busy, hectic, crazy life! forgive me for the neglect! :)

Reason for being so busy! we have been house searching for a good while now! And after putting a offer in one house- that was a short sale, got impatient!.. withdrew the offer..continued looking... until we found this! the perfect home! We are less than 1/2 mile for the gulf of mexico, in Ocean Springs, MS. Neighborhood, Gulf Park Estates...

I fell in love with this house before walking into it... and fell even more in love after seeing it in person! I couldnt wait to get Josh in to see it, so we could make a offer!

i love how cottage like it looks, and all the trees!

It's frustrating, because even though i've been to the house a hand full of times, i ALWAYS forget my camera. So im still left with the pictures that were on the real estate website. :( they just dont show everything.. ... BUT.. ill make do with what i have...

This is the kitchen, well a piece of it. And you can also see straight to the laundry room. and where the breakfast area is.

Another picture that just doesnt do justice! this is PART of the living room.

This is a tiny piece of the master! turns out... the master has a entire wall of windows! Two floor to ceiling, then sliding glass doors that go out into the back patio. It also has a very large master closet. It does need a little work(its a fanny mae) but on small things like updating fixtures.

extra bath room.

This room is Julians room.

Its such a good size. will easily fit his dresser, full size bed, night stand and train table! And the closets are over sized. they are very deep and long. Not the typical walk in but large enough that they have lighting, so you can see to the far ends.

Spare room

Ill be putting a small bed in here, as well as our computer desk. The closet in this room will be my scrapbooking 'nook'.

only part of the back yard. we have a large screened in back patio, that the french doors from our formal dinning open to, as well as the sliding glass doors in our master open up to as well. The far door on the right is the muddroom/laundry room.



The other reason for my busy body...

Julian's birthday!

It was a blast, but felt so rushed with everything else going on!

kiddo's bobbing for apples!

juju playing trains, OF course!

Last night as i look for pictures of Julians party.. i felt like the worse mom every! The normal camera happy, mommarottiz i am.. i had a whopping 6 pictures from the entire party/birthday! :( I had to go through all the videos on my video recorder in order to take snap shots of juju close up! so excuse the crappy quality :( my fault.

But thats not the end of it! since then, Julian has had another birthday party, my dad has been diagnosed with cancer and sent home on hospice, my grandfather has been in the hospital with heart trouble etcetcetc. So please understand I have not taken many pictures, nor have I had any time to do anything extra. i will do my best to start taking more pictures and bloggin again! :) thank you all for your prayers, and your patience!

Enjoy XOxo

shoooo fly!!!!

well, Julian is officially a hurricane survivor! He went through his first hurricane this week, hurricane Irene.
It was a beautiful day, the day before we got hit.. so we spent it outside, expecting to be cooped up for a few days prior to the dead-on hit.

oh course Josh had the video camera in hand, recording everything pre storm-during storm and post storm!

:) pretty flipping attractive if i say so myself :) ;)

^ this little guy has been lingering around the apartment for days now. i think he escaped from the botanical gardens right down the street. ... i could be totally wrong haha.

Irene came, and went, leaving minor damages. our street flooded again but this go round we were prepared and did not get water inside our cars! we only lost power for a few hours, and had just ONE scare. We rescued two baby squirrels(Chipper & Irene). They were about 4 weeks old, and had fallin out of a tree. We brought them to a rescue lady the day after the storm so they could receive proper care.

&& as many of you know, we are in the home stretch of our life in Virginia!!! We are leaving here on Thursday, early morning to drive to New Orleans!! Things has been a little insane with packing, saying goodbyes, trying to spend time with friends..etcetcetc. We also applied for a home loan!!! We are looking to buy a house along the Mississippi coast, near Josh's new duty station. We should be hearing back about that real soon!:)

and on to...today!

Of course I am packing, packing, packing & cleaning my tail off. And i hear Julian yell..."SHOO FLY!"...(((((WWAAACCCKKKK!!!)))) GOT EM MOMMY! " i go in to find Julian butt naked, standing on his dresser, with the fly swatter... i thought it was too cute, not to take pictures. So for all you people who are offended by little butts- ya might want to stop looking at my blog-NOW!

^check out those tan lines!!!

To freakin cute not to post! and guess what?... HE REALLY KILLED A FLY!

Changing by the second...

my boy & his trains!
ah the simple life.

Julian's first love... Thomas the Train & friends

Julian singing Veggie Tales...

enjoy xoxo

Fall is arriving... slowly but surely!

Today was Julian's last day at Portsmouth Endo Clinic! His A1C is pretty much the same, 8.4. Wish it would have come down some, but his doctor things that its okay where it is. He still is wanting us to pursue getting him the pump, believing this will make a world of a difference for his A1C. Since Julian's insulin amount has increased.. he now is getting his shots via Novalog Flex pin. We are still going to be using needles for correction factor(because the flexpin does not come in 0.5 units). We are very excited to be using the flex pen, its known to not be as painful, and it is much easier to use! I know this will help with teaching family members. They dont have to worry about not being able to see the little lines on the needle, and withdrawing too much or too little insulin. :)

My favorite time of year is here, and im trying to enjoy it before we leave.. FALL! It certainly wont fallish in NOLA yet, so trying to soak it all up! The last two days it's been in the 70's, cool breeze, and soooooooo nice outside! The leaves are already starting to fall & change a little. We been trying to spend alot of time outside.. and leaving our house windows open!

look at my boy's beautiful eyes!

chalky hands...( notice his fresh hair cut!!)

haha-- juju kisses && doggy kisses for mommy

Look how handsome!!! what a million dollar smile on my sweet boy! :) :)

thats all for now! Xoxo

take me out to the ball game!!!

it's time to get a routine again!!! i am slacking, not only on blogging- but on EVERYTHING! life has me by the tail.. and im so ready to have this move behind us, and our new life with family near!!

Julian's birthday is in a month && i have yet to begin doing anything! this is SO unlike me, but like i said-- i have been consumed, and absorbed in the craziness of this whole "up rooting" again.

Anyhow...
Julian is doing pretty great. He is talking his little butt off. Can't get a moment of silence from the moment he opens his eyes, until is little head rest for nap time & bed time! His vocabulary has grown so much over the last few months, its amazing to me! Julian also knows most of his shapes now- he knows there are some "gons" in there but gets hexagon and Pentagon confused-- which still pretty sweet even if they are confused being he is not even three yet!! :) makes his mommy so proud!
Just tonight he yelled out the LSU chant && i took it upon myself to then teach him the entire saints chant, at which he caught on to mighty quickly!

my newest tackle for Julian, is to figure out how to get him to stop pee'in his bed every night. He is still in diapers/pull ups at night.. but he still always manages to pee through them. I tried cutting his liquids and making him pee before bed- but nothing is seeming to work. Of course his if his blood sugar is running higher he pees more on some nights- but even on normal nights.. we are still finding he is a heavy wetter. I simply am at a loss. I have been putting him in his diaper and pull up and putting gerber plastic pants on over it as a cover. it helps seal any leakage. but i know it cant be comfy, so im still on the hunt for another fix. Maybe i'll try XL cloth diapers, and double up on inserts? I am just not sure. Being he is a boy && a danford boy at that.. i don't think it would hurt to invest the money in cloth, bc from what i hear this problem may go on for quite some time.. :/
By the way, i am open to any suggestions. i realize it is a developmental thing for kids to recognize to wake and potty- that is not what im trying to fix..lol im just tried of cleaning sheets on a daily basis!!!!

Anyways- while on here I should tell about Julian's first baseball game! It was a blast, and worked out better than I could have ever dreamed! Josh surprised us with tickets to go to Harbor Park, to watch the Norfolk Tides! Julian was totally engaged with the game up until the 7th inning- which was so cool! He would laugh hysterically at the mascot and the silly things it would do in between each inning. He would cheer and chant with the music, and the hard core fans that sat around us! His favorite was when they played a certain tune, and then yelled.. " CHARGE!!!!"
The weather was absolutely pleasant! Low 80's with a nice cool breeze coming off the water.. the sky was clear and the moon was big and bright! The surprise was such a treat for us, and a fun, memorable experience. However, the best part about it was.. for the night, we did not have a diabetic child. Yes, i know what i just typed. I have no clue- some might call it a freak accident, but i like to think it was a gift from god. a break for our sweet boy to enjoy himself, and for me and josh to enjoy ourselves with out worry! As always, we checked Julian before giving him anything to eat.. but his blood sugars were always FINE, perfect! never did he need a correction, and being that we didn't know exactly how many carbs he was taking in we would wait a little bit after he ate to check him to see where he stood. never once did his blood sugar elevate after eating. i was blown away, i kept thinking.. maybe his meter is wrong, or his strips are no good? There was no way my son ate peanuts, ice cream, snowball, and cotton candy and never need any type of medication. no way his blood sugar could stay normal, i mean for peets sake- his pancreas hasn't worked in MONTHS! Yes, it was slightly warm, and he was sweating some, but was not running around to be burning as many carbs as he was taking in! It was such a blessing for all of us!