Music together

As I mentioned before Marcus loves music. We have been going to a music class called Music Together for a several months now. It has really nurtured his love for music and encouraged his confidence and creativity. Here are some pics from the winter session...my parents tagged along with us to one of the classes so you'll see my mom in a few shots (she totally got into it).

Music man

As always, it has been forever since I've blogged. Life just gets so busy and then I crash and burn. I will eventually catch up for those of you that don't know what we've been up to...in the meantime, here's some fun new info/pics...

Marcus LOVES music...he is our little musician. Did I say, LOVES...yes, LOVES making music!!! He takes after his daddy (the drummer) in that area. He really enjoys dancing too, which he got from me. :) He finds music in all kinds of random things. We catch him drumming or dancing to that beat he has found. He also carries his guitar (ukulele) around the house constantly...we often see him playing it while singing and dancing. Here is a pic of our own little Dave Matthews...
Now he is modeling for mom...

Here is us being silly!!! We have a lot of fun together! We are quite a goofy pair. :)

Curtis and I celebrated our 6 yr wedding anniversary yesterday. What an amazing 6 yrs it has been...we are going on 9 yrs total time together. And even though marriage can have some stormy seas, we couldn't imagine having anyone else as our first mates. :) Thankful we always find those calm seas around the corner. We feel so blessed to have a strong successful marriage through it all and are looking forward to many many more years together.

Much sadness...and bittersweetness

Drs orders, I had to wean Marcus...they found a lump in my breast. Did a mammogram and ultrasound but all were non-conclusive. May have to do a biopsy but will have to wait until milk is completely gone before knowing how we will proceed. The last time I nursed was May 12th. The weaning process went a lot better than I anticipated. The first 2-3 nights were pretty rough but now he is doing great! Please pray for us.

Swimming baby

Marcus has been taking swim lessons since he was about 4 months old. It's amazing what a water baby he has become...here are some pics from the winter session.

Underwater shot
Doing "humpty dumpties"

He has come a long way with his back floats. He basically takes a nap during them now...so relaxed!

Our furry angel

As many of you know, we lost Sequoia (see left...our red dog...originally Curtis' dog) back in January. It happened pretty suddenly so we were and still are terribly shaken by her passing. Cancer took her to her final resting place. She stopped eating and we finally had to make a difficult decision. When the doctors opened her up to see if they could remove the mass, it was too large and too out of control. Unfortunately we had to say goodbye that day. It has been one of the hardest things Curtis or I ever experienced. We have lost family members and dogs in the past but nothing could prepare us enough to say goodbye to her. We thought she would out live the Springers considering she never had any problems (except the occasional dog fight). We miss her terribly but know she is resting in a beautiful place waiting for the other furrry boys and us (someday) to join her. Luckily she still comes and visits me in my dreams and we play for hours.

Nice family picture

Had to share this picture of us from last weekend. My girlfriend Suzanne caught it on her camera...too cute not to share!

Some Christmas shots

Merry Christmas!! Well unfortunately for me the battery in my camera died on Christmas and I did not have the charger with me. So I have been relying on some family members to send me some of the shots they took. Here are a few...

Curtis and I at Lawry's Christmas Eve...Marcus is in his highchair...he looked pretty cute...too bad we didn't get a pic of him.

Cuddling with his mommy on Christmas Day...he was pretty overstimulated and overdue for his nap at this point.

Hanging with Daddy...happy about one of his presents! :)