Flipping for Friday!

I haven't recorded any videos in way too long so here is a quick one before we head out for the weekend!

Welcome to the world, Holden James!

Last Wednesday, the 14th, Pete's brother Zack and his sweet wife Amanda, welcomed their first baby! Holden James is just perfect. Peter is excited to have a new cousin! Here are a few sweet new baby pictures that I got to take just a little while after he was born.






Peter stayed with his Gran and Grandpa at the end of last week because we were interviewing a staff position for the church. He brought home some pumpkins that they had worked on over the weekend. He is so proud of them and I am too! :) Funny side note...yesterday I let Peter taste a strawberry Sour Belt that we had bought at the football game. He kept saying "YUM!" as he was licking all of the sour stuff off. We got out of the car and he ran over to that little pumpkin on our porch and was licking the glitter saying "YUM!" It kind of looks the same. I am pretty sure it doesn't taste the same.....then again maybe I should lick it too.


After another haircut on Friday.


This weekend Pete is speaking at T Bar M for an event that the Texas State BSM is doing there. As of today I heard that Peter and I are getting to go too so I am really looking forward to a short getaway from the house!

Thank you everyone who left such sweet comments on my last post! I appreciate it and will try to do better about commenting on yours because I do read and enjoy them! Have a good week!

Helloooooo out there!

Hey Everyone, I have been keeping up with everyone else's blogs but have been kind of through a drought here on my own. I have been going back and forth on just stopping it all together because I have been so bad at it lately but it's a good way to keep up with my own pictures and I know my mom reads it :)....so I am going to keep it up. First...Happy Birthday Mom! I hope your day was as wonderful as you always make ours! Sorry I wasn't around to celebrate. Second...Happy 17 months to Peter! Our wild little guy is growing up quickly. Besides the days full of temper tantrums you make me laugh so much! Peter has not ceased to impress me with all of the new words he is spouting out each day. He is such a happy kid most of the time, always humming a song lately. This week was not so fun because we were all stuck in the house sick. My husband had the flu so he was quarantined from Tuesday to Friday in our room upstairs. I was running this place like a hospital. You have never smelled so much Lysol or Germex. Peter and I both had a cold or something less severe than the flu but enough to stay away from everyone else anyway. My company brought us four bags of food from a local cafe one of the days we were locked up here at the house and it was such a huge blessing! Salads, watermelon, grapes, oranges, bananas, cantaloupe, taco soup, King Ranch casserole, and bread sticks....there was so much that I ended up freezing two of the casseroles for later. My dad is still in Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. I haven't been able to go visit this week since we were sick and I am going to stay out until we are all completely well. He has zero white blood cells and anything could turn into something big. Initially when he went into the hospital they were going to start a 24 hr chemo that patients who get it often do not make it through the week. When he went into the hospital though his Dr. decided to try a new type of chemo drug for 5 days that was much less severe. The leukemia responded to it and now he will get that every month as long as he can or until his body can handle a bone marrow transplant. The Dr. told him this week if he doesn't start trying to walk more around the hallway at the hospital he will not get to go home and he will end up in a nursing home instead. I am really grateful for the time I have gotten to spend with him in the hospital. I have had conversations that would have never happened and have never happened my whole life. I know he is going crazy in that hospital room and hoping to get a few days at home eventually. Well if anyone is still out there let me know! Happy Fall!

Dad Update

To all my sweet friends who are praying for my dad and our family, I just wanted to give you an update. My dad found out yesterday that the dysplasia has progressed into leukemia. So much that the doctor was not able to get any liquid bone marrow to test on Tuesday and just ended up taking a piece of bone. My dad has difficult decisions to make in the coming week and none of the options are very favorable. Pray that he has the real and true peace of our gracious Lord and Savior as he decides what is best.

Some of the AFTERS!

Hey Guys! I am finally posting some "after" pictures! I just realized tomorrow was going to be September and I have not blogged in too too long! If you didn't see the "befores" they are just a couple of posts down.

Living room - no more bars! Still have to paint the red.

Living Room

Living room and dining room

Dining Room


Master bath



Master bedroom - still have to paint the red and orange beast of a window seat



Family Room




Peter's Room - The pink is gone!
I still have lots to do before we have the (HUGE) Pawelek family Christmas here this year! I am so excited to actually get to host a holiday at our house! It is definitely keeping me motivated to finish all of my projects by December..not that I will ever get finished but maybe with the big ones at least.

A friend who has a grass farm called this weekend and had an extra pallet of carpet grass that he gave us for FREE! We can probably finish off the back yard with 1 or 2 more pallets. It looks so good with grass back there! We have hauled off about 2 or 3 truck loads of junk, tires, brush, old wood, leaves, and lattice. It is coming together finally but we still have at least a whole truck load left to haul! It has been fun working on it in the evenings this month. Can't wait for some cool air!

There was a blood drive in Junction today for my dad. I can't donate but Pete did and so many others! Thanks for all the awesome donors! There was a good turn out. He is getting large transfusions each week and so far the chemo has not helped increase the blood count. His doctor has moved the next marrow test up to this week so he can determine if this has progressed into full blown leukemia. My dad seems discouraged and doesn't know how much more chemo he can take. Please keep praying for him.

Sorry for the sparse updates lately! Have a good week! -abby

I left you hanging!

Sorry about not posting after pictures of the house yet! We left for Washington DC on Wednesday morning so Pete could do a funeral at Arlington National Cemetary. We got to stay until Sunday and got back late last night. I will update soon!

Finally moved!

Well I can't even remember what all has happened since I last posted but we have been working on the house that we bought for about a month now, plus packing, and finding someone to rent our old house, and have finally gotten moved this week! We still have a long way to go but I am just glad to have everything in one spot finally. My mom came this Tuesday through Thursday and helped with everything. I don't know what I would have done without her! Thank you so much Mom!! In the middle of all the home renovations we had the annual trip to Port Aransas with my family. I would have liked to stay for a few months! BUT moving was calling and back to the chaos we came. We were able to get DSL internet in our new neighborhood and it has been so nice. We bought two desks from a used furniture warehouse today and I am hoping to have a functioning home office by next week.

My Dad has recently been diagnosed with MDS, which is otherwise known as pre-leukemia. He has had one week of chemo and 3 blood transfusions so far. He is getting chemo one week a month for four months and they will evaluate everything at the end of four months. There are a lot of risks involved especially with the amount of transfusions he is recieving in such a short time. Be praying for him if you think about it. His name is Clifton Moss. I have been trying to get this post posted for 3 days now so I am going to post a picture overload now!


Zack and Amanda's Wedding



BEFORE PICS!
Guest Bath

Guest Room

Office

Hall Bath

Peter's Room :)



Master Bedroom
Master Bath



Family Room

Living Room

Kitchen

Dining Area
After pictures to come tomorrow!

Mom, Aimee, Angie, and I at the Beach

Annual Talent Show...rahahaha

Peter and Gracie floating in the pool.


Me and tha sisters

Peter running around at Krazy Kids at church. Lost a shoe in the blow up thingy...



Oh my...this makes me laugh. lol