Were Officially Settled

Okay people this move royally SUCKED!!!!! We have and extra kid, too much crap and as much as I don't want to face it I'm 3 years older than the last time we moved. This getting older thing is for the birds! Okay no more whining!

We found the ideally perfect house for our family. We are still in West Sac. Still four bedrooms, the bathrooms all have only ONE sink HALLELUJAH!! Less to clean. The previous owner had already converted the garage into a man cave (so he called it) so we turned it into my studio. It has turned out awesome! I love it. I have a lock on the door so the kids can't come in and out. Jeff and I did all the plumbing and flooring totally and completely ourselves. We are getting to be experts at this stuff. I have speakers in the ceiling for soft relaxing music. I will have to take pictures and post them. If you haven't seen me in a while. Now would be a fabulous time to come and get your hair done and be pampered in peace! The other good thing is that I'm now right off of Jefferson Blvd. Across from the Nugget and Target shopping center. I miss those of you that have gone else where! I know it was a far drive and also that my children probably drove you nuts. For that I'm sorry and I understand. My cell # is 916-370-3422 and home is 916-572-0017.

Halle News
We have our first homestudy this coming Friday and the second one next Wednesday. Hopefully we will have everything finalized in February. She is growing like a weed. This little skinny peanut can really put the food away. She is walking and getting into EVERYTHING! She will be 18 months on December 21 so she will officially be able to attend nursery at church.

Hudson News
Hudson turned four on November 27. My goodness where does the time go??? He is my joy and pain! The other day I was getting after him for something and he turned around and said to me "YOUR NOT MY MOMMY ANYMORE!!!! I'm going to go find a new mommy!!!" I pointed to the front door and said "Fine. Good luck trying to find a mommy who will love you and take care of you like I do and who will put up with your crap." I think my response surprised him. He went up to his room. The next morning he was snuggling with me and he siad that I was the very best momma ever and that he was sorry for saying mean things to me the day before. He really has his sweet loving moments.

Hannah News
Hannah had to move schools. At first she was pretty angry but once she started at the new school she was shocked when she realized how many friends she already had at the new school because of church and the swim team. She is doing awesome. We had her parent teachers conference with all of her teachers a few weeks ago and she had all A's and 1 B+. All of her new teachers raved about her, what an assett she has been to their classes and how wonderfully she fit in. Jef and I Are so relieved! That was our biggest worry.

Christmas News
We are leaving for Utah for Christmas. Jeff's whole family will be together to celebrate Harold and Renon's 50th wedding anniversary. We are staying in a huge cabin somewhere between Heber City and Park City (I think). It should be a lot of fun. We are having family pictures done while we are there so you all will get a valentine letter instead of Christmas. I hope that each of you and your sweet families have the best Christmas ever! We love and miss you all!

Love,

Noel

New Home for Buster

We found a great home for Buster. They have kids and and a little Yorkie so he will have a buddy to play with. The family fell in love instantly with him. So although we are sad we are happy knowing that he will be well loved and taken care of.

Funny Story

For the adoption our worker needed copy of Hannah's last report card so Jess scanned it and email it to her. A couple of days later we got her current report card in the mail which was awesome! She had 2 A+, 3A & 3B. So I electronically faxed her new one to Jeff and wrote on the cover letter

"Hey! Thought you would want to send this report card to Mai Yer. Much Better!

Love Your Loony Wife (with a smiley face waving)

Well Jeff didn't read the cover letter he just PDF'd the whole thing and then emailed to our adoption worker. I don't know, maybe she already thought that I was loony and that just confirmed her suspicions. Oh well. I will have to be careful what I write to Jeff who knows hat could end up out there?

On the Adoption Front

Just thought that I would let everyone know that the 60 appeal after the parental termination is officially over. Her bio's will never be able to get het back. So we are now officially in the adoption process of Halle Ila Blum. Jef and I took a two day adoption course this last weekend. We are getting all our lttle ducks lined up in the midst of packing and moving. Busy times! Halle also started walk at Aunt Jessica's house and Grandma Kriser's house this weekend while they were babysiting. Our life as we knew it is over. They grow way too fast!

LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME FOR BUSTER

I can't remember if I have mentioned that we have to move in November. The house we are renting is going into foreclosure. It has been really difficult to find another house to rent that allow pets and if they do the pet deposits are rediculous! So unforunately we are not going to be able to keep Buster. We got Buster at 6 weeks old right after Jack was run over and poor Buster is always being compared to Jack, which is really unfair to him because Jack was 7 and he is still a puppy. The kids rarely help take care of him and I don't have the time that he deserves. We need to find him a new family.

He is 1 1/2 year old full bred Miniature Schnauzer. He is a salt, pepper & liver parti mix which is very rare. He is current on all of his shots and has been double micro-chipped.

He is the sweetest dog, loves to play with the kids, is a great kitchen floor vacuum. The best part is that he doesn't shed and he is hypo-allergenic. If anyone is interested please email at noelblum@gmail.com or you can call me at 916-370-3422. The link below is where we purchase him. We are asking $350 obo.

http://www.rpuppies.com/

Hudson Antics

Hudson wearing one of Grandma Blum's play costumes.

Great black mail picture for later!

Independent Hudson made his own PB&J

Hudson fell asleep on Grandpa Kriser's lap. VERY RARE occasion!!!

Hudson's idea of putting his clothes away.

Halle's News & Antics

We went to court on August 4th where the judge terminated Halle's bio's parental right. They didn't even show up for court. The judge adopted all the paper work into the courts and looked at Jeff and I and said "Take good care of her!" So we are officially in the process of adopting her. We have to wait sixty days for them to appeal but that will be up in on October 4th. We have pretty much everything ready to go except our live scan and the homestudy. We are thrilled and will be so glad to have everything finalized. Hopefully that will happen before the end of the year! What better Christmas present!

Jeff kept saying that the day that Halle's parental rights were terminated he was going to take her to have her ears pierced. He wasn't kidding. As soon as we got home from court we piled the kids into the car and took Halle to Claire's and had her ears pierced. She only cried for a second and then was perfectly happy the rest of the night

It's kind of funny, Halle isn't walking yet but she sure can climb. I was cutting hair one afternoon and I could hear her banging on what I thought was the sliding glass door. This is what I found when I looked over. She was trying to see Peacow. Jeff was sitting right there but he thought the same thing I did. Between her climbing and putting everything she can find in her mouth we can't take our eyes off of her for a second.

Summer Fun at Beal's Point

The day after the 4th of July we all went to Beal's Point at Folsom Lake to play.
The kids had a ball playing in the water. Afterward we all went to Grandma and Grandpa Kriser's for a yummy dinner of Grandpa's famous BBQ chicken. MMM MMM!

A few weeks later we went camping there with Jessica and her family. We had so much fun! The cousins do love to be together. Jared and Hudson are two peas in a pod. Great company and great food. What more could you ask for?

Growing Peacow

We can't believe that Peacow started out as such and tiny peachick. Look at him now. The amazing thing is he can really fly high but he never leaves our yard. He has really kept the spiders and bugs down which has been great! He is so tame that we can still perch him on our shoulders and pet him. It has been fascinating to watch this creature grow. The other funny thing is he hardly makes any noise except little chirping sounds. He doesn't make the typical "screaming" sounds. I wonder if it because he hasn't been around other peacocks. Who knows...one of life's mysteries I guess.

The other day Peacow pecked at Hudson because he was teasing him.
Hudson: "Daddy I hate bwirds!"
Daddy: "What did you say?"
Hudson: "I hate bwirds"
Daddy: "I can't understand what you are saying"
Hudson: Out of total frustration rolls his eyes and say "Dad! Creatures that fly!"
Daddy: Shocked and laughing says, "Thank you for the Webster definition!"

Never a dull moment!

Holy Peacow!

I got this great shot of Hudson and Peacow today. It cracks me up everytime I look at it! Peacow is getting big and really starting to get his colors. I can't believe how much Hudson looks like my nephew Jaxon in this picture!