Hello...

 

 

Hello.  Is anyone out there?

 

Several weeks ago, I scanned through a few blogs I once read regularly.  I even skipped through a few I'd written to see how things have changed.  Seeing that I haven't written in six months, it made me sad that I've missed keeping records of the little things that have happened in our lives.  These boys are growing up and I'm not documenting them. 

 

It all sparked an interest to get back to blogging.  I may not do a full-blown recap of the last six months, but I'll try to hit the high points as well as keep things moving forward.  After all, we have new big things coming.  We're having another boy in May!

 

 



[Micah 5yr 5mo, Silas 27mo, Me 6mo pregnant]

 

As many of my readers know, we have recently experienced the most overwhelming six months of our lives. Per Tom's request, I will not be posting any news regarding his condition here.  If you would like to follow his updates, please email me at talieann@yahoo.com and I will be happy to add you to the email list. 

 





Ears Lowered

When we arrived at Sharkey's, the children's hair salon, and the receptionist said, "Someone with be right with her", you know it's time for a haircut.  I politely said, "She is a he and I realize he's long overdue for this."  Poor thing was so embarrassed.  I felt a little awkward too.

 

 

Here's the final result.

 

And here's his best "cheese" face.

 

I'd say he's all boy again.

I Turned 29...Again

 

Yep, that's right!  I turned 29.  Well, I'm really 31, but my husband is sweet and bought the "29" candles instead.  He knows how to make me feel good. 

It was a pretty ordinary day for me.  I went to work. Same as usual except I got to eat lunch with Micah and Tom.  Micah was out of school for the morning and attending VBS (By the way, he LOVED it).  I scooped him up from church after mass and we met Tom at 5th Street Café, one of our favorites.  I finished out the day at work, but got to enjoy a nice night out on the town with my hubby.  We had a great time!

4th of July

We didn't have an extraordinarily patriotic day, but we did spend some quality family time together.

 

Tom fired up the smoker and smoked a couple of chickens. (I still don't eat beef or pork.)  While that was going, he set up the Slip-N-Slide for the kids.

 

Micah had tons of fun but had a hard time getting over the inflated bump in the middle of the slide.  Silas liked the sprinkler effect the slide made.  He also liked throwing inflated balls at his big brother as he came down the slight hill.

 

 I know this kid is a bit shaggy.  He needs a haircut and I just can't find time to take him that isn't right in the middle of his nap time.  We'll get there one day.

He loves his hand-me-down towel from his cousins.

 

The rest of the day we relaxed on the patio and played with the kids.  Nothing fancy.  Just us being us.  It was good.

 

Hope you had a nice 4th as well!

Graduation Day

June 4, 2013 was a big day for our little guy.  He graduated from Pre-Kindergarten!  Almost 50 kids (two classes)were in the graduation ceremony.  Each class sang and danced to a song or two and then each child had their time to shine on stage as they received their diplomas from their teachers.  It was really sweet.  I may have teared up a bit. 

 

Here are a few clips from the whole ceremony.  Sorry I'm not too savvy with videos and couldn't mix it all into one long video, but here are the highlights:

 

 And we couldn't leave without a picture with his girlfriend Sydney:)

Happy Father's Day

That's my Daddy and I love him very much!  Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads out there.

Loving Summer

...And the lake!

Micah and I piddled on the lake for a while Saturday afternoon.  We had some glorious weather.  Love living so close to the water!

Hopefully, I'll finish up the next post all about Micah's graduation this week.