Starting Over

Wow! I can't believe I am able to sit down and find the time to blog. We have been unbelievably busy, stressed and anxious over our whole move. We have officially moved to North Carolina! Kevin is settled in his job, I found a new job as a Kindergarten teacher and we have found an awesome school for Cian. Cian and I have been very busy over the last few weeks looking for a place to live. We have not sold our house in Endicott yet, so we are focusing on renting for a year or so. We figure this will give us more time to get to know the area before we buy too. We have just signed a lease at an apartment and it felt so good driving back to the hotel. One less major thing to worry about. I really want to be doing more kid friendly things with Cian before I go back to work in July. Now we can do them! I hope to post our daily events to show everyone what it is like down here. We are loving the area and the weather. Everyone is super nice and it is nice and hot, just the way I like it!


I am not able to upload pics right now.....not sure why. Hopefully we can figure that problem out!!!

North Carolina Here We Come!

Well it is official. We are moving to Greensboro/Burlington (we have not decided where yet!), North Carolina. Kevin will go the beginning of May and get started. Cian and I will follow him when Cian finishes school. We are excited, scared, anxious, etc. We have been extremely busy getting the house ready to be sold. We have finally chosen a realtor and our house will be listed early next week. Let's hope it sells! AHHH!

Iv'e been bad!

I know, I have not been very good at blogging in this new year. We have been very busy. We have some big news happening. I will write again with the details when everything is official.

Cian has turned six!!!! Our big boy. He continues to amaze us everyday. He even surprised us with his new molars popping through this week. He hasn't teethed since he was 3. I guess a new phase is right around the corner for us, losing and growing more teeth! I had horribly crooked teeth as a child, so we are hoping that Cian will inherit his Dad's straight teeth.


Kevin and I are still on our diets. I have lost 27 lbs and Kevin has lost 33 lbs. It is so helpful to be doing this together. I am so glad that I have him to lean on. He is my rock.

Today is my birthday. I am 33. Kevin is six months younger than me, so every year he teases me about my age. I have to remind him to watch his tongue b/c whatever he says to me, I will say to him in just a little bit. He is so funny.

I also had to explain a little bit of the birds and bees(or should I say the Squirrels and the squirrels) to Cian yesterday. I was washing his face in the kitchen and he was facing towards the kitchen window. He exclaims, "Look mom those squirrels are on playing the pony express"! Kevin takes Cian upstairs every night on the Pony Express. Cian basically gets a piggy back ride with lots of bumps along the way. Well as you can imagine, two squirrels were doing the pony express right in front of the kitchen sink. In an instant I had to think of what to say. So I blurted out, "their making babies." Which led to more confusion, especially when a third squirrel broke up the display. Luckily I didn't have to go into detail. We were late for the bus and we ran out the door. It was funny though b/c Cian told Kevin all about it when they got home. With lots of detail. I wonder if he told anyone at school. Oh boy!

New Year is Flying! Slow Down!

I can't believe that it has been almost a month since I have written. Time has been flying by and we have been struggling to get back on track. It seems like there is so much to do and the days are seeming to go faster than we can grasp. Things we have been working on....reading with Cian (He is a do it later kid. When it is time to focus on work...his answer usually is "let's do it later"...now we are making sure that not only reading to Cian gets done each day(that part is easy), but Cian reading to us gets done!) and Kevin and I are still eating healthier...our goal is to lose weight and get healthier...slow and steady wins the race!

Cian's birthday is coming up. He really wants a Tom and Jerry birthday party..so a call out....if you have any ideas or see anything online related...let me know. I am having a hard time with this one!