10 weeks

Things have been getting a little better around the household. Emily is slowly starting to feel better. She feels crampy most of the time, but the vomiting has seem to slow down. I was beginning to worry that this might be a long 9 months.

The office is packed up, just trying to sell the desk so we can move the guest bedroom into my old office.

Last week a friend, Doug, donated all his old baby toys for us, which was AMAZING!

Cyst

Our Doctor called today and informed us that Emily has a cyst full of water on her ovary that is 8 cm. There is no direct danger to her, or to JET Jr, but it will be a lot of pain if it burst and she will have to be rushed to the ER. This means she can not run, exercise or lift heavy items.

We go back to the doctor on Oct 5 for another ultrasound to make sure the cyst is going away. If it is over 10 cm, then she will have to have it surgically removed, which again, does not cause any major concern, according to the doctor.

The main worry now is that it goes away and does not burst.

That's all we have for now. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Heart Beat

Today Emily and I heard JET Jr's heart beat for the very first time! It is slowly starting to sink in that we are going to be parents. April 27th is the target due date: we are 8 weeks in now.

Emily has been feeling sick for over a week. She is constantly eating just to keep from being sick, even when she is not hungry. Her energy is very low and currently she is tired most of the time, which we have been told she will get her energy back in the 2nd trimester, which is what we are hoping for. She keeps on trucking away and fighting through the sickness. She is still not showing and I think when she starts showing it will become more real.

I have slowly started to pack up my office in lou of the baby. Since I don't work from home any more, there is no need for me to have an entire room, and it is important to us to have 2 guest bedrooms now so all of our friends can come see JET Jr! in the 20th week, we will find out the sex of the baby and the nursery will be going full steam.

That is the update as of now.

We are going to parents

Just in case you have not heard the good news, Emily and I are going to be Parents! And as you could imagine, we are very excited. We go to the Doctor on September 14th to get a better idea of a due date, but as of now, we are looking at April 27th, 2011. It has not really sank in too much for either of us yet, but it soon will.

Emily just started morning sickness, and over all queasiness Friday, no vomiting yet, so always something positive.

I will be updating this blog more often now, but mainly it will be JET Jr. (Josh & Emily Tyler) news and updates. In case you have not seen the video of us telling people...here it is.

Hello Friends

I want to start this blog by talking about Pearl Jam. I was finally able to see Pearl Jam in concert last night and it was worth every penny! They played for 2 1/2 hours, and put on one hell of a show. It ranks in the top 5 best concerts I have seen. Maybe #2, second to Carbon Leaf.

Seeing Pearl Jam has been on my list for many many years, I missed when they came to St. Louis 6 years ago, and was not going to miss them again. I have a short list of people and bands that I wanted to see.

Tom Petty, Robin Williams, Pearl Jam, Elton John (laugh if you must be I hear he puts on an amazing show) and the Eagles. I have seen them all except Elton John. Those are the shows that no matter the price, I wanted to see them. Robin Williams was awesome and worth the money.

So, moving on. Work has been going great! I feel as if I have found the job that I was meant to do. I love the DOOH (Digital Out of Home) world, it is so fascinating, and being on the cutting edge of technology excites me. For those of you who wonder what I do. My title is V.P. Of Business Development. Which means I handle the sales, and the sales people and new technology. For example: One of the things that I am working on is Sun Light readable touch screens that are weather resistant, expensive, but possible. On a smaller scale I am looking to incorporate an automatic hand sanitizer into the side of the AO for outdoor events. So, my days are crazy, which makes them fly by.

The downside is that I drive 45 minutes each way, which is tough and makes my day that much longer. And with me being so busy, Emily has really stepped up around the house, which makes me feel bad. So, I am trying to re focus my time so I can back on the helping around the house train. When I worked from home I was able to help all the time, run the errands, keep the houe picked up, etc. So, Emily has been amazing the past few months, a little upset that I have fallen off on the help, but I am getting back to it.

Emily will be moving to 1st grade next year. She will miss 4th grade, but it will be less work at night. 4th graders tend to work on their own more, so she has some down time during the day, not much, but some. But she has 1-2 hours of school work when she gets home. 1st grade is not stop all day, but no work when she gets home. She is pretty excited about it, but sad to leave 4th.

Soccer season will start up at the end of June, not sure where I am going to find the time to coach, but I enjoy being on the field wayyyy too much not to coach.

Pool should be open and ready to go with the heater rolling this weekend, so some quality lounging time is in store.

Emily and I started doing P90X, we are on week 2. It is a 90 day intense work out. We work out 6 days a week at 4:45, people are getting amazing results. Emily is looking great (not that she ever looked bad). She can fit into her jeans from freshman year of college. She ran her first 10K last week, and now is running 4 or 5 miles like it is no big thing. I am real proud of her for working so hard.

That is the main updates in our lives, all is well, we are both healthy and happy and Winston is still fat.

Keep on Keeping on! Mrrrrrr!

Cecil, Meet everyone, Everyone...meet Cecil

So, after some time spend over a few drinks riding around in the Edge, we came up with a name, but after telling Emily, we have changed it to Cecil. I actually like Cecil much better than the first name...which was Cletus.
So...world here is Cecil.

Forgive me Father for I have blogged

Life has been flying by lately. The last time we talked I was just getting ready to start my new adventure, and it has been crazy ever since, which is a good thing.

I love my job, I love the product, I love the digital signage world, I hate my drive downtown. I went from a 20 step commute to a 45 minute commute each way. The good news is I get to listen to quite a bit of Howard Stern, he keeps me sane.

There are so many great things happening with Ad Oasis, if you have not had a chance to look at the website, please do so, you will love it! www.ad-oasis.com. Alright, enough shameless promotion of my work.

Life has been wonderful for the Tyler household, Winston is still fat. He had to get over his stomach issues, and now we are weening him off that food and onto diet food. The vet has compared his journey to the Biggest Loser.

We are bearing down for the opening of the pool, which I can not wait. Emily most likely will not be teaching summer school because of budget cuts, and she is now trying to find something to do. I, would enjoy a few months of pool time, Emily was bored on her Spring Break. She is a worker, and I am proud of her for that.

We have found a church that we both really like, Windsor Crossing. I bring that up, because it has been a long process and many Sunday's sitting in churches that we didn't like. It is very tough to find a church, giving our different church backgrounds, that we: A, both like, and B. connect with the Pastor on a weekly basis.

We get the baby question almost every week, and the answer is....(drum roll), whatever the Good Lord decides for us. We have talked about a family, and when the time is right, we will have one. That is the best answer for you.

When are you dating someone, everyone asks when are you getting married. You get married and everyone asks when are you having kids. You have kids and everyone asks, when are your kids going to college, then it is when are you retiring, and finally when are you finally going to kick the bucket. So, right now, we are working towards When, we are living the now, and loving every minute of it.

Select Soccer Season is over, and I miss coaching all ready. Ready for June to get back out there.

Alright, off to bed!

Keep on Keeping on!