Merry Christmas

We are looking forward to a wonderful Christmas this year. Some things have never changed like the age old question, "So, what do you want for Christmas this year?" then comes the long silence and the long awaiting response, "I don't know, just whatever." So we decided to do things a little different. We decided how much we could spend on each other (which is not much this year) and are going to buy what ever we want. I will let you know how this goes.
We are really enjoying Tyler around. He loves to be held. He is growing up so fast. He will be 2 months on the 20th. He will have his first series of shots. We are not looking for to that. He is starting to interact a little more. He is starting to coo and smile on occasion. I try to get him to smile to take a pic but he is a little resilant at the present time. Maybe he will grow up to be a lawer.
Things here are going well. Anna is doing better with the house and kids and trying to shuffle her time and dealing with 4 little kids (me included) to her busy schedule. I gave her a half a day off and came home and was exhausted. It really takes the love of a mother to put up with them sometimes.
I am studying for my GRE. I am hoping to take it in the beginning of next year. If I do well enough, I will start applying for some crna schools around the area and whereever the roads may lead.
Jared and Sam are adjusting well to the routine of things. I still can't believe Jared will start school in August. I am not sure if I am ready for that. I am hoping that Tyler and Sam will have fun together with Jared at school.
Time is really flying by. It seems as the kids get older and I get older and more portly around the waist area it almost seems surreal. I am proud of my kids and of the wonderful laughs that we get to have together. I would never change that for a minute.
We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the Lord Bless you and your families. We love you and wish you the very best.

Our new arrival

Well, it has been a while since we have posted an update. Things around here have been kind of hectic. We welcomed Tyler Madsen Kremer on the 20th of October. He weighed 8lbs and 10 oz and was 20 3/4 inches. Anna and Tyler did great. Like Anna always says, "Thank goodness for epidurals." Anna was a little sore for a few days but she recovered well.
Sam and Jared are doing well with Tyler. We have not had any foreign objects placed in Tyler's mouth, nose, ears, or eyes yet. We have really been blessed that they have adjusted so well.
On November 6, Sam and I flew to San Diego for Adam's (Anna's brother) wedding. We were able to spend time with Anna's parents and other relatives. We really missed Anna but we did have a lot of fun with the relatives. Anna was at home with Tyler and recovering from having Tyler. It was a really beautiful wedding. We were abl e to spend time with some relatives that we had not seen in a while.
On November 21st, I flew to Salt Lake City, UT for my roommates Jared Edwards wedding. It was nice to see my old roommate again and to see the beautiful mountains. It had been a few years since I had been back in Utah. I was really proud of my old roommate.
Anna, Sam and I are all recovering from the cruds. We are so thankful for antibiotics. So far Tyler and Jared have been spared. We are all feeling a little better and trying to get into the swing of things again.
We are looking forward for the holidays. It has been interesting trying to explain to the boys that Christmas is still a few weeks away with all the Christmas decortations already up. It seems as if the Christmas season startes earlier and earlier. It was a day after Thanksgiving and Anna said, "Lets go buy a Christmas tree." In my family it was a tradition to set up the Christmas tree a few days before Christmas. So this request was kind of a shock to me. I explained to her that we coul d get a better deal on a tree if we wait until a day or two before Christmas. She did not agree to this idea. I am sure that it won't be too long before we break down and get a tree.
We hope everyone is doing well. We are tired but doing well. We do miss everyone especially as the holidays are approaching. We look forward to the Christmas cards and updates from everyone. We love you and miss you dearly.
Love ya,
Aaron, Anna, Jared, Samuel, and Tyler.

Lights On

Well, we survived huricane ike. He gave us a hard punch but we made it out okay. We only had a few shingle that blew off. The only other draw back was that we did not have electricty for 8 days. We were rather fortunate because we had a cool front come through for the first 3 days, so the high was in the low 80's and lows were in the high 50's. After that it really started to warm up to the high 80's and the lows were in the low 70's. We were really lucky when our brother-in-law got a generator from his brother. We were able to use fans and things at night. It was a nice break from the heat. Anna and the kids did great through it all. I think I was the one that complained the most. We are really lucky because there are still some people without electricity. I ended up working at the hospital on Monday and Tuesday and got sick on Wednesday. I think the hurrican blew up all the pollution from the south. My sinuses went haywire.
Anna had an appointment at 35 weeks pregnant and they did an ultrasound and said the baby was 6lbs and 3 ounces. We do not think that she is going to make it to 40 weeks. Dr Bullock said that the earliest that he would induce her would be oct
23rd. He said that everything looks fine.
The boys are doing great. They are excited for the baby to come. They are always telling me, "Look dady, the baby is moving." and are always wanting to touch anna's belly.
We have finally decided on a name for the baby. He shall be known, until we change our minds, as Tyler Archie Kremer. We are really excited.
We hope everything is going well for everyone. We are still trying to do better to keep everyone updated. We will try harder to take more pics.

New Addition

Things at the Kremer house are a little crazy at times. We are proud to announce a new addition to our family: Callie, a white miniture schnauzer. She is sooo cute. She has such a calm and wonderful personality. She Anna's very first dog. We got her for free from a person that rescues dogs. (What a steal). She is 5 years old and loves to sit in laps and cuddle. Anna gets jelous at times that I pay more attention to the dog than her after I get off of work but she is adjusting well. Anna is doing great with the pregnancy. She is 33 weeks along. She goes to see Dr Bullock on the 17th for another follow up. He will do another ultrasound. He said on the last one that the baby looks fine and is acutally a little bigger than average for this far along, but still within the normal range. We get more and more excited as the time counts down. I am sure the excitment will pass to exhaustion after he comes. We still have not decided on a name yet. I am hoping that it will not be one that we have to agree on the day she delivers. I am sure we will come up with one before that time.

We are all moved into our new house. We are really loving it. Our electric bill was $100 less than at the other house. Our lease is finally up. We are excited to only have one set of bills. Makes life a lot simpler. We like to take walks and look at the houses on the lake. We like to guess how much they cost and how big they really are.
Jared and Sam are doing well. We are wondering how they will adjust to having a little one in the house and not having as much attention. I am wondering how many things Sam will put up the baby's nose. With only 2 kids, it was not that difficult. I am hoping that 3 will not be too complicated. I know if other families can do it, maybe so can we.

We have been taking the boys to the pool and have finally graduated from the kiddy pool of 2 feet to the big pool. Little did we know that Sam would do so well. We put the floaties around his arms and he just meanders around the pool as if it were a casual Sunday afternoon. It scared us at first but he has done wonderful. Jared is doing a lot better. He has a little toy that goes down to the bottom of the pool. He will hold his breath and put his head down in the water to retrieve the toy. He would us his toes at first but with a lot of encouragement and coaxing with rewards he would use his hands. They have both done really well. They have a swim team here in the neighborhood. Supposedly ,the coach is an olympic athlete. They did not lose a swim meet all year. I think we will try and get them involved in a couple of years. There is not much to do at this age except to get them more acclimated to the pool and teach them how to float on their back right now.
We will update everyone when we have decided on a name for our baby boy and how things are going when the time draws nigh. We hope everyone is doing well. We love you and miss you dearly.
Love,
Aaron, Anna, Jared, Samuel, and unnamed at present, and Callie

Boy, oh Boy, oh Boy!

Things here are a bit crazy. We closed on our house on the 11th of July. We are moving from one house to the other. Our lease is not up on the other house until August 31st so we are having to take care of both houses. However, we are delighted with our new house. We have met the neighbors and are really excited. A member from church told us that April Sound (name of the subdivision that we live in) is the home of the newly-wed or nearly-dead. We thought it was pretty funny until we met our neighbors. I have never seen so many handicaped parking decals!!! (just kidding) Actually, our next-door neighbors on either side are middle-aged. It is really quiet here and everyone is very friendly. We found out a couple of weeks ago that we are having a boy. . . and Dr Bullock has been wonderful and patient with us. Anna is only seeing him about once every four weeks. He will do more ultrasounds at 28, 32, and 36 weeks to make sure the baby is doing okay. We are looking for ideas for baby names so if anyone has any ideas, let us know. The kids are growing up so fast. Samuel hass started to take more interest in the potty. When we take him to the potty 3 times, he actually will use it once. We get a good kick out of it though. He and Jared have started to wrestle around a little more and they're almost evenly matched. They are really fun to watch. We will take some pics of the house and post it on our next blog. We are mostly out of the boxes. It really was not that hard to do since we do not have a lot of stuff. Makes things a lot easier.

We miss everyone and we wish we could live closer to everyone at the same time. We love you dearly. Take care and we will do better on keeping everyone updated.

It's HOT!!!

As we welcome in the scorching spring, summer, and fall here in Texas, we brace ourselves for the electric bills to come. I am sure that we are not the only ones who are going to sweat out this summer with rising fuel, food and everything else that revolves around black gold (oil).
We are excited to have our lease ending in August. As much fun as it has been to beg and plead with the landlord to get things fixed, we are looking forward to being able to make things the way that we would like it. We have found a house that we have put a contract on. We are hopefully going to close in the second week in July. It is in April Sound. The neighborhood is a gated community with a golf course. I doubt we will have any money left for golf, but I don't mind watching all the rich people play. We will have the home inspection done on Thursday or Friday next week. We are hoping that it will appraise for what we are purchasing it for. A couple of years ago I would not have worried about it so much but now the banks have wised up a little. So we will see.
Anna is doing better. She had her Remicade infusion done and is feeling better. She is excited now that they told her she could start eating normal food again (meaning fruit & vegetables.) She goes on Monday to the OB/GYN for a check up. She will be 18 weeks along. So the next checkup we should be able to verify that it will be another boy. (According to my hypothesis.)
These next couple of months will be kind of busy with moving and all the doctors appointments and stuff.
I will be going to day shift at work in a couple of weeks. I am looking forward to a more normal schedule. It makes living a little easier at the Kremer house when dad is not soooo grumpy. It will hopefully take a lot of stress off of Anna to not have to worry about the kids waking me up while I am sleeping.
We hope everyone is doing well. We hope to hear from you soon. We love you and miss you.
Love Always,
Aaron, Anna, Jared, Samuel, and to be announced.

New addition

Things here have been kind of crazy. My mom has finally moved down to join us. She was able to get a house in Willis, TX. We have been trying to get her settled and moved in. We are soooo glad to have her down here with us now.
We are proud to annouce a new upcoming addition to our family. We went to see Dr Bullock on the 31st of March. He did an ultrasound and found that we have a 3.35 cm fetus that is expected to enter this world on the 30th of October. We are really excited. It is interesting to try and explain all this to the boys. So if anyone has any helpful hints besides that the stork story let me know. We are hoping and praying that everything will go well. We really enjoy Dr Bullock. Anna follows up with him on the 28th of April for a routin checkup. We will do our best to keep everyone updated.
We hope everyone is doing well. Updates soon to follow.