NEW BLOG

I have a new blog... to go with my new email address... the new site is: http://ateamalways.blogspot.com/

Please bear with me as I get it up and running, I promise to keep it more updated!

So its been

So its been some time. Things are going good with the boys. Avery is going through baseball camp right now at school and is loving it. AJ is our little independent man. I think he is a man in a little boys body. He loves the fact that he is learning to walk down the stairs (although he must hold your hand). He just smiles so proudly as he is walking down.

Avery is every growing in his spanish words. he has songs he sings in spanish that even I don't know what he is saying.

We've gone through some trials this month, and will continue next month as I just had surgery on my knee this past monday. It was the first of 2 surgeries.. the next will be more of a trail for the family as I will be immobile for 6-8 weeks.. thanks for checking in on us. Hope to update with pictures soon.

It's been a LONG while

So I have gotten out of the habit of writing lately. I know I must do better.

The boys have grown so much. We have survived 2 birthday parties. AJ is now 1, and continuously surprising us every day with what he is learning.

Avery is 3 now, and just a ball of learning, and knowledge. He loves learning spanish at school, and constantly lets me know the new words he has learned.

My company has season tickets to the Nationals baseball game, and this summer it has become a new family past time to take the boys to the ball game. Avery now wants to be a baseball player when he grows up, and any second we have during the day he wants to play catch, hit the ball, he even wants to sleep with his baseball glove.

Love his spirit. AJ is mister independant. He wants to walk on his own, have what he wants when he wants it. I know he is going to be such a godly leader one day.

okay so its been a month

I have really been slacking, but we just can't seem to get out of the sickness bug. AJ has been on breathing treatments for almost 3 weeks now, we have 1 more week to go where he has to take a steriod through the breathing machine twice a day. Sleep has become something we long for and can only day dream about!

Avery is getting so into the holiday season, he loves to sing jingle bells and frosty. And is just amazed by the lights. AJ is all over the place we are in full fledge crawling mode and just goes WHEREVER he sees fit. I have truly come to enjoy my boys I love sharing special moments with them.. moments only a mom can appreciate. I will post pictures soon.

so long

I know its been a minute since I've really written here, I am not trying to be not post its just been I've been so busy that it just falls off my list of to do things.

Avery is back in school this week, and has picture day today at school. He is also in full blown Christmas mode, and we aren't quite sure where he has gotten it, but if I have to sing Jingle Bells 1 more time today (which I know I will when I pick him up from school), I think I'm going to lose my head. Christmas is my most favorite holiday, #1 for the reason, and #2, because its just such a happy time of the year, I love the decorations, the lights, and the fellowship with family and friends. SO I am soo etactic that my oldest is enjoying the holidays as much as I am, I was just expecting him to start AFTER thanksgiving not before.


Now to my poor baby, AJ, he has a double ear infection and RSV, so every 4 hours we have to give him a neubulizer treatment, which he clearly does not like. Please keep him in your prayers that he gets better before we travel to St. Louis! We have 2 teeth!!! by the way, bless his poor heart he is cutting them both WHILE being sick! He is such a patient baby, I really need to learn that from him!

AJ is 7 months old today, I just can't believe it, 5 more months and he'll be a year OH MY!! He is also starting to get the crawling thing down. he will only got a few feet, but he is getting it, before we know it he'll be unstopable. Well back to work!

Love from our family to yours!

halloween

I will have a onetruemedia show up soon, but I wanted to share some pictures

29+1

At least that is how my best friend says it. I must give a big thanks, and hug to my husband and best friend Michele for pulling off a WONDERFUL surprise birthday party. I thought my dear friend was coming down to take me to dinner to celebrate my birthday... little did I know when we showed up, my hubby was there along with our closest and dearest friends. It was a wonderful night and a great surprise.


Check out the pictures here onetruemedia

so its been a minute

I had been soooo good at posting, but alas, I have been negligent lately. So much to say. The boys are doing great. Avery is just growing in his language skills by leaps and bounds. Last wednesday (17th) was my birthday and Adam was making dinner, Avery walked into the kitchen and said "what are you making daddy" Adam was just blown away. He also likes to refer to himself in 3rd person, so we will hear "Avery doesn't like that" or "Avery had pizza for lunch" (which he only gets on fridays but if you ask him he has it ever day. His newest is when he is mad, or doesn't want to do something he used to say back "No" in his little resistent voice... which he would also get in trouble for. Well the last few days he'll say (in the same resistent voice) "NO, Thank You" like since he said the thank you part it is okay... he's learning quickly that it doesn't work either.

AJ is just my sweet little boy. If you look at him he'll just SMILE back at you. A smile that just lights up his whole face. On the 13th we went to a dinner for Mariah's birthday. We got back and AJ threw up and was felling warm. We took his temp and it was 103.4 after a call to the doctor we got it under control (although it took over 48 hours for the fever to go away and stay away. But I remember he was so tired, and so still (which isn't him), and he was laying on my shoulder and in the midst of not feeling well i looked down at him, and he just smiled at me. Like a "its okay mommy" smile.

I was talkin to Adam last night, and said I just couldn't imagine my life without these boys. It is as if they have always been here... i guess in a way they have always been in my heart, as I prayed for the kids that I would have one day long before I ever had them... or even had met Adam.

Thank you Lord, for my wonderful family!

Busy

I just don't know how else to explain this time. Avery is doing excellent in school, although at times still complianing about his back, it has lessen some. AJ is now 6 months old (offically 1/2 a year old, I can't believe it.) He goes in for his 6 month appointment on friday, so we will be starting "baby food" (homemade) this weekend!

For the past 2-3 weeks I have been dealin with almost daily migraines. God is definetly showing me my strength as it is difficult at times, to manage, work, 2 kids, meals, baths, and just life with a constant pain in your head.

Adam and I are taking a WONDERFUL course at our church, which I will post more about at a later time.

Don't feel that I've forgotten about this blog.. just busy, will hope to post more this weekend along with pictures!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart

Sweetheart, I hope that you have a wonderful birthday. You absolutely deserve it. It's amazing when birthdays come around how sentimental you get over the last year... what has happened, how your life has changed. I would think (and I'll speak for my husband here), that this past year has been wonderful... with the addition of AJ to our family how could it not be?

Ocean City

Adam the kids and I escaped to Ocean City, MD this weekend. We bought a timeshare there and this was our week.... due to poor planning on our part we were only about to go up for the weekend but it was such a relaxing time! I am going to post more later about the place, etc... but wanted to tell about this WONDERFUL place we got dinner from.

In OC this weekend we were hoping to find a spot to eat there that could be "ours" someplace we visited every year... well we found that at On the Bay Seafood. Rosemary and Rob have a HIT in their hands... it was THE BEST crab cakes I have ever had... and I've had many. I am not a fish person, but we got the fried flounder INSANE. It was so wonderful. Very refreshing to be able to eat some good seafood and not be broke walking out. Rob's answer to 1 lady when she asked what came with the all you can eat, and he said "crabs.. nothing else.. we aren't trying to fill you up on fillers.. this is a place for serious crab lovers...." and they were right. We can't wait to come back in 2008!!!

On the Bay Seafood
4204 Coastal Hwy
Ocean City, MD 21842

(410) 524-7070

Avery Update

We got the results back from Avery's MRI and they came back Normal... THANK GOD. The little "lump" they found on his back showed to just be some soft tissue and nothing to worry about. I spoke with the Doctor and we are back at square 1 at trying to figure out what could be causing him pain. The doctor wants us to wait 2 weeks and see if he is still complaining/waking/crying in his sleep etc... and if so then he said he may send us in for an ultrasound of his abdomen to rule out anything there causing any issues.

Thank you ALL for your prayers for Avery... we are glad that this showed nothing, and pray that his pain can go away on its own!

The A Team

been a bit

so things have been pretty crazy around our house. I've had a migraine since Sunday, so my time on the computer has been limited... Avery went and had his MRI yesterday, it was awful having to watch him be put under again... the procedure took about an hour, he threw up 4 times yesterday after the procedue but as of last night he was back to his old self.

Avery now knows how to come in our room in the night, and climb up in our bed without even waking us... this has become his routine since he keeps walking with his back pain... hopefully once we get some answers and get him better he will go back to sleeping through the night in his own bed.

AJ has now gone 2 weeks sleeping through the night... going to bed between 9-9:30 and waking between 5:30-6:30...

I will post results once I get them from Avery MRI.. sorry so short of an update!

Pictures from Centreville Days, the Reston Zoo... and just hanging with the boys

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Stole the show

Avery just lights up a room... not just to me, but to others around. Theresa and I took Avery up to Centreville Days, this past Saturday afternoon. Adam stayed home with AJ, as AJ was napping, and Adam wanted some veg time. As we were talking to C.days, there were some police man standing near his car... by the event. We had been talking with Avery, about how Police are good people, and we thank them for all they do for us, etc etc... so he say the car and asked to see it. I asked the officer if my son could look in the window... not only did he allow that, he talked with Avery, opened the car, let him sit in it, let us get pictures, then told us to have him get a picture near the seal. It was priceless.

SO we go to the fair, and the Centreville Fire department was there... one of the gentlemen gave Avery a hat (and one for his baby brother), and was talking to Avery, asked him how old he was, and other stuff... Avery asked him where the fire truck was, he said it was at the station but to tell him mommy to take him by there on his way home if he was a good boy.. which he promised to be.

So liked we were asked.. we stopped at the firestation on our way home. Not only did Avery get to see the fire truck, one of the guys turned on the lights, let him sit in the truck, and put on all of the gear to show him what they looked like when they went to fight a fire...

On top of all that fun day, Avery got to spend the night with his T.T.... so he was just has happy as could be!

Prayers for Avery - Update

I have never been more validated in my feelings about listening to my gut, and my boys than I was on Friday.

I took Avery into the doctor to see Dr. Javandi (Dr. G has Avery says his name). He examed Avery completely.. then had him stand on the table in his birthday suit to get a look at his back... he noticed a blue spot (very fant) and asked if I saw it too.. I did, it touched and felt around and thought it was a hematoma but under the skin, and was going to get another opion from another dr. In came Dr. Rosbach. Both of them examed Avery, felt the spot, moved the spot.

They said basically they believe it is a cluster of blood vessels (hemotoma) that has come up to the skin. Normally it won't affect anything unless it was affecting the bone/causing pain... if that was the case then surgery would be invovled to remove it. Then he said the T word, he said it would be called a tumor as any type of mass would but that it was begnin... because of the blood work done the week before it should all of his levels perfect so we didn't have to worry about the "C" word. A blessing from God.

So the next step, Avery is scheduled for a sedated MRI (gulp) on Sept 26th at 7am.

Prayers for Avery

The last couple of months Avery has been complaining of pain in his back. We took him to the Doctor in August and they did some blood work up (came back normal), and thought it was most likely an attention getting due to the changes in our family. While we could see their point, we have definetly made it clear that Avery has his time with each of us, and he has shown little signs of jealous (behind minor wanting to be held when we are holding the baby etc). Never the less, she said to give it a month and see if he is still complaining.

Well fast forward, 4 weeks and he is still complaining, he hasn't sleep through the night since the end of July (middle july), which is SOO not Avery because he normally sleeps through anything. He complains about his back hurting at night, crying in the middle of the night in his sleep saying it hurts, when you change his diaper and make him lay down he will say it hurts, so we took him back in, more blood work and urine check and it all came back negative.

His school called and said he has another nose bleed (number 5 or 6) since July. So I called the doctor back and instead of waiting and trying to pursuede the nurse to do something I have an appointment for him tomorrow at 3pm to see one of the Doctors. I pray that it is something as simple as a pinched nerve.. or something minor, but want to find out so that my little boy can stop being in pain and can once again have peacefull sleep.

It takes a village

As my kids get older, I am starting to learn the value in the statement "it takes a village to raise a child" We are blessed to have active family members being a part of our boys life, whether they are local, states away, or around the world. They still all play their unique role in helping to shape/mold our children. While Adam and I are very active parents in our children's life (which if you listen to the news is a rarity in society), we know that there are others outside of our lives who also have a great impact to make on our children, in helping to mold them into the best boys/young men they can be.

They have their TT, that they get to see everyday, and learn from, play with, and exploit... Avery loves to ask TT to "go see kitty" now he wants nothing to do with the kitty, but he knows its his way to get downstairs and play with her down there... he also loves to "spend the night with TT".

They have their "Maw-Gra" Avery's very own created word. He loves going to visit, I think partially because he knows he gets away with more...lol. He loves "presents" and talking on the phone with Maw-Gra and lately all he can talk about is wanting to fly and go see her (we stopped telling him because he he wants to go right then).

They has their Uncles: Steve and Chase, and his Aunts "Ria" and Monica "pronouced "ma-Onica" Avery LOVES to mess with his Aunt Ria, and always ask for "uncle chase" and act like he can't be bother with her... then he just laughs.

They has their cousins, Charles, Ty, Rachael.. as well as other cousins..

They have our close Friends the Caleb's and their son Cameron. Miss Michele.. who Avery just loves to play shy around, and then try to knock her over.. and that is just 2 of our close friends.

I could go on and own, about all of the people close to us, who have an influence in our child's life.

I was talking with a co-worker today at work, and we were talking about schools, and she was asking about the schools we looked at, and we both commented about how as parents we have to communicate with other parents if we want to be able to provide the best for our children... that is when it hit me. Of course if you want to be one of those "do it all myself" types your children will come out great, but there is soo much more in life, that we can't provide for our children, just the experiences, the life lessons that someone else maybe able to share with our kids.

We want our children to come into a room, and everybody want to hold, hug/give kisses to them.. we want them to be loved by others, and not just cling to us.

We are so glad that are boys are loved by sooo many people, and that so many have taken the time to invest in our kids. We are for ever indepted to you. While we know we make the strongest impression on our children as their parents, we also know that all of those closest to us also leave their mark in our kids lives and their hearts.

Bye Daddy

Well we thought the transition to the new school would last longer than a day but I guess we were wrong. I talked to Adam after he dropped Avery off at school, and I aked him how it went and he said "he told me bye" Adam said he took Avery into his class Avery went and sat at the table with the other kids, Adam asked for a kiss and Avery said "bye daddy." I guess we picked a good school. Last night, besides the mound of sand in his shoes from the playground, Avery I think was asleep the minute his head hit his pillow... it is wonderful to know that he is that tired from a full fun day.

Now to my other little ANGEL.. my MOBILE little ANGEL!!! Yes we have movement... EVERYWHERE... AJ is either rolling to get where he wants to go, or inch worm crawling. He was ALL over the family room last night. he'd roll until he hit the couch... inch his way in a new direction and start rolling the other way. It is soo cute to watch him grow, and to see him smile when we come home... or to watch how he watches his big brother. Have I said before how I love my boys?

And another one bites the dust

45-35.... need I say more!