We have had Hannah and Jeanette here since Wednesday and before that, Reagan was down there for a few days. Today we went to the zoo and had a good time.
Can't wait to see everyone this coming weekend.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Reagan.....
Here is our little fish swimming the weekend she learned. This was 3 weeks ago, now she is crazy girl and all over the place. You'll see this weekend.
We have had Hannah and Jeanette here since Wednesday and before that, Reagan was down there for a few days. Today we went to the zoo and had a good time.
Can't wait to see everyone this coming weekend.
We have had Hannah and Jeanette here since Wednesday and before that, Reagan was down there for a few days. Today we went to the zoo and had a good time.
Can't wait to see everyone this coming weekend.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Crissy's Got A Gun...
That's right...my very own bb gun. You see in the morning when I go out to feed the cats and Hendrix walks toward the front door for his breakfast these nasty, loud, ugly birds swoop down and peck at him. So much so that he's got permanent fur loss and scars. So I finally broke down and bought a little gun to solve the problem. You should've seen Elena and I in the front yard just now taking target practice with beer cans in the tree. We're regular rednecks!! Anyway, we called Hendy out as bait and here came the birds. I got a pretty good shot at one of them. But the neighbors kids were out playing so we had to call it a night. I don't think it's good for them to see.
I'll be busting them up in the morning though, you better believe it. I love my gun.
Besides that I've been working a lot which is HOT!! My goodness is it hot in that damn truck. My parents were just on ANOTHER cruise so we had Buddy to watch. Also one night we had all 3 kids too. Brian and Laura wanted to go out with some friends so we watched the kids. 2 funny Angelina stories. First, Elena and I both have little pig shaped piggy banks. You know little ceramic banks. My nephew gave me mine so I won't get rid of it and I don't know where EJ got hers. But anyway, Angelina was playing with Elena's and she set it on the arm of the sofa. Yes, you know where this is going, it fell off. Smash on the wood floors into about 250 million little pieces. She immediately starts crying because she thinks she's going to jail or something. So I tell her no biggie just stay where you are so we can sweep it up, etc. So the crying finally stops and Elena and I are cleaning up the mess and Angelina says, "Aunt Crissy, at least it wasn't your pig, right?" Ha ha ha
I laughed so hard she must've said it four more times. She is so funny. She's a screamer and a little hard to please but very funny. Second thing--my parents in addition to the dog have a love bird. Of course the bird can pretty much fend for himslef for just 5 days so no need to transport him up here. So when Angelina asked why I was watching Buddy, etc. I explained it to her. Then she asked well who's watching Sweet Pea. So I tell her that really the bird is okay for just a few days, he has enough seed. And she replies, "Yea, Sweet Pea has his own life." Hee hee hee
So now we are back to our normal life, no dogs, no kids and that's how we like it. For now. If we didn't have 5 cats we'd probably have a dog(and maybe a kid). :-)
See y'all at the 4th. I'll bring my weapon. JK :-)
I'll be busting them up in the morning though, you better believe it. I love my gun.
Besides that I've been working a lot which is HOT!! My goodness is it hot in that damn truck. My parents were just on ANOTHER cruise so we had Buddy to watch. Also one night we had all 3 kids too. Brian and Laura wanted to go out with some friends so we watched the kids. 2 funny Angelina stories. First, Elena and I both have little pig shaped piggy banks. You know little ceramic banks. My nephew gave me mine so I won't get rid of it and I don't know where EJ got hers. But anyway, Angelina was playing with Elena's and she set it on the arm of the sofa. Yes, you know where this is going, it fell off. Smash on the wood floors into about 250 million little pieces. She immediately starts crying because she thinks she's going to jail or something. So I tell her no biggie just stay where you are so we can sweep it up, etc. So the crying finally stops and Elena and I are cleaning up the mess and Angelina says, "Aunt Crissy, at least it wasn't your pig, right?" Ha ha ha
I laughed so hard she must've said it four more times. She is so funny. She's a screamer and a little hard to please but very funny. Second thing--my parents in addition to the dog have a love bird. Of course the bird can pretty much fend for himslef for just 5 days so no need to transport him up here. So when Angelina asked why I was watching Buddy, etc. I explained it to her. Then she asked well who's watching Sweet Pea. So I tell her that really the bird is okay for just a few days, he has enough seed. And she replies, "Yea, Sweet Pea has his own life." Hee hee hee
So now we are back to our normal life, no dogs, no kids and that's how we like it. For now. If we didn't have 5 cats we'd probably have a dog(and maybe a kid). :-)
See y'all at the 4th. I'll bring my weapon. JK :-)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Grab me some peanuts and cracker jack
These are pictures of Reagan's first baseball game. Her dadda picked her up early from school and took her to a Jacksonville Suns game. When I asked her how it was, she said it was "totally awesome"
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Almost Famous
I know, I know - THREE posts in a row?!!!
Well, I've got ALOT to say... and I'm an attention whore! So, um, thanks for reading! :)
I just wanted to give you all a little business update. Jake Legg's Lost State Tours, has now been operational for nearly 4 weeks.
OK - so we haven't had a SINGLE paying customer, yet. But we are VERY optimistic and we've had some GREAT exposure.
We ran shuttles for this year's Blue Plum Festival !!! And though all of the parking lots are within CLOSE proximity of the festival and nearly EVERYONE walks and running continuous shuttles, ESPECIALLY when no one was using them, is VERY environmentally UNFRIENDLY we got ALOT of GREAT exposure and TONS of people asked us about our bus!
We were even featured in the Johnson City Press last weekend, on the FRONT page of the Sunday paper. And if you go to the video section of the Press Online and scroll through the videos until you see an image of the bus, you'll find a fun video of ME and the bus (Whitebread was actually standing RIGHT next to me, but apparently he isn't important enough to make it into the shot - poor baby).
Anyway, as you all plan your NEXT vacation - you should really keep Johnson City, TN in mind. There are apparently alot of FUN things to do!
End shameless self-promotion.
A Slightly LESS Depressing Post
OK - so after that previous post, I figured we could all use a few smiles!
The attached photo is a picture of my friend Jamie's son, Liam, pushing Loki on his toy fire engine. Now, you might think that the bigger boy (and older by 5 days) would be pushing the smaller boy around...Oh NO...not OUR son...he's not the manual labor type. He's much more managerial than that. Loki won't have anything to do with PUSHING the fire engine, he's much more of the managerial type, directing Liam along the way. He kept sticking his hands out pointing out the way. And just look at that knowing smile...he's OBVIOUSLY got this ALL figured out!
This is the very same toy fire engine Loki's Nana gave him on his first birthday to help him learn to walk. Well, as evidenced in the photo, it isn't working!!! At 14 months of age, Loki STILL doesn't walk.
Now, he's a champion "rider" and quite the speedy crawler. He's even become an expert furniture surfer and can even surf walls, at this point. He's just not quite ready to go it alone. I'm REALLY hoping that he's walking by the time Evie is born. I know it will mean that he's more mobile and quite likely INTO just about everything - but I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be able to bend over to offer my fingers of support so the child can walk through the house. It's already taking a toll on me. That and the fact that carrying a 14 month old, 30 pounder and a 28 week old (gestational age), 12 pounder, is just about more than this mom can handle. PHEW!
Keep your fingers crossed that he'll be walking by the Fourth of July!!!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Confessions of a Blog Addict
My name is Howie (or rather Anonymous - if you consider my Blog Profile when (and IF) I reply to Blog Postings)...and I AM a Blog-a-holic!
There I said it. I LOVE to read Blogs. I take 5 or 10 minute breaks during the work day to check to see if my favorite blogs have been updated recently. I got started with MOM blogs, mostly because I really had no idea what I was doing and I was curious to know if anyone else felt the same. Well, one blog ALWAYS leads to another in the form of a post or a link and I somehow started reading TRAGIC Mom blogs. You can EASILY spot the TRAGIC Mom blogs because they are usually posted on regular blogs on the side bar with a square button with cute graphics that always say, "Pray for (insert child's name)".
WARNING: Turner - STOP HERE - don't read any further until after your sweet HEALTHY pumpkin is born...
These were the type of blogs where the baby was born with rare skin diseases, rapid heart rates, underdeveloped lungs or some other odd affliction that no child should be subject to. But there are also blogs out there of women who have discovered that their child in utero may not survive life outside the womb.
After discovering at Loki's 20 week ultra-sound that he may, in fact, have Trisomy 13 - I feel like I can relate to some extent to the torment these women feel. Certainly we only experienced it for a couple of weeks, but the roller coaster of emotions was like nothing I have ever known ~ and I've been in some pretty emotional situations (loss of friends/family, living in Zambia, getting married (lol)...) But nothing compares to the thought of losing your unborn child (except maybe losing your unborn child OR actually losing a child).
We were told that we would have a lot of decisions to make moving forward if, in fact, Loki did have Trisomy 13. The survivale rate of Trisomy 13 babies is low, and the life expectancy for those that do survive is nominal - hours to maybe days and rarely, weeks. There hadn't even been a confirmed diagnosis, yet, and we were already being encouraged to abort. It was a NIGHTMARE!
In those two weeks, we tried not to think about much (which of course, is impossible). Would we abort, would we not? I couldn't wrap my head around it all.
I have recently discovered a support group for woman who decide to carry their tragically diagnosed children to term. It's called String Of Pearls. I actually discovered it earlier in my pregnancy with Evie and I literaly SOBBED as I read through the site and thought about having to cope with a similar situation.
So, as you can see, I'd become a little OVER involved...And JUST as I realized that I should STOP - I came across one more blog. This time, it was the story of an unmarried Christian woman who, in one night of passion with a "friend", became pregnant with April - a Trisomy 13 baby she had decided to carry to term. I didn't discover the blog, until April was nearly due. And while I followed it, I didn't always read it that closely. It was a rather religious blog - and while I consider myself spiritual, alot of the God talk turned me off. But I am a pray-er, and as her due date approached, I did find myself occassionally saying a little prayer to comfort April's mother through all of this.
Well, the baby was born ALIVE, and I was thrilled but nervous...and the next day, when I went to check on everyone's status - the blog had disappeared. I had known that the author was getting alot of hate mail; comments insinuating that she wasn't really pregnant and had fabricated the whole thing. But it was a WELL followed blog, and those things happen to people who open themselves up to the world. What I didn't realize, was that the nay-sayyers were RIGHT. It turns out the whole thing was a SCAM. The Chicago Tribune even printed a story about it!
Many of the followers have commented on their frustrations of becoming so emotionally involved and having been "duped". I'm not sure how I feel. I wasn't really emotionally involved. And like I said, I've been following ALOT of blogs lately ~ and while I presume they are real, I wouldn't be surprised if there are others out there that aren't. I don't follow them because I expect them to be TRUE, to be REAL, or to be HONEST. I follow them because they're an escape - fun stories about people's lives. Usually, they're people I don't know. It's like reading a mini-novella. When I pick up a good book at home, the story becomes VERY real to me, but when it's over and I close the book and check back into my own reality - the world of fictions fades into the background.
Anyway, this blog is a little different, in that we are all connected at a level that is much more personal than random blog followers and that's cool, too. Maybe I need to stick to just reading about the lives of people I KNOW or better, yet, maybe I should focus on living MY life instead of living vicariously through the blogs of others... :)
Either way, I'm happy we do this - Thanks, Gang!!!
There I said it. I LOVE to read Blogs. I take 5 or 10 minute breaks during the work day to check to see if my favorite blogs have been updated recently. I got started with MOM blogs, mostly because I really had no idea what I was doing and I was curious to know if anyone else felt the same. Well, one blog ALWAYS leads to another in the form of a post or a link and I somehow started reading TRAGIC Mom blogs. You can EASILY spot the TRAGIC Mom blogs because they are usually posted on regular blogs on the side bar with a square button with cute graphics that always say, "Pray for (insert child's name)".
WARNING: Turner - STOP HERE - don't read any further until after your sweet HEALTHY pumpkin is born...
These were the type of blogs where the baby was born with rare skin diseases, rapid heart rates, underdeveloped lungs or some other odd affliction that no child should be subject to. But there are also blogs out there of women who have discovered that their child in utero may not survive life outside the womb.
After discovering at Loki's 20 week ultra-sound that he may, in fact, have Trisomy 13 - I feel like I can relate to some extent to the torment these women feel. Certainly we only experienced it for a couple of weeks, but the roller coaster of emotions was like nothing I have ever known ~ and I've been in some pretty emotional situations (loss of friends/family, living in Zambia, getting married (lol)...) But nothing compares to the thought of losing your unborn child (except maybe losing your unborn child OR actually losing a child).
We were told that we would have a lot of decisions to make moving forward if, in fact, Loki did have Trisomy 13. The survivale rate of Trisomy 13 babies is low, and the life expectancy for those that do survive is nominal - hours to maybe days and rarely, weeks. There hadn't even been a confirmed diagnosis, yet, and we were already being encouraged to abort. It was a NIGHTMARE!
In those two weeks, we tried not to think about much (which of course, is impossible). Would we abort, would we not? I couldn't wrap my head around it all.
I have recently discovered a support group for woman who decide to carry their tragically diagnosed children to term. It's called String Of Pearls. I actually discovered it earlier in my pregnancy with Evie and I literaly SOBBED as I read through the site and thought about having to cope with a similar situation.
So, as you can see, I'd become a little OVER involved...And JUST as I realized that I should STOP - I came across one more blog. This time, it was the story of an unmarried Christian woman who, in one night of passion with a "friend", became pregnant with April - a Trisomy 13 baby she had decided to carry to term. I didn't discover the blog, until April was nearly due. And while I followed it, I didn't always read it that closely. It was a rather religious blog - and while I consider myself spiritual, alot of the God talk turned me off. But I am a pray-er, and as her due date approached, I did find myself occassionally saying a little prayer to comfort April's mother through all of this.
Well, the baby was born ALIVE, and I was thrilled but nervous...and the next day, when I went to check on everyone's status - the blog had disappeared. I had known that the author was getting alot of hate mail; comments insinuating that she wasn't really pregnant and had fabricated the whole thing. But it was a WELL followed blog, and those things happen to people who open themselves up to the world. What I didn't realize, was that the nay-sayyers were RIGHT. It turns out the whole thing was a SCAM. The Chicago Tribune even printed a story about it!
Many of the followers have commented on their frustrations of becoming so emotionally involved and having been "duped". I'm not sure how I feel. I wasn't really emotionally involved. And like I said, I've been following ALOT of blogs lately ~ and while I presume they are real, I wouldn't be surprised if there are others out there that aren't. I don't follow them because I expect them to be TRUE, to be REAL, or to be HONEST. I follow them because they're an escape - fun stories about people's lives. Usually, they're people I don't know. It's like reading a mini-novella. When I pick up a good book at home, the story becomes VERY real to me, but when it's over and I close the book and check back into my own reality - the world of fictions fades into the background.
Anyway, this blog is a little different, in that we are all connected at a level that is much more personal than random blog followers and that's cool, too. Maybe I need to stick to just reading about the lives of people I KNOW or better, yet, maybe I should focus on living MY life instead of living vicariously through the blogs of others... :)
Either way, I'm happy we do this - Thanks, Gang!!!
Weight update
I lost the 3lbs. that I gained last week so we are back to 205.
Thanks for the baby update Turner and I hope both you and Sean feel better.
Love to all
Thanks for the baby update Turner and I hope both you and Sean feel better.
Love to all
Latest Dr. appt, a cold, stitches and a birthday!
So we had our baby checkup yesterday. All is well. I actually lost two pounds but the Dr. wasn't concerned. I really think it is because this cold is totally killing my appetite--all I want to do is sleep! The Dr. went over what meds I can take and actually said I looked and sounded bad. Wonderful thanks Doc!
The Dr. found the heartbeat and it was steady and strong. Sean loves hearing it--he gets this stupid grin on his face!
It is Sean's b-day today but we are going to lay low. He went to the Dermatologist yesterday just to get checked out and for the Dr. to look at this bump on his lip. This bump was there a few years ago and another derm took it off--well its back! This new Derm did a biopsy so my honey has 3 stitches in his upper lip! So the wings and beer celebration will have to be postponed. Boo! He gets the stitches out in 10 days or so.
The Dr. found the heartbeat and it was steady and strong. Sean loves hearing it--he gets this stupid grin on his face!
It is Sean's b-day today but we are going to lay low. He went to the Dermatologist yesterday just to get checked out and for the Dr. to look at this bump on his lip. This bump was there a few years ago and another derm took it off--well its back! This new Derm did a biopsy so my honey has 3 stitches in his upper lip! So the wings and beer celebration will have to be postponed. Boo! He gets the stitches out in 10 days or so.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Fat girl, fat girl, fat girl
So, if last week wasn't bad enough with me not losing anything, this week I gained 3 lbs. I have been soooo tired all week, I don't know what is wrong with me. Other than I have been eating tons of sweets and not eating 3 full meals and not drinking my water and not working out?!?!?!
I am going back on the wagon tomorrow. Tonight I am going to see if my Mom and Hal will watch Reagan so Brian and I can go out to dinner together.
I am going back on the wagon tomorrow. Tonight I am going to see if my Mom and Hal will watch Reagan so Brian and I can go out to dinner together.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Future In-Laws Are Here!!!
So Elena's Mom and Dad arrived on Saturday afternoon and it's been really great having them. I'd post pictures of all the work we've done to the house but my camera is in the other room where Elena is sleeping. Her mom is working her to death. :-)
Do you think it's bad when Elena's mom asked Elena while pointing to me, "Is she always like this?" At first I laughed it off but the more I think about it that wasn't good. :-) Just kidding I think she likes my sense of humor. :-)
Tonight we have dinner with the parents. Duhm du duhm duhm. We're going to the place we had my parents anniversary party. I'm not nervous but Elena is trying to take me down with her. She has already asked me to pour her a double Red Bull and Vodka while she is showering. :-) What's teh worst that could happen, right?
Well...stay tuned, I'll blog again tomorrow. :-)
Do you think it's bad when Elena's mom asked Elena while pointing to me, "Is she always like this?" At first I laughed it off but the more I think about it that wasn't good. :-) Just kidding I think she likes my sense of humor. :-)
Tonight we have dinner with the parents. Duhm du duhm duhm. We're going to the place we had my parents anniversary party. I'm not nervous but Elena is trying to take me down with her. She has already asked me to pour her a double Red Bull and Vodka while she is showering. :-) What's teh worst that could happen, right?
Well...stay tuned, I'll blog again tomorrow. :-)
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