Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A night to remember...


She's almost seven.

She asked me to snuggle with her tonight as she went to sleep. I wrapped my arms around her and laid with her. As she fell into dreamland, I couldn't help but go back to the night before (and morning) she was born. So many things raced through my mind.
  • I was a week overdue and I was SO excited.
  • I knew it was a girl from the moment that I found out I was pregnant. I also had known what her name was long before that.
  • I had such a great pregnancy.
  • I checked into the hospital the night before they would induce me to be "prepped" for it. The nurse said "we'll see how you're doing in the morning and whether you'll stay or go home." I said, " No ma'am. I'm a week overdue and my doctor said I was having this baby tomorrow. I'm NOT going home."
  • I was in labor shortly after that and didn't know it. They had given me something to sleep b/c I had never been in the hospital before and they wanted to make sure I rested well.
  • My water broke in the middle of the night. It didn't take long for me to definitely know that I was in labor.
  • I slept through most of my labor due to a wonderful combination of a sleeping pill and an epidural. Ryan had to wake me up to push. :)
  • I will never forget the first moment that I laid eyes on her. It's a picture forever etched in my mind. The doctor laid her on my chest. It was AMAZING.
  • I remember her very first visitor. Don't remember his name. (surprise) :) But won't ever forget his face.
  • I remember how soft her skin was. How sweet she smelled. I remember just staring. Her hands...her fingers (everyone said "she'll be a piano player" except Ryan. He said "she'll play basketball".)
  • You could tell her eyes would be blue from the first day.
  • I wondered what she would be like. I had no idea...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

I really like where I work

because I get to be a part of things like this...


COMPASSION HAITI - STUDENT LIFE ORANGE BEACH from Taylor Robinson on Vimeo.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Things I'm so thankful for today...

1. All the windows are open (a triumph for my old house). The breeze is constant. The birds are chirping. I'm the only one home. :)

2. The dedication to the Lord of a child long prayed for.

3. A morning with no drama.

4. Staying up all hours of the night talking, giggling and watching TV with the hubby. It's like we were teenagers.

5. New mercy and grace today.

Monday, December 15, 2008

this ranks high on the funny list too...

If you're a mom - you'll be fine reading this. If you're not - just know it includes bodily fluids. :)

A little context...new parents...the baby is only a couple of weeks old...

http://thewetree.blogspot.com/2008/12/not-for-faint-of-heart.html

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

This might be one of the funniest things I've read in a long time....

and I thought I would share. I hope my friend doesn't mind!

http://andyblanks.com/2008/12/09/pop-culture-soup

Thursday, November 6, 2008

My friend says it well...

There's a lot of "wise encouragement" floating around. I've read a few blogs that speak some practical wisdom into what can, at times, be a fanatical world. A friend posted this on his blog today. Thought I would share.

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There are so many things that I want to say about this past election, and it has nothing to do with the outcome. But I have allowed my self to stay calm, not point fingers, and not attack people.

Just now, while collecting my thoughts about what to write, I realized that I probably shouldn't just go off. So instead I've decided to speak to everyone the way I want them to speak to me. So read carefully.
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You are all very smart. I'm so glad you decided to get involved in this years historic election. If you voted for McCain - good for you - I'm sure your convictions and beliefs lead you to vote that way. If you voted for Obama - good for you - I'm sure your convictions and beliefs lead you to vote the way you did. I'm not going to assume why you voted the way you did, it's your right. There are alot of things out there in this world that are important to alot of people - I cannot expect for what's important to me to be as important to you. I congradulate Mr. Obama and his campaign team for a job well done - cause quite honestly they took it too McCain.
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There I'm done....

But so help me - if I hear another McCain supporter say to vote for Obama is to betray the faith - or if I hear another Obama supporter say McCain supporters are bumbling-hill billy-idiots I'm gonna.......Calm...

People voted for who they thought would be best. Some of you cling to the abortion subject, some of you are interested in the war, some of you gun control, some the economy, some foriegn policy, some race (I don't know). None the less, you've got your "thing."

My father used to always say, and I repeat "Don't ever assume." Please don't assume. McCain supporters are not necessarily money hungry racist who hate black people, AND Obama supporters aren't necessarily abortion supporting baby killers. Just be happy you got to vote. Be happy everybody got to vote.
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Bullets

  • My kids are sleeping in their beds for the first time in over a week. I will be sleeping on the couch for the first time ever. Jack wet my bed last night. :)
  • My husband is still "living" in the other house. It has not been a fun-filled 8 days and doesn't prove to be a fun-filled week. There is a contract on the house (which we are extremely grateful for) but we won't close until later this week (which we continue to be frustrated by).
  • I'm ready for the election to be over. Just ready to not see/ hear campaigning all the time. Give me something happy to listen to!
  • The amount of paper that my daughter comes home with everyday from school could save a forest over the course of a year.
  • I steam cleaned the carpet at the other house tonight. Wow - it was pretty! I think I'll do the house I live in next.
  • My in-laws are so generous and servant-hearted. I'm so thankful for them and I don't tell them often enough. Just really great people. Glad I can call them mine. :)
  • It's "peak week" outside. Has anyone else noticed? Despite the stress surrounding us right now, I can always count on the trees to make me smile. (There is a certain row of them on the way to school that are a beautiful, deep shade of red. Amazing.) It's my favorite week out of the year and the reason that I decided to stay in Alabama 11 years ago.
  • No new updates on our adoption. Still waiting.