A Year of Blogging/Ramblings

I was thinking about the history of the Lasura blog. It's been a year since I started posting on this blog. Click here to see my first post. It's not pretty.

Technically Joe signed up for lasura.blogspot.com almost 3 years ago, he was a blogging pioneer, actually he wanted ME to be the blogger in 2005. He was too busy going to school and trying to support a family(nice excuse). Back then I didn't even know how to get the pictures off of the camera on to the computer. What was he thinking? I didn't really have a reason to blog, I don't think the word "blog" was mentioned. I think the conversation went something like this:
Joe: I got us our own website, it was free.
Joan: Why did you get us our own website? What are you going to do with it?
Joe: Not me. You. You could put pictures of the kids on it and write about what is going on with us.
Joan: Why would I want to do that?
Joe: So my dad could see pictures of the boys.
Joan: I wouldn't even know what to write. It would be boring.
Joe: You should do it.
Of course we were living with my parents and Joe's dad was practically the only family member who didn't live in AZ. I didn't even know anybody who had a blog. My how things have changed!
When I started posting to the blog we only had two kids and we had just moved to Alabama so Joe could start his third phase of pilot training- Learning to fly helicopters.
A lot has happened in that year.
The highlights were:
*Joe got his wings and graduated from pilot training!
*We moved from Alabama to Albuquerque.
*Found out the hard way about my gallbladder.
*Moved from Albuquerque to Cheyenne.
*Accidentally experienced natural childbirth.
*Cora was born.

There's always something going on with us.
Just last week when I was in the hospital after having my gallbladder out, Joe told me that Ezra came home from school with a black eye, because he fell. It's good times around here.
The good news it that Cora started sleeping through the night last Thursday(knock on wood). It's been really nice. I hope it lasts.

So in my last post I claimed "I'm Back"......totally not true. I'm probably halfway back. I forgot what it is like to have a new baby. Plus I got these other two kids who want me to feed them and help them do stuff.
Then we still have the unpacking/getting the house in order sitch. It's pretty slow going. I don't get much stuff done during they day due to Cora and the everyday things that have to happen like take River to Preschool, laundry, dishes, dinner, homework. We really only have the weekends to work on the house. Pretty much if it has to get done it has to be done on Saturday. You know, Sunday is not for doing work and stuff like that. Joe got sick when he came home from survival school, so we didn't get much done that first week. Then we had a welcoming party from Joe's work one Saturday. Then Ezra had a flag football game the next Saturday and Joe is one of the coaches. Then I got my gallbladder out and laid in bed all the next Saturday. This past Saturday Joe did yard work for one our friends on base who is pregnant and her husband is stationed somewhere else. I guess eventually everything will get in it's proper place. We are supposed to be here for at least three years, that gives me enough time.

Also this past Saturday I went shopping for winter clothes, due to the fact that I OWN NO COLD WEATHER GEAR AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A REAL WINTER AND IT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO SNOW!! I can now say that I have a real coat and actually own my own pair of gloves, they're leather and they cost $27.00. Joe told me he better not ever hear me say -Have you seen my gloves?
The boys already have winter clothes because when Ezra walks to the bus stop in the morning it's frickin' 20 degrees and he has to play outside at recess. Can you imagine? The school manual says they have outside recess unless it get colder than Zero degrees. My poor baby!


I hope you have enjoyed my ramblings. If your lucky I won't post again for another three weeks and that will be less torture for you.

This is a picture of Joe trying to sleep on the couch while "taking care" of Cora. Yes, she only has one sock on, you got a problem with that? That's how we do things in the Lasura family.
Notice the permanent binky hold Joe's got going on even in his sleep...he's a pro.


I feel bad that I don't have more pictures of Cora for you. Her hair is starting to grow in and now she has a very fuzzy head. She is starting to make a lot of eye contact and coo more. I got her to laugh the other day, but haven't been able to since. She really is a good baby.
What? I didn't say she doesn't have her moments.

She's so dramatic!

I'm back

It's been so long since I posted I don't know where to start. I know you want to see a picture of my cute, bald, baby girl. (If you've seen one Lasura baby, apparently you've seen them all.)

So, we are finally in our house and we have the internet. Joe is back from his survival training in Washington state. Below is the picture we took just before he left, still living in temporary lodging. Cora only three weeks old. Joe's training was originally scheduled during the time when I was due to have Cora. I was so happy it was able to be changed and he could go after she was born. Thank goodness.

Here are Ezra and River keeping Cora company. Ezra is reading her a Transformers book, what a nice brother.

Once we got into our house we had to wait a few days to get all of our stuff that had been in storage since we left Alabama in April. I was so happy to have my own furniture, and especially my own bed. I missed it so much it felt more comfortable than I remembered.
My nephew, Jared, came from AZ to help me with the kids and the move while Joe was gone. He was a really big help. The boys had so much fun with him and he was really sweet to Cora.

Joe's Mom and Dad came to help me too. I was lucky to have them come and do so much for me. Cora was acting like a baby and didn't let me get very much stuff done. After everyone left we had to wait another week until we could have TV or the internet.
Without TV or internet River was my new best friend, especially while Ezra was at school. He was following me around and even talking to me while I was doing my hair. He also put on shows for Cora while she sat in her bouncy seat. It was very cute. He even asked if he could help feed Cora. When there is no TV I guess you just have to make due with your little sister.

Below is a picture of our house, we live on the left side. There are a lot of historical houses on base. I think ours was built in the early 1900's. After everything is unpacked and the house is more presentable I will take more pictures and do a post about it.

On base there are wild antelope and geese that roam all over. You have to pay attention while you are driving because the antelope cross the street when ever they want. Here is a picture I took out of our back door. There were at least 20 of them grazing in the grass next to our garage.

We were all very happy when Joe got to come home on Saturday. We missed him. Isn't he lucky to come home to a house full of boxes?
We are bracing our selves for the cold weather that is about to come our way. Last night we were watching the weather forecast for Cheyenne and on the weather map the forecast was written "damp and dreary". I can't wait. Nothing sounds better than damp and dreary. Saturday the forecast calls for rain mixed with snow.
We like it here in Cheyenne. Everyone has been very friendly. Although it is the capitol city it is a very small town. Only about 53,000 people (compared to our hometown of Mesa, AZ which has almost 400,000). It's such a small town that when you go places you see people that you know, and I don't even know that many people yet. We do have a Target which is more than we had when we lived in Mississippi and Alabama.
So hopefully we can get unpacked and Cora can start sleeping through the night, so I will be able to blog more.
Thanks everyone for the love and support when Cora was born.