Right in time for turkey

We had our appointment to sign documents yesterday for our house and as excited as I was that everything was done and we would receive keys as soon as the loan funded I really didn't want them until today. Just our luck, we get the call at 4:30......."Janae, we have good news. Your loan has funded and you can pick up your keys tonight by 6:00, or tomorrow!" Great right? It would be if people weren't breaking into the houses and stealing the appliances in the houses when no one was there.
Ethan gets off the bus at 5:00 and we race to the house, 45 minutes of being stuck in traffic we finally make it and get the keys and make an emergency bathroom break for Ethan since he is on the bus for two hours in the afternoon. Now it's time to race back to our other house and get dinner on the way. Ethan picked Arby's, which I must say was a really good choice. We finally make it home and we decided that we would take the dogs there and put sheets up in the windows (ghetto, I know) and put a radio on so they think that some one is there and to not steal our stuff!! So we make it home and call it a night at about 10:00.
Jared's Grandma is graciously taking everyone out for Thanksgiving Dinner. In light of what has gone on for everyone lately there wasn't any time or money for any of us to make a decent dinner this year. So we are all thanking you in advance for your thoughtfulness. And we wish everyone a very safe and Happy Turkey Day!!

Eight teeth out!

Who knows how many more to go.... I told him he looks like a rabbit!!

Ethan, 7 yrs, 6 mo, & 16 days

At 7 yrs my little boy is 53" tall or 4'5" tall a (95th percentile) and 71 lbs (90-95th percentile). The doctor said that he is off the scales for his height and that he would like to see him at a little lower weight. I thought the weight comment was a little strange. He doesn't have any fat on him at all. No belly rolls or any inches to pinch. In fact I think he has always been in the 90's percentile range for both height and weight.
I don't know if all parents go through this or not but when you leave the doctor do you ever go "Huh, wonder where that came from?" I love his doctor and he's been seeing him since he was a baby, and once in a blue moon we have one of those visits.
When Ethan was a little less than a year old one of the doctors in the office (not his, a walk in Dr) wanted to send him for x-rays of his skull to check the closure of his soft spot. I remember he even talked to us about a helmet for him to wear. It was a little larger than usual and it worried him, go figure his head was a little larger than usual. It took him every bit of 2 years to grow into the poor thing, before then he would fall, trip, stumble all over the place. But since he wasn't our regular doctor he figured that if we waited a few months and brought him back for a check up with his doctor then we would see the progress. That was a big "Huh" visit!

Sad Week

Jared's father passed away this week. I feel so bad for Jared, Ian, and Amee. They all loved him very much and only wanted the best for him. Parents are parents and children are children no matter how old you are, that is just a fact of life that never changes. I wish them all the love and support they need. We will always remember who Irv was and how good of a man he was, because all in all he was just a man. No one is perfect, we all make mistakes, and we all wish we could have done somethings differently. I know in my heart that he did the best he could with what he knew. Jared will miss him terribly and will always cherish the good times they had.

I love you baby, and I'm so sorry...

23 days and counting!