A New Life, A New Blog

How does one ressurect a blog that has been dead for almost a year? Apparently the desire to display a new baby to the world is enough for this lazy blogger. Equally motivating is the realization that I am never going to get around to updating baby books or printing and framing the thousands of pictures I have floating around on my computer. The best way I have found for recording the precious moments in life, the memorable things my children say or do and the pictures to go with them is with a blog, so back on the horse I climb.
This means however that there is an entire year of our lives that has gone undocumented. Solution? A brief timeline of events that will fill all my loyal readers in on our crazy lives from last Spring to this. Enjoy.

May-Mid August 2010
The Lewins bite the bullet and move to Memphis to be with daddy. There they experienced life in a large apartment complex with lots of little neighbors to play with, a pool to swim in, and cockroaches the size of dinner plates. The heat was mostly unbearable and there were no sightings of Elvis. They laid pretty low all summer. Highlights were mostly milestones for James. He turned five, learned how to swim and how to ride a bike all in one week.

August 2010-
The Lewins decide to move back to Chattanooga to try and get daddy's real estate business off the ground. The plan to stay in one of his tiny duplexes for awhile while renovating yet another house backfired slightly when the duplex proved to have no running water. Further investigation revealed the main water line had been cut somewhere in the middle of the yard. This was not discovered until after five days of living without plumbing in 103 degree weather and hours of digging in the clay with a pick ax. We were grateful to friends who lent a shower. Meanwhile, work commenced on a small house in which they hoped to live within the month. Unfortunately that plan hit another snag when they decided to throw caution to the wind and knock out some walls. The discovery of hard wood floors under the old carpet didn't help either. Much, much rubble and sanding and dust later, they moved in.

September 2010-
Steve's hopes for his business did not flourish as anticipated, so back to Memphis he went for five days a week. Nicky tried not to cry. Life continued very busy, and James started Kindergarten. He loves every minute of it. Sebastien turned two.

October-December 2010-
These months are mostly a blur. Nicky was a single mom most of the time, with weekends crammed full of daddy time and more home improvement projects. Somewhere around this time, Nicky discovers a pregnancy that she had overlooked for five months. If you want to know how on earth that happened, call her. Another boy was on the way.
Thanksgiving was spent in Orlando with the Moons, and plans were made to spend Christmas in Tacoma. Nicky managed to get herself, all three boys and her pregnant belly into an airplane all by herself and Steve joined them later for a wonderful Christmas with the entire extended family.

January 2011 -Present
The Lewins return to Chattanooga and Steve goes back to Memphis only to discover that he either returns to Memphis 24/7, or he is out of a job. Steve becomes unemployed. Nicky is extremely grateful to have him back home as the new baby is due any day, and the search for a new job continues. February 22, Christian Edmund Brock is born and is joyfully welcomed by all. A visit from sister Aubree and her husband highlighted the beginning of March, and now we are caught up. All we need now are a few updated pictures.

James, otherwise known as "Kindergarten Boy" at 5 3/4-



Etienne, "The Tank" Lewin at almost 4-



Sebastien, my not a baby anymore at 2 1/2-



And last but not least, little Christian at 2 weeks-