Lazy Day, heading into a very busy summer!!

Caught my "Sleepy Bears" snuggled up and taking a mid-Saturday nap. Tired out from hours of driving like maniac's on MarioKart Wii.

First off- WOW, it's been almost a year since I posted anything and I can't believe it's been that long. Time has flown by and there's been a MILLION things going on. I'm going to try and get you all caught up and hopefully get back into the regular habit of posting on here!!

Gabe is growing like a weed and is doing really well. He loves his new class and his new teachers this year- He's in a spit program between the LSS (Life Skills Support) and the MDS (Multi-Disabled Support) each class provides him with something essential to his social or educational day. I'll post additional information about this soon!!

Also, Gabe got a new chair!! We're very excited it has a dynamic back and is so much better for him both as far as positioning and long term comfortability. Plus now we don't have to worry about him getting the rub marks from the lap belt!! Yay!! Post and Pictures to follow I promise!!

Let's see what else?? I hurt my back over Thanksgiving and had an emergency L4-L5 microdiscecotomy surgery in December- spend until the middle of February home recovering, after many weeks of working my way back up I am now totally off restrictions and back to my normal activities!! Yay!! I've recently gotten back to running a bit (I'm still taking it easy there) but I'm looking forward to getting rid of the roughly 8 pounds that I picked up while not being able to stay as active. I'm still on that mission as well... While I made it down to a size 10, I'm right on the border between a 10 and 12 right now since I picked up the 8 pounds :(

I'm getting back on the wagon now that I am physically able and hoping to end the summer somewhere around a size 6!! (I'll be happy with a size 8, but I like to set big goals!!)

Jeremy is doing well and loves working closer to home. He is still taking two classes every semester and is consistently on the Dean's List for maintaining a GPA above 3.5 (GO BABY!!)

He just started an Earth Science class so the pressure is on to see if I remember all that stuff- since I have a bachelors in Earth Science... well, hopefully I can be a little help if he needs it! HAHAHA!!

That's it for now, I'll try to make it on again soon and fill you all in on more of what we've been up to!!

Cute pic of my guys-

I found this on my phone, it's a pic from one evening this past spring when it was still a bit chilly around dusk- they are such cuties... thought I would share!

"Gabe's Gang" @ the Easter Seals "Walk with Me" 5k

Getting out of the van in morning it was still a bit chilly.... but it warmed up fast!Gabe was ready to go and was very consistent in telling us so!! (haha!)Gabe's Gang!!

Ed, Nicole, Jeremy, Dan (you can only see the top of his hat!) Shannon, Shawn, Bernie, and Adam, and of course the team captains Kari & Gabe!

Dan took 1st place in his age category (Adam took second) and Jeremy got 3rd!!!

It was a great day and an inspiring event, we beat our fundraising goal- check out our Team Page!

After the race there was food, music, and a little fair at the end and.... Gabe got a tattoo!!

He didn't even last 5 minutes in the van when we headed home!! It was a fun and tiring day!!

Gabe, knocked out on the way home, sporting his Elmo "tattoo"

GABE'S GANG: Easter Seals "Walk with Me" 5k

We are running the Easter Seals "Walk With Me" 5k again!! This year Gabe has his own team!

If you are in the area and want to join our team, PLEASE DO!! It is going to be a great race and a really fun day down by the Art museum in Philadelphia.

If you can't join, maybe take a moment and see if you can support our team with a small donation. Every dollar counts, we're about halfway to our goal and we appreciate every single donation- literally every single dollar goes to a great and worthy cause.

To learn more about Easter Seals, to join or team or to make a donation to Gabe's Gang just follow this link.

No pressure- we know how tough times are right now, that's why we're stressing that we don't want big donations, we're just trying to get enough small donations to reach our goal.

Thanks so much for stopping in and supporting us!!

Go Team Gabe's Gang!!

We're running the Rock-n-Roll Half!!

I'm super excited. Running 10 miles was a challenge, and with the heat even more so. I'm putting my all into training for this and I'm excited to run the ING Rock-n-Roll half marathon in September here in Philadelphia. It's funny how I never thought I would run 10 miles, and now I'm registered for 13.1!! Jeremy is registered for this one too~ I'm excited to do it together. He hurt his foot during the training for Broad St which really set him back, plus it was difficult to train while he was in Michigan for work-then we didn't have anyone to watch Gabriel on race day so he bowed out and let me run it.

This one we have a bunch of friends registered for it too, so hopefully we'll get to run it in a big group to make it even more fun. There are bands playing at every mile marker and it's just an overall Rock-n-Roll atmosphere~ I'm super excited!!

Well, back to training, I'm hoping to really increase my endurance over this training program and hopefully the weather will cooperate for this race! I'll update every so often on how our training goes, and of course there will be tons of pic's from race day!!

Jeremy got a promotion!

Most of you know Jeremy works for PNC Bank. His title is offically Vice President Branch Manager- and he just got a promotion to a new Branch!

Jeremy is now running the East Norriton Branch for PNC, it's on Germantown Pike- not too far from home. It's a bigger and busier branch that comes with a new set of challenges- more hours and greater responsibility- but we know our Jeremy is up for it!!

Congratulations Baby!! We're so proud of you!! (Photo's of his super cool new branch to follow)

A few random pictures left from our family day out and about...

Daddy picking us up so we don't get rained on...Such a sweet guy our Jeremy! :)Getting kiddo into the car...Rainy Day van pic's Cheeeeeeeeeeeese!

(for my mom, who says there's not enough pictures of me on the blog- in all fairness... I'm usually the one taking the pictures!!

But I have been trying very hard to get a few more pictures with all of us in them... regardless of how I actually feel about being in pictures! LOL!!)

Family Time...(Part Two)

Nothing tastes better than fries you feed yourself!

Love this because you can see the "MMMMMMMMMM" here and here you see the AHHHHHHHH part of "MUAH"Mommy's turn for the good kisses!
Daddy enjoying our family time!Mommy- still sportin' her race-day pigtails! Gabe just LOVES to color!

Family Time...(Part One)

Enjoying some coloring time before the food comes!!I wanted them to pose for a picture... Gabriel had other plans!Not sure if it hurts or tickles but Gabe sure likes messing with Daddy's ear!I said something to Jeremy along the lines of... "I think I was sticking my tongue out on that one" I have a tendency when I'm happy to do that and I don't like it for pictures so I wanted him to take another one... Well, our son heard me say- sticking out my tongue.....So a little bit there and then by the next picture....yep, that's my kiddo alright! What a stinker!My cute guys!!

My Guys (just hangin' around the house)

Well, it's been a while!

Hello!!
It has been very busy around the Anderson household!!
Since last time we've had...
A couple family visits, time out with friends, real winter weather (more than once!!) , Some holiday stuff from Kari's side, new weight and height milestones for Gabe, new semester for Jeremy, a test passed for Kari, Biggest Loser, new routines, Jeremy's on the run for FUN (and health) an evil virus for Kari, pneumonia and sinus infection for Gabe, an excellence award for Jeremy, and the list goes on and on...
I'll be updating quite a bit over the next few days so stay tuned!!
Hope all is well for everyone!! Talk to you again real soon!!

Jeremy & his little Sis...

Where to begin???

How exactly do I begin blogging the last oh... two months?!?!

It's been crazy busy and really great! Let's see, end of August a day or two after my last post- I was called for an interview with North Penn School district for an assistant position I applied for. It has been taking me a little longer than anticipated to straighten out my PA certification- so I decided to apply for an assistant job. Mostly to get back in the day to day routine of working with students (the same students every day) since subbing doesn't feel much like teaching most of the time. Anyway, they called me back that same day and I got the job!! It's about 4 miles from the house and I can still get Gabe off the bus everyday- the benifits are incredible and I really like the staff. So, first thing down... NEW JOB.

OK, next.... Jeremy started back to school the fifth of September! Looks like he's decided on accounting and will most likely end up at Temple University but he's going to get as much as he can out of the way at Mont Co. since they have a companion program. (and are much more resonably priced!) We're really excited about it (I'm very proud!!) and Jeremy is doing great in his classes. More updates as time goes by... promise!! second down COLLEGE.

Gabe is doing well, he is really enjoying his weekly swimming on top of his normal weekly physical therapy. He's growing like a weed again. Last doctor visit has him at 49.4 lbs and 4' 1" tall. Our 8 yr old is really getting big!! He's learning new words and working on new tasks. I've got tons of new pictures and video to share!

Well, I'm out of time for now- more to come!!!

Fathers Day Camp-out ....( or Camp-in)

For the fathers day weekend Jeremy and Gabe decided to "camp-out" in the living room and have a guys slumber party adventure! They played with puppets, read stories, sang songs, and cracked up laughing until all hours of the night. It was a really great weekend!

Jeremy and Gabe on the air mattress in the living room.

They were up late playing and telling stories so they slept in a bit!
My fella's after they woke up from their slumber party adventure.

little things, like a first sucessful raspberry...

Gabe has been trying to figure out how his Daddy and I blow raspberries for a little while now. He used to just like it and laugh, but lately he is very interested in the process and trying to varying degrees to do it- until recently it's really just him making a noise with his own tongue that he settles for but more recently he has started experimenting with putting his mouth on the neck. I wish I had video of the first couple times he tried this on Jeremy- LOL!! Between the licking and spitting it was hilarious, all the while Jeremy endures; ever so patiently the victim of Gabe's experimentation. Well this particular time Gabe actually figured it out! (after some more licking, spitting, and as you will see tickling Daddy)

Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did!!

Doing some work at North Wales Days...

A couple of weekends ago Jeremy set up a table for PNC at North Wales Days, here's a few photo's....

"Date Night"

Jeremy and I actually had a date! We drove into New York City to see Eddie Izzard live!! It was a lot of fun, the show, the sights, and the company! (I Love you Honey!!)

I just love it when he cracks himself up!! He goes for quite a while being witty and on point until it just reaches a point where he says something silly and cracks himself up. Deffinately my favorite comic- Bright, relevant, witty and yet silly and fun!!