This weekend we had a mini vacation out to my grandfathers house. I love it there - so do my kids. It is so nice to let the kids run around and play and not worry about them just being themselves outside. Here are a few highlights...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Vacation!
I feel so bad....I have been so neglectful to my little personal blog. I spend sooo much time on communicating with clients, editing, blogging, and working on the STP blog that I never have time for my own. I don't feel like I have found my thing too, you know? We shall see....maybe I need to get fat again so I can show yall how I loose weight? Naa. I don't think that will be happening any time soon. :)
This weekend we had a mini vacation out to my grandfathers house. I love it there - so do my kids. It is so nice to let the kids run around and play and not worry about them just being themselves outside. Here are a few highlights...
This weekend we had a mini vacation out to my grandfathers house. I love it there - so do my kids. It is so nice to let the kids run around and play and not worry about them just being themselves outside. Here are a few highlights...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
...
My week. Well, started out kinda crazy. Every body enjoys having triple the amount of work to do with the same pay, right?? Yeah.
Then - last night we discovered some winner hacked into my email account and sent out a virus to all my contacts and clients. Super. Craig and I participated in a 2 hour party of changing email addresses and passwords. About half way through, I remembered that all my marketing for STP has my email address. Super again. So now I have to reorder all new business cards, post cards, everything.
Here's to hoping the week gets better....and so you don't think I have been Debby Downer all week - let me show you how super cute my son is!! :) I can't believe how big he has gotten - how does this happen so fast??
Then - last night we discovered some winner hacked into my email account and sent out a virus to all my contacts and clients. Super. Craig and I participated in a 2 hour party of changing email addresses and passwords. About half way through, I remembered that all my marketing for STP has my email address. Super again. So now I have to reorder all new business cards, post cards, everything.
Here's to hoping the week gets better....and so you don't think I have been Debby Downer all week - let me show you how super cute my son is!! :) I can't believe how big he has gotten - how does this happen so fast??
Yes....I have the cutest little boy ever.
And yes...the girls were here too....trust me, they don't miss that flash going off...
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| hows that for random....1 candle, 1 lighter, and 2 sticks of mens deodorant....hmmm. |
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
1/52
This year I have committed to doing the 52 week challenge from Paint the Moon. One photo, every week, from a set theme.
Week 1: Natural
this was the first day I got to see Owen. I couldn't touch him. For some reason, taking photos of his every detail helped me.
I had decided that I wouldn't go back into the files and choose a photo for the week but take something new - not staged but something that just happened. But, when I saw the theme was natural I thought of this one first. I love how the little prune lines are still on his toes.
Week 1: Natural
this was the first day I got to see Owen. I couldn't touch him. For some reason, taking photos of his every detail helped me.
I had decided that I wouldn't go back into the files and choose a photo for the week but take something new - not staged but something that just happened. But, when I saw the theme was natural I thought of this one first. I love how the little prune lines are still on his toes.
tomorrow is finally Thursday....
I'm not one of those TGIF people - and I don't wake up every day wishing the week was over - but I am thankful that after a week of working, including nights this weekend, that tomorrow is Thursday and I am off with my family!
I have been pretty absent lately. It has been busy. I have ideas and things I want to blog about but I can't seem to find a moment. Case in point - its 11:00, and I am lying in bed typing instead of sleeping.
This was a rough week. My sister left again. Dear friends moved away yesterday. Another sad passing of a sister in Christ. I need this weekend with the kids to recharge. I have been waking up every morning and praying over a song or verse that is uplifting. Today's was, this is the day that the Lord made. I sang it in my head the whole time I was getting ready for work. I left the house thinking, this is the day God made. I have no greater joy than to be glad about that.
that lasted till about 9am.
anyone else need to refuel every few hours?? Maybe that is why we are to pray without ceasing - He knows we need it! (at least I do)
Coming soon....
pictures of my totally awesome Christmas presents to my kids from my totally awesome sister and brother in law
new photography props! wohoo
new, fun things about the kids
night. I committed to 5 minutes tonight. now it is time for sleep.
I have been pretty absent lately. It has been busy. I have ideas and things I want to blog about but I can't seem to find a moment. Case in point - its 11:00, and I am lying in bed typing instead of sleeping.
This was a rough week. My sister left again. Dear friends moved away yesterday. Another sad passing of a sister in Christ. I need this weekend with the kids to recharge. I have been waking up every morning and praying over a song or verse that is uplifting. Today's was, this is the day that the Lord made. I sang it in my head the whole time I was getting ready for work. I left the house thinking, this is the day God made. I have no greater joy than to be glad about that.
that lasted till about 9am.
anyone else need to refuel every few hours?? Maybe that is why we are to pray without ceasing - He knows we need it! (at least I do)
Coming soon....
pictures of my totally awesome Christmas presents to my kids from my totally awesome sister and brother in law
new photography props! wohoo
new, fun things about the kids
night. I committed to 5 minutes tonight. now it is time for sleep.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2011 / 2012
2011
our year wrap up
january
celebrated the new year at 8 weeks pregnant with our third baby.
feburary
happy 26th birthday to me! rearranged the house yet again to make room for the baby. many doctors visits with Avery this month
march
spontaneous switch of OB doctor - found our we are having a baby boy! happy 4th birthday to Ella! made our annual trip to the zoo. got a new dog (regretting new dog). enjoyed a visit from my sister
april
22 weeks pregnant. complications with my blood sugar and pregnancy begin.
may
first family putt putt trip. Ella completes pre-k. Craig finished his last school year working for the school. pregnancy complications continue.
june
happy 2nd birthday Avery! pregnancy complications get worse - I now have dislocated discs and go on bed rest. Craig plays photographer for family maternity pictures
july
happy birthday Owen! Owen goes into the nicu immediately after birth for 10 days - it was the longest 10 days in my life
august
Owen joins his sisters at home. we are overwhelmed with happiness. we started out first year of homeschool. Avery got a new doctor
september
the whole family is home all together again for another month - such a wonderful time
october
I begin work again after 4 months off. Craig stays home with the children
november
happy birthday to Craig! Thanksgiving family fun
december
busiest month of my life - I vow to set more boundaries in 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The long awaited ultrasound....
First, a little back story....
When Owen was born he went into the NICU immediately after birth for 9 days. He started to go into distress from being transverse and his blood sugar had dropped. Not to mention, my late-premee, as the nurses called him, was a whopping 8 lbs and 5 ounces and 21 inches long. Take all that turned sideways. Because he was transverse his lungs didn't develop fully. He came out and couldn't breathe. Throughout his stay in the NICU he had several xrays, ultrasounds, CAT scans and many, many other things that my poor baby boy was not ready for.
The day we were to leave the hospital, his doctor pulled me aside to tell me that on one of his ultrasounds of his head they found a cyst on his brain. She said this so very nonchalantly, as if I had not been dreaming already of how it was physically possible for me to sleep with my head in his crib all night to make sure he was still breathing. She says, just watch his development...have a good day. (Im sure she said it a lot nicer than this, but that is how I remember it went)
We brought him home and I was a wreck. Not sleeping plus constantly trying to measure how fast he is breathing (an impossible task) and now dissecting his every move and function wondering about his little head. I would stay awake at night and hold him and cry in prayer over his little body and his brain. We asked God to ease our (my) fears (craziness) and lead us to a place of peace. We knew that no matter what the outcome, our son was given to us for a reason and he was in God's hands. I am thankful to say that God did that for me. As many of you know, I am the worrier of the family. I worry, analyse, worry some more, obsess, and lose sleep over meaningless things let alone my son having a potential brain tumor. God eased my mind and I have been quite sane for the last few months. The doctor said at 6 months we would do another head ultra sound to reevaluate.
Last month at his 4 month check up, the doctor brought all those fears back. Its time to schedule his ultrasound to see what is inside there. We went ahead and did it a month early - which I later found out why. Here comes the tears and worrying again - I knew it was time to hit my knees to the ground again in prayer.
All week I had been wondering how on earth did they do a head ultrasound?? I have had quite a few - but on my babies. Do they take that nasty gel and rub it all over his head? Yep. Sure do. So Monday morning we headed back to the hospital, and since we had just been discharged about a week prior, it was a quick check in. The nurse was fantastic and she rubbed that goo all over his head and started scanning. They get all the scans from the soft spots. It was one of the most interesting things I have ever seen. This was the reason for the push up from 6 months to 5 months - my son's soft spots are almost closed and without them there is no ultrasound. I told my husband later, I don't know what I was looking at on that screen - but it was cool! He did awesome. Owen sat there for 20 minutes, never fussed, and let the technition do her thing. Happy momma.
Today, Owen had his follow up from the RSV and hospital trip. The doctor informs us that he got the results of his ultrasound. I was not prepared for this...but I have been working on keeping my tears in check....He said the valley that had the cyst was completely empty. It was gone. GONE. He said, we are not sure how it happens, but sometimes it just does. He told me I didn't have to worry anymore.
I was beaming. I know how it happens. We serve a wonderful God.
Tonight I will sleep easier. Tonight, once again, I will explain to my girls that our God is an awesome God and we have much to be thankful for.
The day we were to leave the hospital, his doctor pulled me aside to tell me that on one of his ultrasounds of his head they found a cyst on his brain. She said this so very nonchalantly, as if I had not been dreaming already of how it was physically possible for me to sleep with my head in his crib all night to make sure he was still breathing. She says, just watch his development...have a good day. (Im sure she said it a lot nicer than this, but that is how I remember it went)
We brought him home and I was a wreck. Not sleeping plus constantly trying to measure how fast he is breathing (an impossible task) and now dissecting his every move and function wondering about his little head. I would stay awake at night and hold him and cry in prayer over his little body and his brain. We asked God to ease our (my) fears (craziness) and lead us to a place of peace. We knew that no matter what the outcome, our son was given to us for a reason and he was in God's hands. I am thankful to say that God did that for me. As many of you know, I am the worrier of the family. I worry, analyse, worry some more, obsess, and lose sleep over meaningless things let alone my son having a potential brain tumor. God eased my mind and I have been quite sane for the last few months. The doctor said at 6 months we would do another head ultra sound to reevaluate.
Last month at his 4 month check up, the doctor brought all those fears back. Its time to schedule his ultrasound to see what is inside there. We went ahead and did it a month early - which I later found out why. Here comes the tears and worrying again - I knew it was time to hit my knees to the ground again in prayer.
All week I had been wondering how on earth did they do a head ultrasound?? I have had quite a few - but on my babies. Do they take that nasty gel and rub it all over his head? Yep. Sure do. So Monday morning we headed back to the hospital, and since we had just been discharged about a week prior, it was a quick check in. The nurse was fantastic and she rubbed that goo all over his head and started scanning. They get all the scans from the soft spots. It was one of the most interesting things I have ever seen. This was the reason for the push up from 6 months to 5 months - my son's soft spots are almost closed and without them there is no ultrasound. I told my husband later, I don't know what I was looking at on that screen - but it was cool! He did awesome. Owen sat there for 20 minutes, never fussed, and let the technition do her thing. Happy momma.
Today, Owen had his follow up from the RSV and hospital trip. The doctor informs us that he got the results of his ultrasound. I was not prepared for this...but I have been working on keeping my tears in check....He said the valley that had the cyst was completely empty. It was gone. GONE. He said, we are not sure how it happens, but sometimes it just does. He told me I didn't have to worry anymore.
I was beaming. I know how it happens. We serve a wonderful God.
Tonight I will sleep easier. Tonight, once again, I will explain to my girls that our God is an awesome God and we have much to be thankful for.
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