Happy 4th of July

I know its late! I hope everybody had a wonderful 4th of July. We spent the day working hard at our new place. We painted and put wood flooring in. We got quite a bit done. We will finish up on Sat. We had lots of help and it was greatly appreciated. My mom and Ryan helped a lot and I hope we didn't work them too hard and they come and help us on Sat. :) It was a late night and we saw some fireworks on our way home from Brookings.

As I said before I would have pictures of my knee. On Tuesday night I finally got to take a shower and some bandages. Then had to re-bandage it up again. I also have a picture of Tyler in an empty cupboard that he was sitting in. Our house looks like a disaster. Boxes everywhere! I hate it when it looks cluttered.

Happy Late Anniversary

Its been busy these past couple of days. July 3 was our 3rd Anniversary. We spent the day as usual. Dan went to work and I was laid up. That night we went to Sioux Falls to get our flooring and paint for our new place. We then went out to dinner with Dan's aunt, cousins and sister. Dan's sister stayed with us until wed. to help me with Tyler. I appreciated it a lot.

I made it!!

I made it through my knee surgery. After surgery the doctor came out to talk to Dan, but Dan said he didn't learn anything. It was short and sweet. From what he got out of the talk they took out my lateral release and took a bunch of scar tissue out. I am still on crutches, which sucks. I am hanging in there. I just wish it would hurry up and heal. The weekend was filled with packing. We took a small load over to our new place, but we have a lot ahead of us. I will post some pictures later of what my knee looks like. I will also have one of Tyler. Tyler came back home yesterday (Sunday). Dan's sister is here until wed. to help me and take care of Tyler. If I didn't have her I don't know what I would do. I hope everybody had a wonderful weekend.

Nervous

Hi Everyone,

Well, its the night before my surgery. I am nervous!!! Well, today was Tyler's and my last day at work/daycare. My day was not the best day you could say. My boss didn't treat me very well, but oh well I am DONE! We had a scare with Tyler. Parts of his arms were blue along with some fingers and part of his legs. I took him in, but they weren't concerned now. It comes and goes. He was cold, so I think that is what caused him to turn blue. He does have fifth disease. Lucky boy he caught it from daycare. For those of you that don't know what it is. The child has cold like symptoms and then a week later or so a rash will appear on cheeks and arms. Its not the prettiest thing you would see. Its a virus, so it has to work its course. Well, this is all I have to say today!! Tyler is with Grandma (Dan's mom)!! I sure do miss him!!

Long time/I am Back

I know its been two months since my last post. We have been a busy family.
End of April:
Since our last post Tyler was in his first wedding as a ring bearer at the end of April. He was in Dan's brothers wedding. Dan was also in the wedding as the best man. The wedding was fun and interesting.

May:

The month of may we were busy with odds and ends. My father was here from Rapid City over memorial day. It was a great time seeing and spending time with him. Tyler and us were sure sad to see him go. Tyler was his buddy while he was here. They read lots of books. This month were also looking for a place to live in Brookings. House hunting isn't the most fun thing to do, especially when your not finding anything.

June:

We found a place to live in Brookings. We decided to go with a trailer. Its cheaper and its only temporary. We found a nice 3 bedroom 2 bath trailer. Dan wasn't sold on living in a trailer, but he is dealing with it. We get to start moving next week. This month Dan helped his aunt and uncle with landscaping by building a retaining wall. He is a talented person. We also took Tyler to the races in Hartford for the first time. Tyler sure enjoyed them. He loves cars. He is so obsessed with the movie "Cars" he is collecting all the cars from the movie. He even has pajama's that are cars. He won't give them up for anything. This month also brought problems to me. I did something to my knee, not sure how I did it, but who knows. I dislocated my knee cap. I have been dealing with this little over a month. I have been going to the chiropractic to figure out what is going on. She is the one that saw my knee cap is not in its right spot. So she tried putting it in, but it didn't stay. I must say its painful. Well, sure referred me to a orthopedic specialist and I just saw them yesterday (Tuesday). I have surgery this Friday to fix my knee. He told me what he is going to do, but all I got out of it was taking a ligament out to make my knee cap sit where its suppose to. Then possible release a band on the other side of the knee. I will be laid up for awhile. Tomorrow (Thursday) is Tyler's and my last day at work. I think by not working there I won't be under so much stress. Other than that we have been busy with packing everything up. Packing and moving is not my favorite thing to do. I feel so bad since I won't be able to help that much.

Tyler is continuing to grow and talk non stop. There are times we are not sure what he is saying, but we finally figure it out. I just can't believe how much he growing. At daycare this last couple of weeks he has shown interest on going potty on the toilet. He goes in the toilet at daycare, but just sits on it at home. He will do it when he is ready. I hope everybody has a wonderful rest of the week. I will from now on try and post every night. I will sure post after my surgery when I feel up to it to let everyone know how it went and what they did.

Busy!!!

So I haven't posted for awhile. This last week has been busy. I made it through my first week of work and thinking oh my this may be interesting. We did have a good Easter, we were at my grandparents in Winona, MN. We enjoyed our time visiting and seeing family that I haven't seen since I was like 12. This weekend we have just been relaxing and doing some cleaning and trying to study. Sunday, it was just Tyler and I spending time together, Dan was at a cattle show with a friend in Nebraska somewhere. This morning Tyler and I went grocery shopping in Brookings and then came home and did some cleaning. We didn't do much today. Trying to get ready for the busy week. I hope everybody has a great week.

News!

Well, I know my last post was talking about my last day at work. Well, that has changed now. I have this week off and will start working on Monday April 9. I took a FULL TIME position as a head teacher in the room I was working in. I was really happy because now I can do what I want and have fun activities for the children to do. It will be a challenge at first, but hopefully it will get better. This month will be a little stressful for me because I have to study for my Elementary board test that I take on the 28th. I have been studying, but you never know what the test is going to be like. Every test is different. Enough of that!!

Over Easter we are going to Winona, Minnesota to see my grandpa and grandma. We are leaving Thursday night. We are riding with my mom, so it will be a fun trip because its never a dull moment with my mom. We are excited to see them because we haven's since Tyler turned 1. We are also going to help celebrate grandma's 75th birthday. It will be a great time.

I hope everybody has a great week and a Happy Easter!!