Kennedy’s first day of dance
And, give a kiss to Mommy!
4 comments September 6th, 2011
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18 weeks [mid-July]
This pic was taken when I was 18 weeks along. I have a dear friend who does monthly pregnancy updates, which I think is cute and I hope she doesn’t mind that I’m copying her idea! I filled this out back in July, so when you read my 23 week update a few days from now, you can see how things have changed.
For this pic, I used an app on my iPhone called Snapbucket – I think this filter is called Lomo.
How far along: 18 weeks & change
Size of baby: 1 pound
Maternity clothes: I love that all the things I bought when I was pregnant with Carlee still fit for this pregnancy. I have tons of clothes – maternity and not maternity.
Movement: Yes. Mostly in the evenings, during prayertime/storytime and when I’m getting the kids to bed. (Hoping this is not a sign of things to come when the baby gets here.)
Sleep: pretty good! I have to get up 1-2 times to go to the bathroom but still only sleeping with 1 extra pillow under my head. (no pregnancy pillow) I am taking a 30-45 minute nap each day.
What I miss: soft cheeses. I squeak around the “no lunchmeat” rule by nuking it in the microwave. Don’t know if the same rule applies to things like feta, blue cheese, etc., but I’ll have to look into that.
Cravings: meat. bread & butter. potatoes. still an aversion to sweets.
Symptoms: finally feeling not quite so sick now. I’m able to get out with the kids more and enjoy our last days of summer. Haven’t had much heartburn, which is such a change from Carlee & Kennedy.
Best moments of the month: People don’t have to guess whether I’m pregnant or not – you can definitely tell! The kids are excited about finding out what the baby is later this week…
2 comments September 5th, 2011
Where have I been?
Okay, okay, I know I haven’t updated the blog in almost 2 months… I keep reading all these blogs of mamas who blog every day and have ridiculously large traffic numbers. I think about 41 people read our blog, and roughly 2/3 of them are family members who don’t care about the number of times I update, as long as I put pictures up. Well to that I say, “phhhhhthththththththt”
Lately, people keep asking me, “what have you been up to lately?” and I get this faraway look in my eyes and try, for the life of me, to actually remember what I’ve been doing. Then I’ll start to point to my belly and my born(e)? children and tell them to figure it out themselves, and I’ll remember that not everyone understands my preggo brain. Heck, I don’t even understand my preggo brain. [Did I just say "heck"? How old am I again?]
Speaking of which, I had a milestone birthday about 10 days ago. Yes, August 20th is my birthday and I turned the big 3-0. Or, as I like to put it “my first anniversary of my 29th birthday”. :) No, 30 hasn’t been so bad – I figure it’s just another year, and 29 was probably the hardest and most stressful year of my life…. let’s see – 3 foot surgeries, 4 grandparents passing away, 1 parent’s open heart surgery, 1 heckuva flu virus (there’s that ‘heck’ again..), and 1 positive pregnancy test [whom we're naming "surprise!: the sequel".]
To celebrate my birthday, Kevin invited some of my [local] friends over for hamburgers and cookie cake . Cookie cake is my absolute favorite kind of cake, from the Great American Cookie Company. My mom & dad ordered one of the large rectangle ones for us (Thanks, Mom & Dad!) and even with 40+ party guests, we still ended up with half the cookie cake left over. But i wasn’t complaining – Kevin, the kids, and I polished it off the next day! Good thing birthdays (and subsequent cookie cake!) only come around once per year!
The other part of “what we’ve been doing lately” has revolved around trying to stay cool in the 100-degree heat we’ve had in Texas. It’s been ridiculous. I think every day in August (save 1 or 2) has been 100 degrees OR HIGHER. So, we’ve been swimming at least twice a week, as I’ve been teaching water aerobics at least twice a week, and we rented quite a number of [free] movies in the past month – when we need to stay indoors because it’s been too hot to play. Also, our recent trip to Colorado with Kevin’s extended family a few weeks ago (pictures hopefully soon!) was a welcome addition to our summer.
I will also mention that Colby started 1st grade last week (sniff) and Kennedy will start pre-K next week (sniff sniff). So we’ve been buying school supplies and snack supplies and lunch supplies and all the other things that go with preparing for school to start. Oh and stocking my pantry for when the Aggies come to town because it’s hard to drive anywhere with new Aggie parents who don’t know where they are going and are caravan-ing with a U-Haul full of stuff! :)
Kennedy spent this past week being sick. Actually, it was only the past 2 days, but to me it felt like a week. She only wanted me to hold her while she tried to get comfortable in my lap (so hard to do on a pregnant mama). The only symptom she had was a high fever, but that’s enough to make anyone miserable. Kevin and I are on opposite ends of “sick” remedies – I hate throwing up, where Kevin wants to throw up because he knows it will make him feel better. But Kennedy is on my side on this one – she and I know that the pain (and the anxiety) of throwing up is far worse than the relief that will come when it’s done. So, we wait it out! We’ll take the Tylenol to make us not hurt for a little bit, and try to keep food down – Kennedy has taken my affinity for salty things while sick – but throwing up is a “last resort” option. Colby and Carlee are even more different than Kennedy… who knows.
So, there’s the past 2 months in a very long nutshell. I think after this you’ll want me to blog more often so I don’t go off on tangents so much. Or, maybe I’ll go to bed. Which is another thing I’ve been doing lately. Good night, Mary Ellen. Good night, John Boy.
1 comment September 1st, 2011
Tim’s birthday
Tim turned 21 on Friday. He has told us many many times that his favorite food is meatballs. So, for every special occasion [and sometimes just because], we’ve made him meatballs – after he and Kelsey got engaged, during parents’ weekend when we had Kelsey’s parents over, etc. etc., and now for his birthday dinner.
This is the beginning shot of the video Kevin took, which I don’t know how to upload to the blog. The kids are singing Happy Birthday – Carlee practiced singing to Tim all day. The kids also made him birthday cards and in the midst of folding them up like cards, they taped the papers together so the cards ripped a little in the process. Sad face.
The meatballs were yummy and Tim really liked the brownies we made him. Usually I make brownies from a box but I found this recipe for Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies. I had all the ingredients on hand, and I don’t know if I’ve ever made brownies before. My not-pregnant self would absolutely love them but this pregnancy I’m not a fan of sweets OR chocolate – I know, gasp!
Happy Birthday, Tim!
1 comment July 10th, 2011
VBS fun
Last week was Vacation Bible School. Our church holds it at night, which always makes for a very long and very tiring week. But I am thankful for all of the volunteers (especially male!) whom we would miss if we held it in the morning.
These are pictures of Kennedy & Carlee’s water play day, which is what the kiddos under kindergarten-age get to do on the last night of VBS. (Since they don’t get to participate in many of the things the big kids get to do.)
Kennedy playing with water and shaving cream (cleaning off the tarps). She’s always so busy. Good thing she knows how to pose.
I told Carlee I wanted to take a picture of her (she was busy climbing up and sliding down the water slide). Carlee ran right up to me, maybe a little too close!
And, a bonus pic. Found this book on display in the church library.
Add comment June 19th, 2011
Promised Pics.
I thought today – I am so glad I was invited to do the 365 project last year instead of this year… I know now why my friend Kristen (who was pregnant for half of 2010) only blogged for half of 2010.
Here’s the pic of the pregnancy test. Sorry if this grosses you out, but it really is the most effective way of knowing you are pregnant! The directions on the test tell you to wait 2 minutes to read the results, but when it shows 2 [positive] lines immediately, it’s not going to change in 2 minutes. I did wait and read the test after 2 minutes, at which point I took this picture. I thought it was worthy to note, seeing as how I broke the news to Kevin this way. And, I did wrap it up in a plastic bag and throw it away. I mean, I did pee on it.
This was our very first look at our little peanut, taken May 25th. I immediately saw his/her heartbeat, and I cried! We have another picture of the heart rate, which measured at 165 bpm. (Any guesses on gender now? Which actually, I Googled and found to be a myth, that you could guess the gender based on heart rate. The heart rate fluctuates based on week gestation. The doctor is just listening and measuring for a good strong heart rate that isn’t lower than 100, which could be a sign of impending miscarriage.) In this picture, the baby measured 1.92 cm. So tiny!
This is the ultrasound picture taken June 9th, at which I was 11 weeks and 1 day. This was also the one that made it to Facebook.
Today I also thought about each of my pregnancies and how far along I was when we broke the news to everyone…
- with Carlee, it was at 10 weeks, because we found out I was pregnant about that time!
- with Kennedy, it was at 8 weeks. I took the test right at 4 weeks, we hadn’t been to the doctor yet, but we told at my birthday party.
- with Colby, it was at 12 weeks. I knew I was pregnant right at 4 weeks, but because it was my first pregnancy, our first appointment was a “general health and wellness education session” with a nutritionist, I guess? She didn’t do or say much in the way of what I should eat, she just wanted to make sure I wasn’t using drugs or alcohol. We weren’t allowed to see a doctor (because of our insurance group’s procedures) until 12 weeks, and even then I had to see the group’s midwife because my doctor had to do an emergency c-section that day. I did tell my principal at the time I found out; I figured if anything happened to me or the baby, I at least wanted her to know. I also wanted pictures so we could tell our parents in a special way.
- with this baby, it was at 5 weeks. (or 7 weeks, or 8 weeks, depending on which due date we were using). Another reason we wanted to tell was because I was feeling so sick right there at the beginning… I didn’t want anyone to think I had relapsed on my liver stuff (which was actually one of my first thoughts. I am so glad I was wrong!)
For only a few days now, I feel the baby moving this time of night (ahem, morning?) – around 11 or midnight. It’s the first time all day I get to sit still, and I feel so at ease when I feel this tiny thing moving in my tummy. I know all “the books” say you’re not ’supposed’ to feel the baby until later on in your pregnancy, but I say that’s all hogwash. I’ve been pregnant with 3 very active children, and this one will fit right in with the bunch.
I’ll get back to blogging about the rest of that bunch sometime soon.
Add comment June 18th, 2011
Picture-less Post. (but still exciting!)
You’ll have to bear with me… My gmail is acting up and not wanting to support my browser right now. (Just wanted to point out that that phrase never would have been used 30 years ago… “’supporting’ & ‘browser’ in the same sentence? Ludicrous! And what’s gah-mail, anyway? I don’t want none of that in my mailbox.”) So since my mail domain doesn’t want to work, I can’t post a picture of our latest and greatest news of the moment.
…which is, Carlee will be a Big Sister. Yep. We’re expecting Baby #4! I’ve been calling it “Cuatro”, to keep with the C/K theme, until we figure out if it’s a boy or girl [on August 4th].
Warning: some of this might be TMI. Proceed with caution.
Colby has been asking for a baby brother for a long time now, and we felt like we were done having kids of our own (especially after the drama/trauma we had to endure with Carlee’s after-birth). And, when I had to endure the Mellow Yellow Liver Quiver , my gastroenterologist said something to the effect of “It’s a good thing you had 3 healthy pregnancies already…”, which I took to mean, “It might be impossible for you to get pregnant again.”
So, Kevin and I were looking into some other options, pretty casually. I’ll leave it at that. We went on our trip to Washington at the beginning of May, and I took all my Monthly Supplies with me; according to my calendar, I was supposed to start then and I didn’t want to have to buy things there (which was actually moot, since the airline lost our luggage and I had to buy toiletries anyway). But as we went through the trip, I kept feeling nauseated and really really tired, but I just thought it was because we were up in the mountains (motion sickness?) and because I was on vacation and wanted to sleep. Plus, my grandmother passed away while we were gone, and I was trying not to think about that.
The kicker though, was that I didn’t want to eat sweet stuff. That’s pretty much a tell-tale sign for me that I’m pregnant. I usually have a HUGE sweet tooth and was looking so forward to ordering dessert at these fine restaurants in Oregon and Washington.. but I just couldn’t. And, Kevin got peanut butter and jelly for us to make sandwiches.. between that and the Gatorade we drank on our hikes, I could barely get through our lunches on the road. I also kept needing to stop and pee, like every half hour.
While on our 4-hour excursion through the mountains from Carson, Washington, to Seattle, we stopped at a gas station for a potty break and I lost my lunch.. tossed my cookies… hugged the toilet. So to speak. Again, I just thought I had motion sickness. But I told Kevin, “I haven’t started yet. Maybe I am pregnant.” And, Kevin said to me, “Well then we’ll just have to name him ‘Carson’.” (being the town we just left) So, we got through the rest of the trip okay [we still need to post pics, ahem, gmail!], and had a very very very VERY bumpy (and nauseating) plane ride from Houston to College Station, which thankfully was only 20 minutes long, but was tortuous for a very newly (and not knowing!) pregnant woman.
The next day after we got back from Washington, I was still feeling sick but still not really knowing why.. Alicia had had a stomach bug, she told me, and I thought maybe I was catching it. Then Kelsey (our adopted Aggie, now engaged to Tim – whoop!) came over and told us good-bye for the summer – she is again at Sky Ranch Camps, this year as a coordinator, in charge of and leading/directing the counselors and staff. She mentioned that Tim’s best friend’s wife is expecting and due at the beginning of December, which she thought was so cool, because Tim & Kelsey’s wedding is at the end of December, and there would be a newborn at their wedding! I immediately thought to myself, “Do I have a pregnancy test handy?” because that story immediately made me think that I’d need to know if I was pregnant – because my kids are flower girls and ring bearer at their wedding… the due date of this baby is completely crucial, you see.
So, right before Kevin got home that day, and right before my grandmother’s viewing that night, I took a pregnancy test. I have a picture of that too, dang gmail. My friend Amanda came over to cook us all dinner, and I pulled Kevin aside and showed him the picture on my phone, which he couldn’t believe any more than I could. But we were also very very thrilled.
The downside to finding out that information on the day of Grandmother’s viewing is that I felt like I needed to tell everyone right away, even though I have had several friends (meaning 5 now…) who have had miscarriages early in their pregnancies, even after hearing the heartbeats. The upside is that ALL of my family got to be in the room together to hear the same info. And, Kevin’s dad came to town for the funeral the next day, so we got to tell him too, followed by Kevin’s mom later that afternoon, and Kevin’s sister & fam that week. I did tell them all to wait until I at least went to the doctor the first time (at the end of May) so that we could make sure everything looked okay – plus, I wanted their prayers and love and support more than anything in the world.
Another cool fact – according to my calculations, my original due date is January 10, 2012, which would have been my Papaw’s 100th birthday. (He was my mom’s dad, who died almost 20 years ago to the date we found out we were pregnant.) So far I’ve been to the doctor twice and had 2 ultrasounds, both of which have given me earlier and earlier due dates. After Carlee’s birth, we decided we’d go with a hospital birth but I made it clear that I don’t want any unnecessary medical interventions (drugs, IVs, etc.). I really like my doctor so far (a new one to me) and have heard good things about him in the delivery room. I think the trick will be convincing the nurses of my birth plan.
My official due date (for now!) is December 28th, 2011, which will make a nice Christmas gift/tax deduction this year. ;) I’m 12 weeks + a few days along right now, and so far I’ve been sick a lot at night. So far I think I’m having a boy, and Colby pegged that Carlee would be a girl, and he says this one is a boy, so I’m sticking with Colby’s odds. :) I want him to have a little brother so bad – Colby’s such a great kid and I would love to have another Colby!
I know I’ll have lots of other stories (and pictures.) as I think of them. I posted this on Facebook about a week ago, if you’re friends with me, so you can see the sonogram picture there. I have a friend who thinks she already knows the sex of the baby, by the 11 week picture. I’m saying this sarcastically because it is SO too early to tell… maybe maybe in 1-2 more weeks we could find out, but I’m good to wait another 6 weeks to find out for sure. Even though the wait is already killing me! :)
I’d appreciate your prayers, especially as I get through these rough patches of sickness and lethargy. And, once I feel a little better, hopefully I’ll be blogging more and not overloading your brains with long stories.
4 comments June 17th, 2011
Ice Cream Stand.
Photo taken March 2011.
Clearly this is not an ice cream stand, at least not to those who are older than 8 years old. This is part of a playground near our house. We went during Spring Break, and our usually very quiet playground was overrun with older school-aged kids. My kids were trying to play with the big slides and things but it was getting harder and harder, with more people around.
So, Kennedy walked up to this window and said, “Who wants ice cream?” And Carlee ran over to her and said, “Me!” And we played a game with lots of questions. .What kind do you want? .How much is the ice cream? .Do you want a cup or a cone? Eventually, the other [older] kids decided these little ones were okay to play with, and they started asking for ice cream too. Colby took the money.
I love imaginations.
Add comment June 6th, 2011
I throw my hands up in the air sometimes…
I think that song* would be on the soundtrack of my life right now… ”saying AYO, gotta let go!”
Let me briefly recap the last 3+ months for you.
February – Kevin’s grandpa passed away, followed by the memorial at the DFW National Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in March. Also – my foot doctor cleared me to start running again – Hallelujah! And, my dad returned to work full time, another Hallelujah.
March – I decided to start training for a triathlon! I’m not such a good swimmer, but I do enjoy running and just got into the biking phenomenon. Love LOVE [race] biking, lest you think I ride a Harley.
April – Kennedy turned 4 years old. And yet she started acting 2 again. Now it’s like I have two 2 year-olds in the house.. I’m so ready for her to start preschool.
May – too busy to recap in this post, but here’s the Reader’s Digest condensed version -
1. Kevin and I took a trip to Oregon/Washington. Fabulous. Highly recommend it. I’ll be devoting an entire post (or two, or three) to it.
2. My grandmother passed away while we were gone. I wrote her obit in a hotel room. More on this later.
3. Also while we were gone, my parents started renovating their kitchen. Now finished, but wow it was a mess – my mom had to put everything into her dining room, and she felt like she was on that show Hoarders. I’ll try to post pictures of that too.. you’ve seen some of the before pics, you just didn’t know it.
4. Kennedy had her first dance recital. I laughed, I cried, but I wasn’t stressed. She did a superb job and can’t wait for dance next year. Pictures and a post to follow.
5. Colby finished Kindergarten. He also turned 6 earlier this month. I also laughed and cried. His teacher was such a sweetheart, and she’s moved to DFW. Pictures of him to follow too [oh and lots of stories. he is one funny kid.]
June – (and I’m so not kidding about this one) Carlee is going to the potty. Like, for real, she’s wearing panties all the time, even at night, and even when we are out in public. She has a chart for going #2 and when she goes 5 times, we all get to go to Red Mango for frozen yogurt. She’s been twice so far – once yesterday and once today. You should see the big kids trying to encourage her on the potty. ”Don’t you need to poop, Carlee?” Hilarious.
More to come. You won’t believe how big and grown-up my kids are getting… I can’t believe it sometimes either.
*that song = Dynamite, by Taio Cruz.
4 comments June 3rd, 2011
Eatin’ Lunch.
One of the best things about Colby going to the KOR school is that he is finished at 12:30 every day and we get to eat lunch together every day. (I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I still love it.) So, this is just an ordinary day for us, before we clean up the kitchen and go take a nap.
Add comment February 18th, 2011
Organization: Gift Wrap
Some of you have given me a pat on the back for how organized I am, but I’d say there’s always room for improvement, especially when younger children are underfoot. For Christmas I asked Kevin to clean out the garage and our master closet, and he immediately cleaned out the garage. The closet will take a little longer to do.
Our closet houses the gift wrapping supplies. Why? I really have no idea, other than the fact that the wrapping was stored in a bedroom closet [Colby's] in our old house, so I just moved it into our closet, which is the size of a college dorm room, no joke.
Here is a picture of the gift wrappings I’ve accumulated in 8.5 years of marriage.
A big mess. There’s an extra-large Ziploc bag full of wrapping paper and bows and boxes, 1 underbed storage box full of baby gift bags, 1 box full of tissue paper, and 2 hanging organizers full of birthday/gift bags. Too many containers. And, I haven’t touched some of the stuff in the Ziploc bag since we moved 18 months ago. I was inspired by my favorite new blog – iheartorganizing – and I realized I didn’t want all those containers to take up valuable real estate in our closet. Yes, we have room in that closet, but the space wasn’t being used efficiently.
So, I combined and threw away some things (just a few, but remember when you want to organize, you must always purge some). I definitely got rid of any tissue paper that was torn or bags/bows that were smushed. Here’s a picture of my [ever faithful, ever "present" - ha!] helper, Kennedy.
And, here’s my finished product. Ta-da!
I condensed 5 containers into 3 small ones and OH LOOK – I found a red bucket in that XL Ziploc bag – I totally forgot I had that bucket and now it holds the kids’ bath soaps.
Here’s an up-close picture of my success.
What I did:
1. I chose a longer box that would hold the wrapping paper rolls and the tissue paper.
2. I put the gift bags in the hanging boxes (not pictured in the close-up). Baby bags in one, birthday in the other.
3. I separated all the tissue paper into gallon-sized Ziploc bags, according to color. ROYGBIV worked for me!
4. I only spent 45 minutes, start to finish, and ZERO dollars to complete this project.
I’m proud of my accomplishment – even though it might not be life-changing, it feels good to be organized. I can’t wait to show pics of some other projects I’m taking on.
1 comment February 1st, 2011
Praying for a corner.
Just wanted to let the blog readers know that I’ve been on hiatus for a little while because of 2 things -
1. I had foot surgery 10 days ago. Recovery was painful the first 5 days but now it seems to be better. The doctor says my foot looks great and that this surgery went better than the other 2. He has researched and changed the surgical technique and added 2 strands of wire in each foot, all because of little old me. Kevin thinks the doctor should name it the Jenna-knot.
2. My dad had a heart attack on Tuesday and sextuple bypass surgery on Wednesday. He had over 90% blockage in each artery. He spent a few days in Critical Care Unit but is now in a regular room in the hospital. His blood pressure is still a bit high so they’re not releasing him just yet but he’s off the oxygen and breathing on his own, plus he’s able to get up and walk well. I will tell the whole story later, but that’s where most of my time and energy has been this week. I realize that I still need to finish out the 365 project (and I do have the pictures waiting).
Please please pray for my family right now:
- for my dad to be able to breathe well enough to sleep. If you can imagine, he’s very very sore from the surgery, so taking a deep breath is very hard for him. It’s hard to get into the good restful sleep he needs, plus he only wants to sit up because it’s more comfortable.
- for my dad’s blood pressure to go down. Sleep will help this, as will exercise. His body has been through quite a lot of trauma – the surgery alone took 5 hours to complete.
- for my mom – she is spending all of visiting hours (9-9) up at the hospital, and I’m glad she can and does. (It’s what I would do.) And pray that she would be able to rest at night without my dad there.
- for my sister Alicia – she is still in chiropractic college in Houston, so it’s hard for her to be in two places at once. And, although I know she’d rather be here right now, she has less than a year left of school before she can take over Dad’s practice. But, pray that Alicia can do well in school and that she can help Dad as a medical professional.
- for my sister Katrina – she is looking for a job. Pray that God would show her exactly what He wants her to do and give her the energy and wisdom to do it. Also pray that she could help Mom out with Dad’s recovery and not feel like she’s in the way. I am thankful that my mom doesn’t have to come home to an empty house while my dad’s in the hospital, because Katrina is there.
- for Kevin and me – we are emotionally and physically drained right now, so I don’t want it to take a toll on our marriage. Pray for rest and for discernment, especially for Kevin at work and me with parenting.
- for our kids – they have felt the stress of the week’s events and have been at each other’s throats a bit. Carlee won’t stop saying “shut up”, and the other 2 won’t stop tattling on her. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that we’ve been watching The Incredibles a lot lately. Pray that we could take a bit of a break from watching movies (now that I’m feeling better) and we could play with the great toys and games we got for Christmas. The kids have been great helpers this week, with yardwork and laundry and cooking, so I’m very thankful for that.
The kids were pretty devastated that they couldn’t see their Doc while he was in CCU. But they have been the sweetest prayer warriors, especially Kennedy, praying for the surgery and for Doc’s heart to get better. Colby drew Doc pictures of a heart and wrote things like “Doc, I hop your horte gest bedrr.” [More on phonetic spelling later.] Carlee asks, “Doc get better? Go see Doc?” and then lays her head on his hand when she sees him.
It’s very hard for us to see Dad not up and moving about like he usually does, and I know he’s going to have to sit still even longer. I’m praying against any sort of depression he might have or get from “just sitting around”. The doctors say there’s a corner you have to turn before progress goes forward faster, and Dad hasn’t gotten there yet. I’m praying for the corner.
I am very thankful also for this blog and for Facebook, to keep people updated. I didn’t have to tell the story 15 times at church today – most people knew from Facebook, or heard from someone on Facebook. (By the way, if you’re on Facebook, I’m Jenna Stephenson Grubbs, and my picture right now is of Cinderella’s castle from Disney World. I probably should change that, at least for now.)
Thanks again, friends and family, for lifting us up to the Father.
5 comments January 10th, 2011
Jenna. Dec 30. Pretty Princess.
The kids got to spend their day at home with my mom while I had foot surgery. I’ll spare you the pic of my bandaged foot. I will say that my surgery was delayed an hour and a half because the check-in desk did not have me on the schedule. I should have known something was up because I never got a call from the hospital. (After scheduling and re-scheduling surgeries, I’ve even had a hard time keeping up with when I was supposed to be on an operating table.) But then I walked 20 steps to the door of my podiatrist’s office and asked the receptionist if my doctor had me on his schedule and was I supposed to have surgery that day? She said, “yes ma’am” but then her face turned white when I told her the check-in desk didn’t have me on the schedule. She told me she faxed in orders twice, so she made a call, and she got everything back in order. I was thankful I didn’t have to come back to the hospital to have the surgery, when I was expecting to have it today.
So, here’s a picture of a very pretty princess to brighten my day. She is always a helper, but today she helped me hop to the bathroom, change my ice, and keep me fed. I am so thankful for my kiddos and that they have such kind hearts.
Add comment December 30th, 2010
Jenna. Dec 27. Shopping.
We were the glad recipients of several gift cards this Christmas. One was for JCPenney, which is not a very big store in our area. So we decided to meet up with Grandmom at the North East Mall.
Kevin wanted to pick out a new hat. He says his head gets cold because he doesn’t have any hair. Kennedy tried this one on. Silly girl.
I also got a gift card to Cato’s for my birthday and then picked out this sweater combo.
Add comment December 27th, 2010
Jenna. Dec 25. Christmas Day.
Merry Christmas, from Alicia’s face.
Kennedy took that pic and unfortunately it’s the only picture I have from my phone of that day. [sorry, Leesh.] I know Kevin took some with his camera. We spent the day at various gatherings. Breakfast was just the 5 of us at home; we opened our presents, played with our presents, and ate Butter Braids – yum! (Colby’s school fundraiser) Lunch was a Christmas feast at my uncle Philip’s house with my dad’s extended family, and then dinner was [by request] spaghetti and meatballs at my parents’ house with my parents and sisters.
The weather turned a little cooler today, so it was nice to sit by the fire and enjoy Christmas in a sweater instead of in shorts, which was what we had been wearing since last week. Although, it was nice to let the kids go outside and play on the trampoline every day instead of worrying about having to pick up their toys inside. Plus, now they have new toys to play with, since it’s Christmas!
Add comment December 25th, 2010