My Family

I have one boy, ready for kindergarten, and I also take care of my nephew, who is not yet one year. My son keeps busy with various activities: Martial Arts, Swimming. Then in the fall he will start soccer. We look forward to the cooler months.

We have two dogs. Our first dog we got right after we married. Friends found her wandering their neighborhood. She had no street smarts. We tried for a month to find owners. She odviously had some. She was spayed, housebroken and a little trained. She is smart though. She was very trainable. We had fun teaching her the usual tricks; rollover, sit, play dead, etc.
Our second dog belonged to my brother. He picked her out when she was a puppy. But when he passed away, she became ours. Smart, she is not. And very not trainable. It is odvious she learned her sleeping habits from a teenager...she will sleep til noon if you let her. But my son loves her and she sleeps with him every night, no matter where he is sleeping. She and my son have really taken a shine to each other.

My husband is a software programmer. Enough said. He is a bit of a geek sometimes, but that is what attracted me to him. He loves working outside. This is probably something he learned from his dad. They spent every weekend at their farm working on various projects. I think my husband looks forward to doing those same things with our son.

My nephew has a condition called William's Syndrome. He has already had heart surgery to clean out 2 of his ventricles. Before the surgery, it was crazy. He was not supposed to cry or get upset. How do you keep a 5 month old from getting upset? Needless to say, he was spoiled! He woke up 4 times during the night. He had his surgery and was out in 5 days. Now he is starting to catch up developmentally. He actually rolls over back to front and front to back. This has happened in the last week. It is amazing to see babies learn these tasks. Although he can roll both ways, it just makes him mad to end up on his tummy. But the more he pushes up, the stronger he will get. I guess I need to really work on keeping the house cleaner.