Welcome to our family updates!!

STRAWSER FAMILY NEWS

Welcome to our new family blog!!  I posted years ago on an old blog (associated with an old email address) so I figured it would be easiest just to start over!

Sooo..... here it goes!

We are the Strawser family: Chad, Krista, K-bug, and baby #2 on the way!  We are currently an active duty Army family and we are so proud of Chad serving his country.  We are also happy to know that our Army days are limited and soon (soon is such a relative term!) we will get to begin a new chapter of our lives.

I am about to graduate with my Masters degree in Nursing and will soon be a Family Nurse Practitioner!  I am very excited and this has been a long road.  K-bug will be 2 this summer but she is going on 16!  She is all girl, a handful but generally wonderful and happy.  We wouldn't ask her to be any other way.  Last but not least, baby #2 should join us in December, just in time for Christmas!  We are vowing right now to not ever use the "this present is for your birthday and Christmas" excuse... I've always felt sorry for those kids!  But I am sure will will make a slip up at some point.

We currently live in a town that I'm not too crazy about; however, we have WONDERFUL friends here.  We have been very blessed with the people God has placed in our lives here.

In our spare time, I am not much fun since I am studying for my certification exam.  But Chad has turned into an avid coin collector!  It pretty much consumes his every spare minute.  He has developed a true love and passion for coin collecting.  I never thought I'd say I am married to a "coin collector" - Never say never!!  Ha.

In K-bug's spare time she loves reading books, playing with Mommy or Daddy and getting into anything and everything she can!  Just like any typical two year old.  Most of the time she is laughing and happy - and for that we are very grateful!

For those of you following her medical issues... let me give some background information for those who do not know...  K-bug and I had some delivery complications and she was left with a left arm that hung lifeless at her side.  After many visits with specialists, we were told she would have to have surgery to repair the damage.  We hated this news, but do whatever we needed to do.  There are lots of other details, but through the grace of God, her arm began healing on it's own.  To those who aren't examining her, there is not any noticeable deficiency!!  We can still see small problems but they told us she would never be 100% - with or without surgery.  I would say she is improved to about 90% - without surgery!!  It's really a miracle, and we can only thank God because there is no other explanation.  So, there's the update... She is about 90% improved and has been released from her specialists.  YAY!!  We will continue to follow up with her PCP, but she's doing GREAT.

Well, that's where our family is now... I will be better about updates so I don't have to start all over again!  Ha.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Masters Graduation Ceremony, May 2012

WELCOME TO SUMMER!!