Been a while :)

Sorry but things have been crazy here. My computer crashed. We lost all of our pictures and Itunes hopefully we will have our friend Josh try and recover as much as possible off the hard drive which went bad. Josh brought me a loaner computer and then it crashed. I swear its not me people, its just bad luck. Baby is crying and I am worn out for today I will write more soon I promise!

Still Alive

Sorry, I know it has been a while but, we have been really busy and things have just been a whirlwind. We spent three plus weeks in Asheville which was nice to be with my family who I never get to see. Riley had a great time with Pammy and my Grandparents as well as we got to see my dad and brother a couple of times. We also went to Hey Day at the Nature Center the Greek Festival, and last but certainly not least I got to go to my 11 year high school reunion. (I know it should have been 10 but hey we are slow.) It was really good to see old friends and catch up.

Riley has been doing well she is adjusting to all the major changes in her little life. Becoming a big sister, now staying home with mom, dad being gone to Dallas, us being in Asheville for so long. She also has her share of three year old moments but over all this kid amazes me. She is extremely funny!!! We went today and got the Aerial costume for Halloween. Her new favorite store is the Disney store. She is all about some princesses. Speaking of which our pink Disney princess book is missing if anyone has seen it let me know. It's a travesty every time we realize that it is missing.

Lyla had her eight week (2month) check up last week. She is 9lbs 13oz 22 inches long and her head is average size. Wheeew. (Setzer's have giant heads, Riley's head always measures in the 75% range.) She is a very happy baby most of the time as long as the boob is not too far. She loves to nurse.

I posted a ton of pictures on Picasa of our Asheville adventures and John has posted some from Dallas. I hope everyone is doing well. I will try to keep posting on a more regular basis, but if not don't forget to VOTE on November 4th if not before.

Enjoying the Mtns.

Well hello my faithful blog readers (I don't know if I really have any but that sounded fun to say). We have been in the Mountains of WNC for over a week now and are having a good time with my mom and my dad's parents aka Grandma Patty and Granddaddy Mease.

Everyone has officially met Lyla she is adjusting nicely. She gets slightly fussy on certain days and I think it is partially my fault. I think she is very much affected by what I eat more so than Riley was. We went to the Greek festival last weekend and apparently Greek food does not agree with her tummy. Also, beans of any kind and broccoli do not agree with her little tummy either.

Riley is doing good she misses her daddy terribly but we are managing to stay busy. Yesterday was story time at the Library and today we went to the Health Adventure which is way nicer than it was when we were all kids. They still have the see through lady that Riley kindly pointed out to all in ear shot "Mommy that lady has boobies."

John is doing well in Dallas he is working 12 hour days 6 days a week to try and get the company caught up with all the damage from Ike. It sounds like a real mess in the Houston area. No one has power, the mail is not running, and the phones are down. It makes it really hard to get in touch with anyone. Anyway we miss John but we are doing well and looking forward to Thanksgiving when he can come home again.

Ch Ch Changes....

Well hello faithful blog readers! Sorry it has been so long I have had A LOT going on. Let's see where do I begin. We have added the beautiful addition of Lyla to our family and she is doing great. Still hasn't figured out the whole day/night thing, but we are working on it. She also refuses to sleep in a bed of any kind. I have found that she will sleep in her stroller. I know that sounds ridiculous but hey if that is where she will sleep then by all means stroller it is. It is easier from the stand point that I can just roll her from room to room.

OK here is where things get hairy. I was supposed to go back to work in late October however, because the economy is in the toilet I have been laid off until Jan. I just found out yesterday. This puts a big financial kink in our lives, but we are trying to figure out what our best plan is. We decided to pull both girls out of school because that is a $1200/month expense that we will obviously not really need much less be able to afford. Then John found out he is being deployed to Dallas TX by State Farm. I don't know if you have seen those commercials with the SF Catastrophe Team helping people after hurricanes and such, well that will be John for the next 60 days. That's right he will be gone for 60 days. I have mixed emotions about this. Pros being that this will be very significant amount of extra money for our family in a time when we could use it the most. Cons he will be away from the girls and I for two months. I worry mostly about Riley she and "daddy" are very close and I think this will affect her the most as well as the fact that we are pulling her out of school. Hopefully her world will not be too up side down for her to handle.

I am not a big fan of change esp. those that are unexpected and not well planned out in advance, but hey isn't that life? I am trying not to over react or freak out and just take it in one day at a time. I am thinking that I will spend most of that 60 days in Asheille with my family who I never get to see because of my work schedule, and I am also excited that I will have this wonderful extra time to spend with the girls.

That is what has been going on in our lives. I hope everyone else is doing well. I will try to blog more often. :)