There is a 13 year old in my house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gabby had her big "13" party yesterday. Here are a few pictures!!!!

Chandler is doing better. He has stones in his gallbladder. Will have to watch him even more closely.

Life!!!!!!!!!!!

Life is pretty good at the moment. Since my last post Russell has turned 33, we had our 8 year anniversary and our daughter will 13 in 1 week.

Gabby is getting ready for her birthday party on Saturday. We are going bowling and then 3 friends are sleeping over. She is doing very well in school. She is going to be in a play in January. The play is "THE MUSIC MAN". We are all very excited.

Chandler is having some problems with his spleen right now. His H&H is very low. 7.3. WOW!!!!! I am waiting on a call from the Doctor to see what they want to do. If they transfuse him most likely he will be getting his spleen removed very soon. He is loving school. He is very tried though (might be linked to the spleen issues).

Andrew is doing great!!!! He loves school. They say he is catching on very well. He is already wanting to write his name. He is such a little smartie.

Russell and I are doing well. We are going to go to Arkansas for Christmas and then next summer a week or so in Wyoming.

Andy is 3

This picture is of the pinata at the party.

Here are pictures from Andy's birthday party. He had a great day. Auntie Stacy made the "Kung Fu Panda" cake.

DEER AND ANDY

Here are a few pictures of Russell with his 6 point deer he got last night with the bow. The pictures of Andy are from his STAR day at school. In one picture he is leading the prayer just before snack. What a big boy he is getting to be. He will be 3 on Sunday.

Updates again

It has been a while since I updated. All is well here in Green Bay. Except for the weekly trip to the vet with one of our 5 dogs we are great!!!!

I am babysitting 2 little boys every weekend. Starting the 8th of Oct. I will start watching a 5 week old. I am so excited to have a baby in the house that I can give back at the end of the day. I am taking a ceramics class on Tuesday mornings while Andy is at school. So all in all I am great.

Russell is doing great at work. He loves being the head of his dept. there. He will finish school in December. We are planning a huge party. Then we will head to Arkansas for Christmas.

Gabby is doing great too. She got braces last week. They are still bothering her a little bit. But will get better. We have some pre-teen issues sometimes.

Chandler is still getting used to the idea of going to school daily.

Andy is ANdy a little PILL. No really he is great. I am so glad I have this time alone with him. He is really a funny little boy.

Alone

Today was Andrew's first day of preschool. He LOVED it!!!! When I dropped him off in his class room he looked at me and said "BYE"!!!! I had a great 2 1/2 hours to myself. Did a little shopping and went to visit with my neighbor. Still haven't got a real good picutre of Gabby. Will try again tonight.

Updates

Here are a few updates:

Gabby-She started 7th grade on the 2nd. WOW!!!! She loves school. She is also in VolleyBall. We have to pick her up from school everyday from now until the end of October.

Chandler-He started Kindergarten today. I was so crying and balling. He got on the bus and didn't even look back. He is getting so bick. Pictures are posted.

Andy-He is now the "MAN" of the house. He is my little helper. He really wants to go to school too now that he is a big boy.

Russell and I are doing fine. I am applying this week for the Medical assistant program at the local Tech school. Russell and Chandler put a new roof on the chicken house on Monday. Pictures included.

Will add new Gabby pictures tomorrow.