tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53933099963804221302024-03-13T22:59:21.048-07:00Heather's HappeningsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-87968787639010902432014-05-24T19:44:00.004-07:002014-05-24T19:44:45.090-07:00Lily's 1st Birthday!Today is Lillian's 1st birthday. Things around here have been crazy, but we had a fun evening tonight celebrating her birthday. For dinner she wanted Logan's Roadhouse ;). The servers all came and sang to her, which was pretty cute. She kept looking around like she was totally confused.<br />
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Then we sang to her and had cupcakes.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"> She liked eating it, but got tired of the frosting all over her fingers. When she started throwing it off the tray, I knew we were done.</span></div>
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A couple of things about Lily:<br />
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<li><span style="text-align: center;">She can pull herself up to standing using almost anything.</span></li>
<li>She loves to wait for her brother to knock down the gate blocking the stairs and climb to the top with out anyone knowing.</li>
<li>She recently discovered how fun toilet paper is.</li>
<li>Her favorite foods seem to be pasta and strawberries. </li>
<li>She is a sweet little thing. I get a lot of comments about how good she is and it's true. If she weren't my 4th child, I don't think I would really appreciate how great it is to have a "good" baby.</li>
<li>She loves to play with her brother and sisters.</li>
<li>She loves to be outside. She tried the swing for the first time the other day and cried when it was time to get out.</li>
<li>She loves daddy and gets excited when he comes home. She likes to yell "daaada!" throughout the day.</li>
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This little girl is such a sweet baby. I am so glad she is a part of our family!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-54542624184596959632014-04-07T16:55:00.001-07:002014-04-07T16:55:21.639-07:00Lily is crawling!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lily is 10 1/2 months now and started crawling this past week. She also likes to "scoot" whenever she can get away with it. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-59105364144877072322013-12-26T10:54:00.000-08:002013-12-26T11:13:53.940-08:00Decemeber<div style="text-align: center;">
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Pete's work had their annual Christmas party at the Great American Ball park. There was a nice dinner buffet, balloon animals, face painting, and ice cream in little plastic Reds baseball caps. :)</div>
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We went to Bass Pro Shop to visit Santa and play at the "North Pole". A fun tradition!</div>
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On the 23rd we went to the Cincinnati museum center to see the holiday train display.</div>
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On Christmas Eve every year we go and see a nativity display. It is set up in the front yard of a local funeral home. It is one of my favorite things to do at Christmas time. :) It was SO cold this year. We didn't stay for too long.</div>
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Every Christmas Eve the kids open pjs from mom and dad.</div>
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The kids are writing letters to Santa before bed. Pete is helping Abby.</div>
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Christmas morning! Lots of presents!!</div>
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Lily was pleased with her toys in her stocking. :)</div>
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One last pic with the presents before diving in.</div>
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Jake couldn't wait to eat the orange that Santa left in his stocking.</div>
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A mouth full of wrapping paper!</div>
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Tow Mater tricycle!!</div>
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What a great Christmas we had this year. Pete has this whole week off, so that has been especially awesome!</div>
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These two love to play together.<br />
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We didn't have school today, so we took at trip to the zoo this afternoon. Emily brought a friend, so that was fun.<br />
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Pete is headed to Vancouver this weekend for an Otolaryngology conference. All his buddies are going, so it should be fun for him. I'm trying to come up with something fun for me and the kids to do. Looking forward to having pancakes and Little Caesars for dinner. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-40729584786112978482013-06-04T10:38:00.000-07:002013-06-04T14:24:38.993-07:00Baby LillyI am so excited that our new baby girl, Lillian Grace, is here! So far she has been such a sweet baby. We are really enjoying her. The kids have been pretty patient with the adjustment so far, but I'm sure that's because my mom is here giving them plenty of attention and help. So grateful for her! <br />
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So I don't know why I can't ever have a birth that goes according to plan, but Lilly was no exception. She came on May 24th, 4 days before her scheduled C-section. I woke up early that morning with a few hard contractions. I decided to put a call into the Dr. to let her know I'd be coming in. I also called Peter who was already at work and asked him to come and get me. The Dr. called me back about 15 minutes later and said that I could wait it out a little longer or come in. It was up to me. I knew that my babies come fast and was already in a lot of pain, so I told her I'd be in. It only took Peter about 20 minutes to get home, but by the time he did I was in a terrible amount of pain. We briefly debated calling 911 but decided just to head for the hospital. My water broke en route to the hospital and I was really worried that Pete would have to pull over and deliver the baby. Thanks to Pete's Indy 500 speedy driving, we were able to make it to the hospital. I was so hoping for an epidural to relieve the pain, but it wasn't in the cards. 17 minutes after arriving at the hospital, baby Lillian was born, weighing 8 pounds even and 20 inches long. I'm so grateful that I had Pete with me. He's always such a calming presence in situations that are scary and traumatic like this one was. This little baby is so sweet. I just love her so much already and know that she belongs with our family. :)<br />
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These 2 are so cute together! While Emily is away at school during the day, they love to hug and wrestle and play together. They also fight, but overall they love being together.</div>
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After preschool, I've heard Jake say, "I miss you Abby!!" and give her a big hug. Abby is always willing to share her left over preschool snack or special treat with Jake. She is so thoughtful!</div>
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My mom is in town and I am so glad! I love when she comes. Jake's latest obsession is tractors and he's made my mom read this "Dirtiest Machines" book from the library at least a hundred times. Better her than me, though. Bwahaha!<br />
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I thought this was a funny picture of Jake vegging out to PBS kids one lazy morning.<br />
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On her actual birthday, my mom and I took the kids to a playground at the mall and then to Costco for hot dogs and ice cream. :)</div>
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Yesterday she chose to go to McDonald's to celebrate. The kids had a lot of fun on the playground.</div>
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Thanks grandma and grandpa for the fun packages!!</div>
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Seriously love this girl! She is so spunky and full of life. She loves her brother and sister and is really good at sharing. So glad she's mine. :)</div>
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Phew. Sorry for the rant. Maybe at an earlier day, when I hadn't seen what I've seen or had the strain and stress on my husband and family that we've had, or packing around the enormous student loans, despite the fact that we lived on $20,000 a year during medical school, or heard the stories of patients spitting on my husband while he was trying to stitch up their gashed faces in the ER, or continually spent weekends, holidays, evenings, nights, parties, Christmas Eve, Christmas day, without my husband so that he could be in the hospital helping others, then maybe my opinion would be different. But for now, you can't convince me that these doctors don't earn every cent of their keep.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-51589446161009157352012-04-24T19:02:00.001-07:002012-04-24T19:29:40.602-07:00San DiegoWowsers. It's been a long time since I've posted. I hate that. Then I feel all overwhelmed and irritated that I didn't keep up on it better. Oh well. You do what you can, right?<br />
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So Pete and I went to San Diego last week. Alone. Without kids. None. It was awesome! Just to not have anyone hanging on me and crying and saying "Mom! mom! mom! mom! mom! mom!" 900 times was a much needed break. Pete was presenting a research poster on the effectiveness of a boot camp-style training course they did last fall for the new otolaryngology residents at a conference down in San Diego, so I tagged along. Pete's parents were nice enough to fly out and watch the kids while we went. I knew the kids were in good hands and having a great time, so I didn't worry a bit. About 20 minutes after we got to the airport and I had been reading a book while we waited at the gate I thought, "I feel so refreshed." Just reading a book without interruption and being away from the kids for like an hour really helped! Let alone having the whole weekend to myself. :) Pete and I had a great time together. We went to the San Diego zoo (Of course. Pete is a zoo junkie.), a Padres game, Old Town San Diego, the Mormon Battalion site, La Jolla Cove (beach with sea lions just hanging out. So cool!) ate some great Mexican food, and had the biggest plate of yummy breakfast food I've ever seen (the pictures don't even do it justice). We had a great time. <br />
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Here is a panda at the zoo. It was really cool. It was laying back, just eating a bunch of bamboo, maybe 10 feet from us. After living near the St. Louis zoo, which is awesome and free and cool, it is hard for me to get excited about zoos. But the San Diego zoo was cool because you could see all of the animals really well and most of them were quite active.</div>
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Here are some pictures of La Jolla Cove and my super hot husband. :)<br />
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Here are some pics of Pete's parents with Jake. I couldn't get pictures of the other two because they were busy running around. The kids had a great time with them here.<br />
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Well there you have it. Our trip to San Diego.<br />
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In other news, my children were driving me crazy today! Argh!! They were so naughty and were ignoring me and whining and screaming and sticking their hands in the toilet and <i>scratching the paint on my new van</i>, and not minding, and escaping time out, and making me crazy. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. It's gotta be. Right??<br />
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My sister Shannon cracks me up. I seriously look forward to reading her blog to see what she's up to. She's just such an interesting person with an interesting life, which of course she doesn't think is interesting, but that's partly why it's so interesting.<br />
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Okay, I think I'm going to go to bed and start on life again tomorrow. I'm done for tonight. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-79295573681865807652011-11-08T17:19:00.001-08:002011-11-08T17:31:30.222-08:00Little Climber<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">Jake is going through that stage where he thinks he needs to climb into, on top of, and over everything possible. It actually cracks me up. We put a huge basket on the stair landing to block him from climbing up the stairs. He somehow puts his little toes on the edge of the stair and then </span><i style="font-size: large; ">throws</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "> himself into the basket, climbs through all the shoes that are in it, and then climbs out the other end by the stairs, high-tailing it up the stairs as quick as possible so I can't catch him. He also likes to sit in his toy boxes and play with his toys. This is a picture of him sitting in my friend's cooler after a camping trip we went on. Funny. :)</span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-efO1Epg84RA/TrnXPrc-mEI/AAAAAAAAAjg/7RD4zGweuKI/s1600/DSCN0859.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-efO1Epg84RA/TrnXPrc-mEI/AAAAAAAAAjg/7RD4zGweuKI/s320/DSCN0859.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672801870012127298" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--G5ykZ2FBBU/TrnXPMZussI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/mGB3JpTUIhs/s1600/DSCN0857.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--G5ykZ2FBBU/TrnXPMZussI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/mGB3JpTUIhs/s320/DSCN0857.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672801861677003458" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sePHTgJCBWw/TrnXOtgXibI/AAAAAAAAAjE/MTegRREbHMo/s1600/DSCN0806.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sePHTgJCBWw/TrnXOtgXibI/AAAAAAAAAjE/MTegRREbHMo/s320/DSCN0806.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672801853383346610" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yDbvazFwrgQ/TrnXOeZ5wWI/AAAAAAAAAi0/Kwe2GUX-3TE/s1600/DSCN0801%2B%2Bemail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yDbvazFwrgQ/TrnXOeZ5wWI/AAAAAAAAAi0/Kwe2GUX-3TE/s320/DSCN0801%2B%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672801849329697122" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MKQfAeW8bMw/TrnXOCIbPRI/AAAAAAAAAis/RQ16kIH9lFk/s1600/DSCN0799.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MKQfAeW8bMw/TrnXOCIbPRI/AAAAAAAAAis/RQ16kIH9lFk/s320/DSCN0799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672801841740201234" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-20529193591230253452011-11-08T17:15:00.000-08:002011-11-08T17:18:22.920-08:00I've been replaced...<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I came up to bed the other day and this is what I found.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--ioq4Qgr82Q/TrnUqGyMVWI/AAAAAAAAAig/u7K9rJa8-Vs/s1600/DSCN0810.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--ioq4Qgr82Q/TrnUqGyMVWI/AAAAAAAAAig/u7K9rJa8-Vs/s320/DSCN0810.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672799025490580834" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-72489039676190763432011-11-06T08:36:00.000-08:002011-11-06T13:59:15.615-08:00Wedding<div style="text-align: center;">Two good friends of ours got married yesterday evening (Matt & Stacey). Emily had the privilege of being one of the flower girls in the wedding. She was sick, so I was really worried that she wouldn't be able to make it, but she did great. The bride (Stacey) was so stunning and elegant. I had never been to a Catholic wedding before, so that was interesting. Matt is Jewish, so it was fun to see some of the Jewish traditions, as well.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the flower girls with the bride before the ceremony.</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vwu4CyFc-c0/Tra4wY9Gp4I/AAAAAAAAAgY/SY9Eno4M3gY/s1600/DSCN0891.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vwu4CyFc-c0/Tra4wY9Gp4I/AAAAAAAAAgY/SY9Eno4M3gY/s320/DSCN0891.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671923922191689602" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6rQrlBF5SjE/Tra4v7SzuqI/AAAAAAAAAgM/1PCg1uC9B_I/s1600/DSCN0884.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-STHzOWVi91Q/Tra4u7n6SWI/AAAAAAAAAfo/HFoINN0keSI/s320/DSCN0871.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671923897138301282" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Emily and Jill waiting to line up for the procession.</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hCG_vWlNJc8/Trb6nFm-R5I/AAAAAAAAAgw/bXA--AMWLOI/s1600/DSCN0892.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hCG_vWlNJc8/Trb6nFm-R5I/AAAAAAAAAgw/bXA--AMWLOI/s320/DSCN0892.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671996330147202962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here they come!</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nuqkRHeX0OY/Trb6nfr_TyI/AAAAAAAAAg8/gZDWqEdbklQ/s1600/DSCN0897.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nuqkRHeX0OY/Trb6nfr_TyI/AAAAAAAAAg8/gZDWqEdbklQ/s320/DSCN0897.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671996337147563810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qFdAd3cEo68/Trb6oHX9c1I/AAAAAAAAAhI/FjxlXNHBfzo/s1600/DSCN0899.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qFdAd3cEo68/Trb6oHX9c1I/AAAAAAAAAhI/FjxlXNHBfzo/s320/DSCN0899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671996347800974162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J6XBwyoqI9w/Trb9X0P12AI/AAAAAAAAAiE/JfK5NvinOdA/s1600/DSCN0917.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J6XBwyoqI9w/Trb9X0P12AI/AAAAAAAAAiE/JfK5NvinOdA/s320/DSCN0917.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671999366323623938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rNGUC3NQjq4/Trb9XH4LXmI/AAAAAAAAAhk/0nC7QzlWx8o/s1600/DSCN0938.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rNGUC3NQjq4/Trb9XH4LXmI/AAAAAAAAAhk/0nC7QzlWx8o/s320/DSCN0938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671999354413211234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0lEFi2wYqxA/Trb6ohMzUYI/AAAAAAAAAhU/TgwUw9ZIj34/s1600/DSCN0942.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0lEFi2wYqxA/Trb6ohMzUYI/AAAAAAAAAhU/TgwUw9ZIj34/s320/DSCN0942.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671996354733494658" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The reception afterwards was so beautiful. It was definitely the most formal/fanciest wedding reception I have ever been to.</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cOpIxQjJFwc/Trb9XLE1z6I/AAAAAAAAAhw/GPtrhd542eQ/s1600/table%2Bdecor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cOpIxQjJFwc/Trb9XLE1z6I/AAAAAAAAAhw/GPtrhd542eQ/s320/table%2Bdecor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671999355271630754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Emily dancing with the groom (right before she collapsed & we took her home. She was SO tired!)</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ih7du3X3g7Q/Trb9X2d-whI/AAAAAAAAAh8/3E_z_ze2YzI/s1600/DSCN0957.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ih7du3X3g7Q/Trb9X2d-whI/AAAAAAAAAh8/3E_z_ze2YzI/s320/DSCN0957.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671999366919799314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a really fun night (or really 2 nights with the rehearsal and dinner) with some great friends. I am so excited for Matt and Stacey and happy that they let us be a part of their awesome day. :) </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-15789913687552472332011-08-31T07:34:00.000-07:002011-08-31T08:44:09.862-07:00Birthdays!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Pete and Jake share the same Birthday, August 22<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span>. Pete had most of the day off, which is a real treat for us. We went to lunch at a Sushi/Chinese buffet (Pete likes Sushi and the rest of us like Chinese).</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
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<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fPaxhtnFets/Tl5Hb09mZ2I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/l96ifyY1DII/s1600/DSCN0399.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fPaxhtnFets/Tl5Hb09mZ2I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/l96ifyY1DII/s320/DSCN0399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647029526168233826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>
<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GoOLG07VQ9E/Tl5HbVXw5SI/AAAAAAAAAeI/4Vz8nqkql0w/s1600/DSCN0404%2Bsmall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GoOLG07VQ9E/Tl5HbVXw5SI/AAAAAAAAAeI/4Vz8nqkql0w/s320/DSCN0404%2Bsmall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647029517688038690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>
<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8TQdGOYhfdA/Tl5HbI0c7RI/AAAAAAAAAeA/3G3nFk1sz30/s1600/DSCN0396%2Bsmall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8TQdGOYhfdA/Tl5HbI0c7RI/AAAAAAAAAeA/3G3nFk1sz30/s320/DSCN0396%2Bsmall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647029514318703890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
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<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >While Pete was at work, the kids and I decorated the house. When he got home, we had dinner and then opened presents and had cake. I made Peter a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">dulce</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">leche</span> cheesecake and Jake a baseball cake (pictures are on another camera and I haven't taken them off yet.) Jake enjoyed eating sweets for the first time. One of Pete's presents was tickets to a Red's game for the family. I'll post pictures of that soon.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nE6lTAE9nsI/Tl5IfCwzG7I/AAAAAAAAAew/Q33Pz8oo0k8/s1600/DSCN0455%2Bsmall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nE6lTAE9nsI/Tl5IfCwzG7I/AAAAAAAAAew/Q33Pz8oo0k8/s320/DSCN0455%2Bsmall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647030680923872178" /></a>
<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B17-H_FzTAc/Tl5Ie3vs_KI/AAAAAAAAAeo/wRcyW7VcLYw/s1600/DSCN0414%2Bsmall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B17-H_FzTAc/Tl5Ie3vs_KI/AAAAAAAAAeo/wRcyW7VcLYw/s320/DSCN0414%2Bsmall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647030677966486690" /></a>
<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6iQMRD0sMc4/Tl5IevoKvJI/AAAAAAAAAeg/lNhKuBTSkeg/s1600/DSCN0413%2Bsmall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6iQMRD0sMc4/Tl5IevoKvJI/AAAAAAAAAeg/lNhKuBTSkeg/s320/DSCN0413%2Bsmall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647030675787398290" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >These are my boys. Love them both so much! Anyone who knows Pete and me knows that we're a good fit; not in the sense that we're the same and go good together, but more like a jig saw puzzle where two different pieces seem to fit together. This baby is the sweetest thing. It's always hard to watch your baby get bigger, but with Jake, I am always just so grateful that he's with us and that he's healthy. Each day that he grows and I and see him exploring his surroundings more, I am reminded of that.</span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWYutXuzXuI/Tl5T9H7jqeI/AAAAAAAAAfY/Tz8YaZy0W7M/s1600/MomandJake.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWYutXuzXuI/Tl5T9H7jqeI/AAAAAAAAAfY/Tz8YaZy0W7M/s320/MomandJake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647043292335155682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>
<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8jGdUyunjhI/Tl5T8jrWYII/AAAAAAAAAfQ/LDbiRQ3YB74/s1600/JakeSprawl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8jGdUyunjhI/Tl5T8jrWYII/AAAAAAAAAfQ/LDbiRQ3YB74/s320/JakeSprawl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647043282603499650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>
<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-abZLrdcfJi0/Tl5T8JmoHJI/AAAAAAAAAfI/4NWVQaYy6gc/s1600/JakesPaw.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-abZLrdcfJi0/Tl5T8JmoHJI/AAAAAAAAAfI/4NWVQaYy6gc/s320/JakesPaw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647043275604368530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>
<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDCIXeRtu1U/Tl5T7x7Eo4I/AAAAAAAAAfA/GRuMVBiJz8A/s1600/BabyBoySideShot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDCIXeRtu1U/Tl5T7x7Eo4I/AAAAAAAAAfA/GRuMVBiJz8A/s320/BabyBoySideShot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647043269247673218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here is a picture of Jake when he was a month old, buckled in the car seat to come home from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NICU</span>. The picture next to it is how he looks now, 11 months later, sitting in his car seat. :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5xLH8jQbC9A/Tl5VBpk_gWI/AAAAAAAAAfg/bPtygQ88tLU/s320/Jaker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647044469598421346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >(Don't mind his crazy hair and his crazy expression. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">nap time</span> and he seemed really confused about us taking his picture!)</span></span></div><div>
<br /></div><div> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-56373463123229818052011-08-31T07:22:00.001-07:002011-08-31T07:27:39.686-07:00Back to school<div>I have a lot of blogging to catch up on, but I'll get it done. It may not be in chronological order, because I am starting with Emily going back to school. :)</div><div>
<br /></div><div>So Emily started her first day of morning kindergarten this week.</div><div>
<br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RH5s95h2SbQ/Tl5D79GpvzI/AAAAAAAAAd4/_r3GmDsTxpo/s1600/DSCN0510%2Bsmall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RH5s95h2SbQ/Tl5D79GpvzI/AAAAAAAAAd4/_r3GmDsTxpo/s320/DSCN0510%2Bsmall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647025680062988082" /></a><div>Here is Emily in line at her school, heading in to her classroom. She was cool as a cucumber, but not necessarily feeling overly friendly or outgoing. <div>
<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dcpZOXOypVw/Tl5D7Q6HX_I/AAAAAAAAAdw/pEFjaL4WJE4/s1600/DSCN0501%2Bsmall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dcpZOXOypVw/Tl5D7Q6HX_I/AAAAAAAAAdw/pEFjaL4WJE4/s320/DSCN0501%2Bsmall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647025668199243762" /></a>Here she is on the porch, right before school. She had her toe nails painted and everything. :)</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-16020701949447200932011-05-25T10:42:00.000-07:002011-05-25T10:55:06.801-07:00Dance recital picturesEmily's dance recital was so cute! I just love girls in tutus. <div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oxWYGxoTACI/Td1BC_XbGQI/AAAAAAAAAdk/dI1QYyUHNZo/s1600/100_3960.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oxWYGxoTACI/Td1BC_XbGQI/AAAAAAAAAdk/dI1QYyUHNZo/s320/100_3960.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610712230398728450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is her class backstage before the recital started. They were so excited!</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-30xnbDkn8OE/Td1BCA-curI/AAAAAAAAAdU/5KCUSsP7TQI/s1600/100_3964.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-30xnbDkn8OE/Td1BCA-curI/AAAAAAAAAdU/5KCUSsP7TQI/s320/100_3964.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610712213650979506" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-undzNgcIKsE/Td1BBrBs4bI/AAAAAAAAAdM/S2ZlcWBsHNA/s1600/100_3981.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-undzNgcIKsE/Td1BBrBs4bI/AAAAAAAAAdM/S2ZlcWBsHNA/s320/100_3981.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610712207759040946" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rNVG6d60AE4/Td1BCrRAmJI/AAAAAAAAAdc/r4Z_fsWbZ_s/s320/100_3997.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610712225003116690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And of course I had to throw one in of Jake. He's just too cute!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-46659453504255703442011-05-25T10:05:00.000-07:002011-05-25T10:57:08.445-07:00The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The Good:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Everything here is green and beautiful; rolling hills, lush vegetation, green grass</p><p class="MsoNormal">Planting strawberries for the first time</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jake’s cute smile and laugh.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I love it!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I am so in love with this kid.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He is just so sweet and cuddly and patient.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I just love him to pieces.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Abby saying cute little things and getting so excited over everything she sees.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>When we go for walks she likes to come home and tell Peter what we see, “I taw a bunny robbit!”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>She says it with these big eyes and deep little voice.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>So cute!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Emily enjoying books and loving to tell jokes.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Also, she likes to tell me great little facts, like last night, “Mom, do we live near a beach?”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Me: “Nope.” Emily: “It’s a good thing because then baby sea turtles might see our lights on and follow our lights to our house instead of following the moon to the ocean.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Yep, that would be one of the hazards of living near a beach.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Going for walks</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Breyer’s chocolate brownie ice cream </p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Mary Higgins Clark murder mystery novel</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Barbequed hamburgers</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Friends that call or send an email to make sure I'm still alive </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pete’s call schedule for next year</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Enjoying my kids</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Kids going to bed </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Emily’s dance recital and her looking so cute in her costume</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The Bad:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wanting to do more things with the house than I have money to</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The dandelions that, if left undisturbed, grow to be at least 4 feet tall.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>No kidding.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And I’ve got a few that are already off to a good start this season.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I worked in my yard Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and when I looked at it Sunday, I couldn’t even tell that I’d done anything to it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It would take me <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">days</i> to get it under control with the amount of humidity and rain we have here.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Spit up, laundry, crying in the night, my girls out growing their shoes too fast </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Poop.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>On Jake’s clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>On my clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Barely missed the couch and got all over the blanket instead.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Saturday call</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Missing family</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Knowing that the deer and squirrels will eat the strawberries that I just planted</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Ugly:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Seeing Peter after working 15 hours, then spending 7 grueling hours in the OR before losing the patient, trying to sleep 2 hours in the call room, then getting up and working 13 more hours.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He looked terrible, poor guy.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cramming 2 car seats and a booster seat in the back of my Saturn SL1</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My wardrobe</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My bathroom bathtub tile that I want to replace (see #1 under “The Bad”)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Me with 3 kids at church</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My lack of patience at the end of a long day</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I had cookie dough for lunch yesterday</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Running through the parking lot to my car with my three kids during a terrible storm, tornado sirens blaring, dark as night, crashing thunder, lightening, crazy rain and wind.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Awesome. <span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-31869404979537685982011-03-04T18:47:00.000-08:002011-03-04T19:01:15.732-08:00New pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uvw0TmaBCWs/TXGnKiYqBhI/AAAAAAAAAdE/T8LBWy_mFwg/s1600/14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uvw0TmaBCWs/TXGnKiYqBhI/AAAAAAAAAdE/T8LBWy_mFwg/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580425212759508498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RUToBxzn520/TXGnKZiF8iI/AAAAAAAAAc8/tlgjLuYCsQQ/s1600/20.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RUToBxzn520/TXGnKZiF8iI/AAAAAAAAAc8/tlgjLuYCsQQ/s320/20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580425210383168034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9trh5-8iK0/TXGnKNFGtvI/AAAAAAAAAc0/Wgq7NIwq94c/s1600/18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9trh5-8iK0/TXGnKNFGtvI/AAAAAAAAAc0/Wgq7NIwq94c/s320/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580425207040358130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jNiFreptLD0/TXGm5rOk3-I/AAAAAAAAAcs/5lpvP8Qh8nM/s1600/12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jNiFreptLD0/TXGm5rOk3-I/AAAAAAAAAcs/5lpvP8Qh8nM/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580424923075370978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u-Tb6RlLfIc/TXGm5an2bnI/AAAAAAAAAck/9sTss-kRXfM/s1600/11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u-Tb6RlLfIc/TXGm5an2bnI/AAAAAAAAAck/9sTss-kRXfM/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580424918617976434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">(Abby just celebrated her 2nd birthday.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_xO0h923-gA/TXGm5K0mGAI/AAAAAAAAAcc/EWCn2BZZheA/s1600/13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_xO0h923-gA/TXGm5K0mGAI/AAAAAAAAAcc/EWCn2BZZheA/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580424914376464386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jSPk4LgXX7E/TXGm4gHxG4I/AAAAAAAAAcU/m50K_EEy0eo/s1600/07.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jSPk4LgXX7E/TXGm4gHxG4I/AAAAAAAAAcU/m50K_EEy0eo/s320/07.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580424902914153346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pkn6V9nEMKo/TXGm4gwz69I/AAAAAAAAAcM/fSEUaCAvsuo/s1600/01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pkn6V9nEMKo/TXGm4gwz69I/AAAAAAAAAcM/fSEUaCAvsuo/s320/01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580424903086304210" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>We took the kids to get their pictures taken last Saturday. Not a very fun way to spend a Saturday morning, but I think they turned out good.<div><br /></div><div>Things here are going just fine. We had a couple of sunny days this week, which was nice, so I was able to walk Em to school. Today it has rained all day. Last week it rained and we had a leak in the foundation the was sending water into our basement. Argh! It was only is a small part of it, but still a huge pain. I had to tear back the carpet and dry it, then pull the paneling off the wall so the waterproofers could come and find the leak. They came on Tuesday and then came back today to patch it. I told the guy that I should get a punch card for as many times as they've been to my house since we moved in. Also, my car has been in the shop. I walked down to the shop and picked it up last night and when I started it up, it was still making the same noise. What did I just pay $400 for?! Car repairs=no fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>Pete is off nights now, so that's nice. It's good to have him back among the living. He takes his board exams tomorrow and then has to head to the hospital for an over night on-call shift. I'm trying to think of something to entertain the kids on a rainy day. Today we played Red Light/ Green Light, Simon Says, Mother May I, London Bridges,etc. I'm about burned out of those games so hopefully I can come up with something else. Maybe the library? </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-12928268337384214222011-01-27T10:34:00.000-08:002011-01-27T10:38:55.519-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TUG7VbWMv0I/AAAAAAAAAcA/BWJGMNVAwnI/s1600/100_3748%2Bemail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TUG7VbWMv0I/AAAAAAAAAcA/BWJGMNVAwnI/s320/100_3748%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566936591199158082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TUG7UsqQ27I/AAAAAAAAAb4/bTVlHd-fLyU/s1600/100_3743%2Bemail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TUG7UsqQ27I/AAAAAAAAAb4/bTVlHd-fLyU/s320/100_3743%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566936578666847154" /></a><br />I left Abby alone with Jake while I went in to the other room for a minute. When I came back in, Abby was gone, but she had carefully tucked her baby doll in next to Jake. :) He is such a smiley little guy. I am really enjoying him. He's getting so nice and chubby, too. Hard to believe that 5 months ago he was 3 lbs when today he's almost 16 pounds!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-236817226082723492010-11-21T18:24:00.000-08:002010-11-21T18:32:32.018-08:00Chubby little man, haircut, and bubbles<div>Here are a couple of pictures I just took. Look at Jake's chubby little tummy! He is so cute! Such a sweet baby. I just love him. He loves to be held and cuddled and I love to cuddle him!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU49WUTDI/AAAAAAAAAbs/RC0LjrT5JxI/s1600/100_3582%2Bemail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU49WUTDI/AAAAAAAAAbs/RC0LjrT5JxI/s320/100_3582%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542194891462036530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU4IBPBII/AAAAAAAAAbk/3YYcuZWg0Ng/s1600/100_3581%2Bemail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU4IBPBII/AAAAAAAAAbk/3YYcuZWg0Ng/s320/100_3581%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542194877146530946" /></a>I took Abby to get her hair cut on Friday. She doesn't like getting her haircut, but she held more still this time than lasts, so maybe that's a good sign. I just had to keep popping the fruit snacks in her mouth and playing peek-a-boo in the mirror with her.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU35mJn9I/AAAAAAAAAbc/lrULCEgLds8/s1600/100_3577%2Bemail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU35mJn9I/AAAAAAAAAbc/lrULCEgLds8/s320/100_3577%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542194873274834898" /></a>We have been enjoying such a beautiful fall here in Cincinnati. The weather was 65 today! We went for a walk and then BBQed for dinner. I think some cold weather and rain is coming in next week, so we thought we had better enjoy today. This picture is from a few days ago when we took the bubble blower out on the deck. The girls thought it was great!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU2Ygy8PI/AAAAAAAAAbU/7LyllL6hDrI/s1600/100_3575%2Bemail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU2Ygy8PI/AAAAAAAAAbU/7LyllL6hDrI/s320/100_3575%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542194847214137586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU1o0KzeI/AAAAAAAAAbM/Q9AmxDVBpDg/s1600/100_3567%2Bemail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TOnU1o0KzeI/AAAAAAAAAbM/Q9AmxDVBpDg/s320/100_3567%2Bemail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542194834410491362" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-87031816957300346542010-11-11T05:15:00.000-08:002010-11-11T05:20:38.213-08:00So Big!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtb72F0SI/AAAAAAAAAbE/cmuB6w4lp-Q/s1600/100_3564.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtb72F0SI/AAAAAAAAAbE/cmuB6w4lp-Q/s320/100_3564.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538281230958973218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtHj80IWI/AAAAAAAAAa8/dZ7hGHzXnyI/s1600/100_3565.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtHj80IWI/AAAAAAAAAa8/dZ7hGHzXnyI/s320/100_3565.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538280880947339618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtHQYMEMI/AAAAAAAAAa0/bLF_VCnMa8I/s1600/100_3563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtHQYMEMI/AAAAAAAAAa0/bLF_VCnMa8I/s320/100_3563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538280875693445314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtG4LUNyI/AAAAAAAAAas/a27yXFchr-c/s1600/100_3562.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TNvtG4LUNyI/AAAAAAAAAas/a27yXFchr-c/s320/100_3562.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538280869197002530" /></a><br />Look how big this cute little guy is getting! He is 11 weeks now and is wearing 3 month clothes! I can't believe it! He's over 11 lbs. and is doing great! If I get a chance (ha!) I'll post some Halloween pictures.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-72778857934208401012010-09-25T19:02:00.000-07:002010-09-25T19:12:08.269-07:00Home!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6rpIdyTYI/AAAAAAAAAak/xUgItvSUm_E/s1600/100_3414.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6rpIdyTYI/AAAAAAAAAak/xUgItvSUm_E/s320/100_3414.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521038916338208130" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Well baby Jake came home a week ago today. Truth be told, it has been a rough week! I'll spare you the details mostly because I don't want to relive the crappiness. It is great to have him home, though, and he is doing great. He is eating well and growing.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6qd0njIaI/AAAAAAAAAaM/_VP0GM8TJeM/s1600/100_3420+email.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6qd0njIaI/AAAAAAAAAaM/_VP0GM8TJeM/s320/100_3420+email.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521037622520258978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6qdg84nXI/AAAAAAAAAaE/4cMV21YmHmo/s1600/100_3419+email.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6qdg84nXI/AAAAAAAAAaE/4cMV21YmHmo/s320/100_3419+email.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521037617241038194" /></a><div><br /></div><div>(I had to post a picture of him in these little shorts because I thought they were hilarious. The picture doesn't do it justice because you can't tell how little he is.)</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6q9eQTAEI/AAAAAAAAAac/fSNhoHX7Xvk/s1600/100_3408.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6q9eQTAEI/AAAAAAAAAac/fSNhoHX7Xvk/s320/100_3408.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521038166272966722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6q87xocfI/AAAAAAAAAaU/tSJMavVg4jE/s1600/100_3384+email.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TJ6q87xocfI/AAAAAAAAAaU/tSJMavVg4jE/s320/100_3384+email.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521038157017543154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>My sister Katie flew out and helped me with the girls so I could run back and forth to the hospital before Jake came home. Before she saw him, I was trying to show her how big he was. I used Abby's doll as a comparison, but then we couldn't decide if that was accurate or not, so I thought I'd take a picture. He's pretty close to her size!</div><div><br /></div><div>Jake's crying, so I had better run, but I'll post more pictures later. :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-27034828921469455742010-08-29T16:43:00.000-07:002010-08-29T16:50:34.945-07:00Jacob Peter Anderson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryJ4MtY8I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/TViaMLL3Q8A/s1600/JakesPaw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryJ4MtY8I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/TViaMLL3Q8A/s320/JakesPaw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510983345559659458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryJeVpfhI/AAAAAAAAAZs/NdsNVP6TOAk/s1600/JakeResting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryJeVpfhI/AAAAAAAAAZs/NdsNVP6TOAk/s320/JakeResting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510983338617830930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryIwL25gI/AAAAAAAAAZk/uRAkOn8U9os/s1600/JakeSprawl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryIwL25gI/AAAAAAAAAZk/uRAkOn8U9os/s320/JakeSprawl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510983326228735490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryIEN00CI/AAAAAAAAAZc/R9yLzbUTtuQ/s1600/100_3319.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryIEN00CI/AAAAAAAAAZc/R9yLzbUTtuQ/s320/100_3319.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510983314425827362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryHuzvUtI/AAAAAAAAAZU/7WzMqlzz_88/s1600/100_3316.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/THryHuzvUtI/AAAAAAAAAZU/7WzMqlzz_88/s320/100_3316.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510983308679271122" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px;"><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">Well, we had our baby last Sunday, August 22. He came at 31 weeks. I guess the placenta was starting to detach, so after a week of small complications, I went into labor. In true Heather fashion, I went from not being dilated at all, to a 10 in less than 12 hours. Luckily I was at the hospital, as they had made me stay to be monitored. I had sent Pete home because I didn't think there was going to be anything going on. But the contractions got much stronger and the next thing they knew, I was at a 5. So I called Pete at 2 in the morning and told him to drop the kids at a friend's house and get to the hospital as quick as he could. They thought it was safer for the baby on the outside, so they let him come. </div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "> The baby was born at 5:56am. He weighed 3 pounds 9 ounces and was 17 inches long. He is in the NICU and will be for about 4 more weeks I think. He is gaining weight, breathing well, and is doing great. He just needs to get bigger and strong. We are grateful that he is ok and that he is a part of our family. Needless to say, it has been a physically and emotionally exhausting week. Luckily Pete had the week off. My mom just got here, so I am really grateful for the help, and for the love and support we're received from friends and family. </div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-73350175544850585992010-08-15T12:43:00.001-07:002010-08-15T13:08:52.531-07:00Random thoughts of a pregnant woman...Wow! I have been meaning to post<i> forever, </i>but it seems like I can't use the computer without a million interruptions and lots of "help". This post is full of my random thoughts, which could be scary. ;)<div><br /></div><div>1. A heat index of 111 + pregnancy = too hot!!</div><div><br /></div><div>2. It would be great to have one of those cute-little-beach-ball tummies that people get when they're pregnant, but I think this baby is stretched out from head to toe, with his arms above his head, wrapping all the way around my stomach. And my hips and booty are just getting extra big. But nonetheless, I am really excited and grateful to be having a baby.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Why do companies (water proofing, bathroom refinishing, life insurance) insist of having both spouses at home in order to come look at your house, etc.? I told the bathtub people that my husband is <i>never</i> home, and they said, "Well, we could push your appointment back to <i>6:30</i>." Ohhh, 6:30. Apparently she didn't get my drift the first time. When I said never home, I really did mean <i> never home.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>4. Which speaking of never home, it's been an extra rough July and August around here. Pete worked 95 hours this week. And when he's home, he's studying up on the next days cases or sleeping. I must say, though, that I have had a pretty productive week, so that always feels good. Plus he has a week off coming up week after next, so then we will get to see him again. </div><div><br /></div><div>5. I bought an old little dresser for the baby at a garage sale yesterday for $4! Wahoo! I was able to drive it home in my trunk with the lid open so I didn't even have to bother anyone to pick it up for me. </div><div><br /></div><div>6. I am running out of things to cook for dinner. If you have any good recipes, will you email them to me?</div><div><br /></div><div>7. My favorite part of being pregnant (because there are just so many to choose from) is feeling the baby kick. It's just so neat!</div><div><br /></div><div>8. Walmart is the worst. I've probably said it a hundred times before. So why do I keep going there?!</div><div><br /></div><div>9. Emily's hernia repair surgery cost $11,000. Really? That seems a little steep. We were only there for like 3 hours. We are responsible for 10% of the bill, which will be a nice healthy dent in the dwindling savings account. But I guess I should be glad that we have insurance at all.</div><div><br /></div><div>10. I am so grateful for our air conditioning, my car that keeps on going, my eye sight, my vivacious girls, my husband, and $5 pizzas at Little Caesars.</div><div><br /></div><div>It sounds like Pete's up and the girls are calling me, so I had better run.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393309996380422130.post-28813776304446834782010-06-11T16:39:00.000-07:002010-06-11T16:44:38.871-07:00Baby!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TBLKN6rGK1I/AAAAAAAAAZM/GIFEXQOg1r4/s1600/baby+21+weeks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IPF9nhIdtWk/TBLKN6rGK1I/AAAAAAAAAZM/GIFEXQOg1r4/s320/baby+21+weeks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481666036900440914" /></a><br />Well, we went to the doctor today and found out that we're having a baby <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>BOY</b></span>! We are really excited! Everything looked normal and healthy. I am 21 weeks along and am due October 21st. Wahoo!!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16