Holy Cow!

Wow! I cannot believe how quickly the summer flew by! I really can't believe that I have a 3 1/2 year old who has his first soccer game this week and a 4 month old who is starting to eat solid foods! You know, people always say that your kids grow up so fast and I am really starting to feel that! I mean, sometimes I still feel like I'm a kid! I can't believe that TOMORROW I will be 28 years old! What the heck? Where did the time go? I just don't feel like I am a grown adult, but I guess I am!

Anyway! Back to what has been going on in this household over the last few months!

Matthew: Matt taught summer school again this summer so his summer was cut a little short. He spent some time in San Antonio for coaching school and then hit the ground running with trainings and football about mid-July. Football season is in full swing now and we don't get to see him as much as we like but we do enjoy football season and Allen Eagle football is a huge part of our family life! He is teaching Physics again this year and is actually the team leader which adds more work for him but I know it will be beneficial to him in the future! He loves his job and that is all that matters!

Bryson: Bryson is now 3 1/2. We decided against pre-school for this year mainly b/c I am not ready to give him up yet! I have only had him to myself for a year and we really didn't see any reason to put him in preschool. He is one smart little boy! He asks a MILLION QUESTIONS a day and the simple answer is NEVER enough! I already feel sorry for his kindergarten teacher! He started soccer this season and has his first game on Saturday! He is so excited and so am I! I grew up watching my brothers play sports and it was such a huge part of my life and I can't wait to do it with my boys! Bryson is a GREAT big brother! He loves to play and help with Jaden whenever he can! I love watching him interact with him!

Jaden: Jaden will be 4 months old this week! He is weighing in at about 15 lbs 5 oz which is right at average for his age! He is smaller than Bryson was at this age weight wise but boy is he LONG! I think he is going to be our basketball player! He has long arms and fingers too! Jaden started on rice ceral this week. We only give it to him once a day right now but I know that the Dr. will up that when he goes this week....it is just crazy that his is growing so quickly! He is a very laid back baby but he kind of has to be in our house! He gets taken everywhere, and has been since he was 4 days old, so he just learned quick to go with the flow! Such a sweet baby!

Me: Well, I'm just me. Staying home with my babies and keeping Julianne during the week. Teaching piano lessons and doing lots of stuff at church! I love it! I love the place I'm in right now! I couldn't ask for anything better!

Well, that is just about all I can think of! Here are some pictures of my awesome family!

3 Guys and a Girl!

Well, I told you that the next time I posted we would be a family of four! What I didn't know is that I would be the only female in that family of four! Jaden Dane Bush was born May 12, 2010 at 8:00 am. He was 7 lbs. 1 oz. 20.75 inches long! Our tall skinny man! He is beautiful! Bryson loves his little brother so much and is such a great helper! Bryson cannot get enough of Jaden (I know we are still in the honeymoon phase and that will change)and wants to hug him, hold him, talk to him and touch him! He has been our handwashing police and has also done a very good job at that...even telling Daddy he had to wash his hands before getting Jaden!

We are starting to get into the swing of things now that it has been 3 weeks! Since I have still been keeping Julianne during the day we haven't ventured out too much with all three but I have taken them all to Target and to the park which was fun. Starting next week it will just be the 4 of us all summer and I can't wait to really get into that new dynamic!

Here are a few pics of our new family!

And my favorite of all...

The Countdown Begins in the Bush House

This time of year is crazy for us every year! The end of school tends to fill up a calendar faster than you can blink an eye! I'm sure that's how it is for everyone! From musicals at church, track meets, spring football, sports banquets to spring cleaning and yard work our lives are very hectic from Mid March though the end of the school year! Of course, this year we added a little more excitement in that in a short 4 1/2 weeks Baby Jad_n will be here and boy are we praying that this baby and my body hold out that entire 4 1/2 weeks! (since Bryson came at 37 weeks it makes me nervous that we might have that case again!) We have managed to get a lot done over the last few weeks when it comes to being ready for the baby. For the most part, the nursery is finished and I have washed diapers, burb rags and bibs. I still need to pull out a few outfits from our boy stash and borrow some girl outfits from my brother's girl stash and get those washed so that we are covered for the first couple of days! I'm sure after that we will be covered on clothes no matter if we have a boy or a girl! Other than that, I am just trying to stay caught up with the rest of the house work...which by the way is getting harder b/c I just don't have the endurance I need to get it done! But that's okay! I'm not worried about it...

Bryson is so excited and asks on a daily basis if Baby Jad_n is coming that day! When we hit 30 days we are going to make a paper chain to help with the visual aspect of how long we have! Hopefully that will help him understand! He is going to be such a good big brother! He says that he wants the baby to be a boy so that he has someone to play dinosaurs with but I'm sure he will be completely happy with a little sister to love on!

All that said...here are a few pictures of what has been going on around our house! At the rate I'm going my next post might include pictures our new bundle! Enjoy!

It's Getting Close!

Holy Cow, it is already the last weekday of Feb.! How is that possible? We have been crazy busy around here which is probably why it seems like 2010 is flying by! Matthew is dead in the middle of track season so we only see him a couple hours a night and on Sundays basically. Most Saturdays are taken up by meets...of course...it is raining right now so I'm secretly hoping that the meet for tomorrow gets cancelled! We'll see!

Bryson turned 3 last week, we had a McDonald's party for him and he had a blast playing with all of his little friends! It is so funny to watch them interact at this age! If only we could all be that honest with each other! He is getting so excited for the baby to get here! He tells me at least once a day that he is going to change diapers and share his toys with Baby Jad_n! We'll see how long that actually lasts! I really do think he is going to be a great big brother! He loves babies and is so gentle with them!

I, well, I'm here. Still loving staying home! Getting a bigger belly EVERYDAY! (even though I'm still in the negative technically on weight gain since I lost so much from being sick in the beginning!) I had a prenatal massage yesterday that was amazing, of course, I am sore today!

We are doing a lot to get ready for the baby! Finally ordered wall decor for the room, starting to get stuff out of the garage and cleaned up, but the biggest thing is...We bought a minivan! YES, a minivan! I swore I would NEVER drive a minivan...probably b/c I learned to drive on a purple Ford Windstar! (That would scar anyone for life!) But they are made so different now then they used to be and we NEEDED the room! With me keeping Julianne, the thought of cramming 3 kids into the back seat of my CR-V made me cringe! So we researched exactly what we wanted and believe it or not...we found it! 2007 Nissan Quest, 38000 miles, DVD player, lots of convenience features, and it is pretty! We got a really good deal and our payment is less that what we were paying...so we are saving money! Can't get any better than that!

Anyway...probably won't post again for a while but just thought I'd update! Here are a few pics of the car!

Goodbye 2009!

Wow! I cannot believe that it is 2010! Where in the world did the last 10 years go? It is so crazy how fast time really does fly! We have had a great last couple of months spending time with family and friends over the holidays! November and December are always tough for us b/c we spend SO MUCH TIME IN THE CAR! We are used to it by now but man it sure does make for short Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks!

I guess I'll start back mid November. Last time I blogged the Allen Eagles were heading into the playoffs. We had an awesome first round winning 35-0 but unfortunately fell short 35-34 to Southlake Carroll in double OT during the second round ending our season the Saturday before Thanksgiving. I must admit it was nice to have Matthew home for the week, but I would've loved to be playing football into December! We traveled to Wichita Falls for Thanksgiving and spent a few days with my grandparents and the rest of my family. Very nice!

The weeks between Thankgsiving and Christmas are a complete blurr! I have no clue what I did during that time other than shopping and eating! Once school got out we began our travels for the Christmas Season. We started off by heading to Temple for the day for Matthew's extended family Christmas. It was really nice this year b/c Bryson was old enough to entertain himself and I kind of got to relax a bit and watch everyone else play volleyball. Next year won't be so easy though! : ) We came home early Sunday morning and spent the next couple of days getting everything ready for Christmas. Bryson was completely into Christmas this year! He loved to talk about Santa, he will tell you the REAL meaning of Christmas and he loved shopping for everyone and helping to wrap the presents! It was awesome! We had our Christmas celebration at my parents on Christmas Eve morning with everybody! It was great! I love watching the kids open their presents! I loved seeing Bryson's face when he looked on the fireplace and saw the blue Allen Eagles helmet that he had asked santa for! Priceless!! After our breakfast we got back in the car and headed to Temple for Christmas. (Jans, Crystal and Julianne headed to Wichita Falls and got stranded in the horrible blizzard for 17 hours! Can you imagine being in a car with a 15 month old for 17 hours!!!) It snowed on us a bit on the way down to Temple and a little bit off and on all day when we got there! (Of course Allen/DFW had the first "White Christmas" since 1925! We missed it!) We spent the next few days with Matthew's parents, sisters and their families! It was a lot of fun and Bryson had a blast playing with his cousins! We headed home the Sunday after Christmas and actually got to spend 2 days at home just the 3 of us. That was really nice! We took down Christmas decor, cleaned out and gave away clothing and toys, found a place for new clothing and toys, and found a little time to just relax!

For the last 5 years, we have gotten together with my college rommates and their families to celebrate New Years. We have rotated from house to house and this year it was our turn to host it! Everyone has a kid now and 2 of us are getting ready for our second so you can only imagine the fun we had! 3 boys (almost 3, 2.5 and almost 2) and 2 girls (10 weeks and 8 weeks)! Love it! We did decide that we need to start researching places we can rent out to hold us all! We are getting too big! But in my opinion...the bigger the better!

Well, Matthew started back to work today, Julianne came back, and we are trying to get back into the swing of things! We'll see how it goes! BTW...only 17 more Saturdays until our new addition arrives! Kind of freaks me out a bit...but we are very excited to be a family of four! Enjoy the pics!

Slacker Blogger!

Wow! Has it really been over 2 months since I have posted? I guess either one of two things has happened to cause that...1)I have nothing exciting to say that I think people would be interested in reading, or 2)We have been so crazy busy that I don't have time to sit and gather thoughts to write. Acutally I think it is probably a little of both! But that said, I must say that I am not the only one who has slacked off on my blogging! I have a list of blogs that I am religious about checking and none of those people have blogged either. I'm wondering...is blogging already going out of style? Has twitter really replaced the blog? I really hope not! I must say I will be so sad if that is the case! Maybe it is just the time of year. Nobody has time right now to write about what's going on in there life. I know that is the case for me...right now I'm just lucky to have 2 year old who is entertaining himself by stacking chairs!

Anyway! As far as we go, it is still football season! We will be headed to the playoffs next week! We don't get to see Daddy alot right now but we have lots of fun when we do! We love going to football games..yes gameS...everyweek and cheering on the Eagles! That is our life right now...well probably forever!

Bryson is growing like a weed! He definitely has a mind of his own and is not afraid to use it! We are amazed everyday by some of the things that come out of his mouth and by the things that he figures out! He loves to play games! Red light Green Light is his favorite at the moment! Only bad part about that is that now he knows what all the lights mean when we are driving and he has become quite the little backseat driver! And I must say that he is a very handsome little boy!

I'm loving staying home! It is definitely a hard job but worth every minute! Every time I even think I've had a bad day I ask myself, "would you rather be teaching 650 other peoples kids?" and of course the answer is always a BIG FAT NO!!

We are pretty sure we are close to selling our House in NRH. We have a contract and we are just waiting on all the details! That will make our life a lot easier!

We do have one other piece of exciting business....Bryson is going to be a big brother in May! We are very excited to start a new life as a family of FOUR...that sounds weird!

Anyway! I'm not going to lie...it will probably be another 2 months before I post again...but I'll leave a couple of pictures of my handsome boy to hold you over!

First Day of School!

Well today is a big day in my family! It is the first day of school. My entire life, this day of every year has been huge! Well, for me this year is different. It is the first time since I was 6 years old that I will not be going back to school....weird huh? I will say that I had been fine and that it had not hit me until yesterday morning at church. Our pastor asked all teachers to stand so that we could pray for them and this coming school year....well if you know me, you know that my parents are teachers, my bro and sis in law are teachers, and my husband is a teacher. Therefore, the entire row of people I was sitting with stood...except for me. THAT Was Weird! But good in the same way! I did feel a little relieved. Anyway! A year ago a great friend of mine was going through the same thing I am today and she blogged about it on her blog. I'll put the link b/c she summed it up perfectly! (The only difference I think is that Matthew really does have his dream job...I'm sure some days he would not admit it but...we all know there is nothing better for him to be doing!)

http://bethanyleann.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-to-school.html

So to all of my family and friends: I pray that you have a great year this year and that you know you are impacting the life of every child you teach! Remember that teaching is the best job in the world....ASIDE FROM BEING A MOMMY! Have a great first day of school!