Happy Father's Day...

to the BEST Daddy in town!! I just love watching James with Owen! He truly is an amazing father and it makes me love him more and more each day. Who could have ever thought that was possible?? Happy Father's Day James! We love you!

I am back...a year later!

Wow, it has been a long time! So much has changed in the past year. Time just got away from me this past year and blogging was put to the side. I am officially back and hope to do a better job of documenting our life!

Well, I am sure most of you know the biggest change in our lives this past year is that we are expecting baby boy #2...otherwise known as Eli Charles Dlabaj! I am 33 weeks pregnant at the moment and August 5th can't get here soon enough. We are so excited to meet our new little bundle of joy, yet still have so many things to do to get ready for his arrival! This sonogram was last Wednesday...I was 32 weeks and he is already weighing 5 pounds!! My doctor told me that I just grow "big" babies and that he expects Eli will be over 9 pounds! (Please pray that he comes early...I don't think I can survive the birth of a 9 pounder...Owen was big enough!) Here is a profile pic of our little sweetie, or should I say BIG sweetie?!?

Other updates from the past year:

-I went back to work...started out the 1st two weeks of school teaching 4th grade then got moved to 5th grade.

-5th graders are WAY different than 3rd graders!

-Graduated with my masters in August, completed my administrative internship, passed my Principal certification test, and applied for Assistant Principal jobs.

-Made it into the MISD pool of AP candidates, went on one interview, going to be teaching 4th grade next year! (Oh well...I will try again next year)

-Owen turned 2 and moved out of the crib into a big boy bed!

-Owen amazes us each and every day with the things he is learning! His vocabulary has just shot through the roof! We were worried for a while that he would never say more than "Momma, Dada, juice and no"!

-Owen began daycare...well, in-home daycare. He loves his Sweet Lila and all of his friends!

-Owen is OBSESSED with Thomas the Train! We talk about "choo-choo's" ALL day, every day! We even went to Thomas the Train LIVE at Nokia!

-James and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary! So much has changed in the past 5 years! It amazes me to think of people we used to be compared to who we are now.

-We still own our lot in Heath, but aren't planning on building until next summer.

Life is good! It has been one crazy, busy year for us! I am sure this upcoming year will be just as crazy, but I am vowing to keep up with this blog! Welcome back to my life with my soon to be 3 boys!!!!:)

Bon Voyage!

So, I have been rushing around here like chicken with my head cut off for the past few days. We leave tomorrow for Canada and we will be gone for 27 days! Do you know how much prep work there is to get 2 adults, 1 17 month old baby, and house full of dogs ready to leave? (we are not taking the dogs by the way) It is A LOT of stinkin work to try to remember every little thing! I am exhausted now! This might be absolutely terrible, but I have been so stressed about the whole plane situation with Owen. A 17 month old is just not going to want to sit in our laps for 4 hours on a plane. So......I talked with several friends with kids and I was given the advice of BENADRYL! Well, I was hesitant and nervous about giving my child medicine he doesn't need, but I have decided to do it. Everyone told me to do a test run since on some kids it has the opposite effect. I felt even worse doing that, but I gave it a test run today and IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM!!!!(don't worry, I won't be knocking my child out all the time...only tomorrow for the plane) Wish us luck! Hope everyone has a great 4th of July! We will miss it this year since Canadians really don't celebrate American Independence! Hopefully I can post some pics from up there to let everyone know how our trip is!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Wow! The month of June has flown by! We have had so much going on this month! I am ALMOST officially done with school! My last class is Monday...I am so excited! I took Comps mid-June and am still waiting to hear the results. Cross you fingers everyone...it was HARD! If everything goes well I will GRADUATE in August! Yea for me! I am so ready to be done! After spending many dreadful hours of studying for comps came Father's Day. James had a great day! He is such a great father and boy oh boy does he love his little man! They have so much fun together! Here are some pics of the two of them:

James and Owen (2 weeks old)

5 months old

16 monthsAfter Father's Day came my birthday! I have to tell you...it is really quite boring turning 27. 27 just wasn't one of those birthdays that you look forward to. I usually love my birthday, but this year it was just like "Oh, 27, huh...not much to it"! I had a great birthday though. Owen and James made things very special for me! Here is a pic from my BIG day!

Well, we are leaving for Canada in one week! We are so excited for a vacation! It is much needed. Wish us luck on the 4 hour plane ride with a 17 month old! Should be fun...

All of a Sudden...

All of a sudden I am becoming really freaked out about going back to work. Not that I am freaked out necessarily, but I am getting sad about leaving my baby boy. I have had such an amazing year with him and I can't imagine not spending my days with my little man. The count down is on and I have just realized, I guess, that I only have like 2 1/2 more months to be home with him. And everyone knows how fast the summers fly by. Next week I have to take my comprehensive exams so that I can graduate in August, so Owen is going to stay with Miss Lila for three days next week. That should give me a taste of how it will be in August when he starts staying with her everyday. :( I know he will be fine, but it just makes me sad that my time at home with him is quickly coming to an end! By the way...for those who don't know I am going to be back at Mackey, teaching 4th grade!

My Little Sports Enthusiast

OK, so I don't know if it is just a boy thing or what, but my child is OBSESSED with all sports related materials. He has always loved all his balls, throwing them catching them, etc., but now he has learned to hit them. He first started with a baseball bat. Now he loves to hit balls with his golf club and his hockey stick! I don't know, but I think I am going to have a pro athlete of some sort on my hands!!! We are going to start him in hockey as soon as he turns 3 (yes we checked, they start them at 3...crazy right?), but until then we are going to look into soccer! We are also looking for some swimming lessons and maybe a little gymnastics for the summer! James isn't too excited about the gymnastics, but I think it will be fun for him at 18 months! Here are some shots of my little guy in action!

This is a video of Owen playing with his golf clubs for the first time! He is a one handed golfer right now, but Daddy is trying to teach him how to use both hands! I am thinking we might have a future Tiger on our hands...what do you think?

Mother's Day Weekend

Mother's Day was just wonderful! Here are some pics from the day...

On Saturday we took Owen to Taste of Addison for some great food and fun!

Owen thought he could drink this big cup of lemonade just like he drinks out of his sippy cup!!

Needless to say it ended up all over him!!

This is a video of Owen jammin to the band playing at Taste of Addison! Turn on your sound...