I know this is a bit late, but I wanted to make the announcement, that our daughter has finally arrived,
Aubrey Lynn
8/26/08
8:37 AM
7 lbs 9 oz
20-1/2 inches long
Lexie is an excited big sister! Everyone is doing well!
Things are really hectic, will write more when I have time!!
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
busy-ness
Wow has the summer flown by! Here I am, only 3-1/2 weeks away from the baby being due, I am ready. Oh, I can't complain, this has been a really good pregnancy, i haven't had the morning sickness, the high blood sugar, the high blood pressure, or any of that stuff I had with Lexie. The biggest problem I have is the darn heat, but other than that, no problems.
Lexie has been growing like a weed, we had her 2nd birthday last sunday, I can't believe how fast the time has flown. She is so smart, and says so many things. She loves to sing and dance to music, it will be interesting to see if she pursues music of some sort as one of her talents, she is such an amazing child and is so much fun, I am so glad I am home with her and not missing out. I feel very blessed!
We have been keeping so busy with the garden, trying to get whatever I can done before the baby comes, we have done green beans, peas, corn, pulled potatoes, onions, green peppers, I am overloaded with summer squash, we have also put blueberries, rasberries and getting ready for tomatoes to can, peaches and apples. It will be so nice this winter to not have to buy those things at the grocery store! But wow, it keeps me busy. I keep finding myself involved more with church activities, which has been fun but overwhelming at times, some people have this mis-construed idea that because I am a stay at home mom, I stay at home and do nothing...I just don't get that! Between raising lexie, keeping up with the normal house-hold chores and anything else that comes along, I feel busier than when I was working, I literally meet myself coming and going and though I still try to have time for friends it just don't always happen. Those phone calls just make me laugh, (in fact I got one just last week) when a friend calls and says I am going shopping today, leaving in an hour...wanna come?? My mind reals into a million things I have to get done in that hour and I just shake my head, I mean being a stay at home mom is not a ticket to sitting at home in sweats, eating popcorn and watching soaps and movies all day, and then if the phone rings, I can just pick up and go on a whim...I am so confused, maybe I am doing this stay at home mom thing all wrong!?! I am trying to do my best, but sometimes I do miss having "me-time" but hey I guess that is part of the sacrifice of becoming a mom, but I don't mind...really...most of the time anyway.
Anyways, nick is doing well, he should graduate in may with one of his degrees (HVAC), so we are looking forward to that, then it is on to the rest of school, but at least this one should land him in a job he will enjoy more. I am so nervous about what the future holds for us, about moving away, new home, new job, new friends, but I am trying to keep the faith that the Lord will continue to provide as he has been so far. well, Lexie is now up from her nap, so it's off to make supper, bathe her, feed the animals, take my own shower, and so on...
Lexie has been growing like a weed, we had her 2nd birthday last sunday, I can't believe how fast the time has flown. She is so smart, and says so many things. She loves to sing and dance to music, it will be interesting to see if she pursues music of some sort as one of her talents, she is such an amazing child and is so much fun, I am so glad I am home with her and not missing out. I feel very blessed!
We have been keeping so busy with the garden, trying to get whatever I can done before the baby comes, we have done green beans, peas, corn, pulled potatoes, onions, green peppers, I am overloaded with summer squash, we have also put blueberries, rasberries and getting ready for tomatoes to can, peaches and apples. It will be so nice this winter to not have to buy those things at the grocery store! But wow, it keeps me busy. I keep finding myself involved more with church activities, which has been fun but overwhelming at times, some people have this mis-construed idea that because I am a stay at home mom, I stay at home and do nothing...I just don't get that! Between raising lexie, keeping up with the normal house-hold chores and anything else that comes along, I feel busier than when I was working, I literally meet myself coming and going and though I still try to have time for friends it just don't always happen. Those phone calls just make me laugh, (in fact I got one just last week) when a friend calls and says I am going shopping today, leaving in an hour...wanna come?? My mind reals into a million things I have to get done in that hour and I just shake my head, I mean being a stay at home mom is not a ticket to sitting at home in sweats, eating popcorn and watching soaps and movies all day, and then if the phone rings, I can just pick up and go on a whim...I am so confused, maybe I am doing this stay at home mom thing all wrong!?! I am trying to do my best, but sometimes I do miss having "me-time" but hey I guess that is part of the sacrifice of becoming a mom, but I don't mind...really...most of the time anyway.
Anyways, nick is doing well, he should graduate in may with one of his degrees (HVAC), so we are looking forward to that, then it is on to the rest of school, but at least this one should land him in a job he will enjoy more. I am so nervous about what the future holds for us, about moving away, new home, new job, new friends, but I am trying to keep the faith that the Lord will continue to provide as he has been so far. well, Lexie is now up from her nap, so it's off to make supper, bathe her, feed the animals, take my own shower, and so on...
Friday, May 16, 2008
a real letter sent to always...
I saw this somewhere and thought it was hilarious, I had to share! Supposedly this was seriously sent, Every woman out there will totally appreciate this one...
Dear Mr.Thatcher,
I have been a loyal user of your 'Always' maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Co re or Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants.Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from the curse'? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call 'an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.' Isn't the human body amazing?As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens du ring your customer's monthly visits from 'Aunt Flo'. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps.Crazy!The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants... Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: 'Have a Happy Period.'Are you f------ kidding me? What I me an is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness, is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak, there will never be anything 'happy' about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreen's armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like 'Put down the Hammer' or 'Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong', or are you just picking on us?Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bull****. And that's a promise I will keep.Always. . .Best,Wendi AaronsAustin , TX
Dear Mr.Thatcher,
I have been a loyal user of your 'Always' maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Co re or Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants.Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from the curse'? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call 'an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.' Isn't the human body amazing?As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens du ring your customer's monthly visits from 'Aunt Flo'. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps.Crazy!The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants... Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: 'Have a Happy Period.'Are you f------ kidding me? What I me an is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness, is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak, there will never be anything 'happy' about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreen's armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like 'Put down the Hammer' or 'Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong', or are you just picking on us?Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bull****. And that's a promise I will keep.Always. . .Best,Wendi AaronsAustin , TX
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
update
Things have been going well, Nick is in his last 2 weeks of school for the summer and is preparing next week to take 3 of his tests for some certifications. I know he will do fine, he is going for the NATE certification this summer, and will take back up with more classes in the fall. This should make the summer a little less stressful, but the fall, rediculously crazy with him being gone so much and the new baby and everything, but we'll make it, and if all goes as planned he will graduate in December. I am really proud of him!
Lexie is growing like a weed! She spends her days talking and singing and getting into EVERYTHING! She is a lot of fun, but also at times, quite the challange, as she seems to think the terrible 2's need to set in a few months early! Unfortunately pretty much everything I've heard about that stage seems to be true, the temper, the defiance, picky eating and so on, but it's not all bad, she has times where she is so much fun and sweet and loving and full of kisses and hugs! Those times make all the bad times seem not quite so bad!! I wouldn't trade any of it for anything
I am doing well, go back to the doctor on Friday, (to see how much more weight I have gained~ugh!) So far though, the weight gain, which is inevitable, but not always welcome, has been the most difficult part of the pregnancy. I am trying hard to eat right to keep it to a minimum, Having the fresh garden food in a month or so will really help, and help with the rediculous sky-rocketing prices in the stores. It is getting un-real, but that is a whole different subject. We have been working hard doing firewood, which I do okay, but seem to tucker out quicker these days, I just go for a while then take a break and go some more, we do have some food planted in the garden, all the cold-weather-hearty plants, I was a little nervous about how cold it got last night, but I think everything is going to be ok. We also have gotten a good start on Lexie's play-ground. We put the rubber mulch down, and she now has a swing, slide, little tykes house, car and picnic table. That will be all for this year, as the girls grow we can add things to it. But for now it works, we had some friends over for supper the other night and the kids all went out and played, they had a great time, we are hosting mothers day, so that will be wonderful to have that day, as long as the weather holds out!
A friend and I went mushroom hunting the other night and between the 2 of us found 114. I was so excited. I am planning on going today and tomorrow again, hoping the cold weather didn't set things back too badly!
That is prettty muh the jist of what is going on here, we are just thankful that nick has a job in this rapidly failing economy, and that we are still able to pay our bills, we are not rolling in it by any means, but that is ok! We still have our family and we feel very blessed!!
Lexie is growing like a weed! She spends her days talking and singing and getting into EVERYTHING! She is a lot of fun, but also at times, quite the challange, as she seems to think the terrible 2's need to set in a few months early! Unfortunately pretty much everything I've heard about that stage seems to be true, the temper, the defiance, picky eating and so on, but it's not all bad, she has times where she is so much fun and sweet and loving and full of kisses and hugs! Those times make all the bad times seem not quite so bad!! I wouldn't trade any of it for anything
I am doing well, go back to the doctor on Friday, (to see how much more weight I have gained~ugh!) So far though, the weight gain, which is inevitable, but not always welcome, has been the most difficult part of the pregnancy. I am trying hard to eat right to keep it to a minimum, Having the fresh garden food in a month or so will really help, and help with the rediculous sky-rocketing prices in the stores. It is getting un-real, but that is a whole different subject. We have been working hard doing firewood, which I do okay, but seem to tucker out quicker these days, I just go for a while then take a break and go some more, we do have some food planted in the garden, all the cold-weather-hearty plants, I was a little nervous about how cold it got last night, but I think everything is going to be ok. We also have gotten a good start on Lexie's play-ground. We put the rubber mulch down, and she now has a swing, slide, little tykes house, car and picnic table. That will be all for this year, as the girls grow we can add things to it. But for now it works, we had some friends over for supper the other night and the kids all went out and played, they had a great time, we are hosting mothers day, so that will be wonderful to have that day, as long as the weather holds out!
A friend and I went mushroom hunting the other night and between the 2 of us found 114. I was so excited. I am planning on going today and tomorrow again, hoping the cold weather didn't set things back too badly!
That is prettty muh the jist of what is going on here, we are just thankful that nick has a job in this rapidly failing economy, and that we are still able to pay our bills, we are not rolling in it by any means, but that is ok! We still have our family and we feel very blessed!!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
it's gonna be a....
another girl, I had my ultrasound and it was very clear. She was waving at us, it was really cute!! I am happy, that Lexie will have a sister to grow up with and be close with, but also a little sad because this is the last baby I'm ever gonna have and I will never have a boy, nick is a little disappointed, but he is also fine with a girl, he is very good with Lexie, so I have no doubts it will be okay! The big DD is August 30th! That is gonna be here quickly!!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
just a question...to ponder
Why do we wait all of our lives to grow up and we finally get there and it turns out to be nothing like we dreamed of??
It is so full of hurts, disappointments, stress, huge decisions, but there are some happy times too, kids, freedom, finding yourself and getting to be who you REALLY are, not who everybody thinks you have to be.
I guess sometimes I wish I could go back to being a kid, I would do things alot differently. First of all there are some decisions from my high school years I would never have made, there are also some I didn't make that I would now. I would have enjoyed my whole life so much more and realized that just because someone was mad at me or I was mad at them it wasn't the end of the world. That wasn't the worst tragedy ever! All those things that were so devastating to me as a kid and a teen, weren't so bad. My life has been good if I truely sit back and think about it, even in the tough times, God has always come through with something good in the end. I am trying to believe he will one more time, but I am struggling!
It is so full of hurts, disappointments, stress, huge decisions, but there are some happy times too, kids, freedom, finding yourself and getting to be who you REALLY are, not who everybody thinks you have to be.
I guess sometimes I wish I could go back to being a kid, I would do things alot differently. First of all there are some decisions from my high school years I would never have made, there are also some I didn't make that I would now. I would have enjoyed my whole life so much more and realized that just because someone was mad at me or I was mad at them it wasn't the end of the world. That wasn't the worst tragedy ever! All those things that were so devastating to me as a kid and a teen, weren't so bad. My life has been good if I truely sit back and think about it, even in the tough times, God has always come through with something good in the end. I am trying to believe he will one more time, but I am struggling!
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
sad!
I am trying to prepare myself to go to a funeral tomorrow, but I don't think it's possible. What do I say? My mom's cousin died at the age of 52. It is such a shock. He was so healthy and athletic, and so full of life. Always happy and one of the neatest and funnest guys to ever be around. He, of course, has 3 children of his own with his wife and they had 3 girls they had adopted from china. How his wife and children must be hurting, how shocked they must be!
He started with a cough 4 days ago, couldn't get rid of it and went to the doctor, they told him he had bronchitis and put him on antibiotics. The next day he was feeling a little worse and called the dr and they said oh you probably have the flu too. So the next day came, he was feeling worse and the took him to the ER, they said oh, you have a touch of pnuemonia. So they hospitalized him and he just kept going down hill and then within 24 hrs had passed away. Now they are saying he had a bacterieal infection. I can't hardly believe it. What are these diseases going around and what is the deal? This is a guy who got up early every morning to run 5 miles before work, he had a workout room in his basement that he used often and had a membership to the gym that he visited at least 3 times a week, he ate healthy and was such a happy person, how could someone like him die so suddenly, I mean his body should have been healthy enough to fight it off. And he has a wife and young children at home, what are they going to do without him? And these 3 little girls from China, I mean they came from a place where they were abandoned, and then they knew real love of a happy family, 2 loving parents and safety and now their dad has been ripped from their lives, forever. I know God has a plan, but it seems so un-real, so cold, so un-fair...like a scene from a horror movie or something. It is so hard to have your faith tested in this way. We just have to pull together as a family and get through this together, but it is not gonna be easy!
He started with a cough 4 days ago, couldn't get rid of it and went to the doctor, they told him he had bronchitis and put him on antibiotics. The next day he was feeling a little worse and called the dr and they said oh you probably have the flu too. So the next day came, he was feeling worse and the took him to the ER, they said oh, you have a touch of pnuemonia. So they hospitalized him and he just kept going down hill and then within 24 hrs had passed away. Now they are saying he had a bacterieal infection. I can't hardly believe it. What are these diseases going around and what is the deal? This is a guy who got up early every morning to run 5 miles before work, he had a workout room in his basement that he used often and had a membership to the gym that he visited at least 3 times a week, he ate healthy and was such a happy person, how could someone like him die so suddenly, I mean his body should have been healthy enough to fight it off. And he has a wife and young children at home, what are they going to do without him? And these 3 little girls from China, I mean they came from a place where they were abandoned, and then they knew real love of a happy family, 2 loving parents and safety and now their dad has been ripped from their lives, forever. I know God has a plan, but it seems so un-real, so cold, so un-fair...like a scene from a horror movie or something. It is so hard to have your faith tested in this way. We just have to pull together as a family and get through this together, but it is not gonna be easy!
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