Paducah.. Our new home!

This is mostly going to be a post of pictures and captions, but I just want to say that Adam and I are so blessed to have such wonderful families.  Both of our parents and all of our siblings were able to drive the 8.5 hour drive south to move us into our new place. They helped to unload, clean and unpack our boxes. It was so much fun getting to spend time together before they headed back to Ohio.

Larry fell asleep on the way down

Connor was a holding the dvd player watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

Had to use his cup holder just because he didn't want to share with Uncle Larry

My help with Connor on the drive.. Two fun uncles!

Took this pic for Elizabeth.. it isn't everyday that you see a town named after you! Ha like Ashley's foot in the pic?

Yummy ice cream

He loved this treat. Thanks Grandpa :)

Sat after we were settled, got a new fridge delivered and had lunch, we headed out to an amazing park.. Noble park. Ash and I in front of the water fountian.

Us with Mom

Go Connor GO!

We LOVE each other!

The dads sitting in the shade

We had so much help with Connor it was nice

Shannon and Joe, They loved these swings!

I had a great idea.. What a fun pic of all the kids (minus Karleia)

Silly faces

Jess was trying to relax on the hammock and read, but Larry and Ken had different ideas and rocked her, ha.

time to swing!

Connor did not like this, it didn't help that we banged heads!

Attempt two at reading in peace.

My parents

After church on Sun. Hanging around the duplex!

Auntie Kay and Uncle Ben

Papa taking lots of pics

After the park, it was nice to be in the AC!

Mason and Joe are buddies.

Playing in Connor's room!

Loving his new, huge room!

How many people can fit in Connor's room?

Rediscovering all of his toys! It was like Christmas morning for him.

He was in a Grandma mood all weekend! He wanted her over me most of the time, which really is saying something!

He wanted to walk around in the pillow case..

Surfing the net

Skip-bo in the garage

Our new home :) ha, it really is 224-B..

Sisters!

Phase 10 game

Focused. This is a great candid shot!

haha Jess being herself

They loved playing in our yard!

A game of Skip-bo

Connor and his Aunties! (He was in a mommy only mood bc he went to nursery and was mad that I left him)

Connor with his grandparents

Connor and his Uncles!

One of the only recent pics I have of Connor and his grandpa

Adam's work!

Connor loved the rocks on the wall

the kids posing for a pic

Peeking in his office bldg

Filling it up with pebbles.. Such a boy!

 The fountain across the street from daddy's work

We had to fight with Connor who wanted to go swim to stay out of the water..

Quick pic with our parents

Shan having fun :)

Ben, Mason and Joey hanging out

Karleia

Smile Drake

This picture of Shannon CRACKS me up!

Connor and Uncle Larry playing together

Refused to let us take his shoes off

"Seriously Mom!"

It is hard to tell in this picture but they have matching bruises on their foreheads from the playground!

Eating breakfast sitting at the table. Such a big boy!

Or not since he had to have Auntie Shannon fed him.

Last morning in KY

Ash and Rach :)

HAha at least Amber was ready for this picture. Idk what Jess was thinking

Brothers

Candid shot of breakfast

Mom getting teary eyed about having to leave..

Larry and Ken, best buds rocking the aviators!

Me and Ash, haha my little sister that is WAY taller than me!

Goodbye Shannon!

This pretty much sums up the weekend and says it better than I could! Like they always say, "a picture is worth a thousand words"!

Packing, once again..

Adam and I packed up all of our belongings that were at his house and we moved them down to Massillon Aug 9th. The next couple of days flew by! The next day we spent getting things organized at my parents' house. My sister Athena and her 3 kids came over to visit for a couple hours. It was nice getting to see them before we moved and we were able to get pictures.  We had a family dinner at my grandparents house. It was really nice because we were able to visit with my Uncle Donnie who was visiting from TX. It has been forever since I have seen him and it was Adam's (and Connor's) first time meeting him.  Our visit was cut short bc our munchkin was super grumpy and needed a nap! 

All of us siblings and our kids (minus Jess because she was at work)

 

 

 

 

 

My Mom's Family

With spouses

My family and My Grandparents

Grandma K and Connor and I

Playing Hot Wheels together :)

 Thursday we got up early and picked up the moving truck.  It didn't take nearly as long as we thought to load it up. We headed over to my Grandma K's house with my family and packed all of our things. The number one thing that I will remember the next time we move is not to over pack the boxes! Some of the boxes were so heavy that two people struggled to carry them and they were bulging at the sides. It is saying something if it is hard for my dad to pick up a box!  We finished everything in only 2 hours! After we showered and got some lunch, Adam had to drive back up to stow to get a physical for work and Connor and I went to visit with my Grandma. It was good because Connor was very playful with her.

That night I went to dinner with my high school friend Stephanie. It was good getting to see her again before leaving Ohio.  When I got home Adam and I went bought all the kids ice cream cones. It was a little way of saying thank you for all the help that they gave us. 

That Thurs was a little hard because my grandpa was in the hospital. He has been having a lot of health problems lately.  He was filling up with water weight ( gained 20 lbs in only a few days) and they were afraid it was going to harm his heart and lungs. My mom, aunts and uncles all went up to the hospital with to support my grandparents. Luckily he was able to come home that Mon and is doing better but he still has his bad days. They found out that his liver is bad, I don't remember what it is called but basically his liver is the same as if he was a heavy drinker even though he never drank in his life.  There isn't a cure for him and he isn't a likely candidate for a liver transplant...

Goodbye Ohio... Hello Kentucky

Adam got a job! We are moving to Paducah KY in 2 weeks! We are so happy that we have a job lined up and that we are able to get to the next phase of our life :) I am so proud of Adam and all the time and effort that he put into finding a job where he is able to use his college degree! He has applied to so many jobs (seriously, like 300 plus) and all of his hard work paid off. I know that this is an answer to our many prayers and the many prayers of our family and friends. We starts work on the 16th of Aug and we are going to be busy getting things ready until then. This Tues we have to drive down so that he is able to do a drug  test and then we need to find a place to live. We already have a few places that we have on a list to check out! Then the next weekend is the big move. We are so happy that our families are able to help out with that..

... Now off to celebrate with some Handle's ice cream :)

July 4th.... Weekend!

Connor loves loves loves playing w Uncle Larry

Friday was Joey's 7th birthday! After Adam had to go to work, my mom and I took the kids to the little pool at the park.  They all had so much fun! Connor was having a blast. He is WAY to daring in the water.  The nice thing was that it is just a wading pool so the whole thing is only a foot deep, but still it was a little scary. He would try to bend down and eat the water and end up choking.  Next time we go we are def bringing him a little floaty.

Connor was sick the rest of the weekend.  Adam and I had planned to take him to see some fireworks on Sat night but he was whinny the entire day and ended up falling asleep at 830.  That night he woke up with a fever of 102 and ended up spending the night in bed with us. The only way that he could sleep was if he was curled up on my chest. Sunday Connor and I stayed home from church.  We spent most of the day sitting together in the rocking chair.  Once his Tylenol kicked in he would try to play but you could tell he just felt so miserable! He would cry if I left the room even if he didn't want to sit on my lap. Poor thing. Sunday night both of the grandparents came over and we had cake for Joeys birthday.

Mon was the 4th and the day was a little hectic.  Adam had to be to work at 3 and my dad needed to get sleep before he had to work the night shift which meant we needed to do our cookout early. We had steak, potato salad and pasta salad.  Adam's family was coming over too but we ended up eating without them so Adam wasn't rushed bc they were running an hour late.  Connor was still not feeling well, his temp every time the meds wore off spiked back up to 102. We decided to rotate him on Ibuprofen and Tylenol and that seemed to help. He fought his nap and then finally fell asleep at 445.  The nap was much needed bc he was in a much better mood when he woke up! I decided to take him to the fireworks, and he was so good for me. He basically hung out in his sling/carrier the whole time which made it easy to keep him out of trouble.  He loved watching the fireworks and sat on my lap the whole time.  He got a little scared with the first one but the next one he loved. I taught him to help clap his hands  and he started doing it on his own every time they shot off! After about ten mins into it he started getting really sleepy (after we got home we realized it was partly bc his fever was back) that he started falling asleep between the fireworks! It was too cute! Sadly when we got home his temp was 104! I felt so bad for him! As soon as we gave him his meds it only took like 2 mins of rocking him and he was asleep.

PS- A funny story about my grandpa. My aunt sue brought cupcakes to the fireworks and he had one (by this point it was dark) that he was going to eat while sitting in the truck. Well, he felt something hard on the top and decided to try to bit it. That didn't work, so thinking that it was candy he stuck the whole thing in his mouth and started trying to chew it. Ha after a few mins he took it out, thinking that the candy must be bad. That was when he realized it was a ring!! HAHA so funny!

PSS- On Sat night my sister Ashley got engaged!! YAY! We are so happy for her and Micah! :) :)