Sorry for the absence everybody. It's been crazy. we have had to much going on for me to keep up. I'll give you a quick review just for fun, but unfortunately I wont be able to keep this up until life gets back to normal around here. I'm guessing a month or so.
First off the good news. Most of you know that I am pregnant and have been for a while. I'm in my 6th month and enjoying the thought that this is the last pregnancy I'll be putting my body through. I am so excited to report that we will finally be getting the little girl that we have been longing for. YEAH!!!!!!! Everybody is so excited!!!!! The boys were just as excited as we were to find out. So Evelynn (or baby Evie, as we call her now) will be arriving late May. And our whole world will change. Something I just cant wait for. Bring on the pink!!! I'm ready!!!!!
Now for the not so great news. We have had a lot of testing going on for 2 of our children, Jaren and Kelland. I have known for a while that something was there and that I just didn't know how to help them or how to get help for them. So we have been going to a wonderful psychiatrist to help us diagnose my two beautiful kids. The diagnoses came back as Asperger's disorder. A form of Autism. While this information was hard to take in at first, I have found it to be quite useful now. And it's easier for me to understand their brilliant minds and know how to help and get help for them. Kelland will have to repeat kindergarten next year but it will all be in his best interest. And now with getting him the help he needs it's fun to see him blossom into an eager student. He actually says he loves to learn and can't wait to go to school! That's something that I was not expecting! I feel like we can get through this now. I have a good support group here as well. And that's always a great feeling!
Now for the bad news. On our way home from visiting family for New Years we arrived to half of our house flooded. It had gotten so cold here that the pipes froze and then burst. Unfortunately our pipes are in the attic. So ceilings collapsed and walls were damaged. The room that was effected the most was our office. So computer gone! I haven't been able to even check everybody blogs. I have felt so disconnected from the world. It's amazing how much we rely on computers isn't it? And all my scrapbooks and pictures destroyed. So sad!!! Really upset about all that. We had a service called Servpro come out to help us get things cleaned up and and help out with the damaged things to try and save them. They totally dropped the ball. And instead of saving things that could have been saved, like my photo albums,scrapbooks and books, they just left in a room to get moldy and ruined. I was so upset about this because I can't put a price on these things. I felt betrayed. They said they would fix it and they didn't.I could have dried them off myself and saved them. But I trusted them and they let me down. Now I'll never have those things again. Lesson learned here? Do it yourself and tell everybody you know not to use Servpro. Anyway, the last 2 months have been dedicated to rebuilding and renovating the house. It's still not perfect yet but we are close. We decided since we are painting and changing our house a bit that we will get it ready to sell. We need a bigger place now that we are adding to our family. So that presents even more projects. Life just doesn't seem to stop. We are really busy with everything but still feel blessed. And we really appreciate all the prayers that have come our way. Again, sorry for ignoring everyone for so long. And i will try to keep everybody posted here and there from now on. Love you all!! Miss you much!! I'll post soon enough. Wish us luck!!