Brody's Blessing

Baby Brody was blessed on Sunday, Feb. 7th, and I'm SOOOO sad that missed it. I heard that he was a little angel the whole time and that his daddy gave him a very special blessing. Oh, I miss my family so much. It is really hard being so far away from everyone and missing out on all the little things that go on. Living here has been a great experience for us and we have learned a lot and grown a lot closer, but it is still really hard for me.

Still House Hunting

Well... We put in the offer on that house that we REALLY liked and wanted but we didn't get it! I'm still a little baffled by it, so I won't go into detail... it still just doesn't seem fair or make any sense! But, oh well. I guess we'll just keep house hunting. We've looked at several houses, but we haven't LOVED any of them yet. We'll go see a few more on Friday and see how that goes! So for now, we are still in our little apartment, anxious to find a home so that we know when we pack up this time... it will be for longer than just a few months! Oh, life is fun! We'll keep you updated!

Crazy Life

I can't believe it is February already! Time is flying by SOOOOOO fast! Life here in Ohio is great - crazy, but great!
Tom is still plugging away at his job and school work! And trying to fit everything in and get everything done, and he still finds time to have dinner made for me when I come home from work (on his days off) and help out around the house! He is the greatest guy ever!
I'm still enjoying my job, as a nanny! The boys are a lot of fun to take care of everyday! And I'm keeping really busy with piano lessons! I am now teaching 10 students!!!! haha! Can you believe it!?!?!? I teach Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays after work and also Saturday afternoon! Oh, and the little boy I babysit, Jacob! I'm keeping really busy, but I'm really enjoying it!
Tom and I have decided to look into purchasing a home here in Wadsworth, so over the last few months, we've been looking on the interent and driving around town! Last week, we started going out with an agent and actually looking at houses. There were a few that we really liked, but by the time we got to them, other offers had already gone through and we were too late. We went looking again last night, and we had lined up to go look at a home that was only listed at $61,900. We decided that if there wasn't anything major wrong with it at that price and if we liked it, that we would put in an offer! (Because that is a GREAT deal and it's a big house!) We loved it! It would be just right for us! She made a few calls and we found out that there were several other offers made, but they would still accept ours if we got it in quick. The house is in great condition.... worth way more that what it's listed for! (It's a banked owned home, or something, so that is why it's a better deal) So........ we put in an offer last night!!!! Hopefully we hear back within a few days! We are so excited!

Life!

Well, now with Christmas and New Years over, it's time to get back to real life! Tom's going to be SUPER busy this semester with school, and work, and clinicals, and everything he has to do.... He's already starting to stress out a little bit, and the semester just started 2 days ago!!! Hopefully things will stay pretty easy and stress free for him!
Life is good!!! We had a special fast this last weekend and received a super inspired blessing from our hometeacher, and we feel so at peace with things right now! We know our Heavenly Father knows and loves us and that everything is in His hands.
And, I am going to start teaching Piano lessons next week (cause I'm a slacker and wasn't on the ball enough to start this week!!!) but I'll be teaching 4 or 5 kids and 1 adult!!!! I'm so excited! I love teaching and it's been a while since I've been able to!!!
Oh, and..... we are getting a new mattress on Friday... tomorrow!!!! Yahoo! We are so excited!!!
Life is good!!!!!

The Holidays!

Well, it's been a while since I've updated this blog! Life has been a little more busy since last time! Tom is still enjoying his job at the hospital, but looking for a job closer to home and one that will hopefully get him into the I.C.U. sooner! I've been working as a nanny for two little boys for just about a month now, and I love it!!! I'm really having a great time taking care of them! The family is awesome and I'm really having a fun time teaching Jacob (5 years old) how to play the piano! He is catching on SOOOOO well and quickly!!!
Life is going great for us! We were able to spend Thanksgiving in Kentucky with Ann and Matt and their girls, and we had an added bonus! Grandpa and Grandma Mecham were there visiting too, and a few of Ann's friends! So, we had a great night eating and playing games!!! We even went shooting the next day before we drove home! We had a great time! Something funny that happened was.... Jackalynn (Ann's youngest)kept sticking her tongue out and her dad said "Jack, if you keep sticking out your tongue, Tom will eat your tongue!" And up till this point, Jack didn't like Tom very well..... but after that, she was his best friend!!!! It was so funny!!! Sadly, these are the only two pictures that I got on Thanksgiving! (Plastic spoons over our eyes!) And Christmas was really fun! It was a little hard to be so far away from home and family, but we were able to do webcam video calls and so it didn't feel so much like we weren't there! Tom and I had to do things a day early because he had to work on the 25th, 26th, and 27th. =( So, we did Christmas Eve on the 23rd and Christmas day on the 24th! My parents gave us a WII, and Tom thought he was sure he knew what it was.... so I had to play a little trick on him, and on Christmas morning, he was totally surprised! We got spoiled this year! Tom enjoying his new gift! And, today, being the last sunday of the year, was the last day I had with my primary class! I was only with them for about 2 months, and they were really fun! I taught 6 six year old girls! I get to start teaching 5 seven year olds next week, and they all will be 8 this year and getting baptized!!! This is my primary class! Cute girls!!!

Baby Brody Update!

I can't believe how much little Brody changed, in just a few days!!! He is such a good little guy! We had to put him back under the billi light from Monday night until Wednesday morning, and he didn't like that too much, but he is doing much better now! His poor Mommy hasn't had a very good time since he was born. She has had an unbearable pain in her right side and no one has known how to help her. She was in so much pain that she couldn't even get up off the couch by herself and it hurt to pick up or even hold little Brody. It was a really rough week.... but I got a lot of "Brody time!" JoDee started feeling better on Wednesday night, which made it so much easier for me to leave her and come back to Ohio on Thursday.... but yesterday (Saturday) they ended up taking her to the E.R. and she was admitted last night. She spent the night and the Doctor finally came in this afternoon and they've decided, after a lot of tests, that she has pneumonia in the lower part of her right lung. That poor girl. She's got to be in the hospital on an antibiotic for 48 hours. Good thing Brody has doting Grandparents and family! Hope JoDee gets feeling real soon!
Here are some updated pictures of Brody!