Another end to another year...

As I look outside to the winter wonderland I sit here thinking about this last month and last year.

This last year has been a hard and long road. The business is not doing all that it should be. It has had its ups and downs but more downs than ups. The economy has beaten us down but we are trying to stand tall against it. We have two options at this point.....put the business up for less than what we would like to get for it OR keep it going for a while longer and hope we dont go into to much debt. I think at the begining of the year we will put it back on the market while trying to improve our business financials.

Of course we have had a great year personally. On April 29th Gabriella Sophia Boehme entered into our world. She is the little princess if there ever was one. She has since begun eating solid foods, scooting (close to crawling), and saying her first word, Dada. Her brother is just so in love with her that it gets a little tiring, although I'm so happy he loves her instead of hating her. Never once has he ever said "mommy can we put sister back where she came from?" or "Make her go away." I'm very happy.

Christian is getting so big. He has started school this year and is loving so far. He has learned so much stuff. The transition has taken a while but now he is doing so well that he hardly even cares if I'm there or not. Every time I come back and get him he says "Mom, I had a great time at school." It is a great feeling knowing that your son is having a great time at school while you leave him there. He loves playing outside and he loves going to the bounce house places and playing with his friends.


Anyways this last year has been hard but we are growing and learning.

We have a new addition to our family

Introducing Sammy

This is our cat Sammy. He is about 6 years old and such a sweet cat. He used to belong to a classmates of Christian's. His owner's arnt really cat people but were trying to be for the sake of their daughter. But in the end it just didnt work out. Of course they are invited to come over anytime they want to check in on him or even to get updates from Christian at school.

It has been very adventureous since we have gotten him. I picked him up on Friday (11/21). I got home with him and while I was putting all the stuff in the house that the old owners got him he managed to open the door to the garage and run out. I caught him and brought him back inside. I had been feeling ill that day so that night I went into the hot tub to relax and try to feel better. I knocked on the wall of the house because I started to feel light headed and sick so I wanted Michael to come out and help me. Well he opened up the door and out goes Sammy again. We were unable to catch him and so he was left outside all night. We made lost signs and went door to door with pictures and phone numbers if they found him. That night we went out to dinner and came back to a phone message of one of our neighbors. He had found him in his back yard. The cat looked hungry and cold so he fed him and brought him in and called me. I went down there and got him. I have never been so happy to see that cat. The thing is we got him as a surprise to Christian. Since he was away this last weekend it worked out great.
So far he is doing well but I'm starting to wondering if I could be allergic to him. I have never had a long haired cat and since we got him I have had a head cold and stuffy and sneezy. I know that once Christian sees the cat there will be no way that we are getting rid of him so I will end up going on allergy medication. This cat is a very sweet lovable cat. He will just come up and want to be pet and sit on your lap. He used to be a therapy cat so he is perfect for us. And, yes, we did end up getting him a collar with a tag on it. So hopefully we wont have to do that again.
Anyways this is our newest family member.

Busy Busy Busy

Well it has been a while since I have updated this blog so I thought now is time.

Christian started school in September. It was a hard transition but we have finally gotten to a good period where he likes going to school. He is a very smart and artisitic little boy. He still loves being outside but now that the rain is coming it is hard for him to go outside too often.
Christian goes to a co-op school. It has kids from ages 2 up to Pre K. He is in the Mixed Aged Class at 10AM. His teacher is Teacher Trudi Sang. She is a really great teacher and Christian seems to like her. They have a couple animals at school but Christians favorite is Pancake the Rabbit. He loves to feed Pancake and pet him. At home, we have a beta fish named Swimmy. It is blue and Christian loves to feed him as well.

He loves his sister very much. He is always near her, says he loves her, loves to hold her and just be around her. And she loves him just as much. He entertains her like no one else can. We are extremely lucky we have kids who love eachother (so far!).

Gabriella has just grown so much. She is now 6 1/2 months and already knows how to wrap daddy around her little finger.

She is growing right on track and is very content in being held by mommy or daddy. She loves her food as well. She loves sweet potatoes, bananas and pears. She just recently got a jumper seat from a family member that she loves to stand up in. She loves to stand up so much that she wont sit on my lap, she would rather stand on my lap. You can just see her little personality come out.

In October, we went down and saw my brother and sister in law. My neice Emilee just had her first birthday. Gabriella and Emilee got to visit and see eachother. I do wish we lived closer because they would be such great friends, but we will just have to stick to seeing eachother when we can.

In December, Gabby will be coming on our yearly womans weekend in San Francisco. I think she will have a ton of fun seeing more family. We do this yearly trip to see eachother but also to have fun without the kids (except the baby) and without the hubbys. It is nice for sure. It is always nice to get out of town for the weekend.

Michael is working hard like usual. Right now he is on disablity from UPS. He has been having some pain in his shoulder and found out that he actually has some calcium deposits on his bone. Not good thing to have but is going to a physical therapist to get it worked out. If it still hurts in December he will have to get a cortizone shot to heal the pain. He will then go back to UPS at night and PostNet during the day. He is not looking forward to go back but the benefits of UPS just are too good to let go of.

We are getting ready for the busy season coming. Hopefully people will come back to us and ship through this season. So far business has been pretty slow and so it has been hurting us but we are getting through it with the love and help of our parents.

In August 2009, Michael, Gabriella and I will be heading to Norway for Ingvild and Eivinds Wedding. Christian will be in Redding with my in-laws. I cant wait to go on a 10+ hour flight with a year and 4 month old! ha ha. but it will be worth it once we get there.

thats about it for us. I will try and update more often.

Erin and Michaels 6th Year Anniversary

Well it will soon be our anniversary. We are celebrating 6 years married and almost 10 years together. Almost a decade! Wow. That is a long time compared to some marriages in Hollywood. Ha ha ha.
We are lucky to have some people babysit the kids for us so that we can go out to dinner. A friend Kelly will be watching little Gabriella and James will be watching Christian. Christian loves to hang out with his Uncle James. It should be fun for the both of them. Kelly is a friend of mine who will be loving on Gabby while she is over there.
We plan on going out to dinner at PF Changs. I can't wait to go and have adult conversation without worrying about little kids running around and being bored and just causing chaos.

Welcome to our blog

Welcome to our blog area. You can come here to find out updates and see pictures of all of us. Hopefully I will be able to update this through out the years so you can always find out how we are doing.