Year in Summary

February 2010:  I was diagnosed with 83% hearing loss in my left ear. This came as a total shock to me and I was alone at the specialist office. (result of an ear infection in May of 09, with eardrum rupture, ringing, and extreme exhaustion). I had been frustrated with my then 4 year old---"speak CLEARLY, say EACH WORD separately". I should have known something was "amiss". 
March 2010:  The search for a hearing aid begins. Wow! Hearing aids are complicated and EXPENSIVE.
March 2010:  Information that our eldest daughter MJ might be dyslexic. Testing begins.
                      More emotional drain:  wow, my hubby REALLY is more dyslexic than we thought.
April 2010:    Still no hearing aid, however, I have had a borrowed aid everyday since the "diagnosis". PTL.
                     Luke turns 5 and is SO SO SO ready for "all day, every day school". He is only in MDO two days a week.
                     More testing for MJ. Some "accommodations" for MJ at school help her at least "pass" her second time in FIRST GRADE. The school and the teachers have been VERY good to us. Thank you Woodway Elementary Staff.
May 2010:     MY MONTH: Mother's Day, My birthday, Our anniversary!  I love May!!
                     Parents watch ALL THREE kids for THREE DAYS so Jeremy can take me "out" for our anniversary. It has been 11 years. WOW, 11. We have not "gotten away" for our anniversary since our fifth year. At that point we only had ONE kid. 
May 2010:    Jeremy starts his "internship" for the summer.  Sunday am he leaves, returning Wednesday midday or later. EVERY week for 12 weeks. How did we even survive the summer? The rest of the week he had to go to "regular work" so really all we got was Saturday, of course, he was so exhausted by then.....
June 2010:  kids finish school. Now the fun can begin......It was a great summer, non the less.  Three kids, lots of adventures, lots of outside, lots of kiddie pool in the back yard, lots of "not so healthy" dinners.  Lots of friends over to play.
July 2010: MJ turns 8, wow, I am getting old. More of the same, we miss daddy when he is gone and we play HARD when he is here. We never missed a Sunday. (Man, I needed that break) Yep. I took them all with me to Sunday School and Service every week.  They needed it as much as I did!
August 2010:  Is is possible 12 weeks is almost over? The highlight of my summer was my very own trip to SOUTH AFRICA. Yes, you heard it right, just me 10 days. Jeremy had to figure out internship, work and three kids, ha ha, I got the best guy out there, he is mine!!!!!   He elicited help and it was freely given, thank you all of you who helped make this happen. (I will blog about the trip separately).
August 2010:    Jeremy had less than two weeks between internship and beginning a new semester. That was rough.  Kids start school. Luke!! It is FINALLY time to go to "all day, every day" school.  Wow, it is hard to get up in the morning. What a champion. He LOVES school.  (I just hope he is actually learning something).
MJ will have quite the adjustment.  After having the same teacher in the same room for both of her first grade years..... second grade will be a bit of a different story.....
September 2010:  Oh, yeah, didn't we tell you...... we are pregnant.......we found out RIGHT before I left for Africa so we did not tell and now after seeing a real heartbeat, we are finally ready to tell the family. Yes, I can keep a secret without lying.
October 2010: Jeremy's birthday. He is 34 despite what he tells you. Mason had a birthday, he is 2 (he consistently responds 3, who knows!)
We dressed up for "fall festivals" on friday night, saturday morning and on sunday night. Yup, we like to party. Don't worry, we did not buy our costumes. The kids all have dress up in their toy boxes and I told them, if they could not find it in their box----they could not be that. We did make MJ's tail out of cardboard and duct tape for her cat costume.
November 2010:  The first day of this month brings us a SONOGRAM..... MJ went with us. We got to see Baby Palmer #4 in action.  Yes, another boy. Jeremy and MJ are both a bit sad but they will live. 
A few days later in this very same week----we are burdened with the news of another uncertainty...... Baby Boy Palmer has SUA, Single Umbilical Artery. What that means WE HAVE NO IDEA. 
SO for the next few days we will live in a state of uncertainty trusting in our GOD Almighty that HE IS BIGGER than ALL OF EVERYTHING.
November 2010:   More excitement to come.... Thanksgiving with family..... another sono picture of our baby.... maybe some Christmas decorating.... and most certainly more packing..... (I am living under the assumption that after May Graduation...... we will be getting a job and moving....I don't want to have to pack Everything with a newborn in the house) 
To be continued..... everyday has is prize. ..... focus on your prize today......

It has really been a while

In all fairness, who reads this anyway? 

Blogging is so much more for the blogger

than for the readers (if there are any).  

Snow Man

Just my size.
Papa made it with Aunt Brittney and mommy Summer.

Can we claim credit if we did not help?

Aunt Brittney with Mason.

Mom, it is cold, can't you see?

A man in his element. Cousin Isaiah
Loves the snow. Watch him, he can really throw you a snowball.
Comanche, Oklahoma December 28th, 2009

Blessed Christmas

Luke climbing in a tree at Great Grandma Murray's house in Oklahoma.
He saw snow!

My snow bunnies. Mason's first snow for sure.
Luke and Mackenzie's biggest snow.
Yay! Comanche, Oklahoma
December 28th, 2009

See the Ice?
My dad was driving. Glad it was not meeeeee!

My princess

Dude is getting big.

14 Months

Mason is finally at 19 lbs. 14 oz.
I think we measured him at 29 1/4 inches.
At 14 months.
He is a little dude but he can sword fight with Luke like a champ!
December 2009