Casa de Korinek....Idaho

So as I said in a post long long ago, we are moving to Boise Idaho. We are hoping and praying that THIS city will be the one. The idea of no longer thinking about uprooting our family is an enchanting thought. Fingers (and toes) are crossed on this. I hope Justin has found a place in a group that he'll love, enjoy, and be able to build upon. I hope that Boise will welcome we Korinek's and never let us go. Yes I really really do. 

Back on point though....

Finding a house to rent. We had heard that Boise was on some national list of best places to live in America, but honestly who really acts on that??? Well apparently lots do and housing was in demand. We decided to rent again for 1 more year, feel out the areas, make sure Justin likes his job, and buy early to mid next year. So I started the daunting process of looking at houses, finding areas we'd ideally like to live, and calling rental companies. Well apparently everyone else had the same idea at the exact same time, and had NO pets.. seriously who has no pets. Anyhow after having my hopes shattered (and me on the verge of a nervous breakdown) I was lucky enough to call on a house that had literally been listed for 20min. After a quick check to make sure the owner would take the dogs, we were approved!! It had felt like we had won the lottery...literally. 

One downside...it was in Meridian just outside of Boise. Oh we'll it's in between all Justin's hospitals he works at and not far from our friends. It's for a year, we can do it....

Upsides....it's in a nice neighborhood, it's humongous, it's got a three car garage (the Jaguar has a garage spot), it's got a dedicated playroom (good bye toys stuffed into all free corners of the house), it can fit all of our families when they come visit, and best of all it has honest to goodness real grass.

I.AM.THRILLED!!

So please don't be a stranger, come August our doors are open for business!!

So for now Meridian says "Welcome Home Korinek's"

Casa de Korinek....Idaho

Saying goodbye

At the beginning of March Justin and I found out some exciting news...I was pregnant. This was a planned pregnancy and we had been trying for a few months. We were both very excited. We were talking about names, wondering if it was going to be a girl or a boy, how Colin would do with a sibling, and all the happy thoughts that come with being pregnant. Granted, especially with Justin being in the medical field, we knew there was a chance something could happen since it was still so early. Never did I honestly think it would though. I had a very healthy pregnancy with Colin and I thought that this would be the same too. I scheduled my appointment with an OB in town but had some difficulties getting an appointment that would jive with Justin's schedule. So I finally had to make the appointment earlier than we or the office would like. March 28th.....we arrived at the office and I had my typical white coat syndrome nerves. They preformed a pregnancy test..yep still pregnant. Finally the moment we were waiting for, the ultrasound. Every new parent or next time around parent always looks forward to the first time you get to see the new life you created. Sadly I will never feel that way again. They attempted the belly ultrasound first and the doctor was so great by enlisting Colin to help her look for his baby brother or sister. He gladly obliged. We could see the baby but not very well but that's to be expected at an ultrasound so early on. The doctor then tried the transvaginal. Again the baby was really small, only measuring in at 6weeks 3days. While everything looked good there was one big problem, she couldn't find a heartbeat. This isn't all that uncommon especially with the age of the baby but we were pushing the outer range. She explained our options but we weren't to really decide anything until we had a follow up ultrasound the next week. Let me tell you that was one incredibly long 7 days. Finally April 4th arrived and we had the next ultrasound. Now I feel that both Justin and I had prepared ourselves for the worst. When she told us the pregnancy had arrested development and still no heartbeat we were able to calmly accept what we had been told and make a decision on what to do next. Luckily we have had the love and support from our friends and family and I'm truly grateful for that. It has been an emotionally difficult time and we are grieving a loss, even if we only loved this baby for a short 3 weeks. We will heal from this and eventually try again, but our perception of pregnancy will never be the same. I also grieve for this loss of pregnancy innocence, where you don't have any anxiety for that first glimpse of life and when you feel nothing can go wrong. I'd like to hope that maybe a small part of me will always have that excitement and that I could enjoy being pregnant again. I guess it's possible with time and healing. I'm forever grateful that we have Colin and hope that one day soon we can give him a sibling. Until then..............Goodbye little bean and I hope to see you again someday.

I'd live at the Zoo

Today we headed out to enjoy this beautiful 80' weather at the Zoo. I just love the little zoo here in Tucson. It's very laid back, not too big, and the animals are up close and personal. We have visited quite a few times, but today was special.....today Colin and I fed the giraffe's. It was so much fun! They have the softest mouths and the longest tongues. I just wanted to take them home. Norman wouldn't mind...right? They are by far my favorite animals at the zoo. If I could I would totally live at the zoo....

Easter at the Korinek's

I've always enjoyed Easter. I love dying eggs, picking out fun surprises for the Easter baskets, and the pure fun of watching Colin running around in excitement finding all the hidden eggs. It's also my favorite mass of the year. Sadly I haven't become involved with a church here in Tucson, but both Justin and I plan on changing that once we settle in Boise. So this year I just let Colin enjoy in the simplicity of finding those eggs and next year we will concentrate on the real meaning of Easter. Plus with the recent passing of my mom and our beloved dog Caezar, I think he may be confused on the Resurrection part. After we hunted all the eggs we had our traditional holiday morning breakfast of bun-buns (cinnamon buns) and later that afternoon headed over to our good friends the Goddard's for more egg dying and hunting fun. We had an amazing dinner, thank you Marcia, and just had a wonderful time. Easter was always a holiday that I spent with my family, my mom's favorite actually, so while I missed spending it with them it was nice to spend it here with our Tucson family. We hope everyone had an egg-tastic time.

Playgroup Easter Egg Extravaganza!

In celebration of Easter we had a playgroup Easter egg hunt. Each of us brought 10 goodie filled eggs and while the kiddos were anxiously waiting at the windows Jackie and I hid them throughout her yard. Once we released the egg-cited munchkins they ran around finding all the eggs and stuffing them into their baskets as fast as they could. It was so fun and beyond cute to watch. We also painted a funny bunny finger craft for each of us to bring home. I love having such a great group of friends for me and for Colin to share all these fun times with.

Monster Truck Jam

Colin got a gift for his birthday from his aunt, uncle, and cousins that has helped to fuel an obsession for him....MONSTER TRUCKS! He sleeps with one, eats with one, always travels with one, and finally showers with one.....like I said an obsession. I happened to hear that the Monster Truck Jam was heading into town and one of the shows happened to be on Justin's day off plus Colin's favorite truck, Grave Digger, was to be attending. So what any right minded parent with an obsessed child would do, I checked with the hubby got the OK and bought our tickets. Now I wasn't really thinking it was going to be something that great, I mean they're loud big trucks rolling over cars....seriously I'm from Nevada you see that everyday on the freeway. Boy was I wrong......IT.WAS.AWESOME!!! We had so much fun. Colin literally peed himself with excitement (but it's OK he's STILL in diapers). I was a little worried about the loudness of it but Colin didn't mind a bit. All and all it was an amazing family adventure and am so glad we went. Now two weeks later and 2 additional Monster Truck toys later, Colin is still talking about the monster truck jam.

Devastator

Hot Wheels and El Diablo

El Diablo Hot Wheels and Grave Digger

Monster and Grave Digger

Monster

Enthrolled

Grave Digger

not the greatest picture but it's us

A little dirt's good for the soul

Monday we headed out to a new park with some friends. The kids had a blast running around, sliding on slides, and climbing to their hearts content. As it was nearing time to head home Colin decided he wasn't going to listen to me any longer. As he continued to run away from me,laughing, he misjudged his step and sadly fell face first into the dirt. This was the first real blood draw injury that he has ever had, and it broke my heart. Well we both learned a lesson and he was excited to get home to show daddy his owies.