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Changes!!!

As most of you know the past year (since we last blogged) has been a busy and exciting time for us (hence the reason I have slacked on the blog):div>

1) We bought our first house!

2) We found out we were pregnant on October 10th.

3) Corey and I enjoyed our last vacation (just the two of us) in January in Cancun, Mexico.

4) We signed our lives away and became adults in March - We now have a mortgage! We moved into our new house on March 18th!

5) Our son, Cooper Corey Ezersky, was born on June 24th. He weighed 9 lbs and 9 oz and was 21 1/4" long.

We are back and better than ever - now that we have Cooper! So please continue to check out the blog as we will be updating it on a regular basis! We also recently purchased a video camera so we will be adding videos to the blog.

House Update

So here it is a picture of our dream house! It's only been three weeks since we signed our purchase agreement and so many decisions have already had to be made. Aghh! Corey finds these decisions fun, me on the other hand find them 65% stressful / 35% fun. I will find it fun the night I can stop dreaming about carpet colors...

We have been busy determining which structural changes to the house (windows, floor plans, etc.) and options we want. We are finished with the following selections: brick, siding, trimming, front door, and shutters colors; cabinet type and stain; counter tops; appliances; interior and exterior lighting; security system; low voltage wiring; etc. Now if I only got the carpet colors and wood floors taken care of I would be happy!

More updates than you ever wanted to know to come...

Long Overdue Update and BIG News

Geez, it's been almost two months since we last posted to the blog. I swear I don't know where the time goes... I will try to recap as much as I can remember and then give an update on what is currently happening in our lives.

Work has been extremely busy, hectic and stressful for Corey and I the past two months. For a while I didn't even know what it felt like to work at normal 8 hour day - I was lucky to work a 12 hour day at minimum. Working that much gets old quickly!

The quote, "Working for the Weekends" has definitely been our motto for this Summer! The weekends of July and August have been packed with fun activities with our families!

JULY -->

• Corey's younger cousins, Stephanie and Amanda, came in town from Arizona for two weeks to visit. Stephanie and Amanda had never been to DC so Jackie, Bob, Lindsay, Tony, Maddie, Stephanie, Amanda, Corey and I went site seeing on Saturday, July 21st. It was an absolute beautiful day and not that hot either!
• On Friday, July 27th, we went to see the Phantom of the Opera at the Kennedy Center with Uncle Mike, Aunt Lura, Cassie & Seth. The performance and our seats were incredible! On Saturday we went site seeing in Georgetown and DC for the day.

AUGUST -->

• Friday, August 10th, 28 of our family and friends including us (Grandma; Mom and Dad; Uncle Mike, Aunt Lura, Cassie and Seth; Uncle Chris, Aunt Stacy and Campbell; Uncle Dave, Aunt Traci, Hannah and Isaiah; Jean and Ed Clark; Jeanie, Lee, Jessie and Allie; Eddie, Tina, Ashley and Lucas; Aaron; Troy and Whitney and Allie's friend Megan) went to Kings Dominion for the day. It was extremely hot but there were minimal lines so I think the heat kept a lot of people away for the day. It was a lot of fun for everyone! The highlights were: Aaron on the Volcano; Cassie, Campbell and Allie on the Water Canyon; Grandma and her scooter; Isaiah and the Taxi Cab roller coaster; the parents having as much fun or more as the kids; skunks; and so much more! Next year I recommend we go to Busch Gardens and Water Country USA for a weekend.
• On Saturday, August 11th, we headed to the Washington DC Zoo with Grandma; Mom and Dad; Dave, Traci, Hannah and Isaiah; Cassie & Seth. The highlights of the day were the armadillo, prairie dogs, elephants, manual wheelchairs, and fruit smoothies.

• The third week in August Corey took a MANcation with Park, Jake, Bat and Damien to celebrate their "30th" Birthdays. Corey will need to blog about this... OR Maybe it's what happens on mancation stays at mancation. =)
  

• This past Saturday we helped Uncle Mike and Aunt Lura move Cassie into her dorm room at University of Maryland - College Park. It was the hottest day of the year, Cassie's room is located on the top floor of the dormitory (8th floor) and she forgot her fans! As you can imagine the heat was absolutely unbearable and miserable. It was so hot that Uncle Mike and Corey experienced B.S. Are you wondering what B.S. is? Take a look at the picture below. It was hard work getting her moved in but we had a lot of fun! Good luck Cassie!
• Yesterday, Bob and Jackie came to our house with a bottle of champagne and took us out to dinner to celebrate . Are you wondering what we were celebrating...

Finally to the BIG news...Corey and I signed a purchase agreement on August 24th to build our very first HOUSE!!! The builder is estimating the house could be finished by March/April timeframe! So the next 7 to 8 months are going to be very exciting for us! Our new street address will be Porch Light Drive - doesn't that sound like "home sweet home".

Here is a picture of us at our home site with the SOLD sign!

Cancun Mexico : June 20 - 27, 2007

We're back from Cancun, Mexico! I have been a slacker with posting to the blog - sorry! It's taken me a little longer to get back into the swing of things...

We had a wonderful time in Cancun with my parents even though we had some minor mishaps. Let's just say we have decided my dad is a jinx and we created the game "What's going to happen today?". With that said we never let anything ruin our trip! We had a blast!Our trip started off with the United computer outage that delayed our flight for two hours on the tarmac at Dulles Airport. The central computer that was down provides the pilots with the plane's weight and center of gravity so they can determine which flight pattern they should take. This was a little unsettling for my parents since this was my dad's very first flight and my mom's second. The United crew were very accommodating and friendly - they opened the cockpit for the passengers to met the pilot, they passed out snack packs and drinks and started the movie. Dad hit it off with the pilot and stayed in the cockpit for 45 minutes chatting away. He was comforted that the pilot was not drunk or sleepy. Haha!

The flight went smoothly and we finally arrived at Royal Club Solaris Resort in Cancun, Mexico! The weather was beautiful and very hot. Corey and I were excited to be back to the resort since this was the exact place we had been known as the "Honeymooners" 2 1/2 years ago and it's a wonderful place for my parents to celebrate their 30th Wedding Anniversary.Our week consisted of: Snorkeling at Dolphin Discovery - Isla Mujeres, Riding the Sub Sea at AquaWorld, Carlos and Charlies, watching Sea Turtles lay their eggs, tequila volleyball, reading, relaxing, napping, shopping, playing cards, drinking and eating. Mexico is definitely the life! Our theme song for the week was HoldYaHead.

To view more pictures click here - Cancun 2007

Mexico here we come...

We are off to Mexico to celebrate Mom and Dad's 30th Wedding Anniversary! Congratulations Mom & Dad! We love you!

Girl's Night - My Birthday Celebration

For our monthly girls night the ladies out did themselves with the planning, down to every small detail, for my birthday celebration. Lindsay and Erin even decked me out in a "birthday girl" tiara and sash, dangle earrings, leis and Marti Gras beads.
We had dinner, drinks (lots of drinks), yummy cake, presents and danced the night away at PJ Skidoos. It was a blast! I smiled and laughed the entire night! I couldn't imagine better company to celebrate with - Lindsay, Erin, Walker, Kim, Lori, Lisa, and Janet. You girls rock - thanks for everything!

PS - my calves killed me the next morning!

Grass, Trees and Bees are not my Friends

So today I had my appointment with the allergist at Allergy Care Center.

Allergy test results:
I am allergic to 28 out of the 102 items they stuck in my arm and that does not include bee venom (now I require an epi-pen).

The Allergist stated that most people are only allergic to one or two things but no not me - 28 things. So the diagnosis is allergy shots twice a week until I get into maintenance mode whatever that means. In addition to the shots I have to take allergy pills, eye drops and a nasal spray twice daily.

Tomorrow I am off to the eye doctor...

The Overdue Blog Post

So, I kind of got myself in a little trouble since I didn't blog about the rest of last weekend...



Last weekend instead of making the 5 1/2 hour drive back home on Saturday after Dad's baseball game, we were lucky enough and thankful that Uncle Dave invited everyone to his house in Hurricane (which is 15 minutes outside of Charleston) to spend the night.



We got to spend the afternoon playing with Isaiah in the backyard in the sprinkler and his moon bounce. As you can see from the picture below Isaiah is a ball full of energy - he never stops! He is more fun every time we see him and I can't forget to mention that he loves his Uncle Steve and Aunt Kathy! It's more like an obsession! Haha!



Uncle Dave and Traci thanks for letting us stay at your beautiful house - we really appreciate it! We loved that we got to spend extra time with everyone!

West Virginia AA Baseball State Runner-Up

On Saturday Corey and I began our journey to Charleston, WV at 4 am for Dad's baseball game. We stopped in New Market to pick up Aaron and in Harrisonburg to pick up Grandma. After a 5 1/2 hour drive we arrived at Appalachian Power Park for my dad's first appearance in his coaching career to the WV baseball state championship game. Grafton High School had not made it to the State Tournament in baseball in 28 years.

Dad even had his own personal cheering section: Grandma; Aaron; Eric & Krystal; Uncle Greg; Uncle Gary; Rod, Charleen & Alex; Uncle Dave, Traci, Hannah & Isaiah; and of course Corey and myself. If you are wondering where Mom was - well she is the official score keeper so she was in the dugout with the rest of the team. It was great to have so many members of the family turn out to support my dad and cheer for his team. I know my dad really appreciated it!

It was a close game and could have gone either way but sadly Grafton came up short losing to Herbert Hoover 3 - 1. This was Herbert Hoover's first State Championship in school history for any sport. State Runner Up is definitely nothing to turn you nose up at - it's a huge achievement! It's a long hard road to the State Tournament and we are very proud of my dad and his team!

Here's a picture of ourfamily - Aaron, Mom, Dad, Me and Corey

TV reports of the game:

• http://www.wdtv.com/news/sports/7808777.html?video=YHI&t=a

• http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=24636

More pictures can be viewed at:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=167768144/a=11808959_11808959/t_=11808959