First Christmas all together

Everyone needs some tinsel,


Our last Christmas in this house. In 1 week we are moving!


Christmas eve at grandma's

Emily and Dylan. Emily is getting way too mature and I want her to stop growing older. I would also like to not grow any older. Everyone else can age.

Mr life of the party.

Claire and grandma Cheryl.



Our first Christmas as a new family of 5. I can hardly believe the new year is here. Between the holidays and buying and selling 2 homes. I am a royal mess. I loose my keys all the time. Chris now has a vision of me in the future. I am old and gray, senseless and searching for my keys.

Emily has braces, Claire has mood swings. Dylan is so much fun. Someone called him my appendage, because we are rarely separated. He is always on my hip. Will he still be on my hip when I am old and gray and searching for my keys? The only thing he hates is diaper and clothing changes. Diaper changes are an Olympic event that I dread. Full blown stinkers are the only thing I rush for, the pee pee diapers mostly just fall off with sheer weight because I dread changing his diaper so much!

He is by all means a happy, happy baby. He loves to smile and bounce. He can occupy himself for at least an hour just pushing around a car or batting at a ball on the floor with his hands. He can wave and we think he is doing the itsy bitsy spider. He also babbles daa daa, ma ma and ba ba. He can power crawl and cruise. We are in love and want this move OVER, so we can go back to relaxing.

Merry Christmas all my wonderful friends. I wish you all a great new year.
My love,
Charisa

Charisa

We have a camera cable!

SO I am back to blogging. Thank you Bobby for hooking me up with the camera cable on line store. We are moving in about 10 days and are so very happy! We are having things worked on at the new house so when we close it will be very easy. The owner is not living there and has let us move stuff in. TOmorrow we are having appliance delevered and then next weekend new kitchen counter tops! I am so very grateful. Our house is still under contract despite the fact that our underground oil tank failed!!!! Yuck, We are waiting for the soil test samples, but the tank failed due to some air above the line of the oil so we will just have to fix it. $$$$$$!!!!! But we really need to close and move on and suck it up. I would nver want the new home owners to deal with this problem. So I will fix it.

We bought a tree and put it up. It was looking rather lop sided on the bottom, when Claire told me that the dog's nail clippers cut the tree so well! Dylan is amazing. Raised with dogs he crawls over and up your leg and begs for whatever food you are eating. Full belly or not. this kid loves to eat .

These are 3 generations of Wolf men!

Our new house

What sisters do to their brothers hair, or if DYlan were a girl!

Dylan's yogurt beard...

Just to make the public aware that weim's have a very hard life. Call 1800-save-a-weim-from-working-2-hard.

Dylan and Bailey's front door secret, Bailey, "I took a dump in the yard". Dylan, "I took a dump in my pants".

Looking outside.

I just love this picture!

These boots were made fro walking!

Halloween Kisses.

No new roof..yee haa!!!

The people buying my house decided not to ask for a new roof. They probably got the vibe that I would flip out if they asked for it, or googled my name (like I did theirs), read this blog and got the message here.
Thanks for all you support. Lets pray the oil tank is okay.
Does anyone know a good place to buy a camera cable? I need to post pictures very soon because there are so many good things and blessings in my life. As Bobby ponted out we have had these kids for almost 4 months after Christmas. Not a day goes by that I do not give thanks for the gifts in my life. Dylan has given us so much more love. Sometimes I look at him and my heart fills up with such love I can hardly bear it. I never knew love like this. He is happy being held, happy being fed, happy crawling about...happy just being anywhere his family is.

What is new.

So much has been going on all at once, my head is spinning.

Still no sign of my camera cable. I need 10 minutes to really look for it.

Dylan had his first major illness. He had everything. All at once. BAM! Double ear infection, fever, wheezing, congested like , cannot breathe, plugged up airway congested, vomiting and explosive non stop diarrhea!.. The poor kid was a total train wreck. I no sooner changed his diaper then, another powerful explosion would come out. He was bad for3 days and sick for 1 week. I am so thankful to say he is now better.

To complete the illness, my house was still on the market, very nervous first time homebuyers were stalking it. Their visits were for 2+ hours, so me, sick kid, happy dog and the girls had to still leave the house. Then my husband got sick. Then these people made a low ball offer on the house, followed by the home inspector from hell. Every nook, every cranny, every door, flat surface and window. INSPECTED! Then he left me his own home disclosure of 5 pages. He wanted it ASAP. I am surprised he did not ask me if was a natural blonde. I mean really, nothing sets me off more than seeing my lovely silk curtains, mashed inside the hot steel radiator. Now I am just waiting for "the List".

That would be the List of home improvements I need to make. Mind you I dropped the price by 13,000. THe house has new windows, doors, floors, exterior and interior paint, new kitchen, appliances, 2 new bathrooms, electrical, new furnace, hot water heater, new walkways and driveway, and new gutters. So I hear my roof has only 5 more years on it...guess what they want? I am done. Enough. FInished. They are not getting a new ----ROOF!

Now I am getting a sore throat and chills. Stress is very powerful.

Dylan is a joy, I miss him when I am at work. Being at work for 12 hours in an ER is easier than being at home with the kids.

Now the holidays are coming up. Oh joy, a Christmas tree to clean up after. I think I need a rest. We are moving on the 5th of Jan, and I cannot wait to put this crap behind me. I will find the cable. Dylans pictures are so much cuter than my bitching.

Goodbye my Molly 1994-2007

A few weeks ago our beloved little corgi Molly died. She was a great dog for almost 13 years. She was all love, she never bit or hurt anyone. She was our "Supervisor", making sure everthing was okay. Always in the room watching, herding, and always looking for food. Food was the best thing in the world for her, She was vomiting everything she ate for the last 2 weeks, but still ate! Poor thing, I made her pasta and ground chicken. At least I know she had good food in her last few days.

She saw me bring 3 children home and loved them all like her little puppies. She especially loved kids because they usually had food, which she could easily reach, I never had a crumb in my kitchen because she could suck down food better than the most expensive vaccum cleaner! She was a professional eater, and that is a quality dear to my heart.

Just as I reached the painful decision to help her end her suffering, she gave me one last gift of love. She died peacefully in her sleep. She knew I could not bear to put her to sleep, Thank you Molly for being such a kind sweet dog, our buddy, our little corgi. We miss you and know you will wait for us in heaven. I still expect to see you at the door when I come home, wagging you tail!

I am a bad bad blogger!!!

I know I have not posted in awhile. The main reason is I cannot find the pic bridge cable for my camera! I cannot find many things lately, the cable being one, my mind is another!
SO much has happened. Dylan is 8 months old. He ia such a gentle sweet old soul. I have never met such a good natured child. He eats everything and anything. He loves pasta and potatoes. Apple and pumpkin pie are his favorites. Today we shared a bagel with egg and cheese at dunkin donuts! Every mouthful is followed by a loud "YUM, MUM, MMMM!!!!" (And I wonder people stare at me!) My little lunch buddy. He crawls and plays his heart out. He now also pulls himself up and chatters non stop. He is an avid mommy'y boy and weeks will go by before he tolerates anyone else holding him. His smile lights up the room and he loves to laugh.

Chris started working for Wachovia the 1st week of November! I went back as well. Then we bought a house, then we put ours on the market. Never a dull moment over here! We are set to close in Jan. The house is less than a mile from here, so everyone stays in the same school! It is a completely rennovated 1930's center hall colonial, and we are so thankful.
Now for this house...there is one very interested couple and we hope they are going to make an offer soon. They are looking for a Feb closing, so only 1 month of 2 house payments would be fantastic! In the new house the girls have the entire 3rd floor to themselves with their own bathroom! We have a masterbathroom! Dylan has a bedroom! (He currently sleeps in the dinning room in a pack and play, and we all share a bathroom!)

So I promise I will find the cable to post some pictures. This is hard not to blog. We also need to start packing. Thanks to all my friends who like to read this, I miss the comments!

I could eat him up!!!

Today we went to Babies r us and had some pictures taken. The man was a natural, crawling and smiling. A little top model! Needles to say we bought MANY photos. My favorite is the one of him holding his feet.

My cup runneth over...

I sing this corny song to Dylan all the time. It means so much so me that such a simple thing is perfect for my love for him.
Sometimes in the morning when shadows are deep
I lie here beside you just watching you sleep
And sometimes I whisper what I'm thinking of
My cup runneth over with love

Sometimes in the evening when you do not see
I study the small things you do constantly
I memorize moments that I'm fondest of
My cup runneth over with love

In only a moment we both will be old
We won't even notice the world turning cold
And so, in these moments with sunlight above
My cup runneth over with love

Babies make everything full of sunlight from above. (Esp at 4am!) He turns me into mush. I will do anything for a smile. When he is being held by someone else and he wants me he gets very loud, and reaches frantically for me. When I pick him up he giggles and sighs and throws his arms around my neck and climbs as high as he can, up on my neck. ALmost like he wants to be in my skin. I love him. I love him. I love you Dylan. Everyone in this family loves this baby. He has given us all the wonder and hope of childhood.

We have been a family for 2 months now. We are all so in love. We have all grown so much closer. I think we all try harder to help each other. We wake up happy to be a unit. Our unit. I feel so blessed to have my children. To love them all so deeply. They all grow too quickly. We had an adoption reunion party last week end. Emily has been our child for over 11 years now, she will soon be 12. The girls get along so well and I am so grateful for the people I met through adoption.

In the past month Dylan now speed crawls, pulls himself anywhere he can. He also eats like a champ! Anything and everything and if we are eating it we better be able to share. OR ELSE! I had to go to work last week and help teach an Er Peds class. I lectured with him on my hip...blowing raspberries! (Dylan, not me)

First mountain

My 2 favorite human men. (The other man is my dog).

We took a short hike to the top of Owl Mountain. The fall colors we incredible.


"Mommy, I hope you brought another diaper!"

Clearly being carried up and down a mountain is very exhausting!

Dylans mountaintop commentary....

Lake Placid mini break

Every year around my birthday Chris will humor me and actually, willingly hike a large mountain with me. So every year we come back to my favorite place in the world. Lake Placid NY. We got engaged on the top of one of the high peaks and I cannot wait to get Dylan up the mountain. I bought a kelty backpack at the local consignment store and will try it out tomorow. We had a nice ride and Dylan was a trooper. Bailey was a nervous wreck, weird, cause he is a seasoned car rider. He ended up with his big monkey self sitting on the floor on top of a can of formula and jars of baby food. Ok, totally random, but has anyone ever passed gas and blamed it on the dog? Can somone tell the difference? Our converstaion this weekend is centered around this topic! Glad we are parents of three! I will let you know tomorrows topic.
We had a great diner at the cottage. We did take out and sat on the lower deck on the lake, drinks and all. Best view, best company, my men and me! The girls were with their dad. Normally I work this weekend but am off for another month. Will post some fall views tomorrow.

ah...ma ma!

AT 6 months old, all he wants to do is crawl. He gets up on all 4's and makes monkey noises, and says mama! He sounds frustrated but that is nothing to the squacking he lets out if you try to stop the man!

What we do when Dylan is sleeping and we are alone!

Last night while we were waiting for our friends to come over for dinner. We had a few moments to ourselves.

Bailey quickly located the cheese platter. He is trying very hard not to be noticed.

But try as he might he is just a dog.

And he is up! That cheese really looks and smells great! Maybe just a taste, no one would notice.

Daddy did I ever tell you how much cheese means to me in my life. Cheese would make me a better person, I mean dog, I'd do anything for cheese. Cheese would complete me!