Bloomington 2010

A little too close Barkley!

Beautiful rainbow, and Ernie and Barkley!

Woody loves the new puppy, except for when he is chewing on him.

Barkley Yarborough

Snuggling on the couch.

We all know who runs the show!

Our local park by the golf course.

Too cool for his own good!

They still love eachother!

Happy 2nd birthday Woody!

Nana and Grandma Susie

II, III, and IV

We all loved Baxter!

We are going to try, and I mean try, to keep up with the blog again! The computer is in a much friendlier place, so I do not have any excuses to not update it. There have been a lot of changes since Christmas, so I will put them into a quick list:

*We moved back to B-town after a crazy 11 months in Wisconsin. We loved Wisconsin, but our hearts will always be in B-town. It is fantastic to be back around friends and family. It is a great place to raise the kids, and we plan on being here for a little while. I do not want to jinx it, but I really hope there is no packing in our near future.

*Shortly after we got back to town, Baxter stopped eating and was acting odd. We took him to the ER vet, where he passed away two days later. It was really rough for everyone, but especially for me. He would have been 11 on May 5, and we got him in B-town back in the day. Baxter was a great dog, and we still miss him today.

*Samantha began preschool, and absolutely loves it! This is the first move where she has vocalized how much she misses Wisconsin. We are very fortunate to be able to afford 1/2 days, and maybe be able to send her full time in the Fall. Her birthdate does not allow her to go to Kindergarten next year, so she will still go to preschool in the school system. The teachers say that she does a great job, and that she has good stories. I probably do not want to know what those are!

*Woody is finally walking, and very close to running! He still is behind in the talking department, and had our first meeting with First Steps last week. We are STILL waiting on Riley's and all of the doctors to get their heads out of their bottoms so we can start his HGH injections. I am ready to just get the ball rolling, but it is amazing how no one seems to be too concerned. We were at the next step in WI, but the move sent us into a waiting spiral. Woody is very happy and intelligent, so there is no great concern. He had a wonderful 2nd birthday party, and everyone came over to party with him.

*After a month without Baxter, we could not pass up a great offer on a new golden puppy--Barkley! Barkley was born exactly one week after Baxter died, and we got him in a similiar situation that I got Baxter. A country family looking to unload 8 puppies, the mother is registered but the dad is not, so we got him for a steal! He is so freakin cute that you just want to squeeze him. He is doing a pretty good job with potty training, and we are going to try to train him a little more than Baxter. He acts a lot like Baxter did when he was a puppy, except he is a light colored golden where Baxter was a very dark golden.

*Ernie still cannot believe he is back in B-town, let alone coaching for IU! We never thought there would be a space here for us, so it is even more special to be back. The team had a good Spring season ending it with a win over Mexico. It is so nice to be back around the IU soccer family and all of the support this town has for the team. Ernie works with incredible coaches, and could not ask for a better job. We cannot express how much we love being back! Madison was a great place to live, but B-town is home

*I am still at home with the kids and dog. We cannot afford daycare for both, so I will not be making an appearance in the real world for a little while. I look forward to taking some classes at IU and getting a part time job when I can! It probably won't be until Samantha goes to Kindergarten and Woody is enrolled in Ready Set Grow.

That is the last few months in a nutshell. Of course we have travelled to St. Louis, Muncie, and Columbus in those months. I am going to really try and keep up with this again, so come on May!