a really small class. I think that will be good for her. Then next year after we have moved she can either go to Kindergarten in a public school of go right to 1st grade. Maxton is changing everyday. He is talking and smiling all of the time. I just love sitting and talking to him and watching him smile and coo at me. The house has been on the market for about 1 week and no interest yet. We are having an open house on the 22nd maybe we will get something from that. We will see. We went and saw the Fairlawn and Akron fireworks and Grace loved them. She was so brave! Maxton slept through all of it. We also have a new baby in the family. Christine and Dennis had a little girl named Abigail Marie. She is so sweet and so little. I can believe the size difference between her and Max. And Sam it a great big brother.

Ch-ch-ch-changes!!

My so much has changed in the past couple of weeks. Grace graduated from Pre-K and started a new school, Maxton changes everyday, I started a new job and we put the house up for sale. We are so excited to start looking for a new house. Our realtor told us to try and get rid of some of the clutter when we show the house. I don't have anywhere to put the clutter that is why we need a bigger house.

Grace seems to like her new school. She is making new friends but told me "Mom sometimes I get nervous!" This is a whole new class for her. She was at her other school from the time she was one. She knew all of the teachers and kids so this is a big deal for her. She is doing great!

Maxton is getting to be quite chatty! He will just sit there and talk and smile at you! He is getting stronger and almost ready for the walker. He is still sleeping in our room but he sleeps through the night. I like to be able to look at him in the middle of the night he is so sweet. He smiles in his sleep and even coo's sometimes in his sleep.

Mike is doing pretty good. Working a lot:( But he likes that I work more part time now because dinner is ready when he gets home from work. When I was working we would not eat until 7:30 or so. He is flying solo this weekend, my Dad is have surgery, so maybe he will get to go golfing!

The Graduate

Gracie graduated from Pre-K last Friday. This picture is of Grace and Ryan. They have been in the same class since they were 11 months old! I can't believe that she could go to kindergarten this year. The graduation was very nice. The class presented Miss Kyong with a wagon full of things to send to her son, Daniel, that is serving in Iraq. She was so touched by it that she made all of us cry. My last day was also Friday. I will really miss the teachers and children. However I am really looking forward to working from home and spending more time with the kids and Mike.

We are still here!

Sorry it has been so long since the last post but things have been pretty busy. We met with a realtor about selling the house and now we are going through pre approval (yuck)! We have a new member of the family. A beta fish named pearl. And next week is my last week at KinderCare. I have already started my new job and I love it. I work from home when I can, doing computer work, web design, marketing analysis and creating marketing materials. It is perfect. Grace will be starting her new school the week of June11th and going to a chartered Kindergarten program at Kids Country in Medina in the Fall. Mike spent all day golfing with his friends from college. He played 36 holes then came home sun burnt and fell asleep in the chair. Max is getting bigger everyday. He is smiling and laughing. He loves his bouncy seat and his sister. That is all that is going on in our world. Talk to you soon.

A Day at the Park

Last weekend Grace's best friend Jillian spent the night and the next morning we took all of them to the park. Maxton of course slept through the whole thing, but he was very cute in his fishing hat. He is just starting to smile and react to my voice, I love it. Anyway, the girls were having a great time. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm. And then Grace spotted a bee. You would have thought there was a swarm of killer bees that were chasing her. She freaked out and refused to leave my side the rest of the time. I just don't know where she gets her irrational fears (ha ha). Its a mystery. Since then she has gotten a little better. She will at least go outside.

This is our last week off before I go back to work:( I am excited to go back and see all the teachers and families but I have really enjoyed being home. We will see how it goes.

What a Stud!!

He is loving his new bath tub!! My son seems to have his days and nights confused a little! Last night I was up with him until 2:30 or so and then he woke up and 3:30 to eat. Thank goodness for my husband because he got up and feed him. Then Max woke up at 6:00 and stayed up. Grace is back at school a couple of days a week and she is having a hard time adjusting but she will get back into the swing of things. Tubs has a doctors appointment tomorrow so we will see how much he weights and we are going to sign up Grace for swim lessons. Busy Busy!