What to say....?

So, Here it's been a while already and no new post until now...thanks Bonnie for keeping me in line and reminding me it was time :)

I've been waiting for something really grand to report I think, but then had to remeber this blog isn't about that; it's not a celebrity post about crazy parties and wonderful clothes, it's not a Bear (the outside dude) adventure post about wild encounters, it's blog about my everyday life that's no so everyday when you add in the funny little boys I share it with.

We begin a new adventure today; Soccer. Yep, we've completed our stereotype of having boys and a minivan and I am now "soccer mom" and Stu is coaching (hee, hee).
Not that it's funny he's coaching; he loves teaching kids sports (golf especially of course) and he does great with them. The funnier aspect of it all is that we are so cliche at this point :) Not that we care at all, we love it. First practice tonight and then our first match on Friday, I'll be sure to report after that on how it all went.

I'm about to wrap up my first competitive season of tennis next week (first "adult" season). I actually played on two teams at two different levels and to be expected; I did well (only lost one) on the lower level and not so good on the higher one. Although I do feel like I'm at least competitive at that level. I will be playing again on a Summer league because I've had so much fun doing it. I actually don't know what I would do without tennis, I can't even remember what life was like without it. Thankfully we've found a place we can afford down here (Tennis clubs generally have an outrageous pricetag with their monthly dues) and they have childcare and my hubby is very supportive so I get to play on :) (side note: I think I'm using the pronoun "I" too much....I need an editor)

On to the boys (the reason you all read, I'm sure)

Luke has shown some definate strides in maturity with the regular lapse to remind me he's just 5. He has twice now unloaded the dishwasher and put everything away in it's correct spot (I have to rat out daddy and say this is better than he even does). He's also made our bed (yep mine and Stu's) and done a great job. To put this in perspective; he wants more allowance cuz last time we went to Wal-Mart to spend it I told him more times than not that he didn't have enough money "for that".

Zane is as adorable as ever. Seriously the kid has some cutes. I'm growing his hair out again to try to see if we can get some curls back. I miss them. He's especailly looking forward to his upcoming role on the soccer team and ask all the time if it's time to play. He's talking better everyday and someday I'm gonna miss how cute he says everything (incorrectly) so I'm letting a lot of it slide (great mom, I know) so I can enjoy it longer. I am seeing all too quickly how it goes by so fast.

Gage is getting even bigger! I have got to get this kid walking! After I just said it goes by so fast I am actually wanting to get this baby on to the next stage; my back is killing me :)
He is so sweet. Always happy, loves to eat and sleep and really loves his brothers! His face just lights up at the sound of their voices. He wants to be walking too cuz then he'll get to do what they do, he's sure of it.

I'll wrap up with a short report on the date we got to go on Saturday night; it was a blast! Got to wear high heels :) and a dress, go to Bellevue and have some wine and a funny comedian that had me laughing for a good hour, all escorted by my super handsome hubby that once again prooved that there are no heels high enough for me to be taller than him :) Love that we have a couple of great babysitters close by we can trust to have a late night out far from home.

Seriously, I need to be better about this

I don't keep a journal and I have a horrible memory; I've tried keeping a general blog before and then burnt out on keeping it up and then later started a blog about loosing my post pregnancy weight. Well, I got pregnant in the middle of that blog (more on that later) and let it go. So, I want to do this because I want a record of all the funny (and not so funny) things that go on in our daily lives that make up the Aden family. Here goes another try....

News:

Many of you who may read this already know about the "surprise" fourth pregnancy that threw us off a bit. Well just as we were getting used to the idea we got thrown off even more: Carly miscarried. It has been an interesting emotional journey. We were supposed to be 10 weeks along but from the ultrasounds it looks like it stopped growing at about 8.5 weeks (I did not miscarry "naturally" the fetus stopped growing and I had to have a medical procedure called a D and C to actually "clean" my body out). Now I know why people wait to announce their pregnancy until after the first trimester; I have to admit I was feeling a bit immune to a miscarriage as I had 3 pregnancies and 3 healthy boys, lesson learned. No news yet as to if we'll try again, I thought I was done but have new emotions about a fourth now...we'll see when things settle down again. I'm feeling okay, hormonal and emotional but oh so thankful for the health of my family.

Okay, enough of that, I've been dreading the announcement but had to do it; so there it is in my first blog post on the new "family blog" I promise future post will be aimed more towards humor and reveling in the minds of my young children but ya never know what life will bring you. Trusting in God and his plan to get us through anything.

I'll leave you with this...I am laying down with the two youngest boys asleep for nap time and Luke by my side needing to sleep but fighting it with all he has in him (daily routine with him...I mostly just want to get some rest myself and make sure he doesn't wake anybody else up). He comes up with a bright idea "let's see who can stay up the longest" yeah, Luke I'm gonna go for that. :)