Is it Summer Yet?

I can't take the winter anymore... being stuck inside with 3 kids, 2 dogs, 3 fish, and a gimpy husband is driving me a little crazy... okay A LOT crazy.... Its amazing how the change of season can affect my attitude! Josh had his foot surgery last week and is in a cast up to his knee... so he's home with us for the next 3 weeks! And in that time we should be finding out where we are being sent to! SHEESH thats another reason why this winter feels like forever.. bc our fate is going to be determined by a simple email or phone call. ANYWHO enough of the complaining.... The kids are all big, Christopher is already doing the army crawl and i swear he waves HELLO when i wave to him! i have yet to get that on video though so nobody believes me haha.... Everyone is getting big way too fast... Taylor is like a little shopping partner for me lol except she isn't ALLL the way there yet... maybe in a few years. Dominick has been seriously testing my patients, his temper tantrums are awful! He can be the sweetest little thing and then as soon as he doesn't get his way its like he turns into a different child! I am working on it though bc i refuse to let him grow up to be the crazy kid that nobody wants to have at their house. Josh is home with his foot like i said, but he's also working a lot from home with Western Govenors, he grades papers at the masters level, its a pretty sweet side job to have! I wish i could but in order to get the job you have to be working towards your doctorate. I just got my bachelor degree in september 2010 right after i had Christopher.... and now the big decision is if i should start going back to school again for my masters in teaching bc i think thats my ultimate goal. I can work when i know i have the summers off to be with the kids! Other then that Jessica is in Hawaii with Rusty seeing his parents for the first time since they were engaged... oh yea jess and rusty got engaged on her birthday (january 29th) this year! He had "WILL YOU MARRY ME" written on 2 giant cupcakes at this cute little cupcake shop in the city! And besides all that...... we just welcomed in little Christina Francesca last week! February 18th 2011!! she was 19" and 6lbs 10oz! Soooo cute and looks just like Despina. So far from what i've heard she's doing great but has her days and nights mixed up so poor mike and eva aren't sleeping much, but i think no matter how good the baby is, they don't sleep much in the beginning! Right now the kids are upstairs getting pj's on (by themselves ahh) and christopher is in his high chair listening to josh talk to his mom on the phone, (she's waiting to pick Toby up at the airport from China.) We have Bella here visiting bc mom and dad went to Atlantic City for their 39th anniversary! Alright the kiddies are down here with their pj's in hand and needing a help! NIGHT!

Time fly's its 2011!!!!

Well its feb 3, 2011... where does the time disappear too? Taylor is now 4, Dominick 2, and christopher will be 6 months old in a week! Thanksgiving was in Ny at moms, and Christmas & New Years was in SC with Josh's family.... WOW that trip is getting longer and longer with each new kid! LOL We did the kids birthday party on jan 15th Dominick's real birthday, we waited on doing Taylors until then bc DEC is such a crazy time of the year! It worked out great though and all their friends came during the day for a kiddie party with blow up bouncers and at night my family came... needless to say the kids got WAYYYY too many presents! Lately the weather has been crazy, its been snowing every week A LOT so we've been stuck inside a lot... at least there is school for the kids or i think we'd go stir crazy sitting inside everyday.... Its only a matter of time before we find out where we are going to next with the Coast Guard. We hope to stay in the house we are at but nothing is for sure until we get our orders but no matter where we get around here, josh's commute is going to be a LOT longer so that may be interesting. I just don't want to go THAT far from family & friends, there are so many weddings and babies now that i dont' want to miss! Jess just got engaged this past weekend on her birthday =0) rusty took her to the city to this place called CRUMBS and had it written on these 2 cupcakes and when she read them and turned to Rusty he was down on his knee... how freaking cute! This weekend coming up is Michael's girlfriends baby shower on sat so i'll be on long island on sat... and her shower is at the place that jess wants to look at for her wedding so we get to try the food and see the place without having an apt so that works out! I'm going to try and add some pix!