Stellan Update...

He finally got discharged. I so look forward to watching his blog and seeing him grow. This is a very (keep a tissue close by) touching video that was published on his post. I hope you enjoy it. Make sure your volume is turned on.

House

Mommy and kiddos show off where the house will be.

For those of you who do not know what this is (Greg had to tell me), they are dear tracks. Greg is so excited. There were tracks all over the place.

Daddy and the kiddos.

We are so excited that we are finally building our house. It should take somewhere between 4 - 6 months. They are suppose to be out there today clearing off all the underbrush. And then the plans are that they will start digging out the basement by the end of next week. We haven't been up there today, so I don't know if any clearing has been done. And since I have turned into a little of a pesimist, I will believe it when they start the digging. I think (I know) it will feel more real when they start digging and we can see work being done. Right now it just kind of feels like we have just moved in with our parents. In fact, I have been so busy with school and moving stuff to three locations, and trying get things organized in two different houses (40 miles away from each other) I haven't even had time to stop and think that I haven't been in my "old" house for over a week now. And, luckily that means I haven't put much thought into the fact that they have probably painted over all of my families history on the walls. I would rather not think about that anyway.

One more week

I am almost there for this quarter. One more week left!!

orange for Stellan

Here are all of my babies wearing as much orange as we could find. There is good news with Stellan tonight, he made it through his surgeury and is off the ventilator. It didn't go as smooth as they had hoped for, now they just have to wait and see if it worked and if the damage caused will end up causing even more problems.

My Problems Aren't So Big

Okay, so my original intent of blogging tonight was going to be short and sweet. I have some pictures from the land where we are building. I was also going to whine for a while about things being so chaotic. But, I checked a blog I have been following for a week or so and realized I have so much more to be thankful for, than to be stressed. There are moms tonight worrying about whether their children will live or die. That kind of puts things into prospective for you. If you haven't clicked the link from my blog "not me mondays" take a minute to read it (have a tissue ready). Stellan will be having surgery tomorrow. After days of things beginning to look so positive for him, it may not be so as of now. Please say a prayer for Stellan to go through surgery uneventfully and that his doctors (Dr. A in specific) will have the wisdom to do what is needed. Also pray for Mckmamma to have the strength to make it through tomorrow and have peace that Stellan is ultimately in God's hands. If you happen to read this tonight, people will be wearing orange tomorrow while Stellan is in surgery.

We Sold Our House!

In only 14 short months, we finally sold our house! I can't believe it actually happened. I had finally decided I had had enough of people coming just to look around, and was going to tell Greg that I wanted to take it off the market. Then, wouldn't you know that is when an offer would be made. Well, after a month of him gathering paperwork (he financed through the VA) we closed on Friday. We have to be out by this weekend.

It is an absolutely horrible time to be moving, I have three presentations and two finals to prepare for in the next two weeks! Oh well, I guess I will get it all done.

It still hasn't sunk in that we are getting to build our new house. I am thrilled over that part, but am afraid the next few months are going to wear on everyones nerves.

On other topics, we had a wonderful Easter. Sadly, Greg had to work. I hate that he missed this Easter. The kids were really cute hunting eggs. This was the first year that they actually seemed interested, and boy were they in to it. I will post pictures later.

Love you all,

Tray

Easter Pics

I just realized I have not posted any pics we took at Portrait Innovation for Easter.

Stressed

I am so tired of being stressed out. This semester has to end soon. Luckily, we are almost there.

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Not Me, Monday

Anti-Procrastinators - Definitely "Not Me!"

I try to be, I desire to be, I long to be an Anti-Procrastinator. I just can't be.

I am well into that stage of the semester where I have way more work and projects than I have time to finish. I knew about each assignment at the beginning of the semester and had the best of intentions of getting them started and being finished with them all way before April 6th was going to be here. However, just like every other semester I just didn't seem to do it. And, to add to that, instead of working on any of it...

I am sitting here blogging!

Whole new level of pressure

I finanlly told Greg tonight why I feel so ill here lately. There isnt a day that goes by that I am not constantly feeling like any meeting may lead in to Dr, Hernandez calling me into his office and saying they have realized I am not the best candidate for this program. I have yet to complete an assisnment and turn it inand feel confident that I turned in exactly what they were looking for.

In my graduate program, I never worried about classes or assignments. When I did a presentation, I would recieve an email telling me that my presentation was the best one of the night or even the course. I tell you, I am far from receiving those types of comments from UAB. It is completely wearing on my nerves. I am mentally exhausted.

I hope these feelings pass soon. I know they are where on my personality. I feel like I have to tel Greg constantly that I am sorry for the mood I am in, that it has nothing to do with him or our family. It soley stems from school.

Greg is so sweet. He told me tonight I am always good enough for him and how proud of me that he is. It was very sweet and it felt like he had just given me the warmest hug.

Whole new level of pressure

Kids first dentist trip

we took both the kiddos for their first dental appointment yesterday. We visited Dr. Amy Parving in Gardendale. Se was so sweet and her staff was all just as sweet. The kids were totally comforable there. Mathhew was so comfortable, it was actually a lit odd. Katie on the other hand, just wasn't as comfortable. She still did great! I was so proud of them both. I totally expected for at lease one to come apart but it didn't happen

Kuddos to Dr. Parvin and her crew. Can't wait for our next appointment in September

I walked out of the office and realized we didn't take any photos. I ama horrible mom

Love you all!