Home Sweet Home

So we are homeowners once again. And what a wonderful feeling it is. Although the weather and holiday season is not the ideal time to move, we are so so so grateful that we could get in before Christmas. And what a wonderful Christmas it will be.

Yesterday morning we closed. Right away we got to moving. John's parents came to help move and then take the kids back with them. That in itself is a HUGE stress relief....knowing they are safe and happy and NOT in our care (for the moment) is a wonderful gift. Our good friend Kurt helped John haul furniture......in the -10 degree weather. Seriously these men are amazing!!!!! And they did it without complaint....none that I heard anyway.

John and I spent our first night in our house last night. The silence was darn near deafening. We aren't used to it being so quiet. But it was wonderful.

Perhaps I'll get crazy enough to venture far enough away from the house to get a good picture and post it later today...MAYBE. The weather is colder today than yesterday. And considering we are in serious farm country and the wind is strong enough to knock me over, the cold is frigid enough to take my breath away and freeze my nose, well....lets just say MAYBE....IF I'm crazy enough.

Meet My Boy...Hayden...

"Hayden, show me your big dimples. SMILE!"......"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Meet My Girl.....Yvette

Yvette Mariana Backowski....14 months old. Both These pictures express her character perfectly. ;-)

loving the kitchen...

There is a deep satisfaction that I get when I work in the kitchen and get these kind of results. Easy. Simple. Delicious.

Ode To John

The Father of My Children

The Stealer of My Heart

The Recipient of My Affections

The Keeper of My Joy

The Igniter of My Passions

The Eater of My Cooking

The Hero of My Love Story

The Disrupter of My Sleep

The Subject of My Daydreams

The Fulfiller of My Needs

The Calmer of My Nerves

The Balancer of My Craziness

The Manager of My Remote Control

The Love of My Life
Amen.

Starting again...

This blog has been in existence for 2 years now. However, I have been seriously negligent in posting. So much so that there are absolutely NO posts whatsoever of our 14 month old daughter and her infancy. And we are now on baby #3. Life’s circumstances over the past 2 years have been difficult for us. We miscarried between Hayden and Yvette, lost 2 grandparents, moved 2 times, tragically lost my brother to a car accident, Yvette was born shortly after, etc. Just in the past 3 months has life taken a positive turn for us. A long awaited positive turn. I thought I’d rename the blog, change the layout, and start fresh by regularly posting and including pictures.
Hope you visit often…

August 13, 2008 (meant to be posted...)

Monday night we had torrential rain for about 3 hours. Word has it we acquired about 6-8 inches in that time frame. Crazy, I know. The ditch out front was overflowing. The apartment 2 floors down had 2 inches of standing water in there rooms. Our neighbors/landlords had their basement flood (they just replaced the carpet less than 1 year ago). It was bad. Early on in the storm John had to run to the store to get some diaper cream for Hayden. No problem. Within 20 minutes of him returning, we got Hayden to bed and put a movie in. John looked at me and said, "Beer sounds really great. You want beer?" It didn't make any difference to me. But the weather wasn't exactly peachy for venturing out. But I figured, okay...if he wants to go get it. Less than 10 minutes later John comes in and tells me he needs my help...the car stalled and it needs a push. Great. So we get the car onto high ground across the street and figure it will be dried out in the morning and we'll move it. Not so. To put it simply, the engine is shot. The street was much more flooded than we thought, water rushed through the engine, and it is now unsalvageable. Our $2300 beer run WITHOUT the beer.Lesson learned: don't venture out during a storm when you live in a flood plain