Monday, May 12, 2008
YEAH!!!!!!!!
Okay, this is my 400th post since I started my blog and I am happy to say it's VERY HAPPY NEWS.....we only own ONE house!!!!! Our closing was today and it's done and the papers are signed! Rob and I are so happy to have this behind us!!!!!
Weekend in Chicago!
What a FUN weekend! I had more fun than I have had in a really long time. Our whole family was together again; that does not happen nearly enough! With us in Illinois, Mike/Ry/Amanda in Michigan and mom and dad in Nevada it is hard to find time when we can all just hang out for a few days.
My mothers day was perfect! I got to be with the two biggest loves in my life, plus my whole family... All of us mothers were together (except Aunt Cathy - we missed you!). All was well until about 4:30pm that is when we had to say goodbye; then the waterworks started and didn't really stop. It is so hard saying goodbye!
Rob and Justin got me new golf clubs - I love them! I can't wait to get out and try them out soon :) They are purple and grey...so pretty! I will take a pic soon. I could only see them for a minute and then we had to put them away because my little monster (Dennis the Menace as Aunt Connie nicknamed him) wanted to swing them in the house...not a good idea!
Here are some pics from this weekend. There are lots more on our Picassa site - here's the website address:
http://picasaweb.google.com/brooksfam.blogspot/ChicagoMay911th
Mommy and her angel :)
Playing bubble hockey....
....concentrating so hard!
Intense game of euchre going on :)
Gramma and Justin reading before church on Saturday morning.
Alec and Grandma before church
Justin beating up Blake with a pillow!
Alec and the coolest godparents ever :)
Morgan and sexy Justin
A family picture! It was SO GOOD to all be together in one place again - it went by WAY too fast!
Getting a "poke in the nose - kabooma" from Great Grandpa. I don't think that Grandpa was expecting one back quite so hard :)
A friendly game of Texas Hold 'Em - 8 to 12 year old style :)
That's my little brother - it was starting to get drunk out!
Amanda, Mikey and Aunt Mo-chelle
Me and my mommy!
Papa and Justin reading books
Gramma and Justin being silly!
Hanging out on Mother's Day with my boys :)
This picture is PRICELESS! What you can't see in the picture is the walk up the stairs about 3 minutes before this was taken. They were all down playing with the Jacob's PS3 (like they did most of the weekend!). Amanda said to Ryan, "I was going to get you a PS3 for our wedding, but now I see you would never stop playing it". Then he got one from GG Rosebush for graduation - the look on her face says it all :)
The family with GG Metzler (minus Justin because he was napping; I wish he was in this!)
A graduation cake for Aunt Manda & Uncle Ry - congrats again guys; we love you!
My mothers day was perfect! I got to be with the two biggest loves in my life, plus my whole family... All of us mothers were together (except Aunt Cathy - we missed you!). All was well until about 4:30pm that is when we had to say goodbye; then the waterworks started and didn't really stop. It is so hard saying goodbye!
Rob and Justin got me new golf clubs - I love them! I can't wait to get out and try them out soon :) They are purple and grey...so pretty! I will take a pic soon. I could only see them for a minute and then we had to put them away because my little monster (Dennis the Menace as Aunt Connie nicknamed him) wanted to swing them in the house...not a good idea!
Here are some pics from this weekend. There are lots more on our Picassa site - here's the website address:
http://picasaweb.google.com/brooksfam.blogspot/ChicagoMay911th
Mommy and her angel :)
Playing bubble hockey....
....concentrating so hard!
Intense game of euchre going on :)
Gramma and Justin reading before church on Saturday morning.
Alec and Grandma before church
Justin beating up Blake with a pillow!
Alec and the coolest godparents ever :)
Morgan and sexy Justin
A family picture! It was SO GOOD to all be together in one place again - it went by WAY too fast!
Getting a "poke in the nose - kabooma" from Great Grandpa. I don't think that Grandpa was expecting one back quite so hard :)
A friendly game of Texas Hold 'Em - 8 to 12 year old style :)
That's my little brother - it was starting to get drunk out!
Amanda, Mikey and Aunt Mo-chelle
Me and my mommy!
Papa and Justin reading books
Gramma and Justin being silly!
Hanging out on Mother's Day with my boys :)
This picture is PRICELESS! What you can't see in the picture is the walk up the stairs about 3 minutes before this was taken. They were all down playing with the Jacob's PS3 (like they did most of the weekend!). Amanda said to Ryan, "I was going to get you a PS3 for our wedding, but now I see you would never stop playing it". Then he got one from GG Rosebush for graduation - the look on her face says it all :)
The family with GG Metzler (minus Justin because he was napping; I wish he was in this!)
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Happy Birthday Uncle Mikey!!!!
Sorry this is a day late - we love you and can't wait to see you :)
Love,
Rob, Melissa and Justin
PS. Remember these toys? I wonder if they still make them.....
Love,
Rob, Melissa and Justin
PS. Remember these toys? I wonder if they still make them.....
The Hills 5-7-08
Hi there! It's been a while; I know...we've been busy!
Last weekend Grandpa Kent and his friend John came to our house to help Rob build a shed. Thank you so much for all of your help!!!! Justin and I just hung out, went shopping and played outside for most of the weekend. Then on Sunday evening, Justin was burning up - he was so warm. I could not find our thermometer, and decided that by the time I went to town and bought a new one I could just already have him on meds because he was obviously sick. Our hospital has a website that shows waiting time at the ER and it was only 12 minutes so I took him in. Almost 2 hours later the doctor saw us! Justin sat in my lap and just looked around the whole time; and for those of you who know Justin that is NOT at all like him, so I knew something was not right! He had a 102 temperature, which is high, but not super high I guess for a toddler. They gave him Motrin to get the fever down and then the doctor came in a guess what - another ear infection in his right ear - what a shocker. UGH! So she was going to write us a prescription for augmentin or amoxacillan and I told her he has been on both numerous times and they don't work. I asked if we could just do a shot and be done with it. I felt bad because I know shots are painful, but they work quicker and we don't have to fight him to get him to take his meds and don't have to worry about missed doses. So we did that and then had to wait in the waiting room for 20 minutes to make sure he didn't have a reaction. She gave us ice chips (Justin LOVES ice) and he was in heaven. After a few minutes he wanted down and was all over the place, so he was feeling much better! I still don't know what we are going to do about his ears. He's had tubes in that ear twice now - they obviously don't work! Another appointment with the ENT specialist is in his future!
I had to be in our main office in Chicago yesterday, so Justin and I went to Jacobs on Monday night. He is staying with them for the week (Rob and I are going back there tomorrow after work). He had fun playing with the boys while I was there! Thank you AC for taking them - we really appreciate it! With Justin in Barrington for a few days, Rob and I will hopefully be able to finish up the shed. We have to put up the siding and the garage door for it and then build a ramp to be able to drive the riding lawn mower in and out. We'll be busy tonight!
I am SO EXCITED for this weekend!!!! It's Alec's 1st communion (my godson) and the whole family will be together for that and we'll celebrate mothers day too! My parents fly in on the red eye Thursday and get in early Friday morning. I hope they sleep on the plane because they get here at 7am - just in time for Justin's day to start :) It will also be my brothers, Aunt Manda, GG Rosebush, GG Metzler and Yinglings coming too. I can't wait to have everyone together. Justin is going to have so much fun playing with all of his cousins and getting lots of attention!
CONGRATULATIONS to my baby brother and Aunt Manda on their college graduations this week! We are so proud of you guys and can't wait to see you! I wish we could be there to see you walk, but we'll have a drink to celebrate this weekend :)
I will post pics and videos later today - the camera is home and I'm at work!
Last weekend Grandpa Kent and his friend John came to our house to help Rob build a shed. Thank you so much for all of your help!!!! Justin and I just hung out, went shopping and played outside for most of the weekend. Then on Sunday evening, Justin was burning up - he was so warm. I could not find our thermometer, and decided that by the time I went to town and bought a new one I could just already have him on meds because he was obviously sick. Our hospital has a website that shows waiting time at the ER and it was only 12 minutes so I took him in. Almost 2 hours later the doctor saw us! Justin sat in my lap and just looked around the whole time; and for those of you who know Justin that is NOT at all like him, so I knew something was not right! He had a 102 temperature, which is high, but not super high I guess for a toddler. They gave him Motrin to get the fever down and then the doctor came in a guess what - another ear infection in his right ear - what a shocker. UGH! So she was going to write us a prescription for augmentin or amoxacillan and I told her he has been on both numerous times and they don't work. I asked if we could just do a shot and be done with it. I felt bad because I know shots are painful, but they work quicker and we don't have to fight him to get him to take his meds and don't have to worry about missed doses. So we did that and then had to wait in the waiting room for 20 minutes to make sure he didn't have a reaction. She gave us ice chips (Justin LOVES ice) and he was in heaven. After a few minutes he wanted down and was all over the place, so he was feeling much better! I still don't know what we are going to do about his ears. He's had tubes in that ear twice now - they obviously don't work! Another appointment with the ENT specialist is in his future!
I had to be in our main office in Chicago yesterday, so Justin and I went to Jacobs on Monday night. He is staying with them for the week (Rob and I are going back there tomorrow after work). He had fun playing with the boys while I was there! Thank you AC for taking them - we really appreciate it! With Justin in Barrington for a few days, Rob and I will hopefully be able to finish up the shed. We have to put up the siding and the garage door for it and then build a ramp to be able to drive the riding lawn mower in and out. We'll be busy tonight!
I am SO EXCITED for this weekend!!!! It's Alec's 1st communion (my godson) and the whole family will be together for that and we'll celebrate mothers day too! My parents fly in on the red eye Thursday and get in early Friday morning. I hope they sleep on the plane because they get here at 7am - just in time for Justin's day to start :) It will also be my brothers, Aunt Manda, GG Rosebush, GG Metzler and Yinglings coming too. I can't wait to have everyone together. Justin is going to have so much fun playing with all of his cousins and getting lots of attention!
CONGRATULATIONS to my baby brother and Aunt Manda on their college graduations this week! We are so proud of you guys and can't wait to see you! I wish we could be there to see you walk, but we'll have a drink to celebrate this weekend :)
I will post pics and videos later today - the camera is home and I'm at work!
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Happy Birthday Great Grandma Metzler!
We love you! Hope you have a great birthday! See you in a week :)
Love,
Rob, Melissa and Justin
Love,
Rob, Melissa and Justin
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
:)
I don't even know what to title this video - you get to hear him putting together his first sentences "I broke it", discovering his nipple and showing you his muscles (the original reason I got out the camera)!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Happy thoughts....happy thoughts......
Okay, here is something a little nicer for the top of the blog, since we still don't know when (or if) we will be closing :( Thanks for the comments/emails/phone calls of support on the house thing. Rob and I went to BW's for lunch and 2 beers and 18 holes of Golden Tee later I am a little calmer. Katie & Josh are brining burgers over tonight for dinner, so that will be fun too! I don't know what we would do without you guys! It's so nice having friends in town who are there for us when thing happen - good or bad!
Tuesday was our 2nd to last night of swim class! Justin and I always have a lot of fun together. He makes me SO PROUD when he does everything she asks just like he's been doing it for years :)
Before class we play in the kiddie area - the water was pretty cold last night though so it wasn't as much fun as normal!
Me and my angel :)
Aaahhh...back in the therapy (warm!) pool for class!
He's getting so good at blowing bubbles - practicing in the bathtub must be helping!
We went in the family locker room after class and actually got a shower/changing room! I gave Justin the hand held showerhead and he loved it!
....it looks like the same pic as above, but it's about 15 minutes later - he didn't want to get dressed!
Tuesday was our 2nd to last night of swim class! Justin and I always have a lot of fun together. He makes me SO PROUD when he does everything she asks just like he's been doing it for years :)
Before class we play in the kiddie area - the water was pretty cold last night though so it wasn't as much fun as normal!
Me and my angel :)
Aaahhh...back in the therapy (warm!) pool for class!
He's getting so good at blowing bubbles - practicing in the bathtub must be helping!
We went in the family locker room after class and actually got a shower/changing room! I gave Justin the hand held showerhead and he loved it!
....it looks like the same pic as above, but it's about 15 minutes later - he didn't want to get dressed!
UGH.
I am afraid I'm going to go postal any minute. NOTHING is going right with this house transaction.
Let's take a step back to yesterday - I get a call from our attorney saying that they can't secure the transfer stamp from the City of Elgin because of an outstanding permit that was applied for. WTF? So I called the city and was told that this address applied for a permit to change the water heater in February of 2004 - BEFORE we bought the house. So they let the transfer happen for us to buy the house, but now they decide to do their job and hold us up. She said they could get someone out early next week. I told her that was not acceptable and she was holding up our closing based on an error that the city made - not us. After 3 supervisors, lots of F-bombs (I was not happy!) Long story short - the inspection was done and passed within 2 hours.
Fast forward to last night at about 8pm - our realtor calls and says that we still don't have a clear to close because of an issue with a social security number for one of the buyers (I think the one with 16 letters in the first name and 18 in the last name). He hopes it's a clerical error and we'll still close on time.
About 10 minutes ago I got a call from our attorney (keep in mind we're supposed to close in 2 hours) and the lender JUST found out that the buyer's greencard is EXPIRED!!!!!!!!!! WTF? You don't ask for his f-ing greencard until the day of closing??????? I am so mad. My blood is boiling and I think I should just not answer my phone today; I don't think I'd be very pleasant to my customers! UGH! So now we just wait? The lender was supposedly on his way over to the buyers house to see what can be done since he can't understand them without reading lips.
Oh, and this morning when I got my pumpkin head out of bed his right tube (that he's had surgery for twice) was out again..... LOVELY!
Let's take a step back to yesterday - I get a call from our attorney saying that they can't secure the transfer stamp from the City of Elgin because of an outstanding permit that was applied for. WTF? So I called the city and was told that this address applied for a permit to change the water heater in February of 2004 - BEFORE we bought the house. So they let the transfer happen for us to buy the house, but now they decide to do their job and hold us up. She said they could get someone out early next week. I told her that was not acceptable and she was holding up our closing based on an error that the city made - not us. After 3 supervisors, lots of F-bombs (I was not happy!) Long story short - the inspection was done and passed within 2 hours.
Fast forward to last night at about 8pm - our realtor calls and says that we still don't have a clear to close because of an issue with a social security number for one of the buyers (I think the one with 16 letters in the first name and 18 in the last name). He hopes it's a clerical error and we'll still close on time.
About 10 minutes ago I got a call from our attorney (keep in mind we're supposed to close in 2 hours) and the lender JUST found out that the buyer's greencard is EXPIRED!!!!!!!!!! WTF? You don't ask for his f-ing greencard until the day of closing??????? I am so mad. My blood is boiling and I think I should just not answer my phone today; I don't think I'd be very pleasant to my customers! UGH! So now we just wait? The lender was supposedly on his way over to the buyers house to see what can be done since he can't understand them without reading lips.
Oh, and this morning when I got my pumpkin head out of bed his right tube (that he's had surgery for twice) was out again..... LOVELY!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Hills 4-29-08
Okay, I know - I've been slacking again! We have been having too much fun playing outside in the nice weather we had last week; it was in the upper 70's most of the week! Of course I won tickets on the radio for the Chiefs game for last night, and it was 33 degrees :( We didn't go! It was windy on top of that...
Not too much new is going on here. Our house is supposed to close tomorrow!!! It hurt so much to write that check to make it happen, but it will be worth it in the long run. I am excited not to have to pay double insurance, utilities, mortgages, lawn service, etc. Please keep your fingers crossed that everything goes well! We signed everything we need to, so we don't have to drive up there which is nice!
We are going to Chicago in two weeks for Alec's 1st communion. I am SO EXCITED to see my family! I wish I would have known 10-15 years ago what I know now. I would have definetly spent more time with them when we all lived in the same house. I love the new Trace Adkins song "You're Gonna Miss This". It's too late to relive the past, but I try to remember the message in the song before I turn on the TV when I could be on the floor playing with my baby! See everyone soon :)
We went to CEC since Justin got a giftcard in his Easter basket from Gramma and Papa. He loved it! He didn't make a basket, but he had fun trying! It was "more, more, more" - I think we found a game he likes more than skeeball!
He loves his passenger :)
From Chuck E. Wicks last weekend to Chuck E. Cheese this weekend! Justin liked the shows and getting close to the characters. He did get closer than this; I just didn't have the camera out!
Toddler Wack-a-mole. This game is a rip off because you don't even win tickets, but still have to use coins to play... And Justin just likes putting coins in the machines more than anything!
Sunday was pretty cool out, like in the 50's but it was still too nice not to play outside. We planted veggies and flowers most of the day! Justin and I walked down to the hardware store by our house and got some flowers - here he is lugging them home :)
Riding the new lawn mower with Daddy. Yes; I know that it says not to let kids ride on it, but it seemed safer than him chasing after it :)
Daddy said it was too hard to steer with Justin helping - maybe the backyard will be when he can ride since it's longer, straighter mowing than the trees and obstacles in the front yard!
Playing with the basketball hoop he got from Grandpa & Grandma Brooks for Christmas. They gave us two middle poles instead of a middle and bottom, but after about 1/2 hour, Daddy had it all jerry-rigged up to work!
We got tired of lifting him up and it was too cold outside yesterday, so we killed two birds with one stone!
Not too much new is going on here. Our house is supposed to close tomorrow!!! It hurt so much to write that check to make it happen, but it will be worth it in the long run. I am excited not to have to pay double insurance, utilities, mortgages, lawn service, etc. Please keep your fingers crossed that everything goes well! We signed everything we need to, so we don't have to drive up there which is nice!
We are going to Chicago in two weeks for Alec's 1st communion. I am SO EXCITED to see my family! I wish I would have known 10-15 years ago what I know now. I would have definetly spent more time with them when we all lived in the same house. I love the new Trace Adkins song "You're Gonna Miss This". It's too late to relive the past, but I try to remember the message in the song before I turn on the TV when I could be on the floor playing with my baby! See everyone soon :)
We went to CEC since Justin got a giftcard in his Easter basket from Gramma and Papa. He loved it! He didn't make a basket, but he had fun trying! It was "more, more, more" - I think we found a game he likes more than skeeball!
He loves his passenger :)
From Chuck E. Wicks last weekend to Chuck E. Cheese this weekend! Justin liked the shows and getting close to the characters. He did get closer than this; I just didn't have the camera out!
Toddler Wack-a-mole. This game is a rip off because you don't even win tickets, but still have to use coins to play... And Justin just likes putting coins in the machines more than anything!
Sunday was pretty cool out, like in the 50's but it was still too nice not to play outside. We planted veggies and flowers most of the day! Justin and I walked down to the hardware store by our house and got some flowers - here he is lugging them home :)
Riding the new lawn mower with Daddy. Yes; I know that it says not to let kids ride on it, but it seemed safer than him chasing after it :)
Daddy said it was too hard to steer with Justin helping - maybe the backyard will be when he can ride since it's longer, straighter mowing than the trees and obstacles in the front yard!
Playing with the basketball hoop he got from Grandpa & Grandma Brooks for Christmas. They gave us two middle poles instead of a middle and bottom, but after about 1/2 hour, Daddy had it all jerry-rigged up to work! 
We got tired of lifting him up and it was too cold outside yesterday, so we killed two birds with one stone!
Friday, April 25, 2008
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