Where did the months go?!!

You can thank Julie for this update! I got a single line email from her. It said "Update your blog". I took the hint and here I am....We have been a busy household with much laughter. I think updates should be done oldest to youngest (since it was just Jason's birthday!)

Jason got a new job within John Deere. He is now a Regional Business Process Integrator. Don't worry, I don't know what that means either and I work for the same company. Jason is doing great at work. Currently he is in Waterloo for 3 weeks for some type of testing (they are testing software, not Jason). He's done a couple small projects around the house to help us out with various things. A shelf in the basement, small box for all those tiny forks and spoons, yard work and most recently we did some landscaping. We're not the pros that Justin is but we think we did ok. There's pix in the new Picasa album of our handy work.

Marisa is working hard to keep all her boys, fed, bathed, clothed and heading in the right direction. Organization is her strong point and with all these boys, heaven only knows she needs it! Work is going well. She is now the product owner for StellarSupport.com which is a customer facing website for her Deere. A lot of the same work but a different description. Marisa will be starting school again in June and is looking forward to finishing up her degree (even though it will be years).

Alik is doing great. He is getting into the rhythm of when we go to daycare and when we get to stay home and play with mom and dad. Alik has some interesting theories on life but we try to steer him in the right direction when possible. He LOVES spiderman and for about 4 weeks he could be found in the spiderman costume at Daycare. He got to go to kindergarten round up for 2 hours last week and absolutely loved it! This is huge and we pray and hope his enthusiasm does not fade quickly. Alik loves to help and "help" mom and dad as much as he can. He is always learning new things.

Misha is also doing great. He loves riding in the car. Does not matter where we go. If we are on the move, he is happy. He sleeps with his stuffed chicken every night...I wonder if this is why he doesn't like chicken for supper.... Misha is picking up the language quickly. Of course being the little monkey that he is, he wants to do everything big brother is doing!

We spent Easter in Omaha with part of the McIlravy clan (missed you Matt and Ash!!). Spent a great time at the zoo and swimming in the hotel pool. The boys made progress in their swimming efforts and I'm sure we will have a pair of little fish on our hands soon.

Uncle John and Aunt Cathy stopped on the way back to Indiania. The kids LOVED them and we loved having them here. I only hope that John and Cathy didn't need a vacation from their visit to the McIlravy house!

We had a doggie break through over the weekend. We all co-existed in the backyard! By the end of Sunday, Misha was chasing Brutus around the yard! It was great to see him start to interact more with the dogs and even try to steal their doggie bones away!

Well this tired mommy better head to bed! Good-night everyone!