OK, I have never posted a video before and I am not sure if it will upload or not but I am going to try and cross my fingers that it works!
One day last week, we were playing with our digital camera making a few short videos. Or rather, "radio" as Knucklehead calls it... I am sure it makes perfect sence in her mind.
You have to see and HEAR Knucklehead singing and saying her Hail Mary Prayer - make sure you have your speakers turned up. I'm sure many of you will be saying to yourself Aughlllllllll how cute..." but wait for the VERY END!!!! I didn't know she was gonna have an encore and I hit the off button about 5 seconds too soon but I caught a little of it.
You will be ROTFLYAO - in case you don't know what that stands for I will get you started....Rolling On The Floor Laughing Your _____ Off!!!
(MAN! I wish I hadn't stopped it as soon as I did - we could have entered it on America's Funniest Videos!!! well, at least I will still have it to show her when she is all grown up! I don't think she will kill me - that is, unless she finds out that I put it up on the INTERNET!!! *gasp!*)
ok, admit it - you are Laughing!!! I have seen it over a dozen times tonight alone and I about wet myself each time. She was so serious and then...! LOL :P
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Hurricane Humberto
Hurricane HumbertoSorry I haven’t posted lately but it’s been a busy week around here. An unexpected hurricane really put a twist on our schedule (pun intended) and now we are playing catch up after being without electricity.
A week ago tonight when we went to bed, I had no idea that a tropical storm was headed our way much less a soon to be hurricane! Fastest developing hurricane in history I have been told…
I don’t watch TV much anymore – so I was unaware that a tropical storm was headed towards the gulf. My husband knew about it b/c of his job but thought that we were not in harms way, that it was thought to be headed towards Galveston Island… like Hurricane Rita was… but in both events the path of the storm changed and ripped right thru out town on the TX/LA boarder. This time the damage wasn’t as bad in my opinion, but according to local newspapers will cost more than Rita for cleanup.
A week ago tonight around 3am we lost electricity. I had just gotten back into bed from nursing one of the twins when I heard the fan we use for a noise maker go off… then after that I could not go back to sleep – I could hear everything. The wind was really getting up and since the babies crib in our room is in the window area, it made me scared that perhaps something would come flying thru and break the glass to fall all over them… so I got up and carried them one at a time over and put them both in bed with us just to be on the safe side.
Again, I had no idea that this was a hurricane I was hearing outside… I just thought it was a bad storm. Well the next day when we woke up we got a phone call from Knucklehead's teacher saying no school b/c no electric at the home of school… but somehow I misinterpreted Heidi when she said “We’re all ok here” to mean that they had electric (when in fact they didn’t – some 100,000 + homes were out)… So I thought to myself, that if Heidi has electric and she lives off HWY 62, then we’ll jump in the van and drive to McDonalds on 62 and go get breakfast since our power is out. WRONG! No where to get hot food…
Before I even pulled out of the drive I could see the damage left from the hurricane which at this point didn’t even know it’s name b/c we didn’t have TV to watch. I actually ended up calling my Dad in KY and he told me all about what had happened here in our town.
I happened to have my digital camera with me and here are some photos I took around my neighborhood and town.
a large tree uprooted in our neighborhood.
more large branches down in one of the nieghbor's yard.
a tree split in half in our neighborhood.
Just one of many poles that were blown to the side.
all thru town a lot of signs were blown completely over like this one
a storage building was blown over on it's side!
I think lightening struck this tree on the left - no bark from the top to the middle. Although maybe this was done during Rita and I just never noticed until today??Lucky for us, our yard didn’t have anything to clean up except our patio furniture in the backyard… it was blown all over the place and our umbrella was too damaged to keep – but that set is over 8 years old and we were thinking of buying new next spring anyway so no big loss.
Our neighbor across the street was a little jealous this week of us I think. This is a photo of his yard.
He made the comment that we didn’t have anything to pick up like he did… well of course not – b/c all of our large trees blew down to the ground (missing the house thankfully) during Hurricane Rita. We had them cut up and taken away following that hurricane and have since had the stumps ground up… so our yard looked fine this time. What was there to blow over?And here I leave you with a photo of Knucklehead in one of her "mommy-look-a-like" stares as we drove aroudn town looking at the hurricane damage.......only my mouth woudl have been slightly opened. LOL :P
It was an intresting adventure that night after the sun went down..... trying to explain to a 3 year old for the first time about electricity and how come she needs to STOP MAKING A WISH AND BLOWING OUT OUR CANDLES!!!! Thankfully we only had to go one night without power!
I was so excited to trun onto our street Friday and see these trucks parked along our home! You can barely see our house on the Left side - white brick with green metal roof.... that Knucklehead declares is really blue -but that is a whole 'nother story! :P
Friday, September 7, 2007
The Babies were Baptized Sunday!
September 2, 2007
My Dad and Step-mom, Clara, were the Godparents for the twins. They drove down from KY and brought David's mom, Kathy, with them and arrived early Thursday morning. We had a great visit with them while they were here.
Here are a few photos that capture the special moments from the Baptism Day.
I wish I had more to share but after we got home I was not able to find my camera that a friend had placed in my diaper bag. Although I searched and dug all throughout the diaper bag –THREE times even!!! then I gave up and thought maybe my friend had taken the camera home with them by mistake… so we took photos around the house of all of us holding the babies with Dad & Clara’s camera and David’s moms….
So David yelled back upstairs to Dad – “never mind the battery is dead…” which caused a great commotion b/c he had already put his shirt back on buttoned it up and even retied his tie… then to make it more funny David waited 60 seconds then yelled we got a new battery get dressed again… followed by “APRIL FOOLS!!”
Our week started off with a great Celebration this week!!! Sunday, we had the twins baptized following Mass. Deacon Harvey did his best to move mountains so that we could have it done during the Mass but for circumstances out of his control we were not able to which was a disappointment to us... but never the less, the sacrament means the same and a handful of our closest friends came to witness this blessed event!
Here are a few photos that capture the special moments from the Baptism Day.
Oliva Maelee
and
Paul Thomas
Baptized Sunday September 2, 2007
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
and
Paul Thomas
Baptized Sunday September 2, 2007
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
I wish I had more to share but after we got home I was not able to find my camera that a friend had placed in my diaper bag. Although I searched and dug all throughout the diaper bag –THREE times even!!! then I gave up and thought maybe my friend had taken the camera home with them by mistake… so we took photos around the house of all of us holding the babies with Dad & Clara’s camera and David’s moms….
Afterwards, everyone went upstairs to undress while I looked one more time, this time I dumped the whole bag upside down on the table…(it needed a good cleaning out anyway). Well there it was! I did have it so quickly I called upstairs “get dressed AGAIN, I found my camera!!!”
David’s mom was still holding the twins, so I snapped a shot of her sitting at the fireplace but after the first photo - the battery went totally DEAD!!!
You gotta know my dad to understand the April Fools thing! LOL That’s another story for another day! LOL
It just wasn’t meant for me to be the picture taker using my own camera on this day! :( Maybe with a little luck we will receive some good photos taken of us at home by Clara in the mail soon.
I really regret that there is not a photo of ME holding both of the twins... that always seems to happen :/
What precious angels they both are! We are so blessed!
Knucklehead’s “Meet the Teacher Day” at Preschool
September 7, 2007Today was the day we have been anxiously waiting all summer to come – the day to go and meet the teacher at Preschool!
All of our potty training has led up to this very day… if you can’t use the potty, then you can’t go to school… the teacher is going to ask you if you know how to use the potty like all the other big kids…
All last week while Mawmaw & Pawpaw and MiMi were here, Knucklehead tinkled in the Potty EVERY time, EVERY day!!! … the first day after everyone was gone, she had two accidents that day, but after that she has been right on track and using the potty every time and today was no exception. At preschool she used the potty just like all the other big kids! And she felt very proud to be like all the other kids at school!
Knucklehead is attending a private Preschool. My best friend, Heidi, is a certified teacher and she and another great friend of mine, Cathi, have gone in together to create and open up a “Home School Preschool” in Cathi’s home.
There are a total of six students: 3 girls and 3 boys all who Knucklehead already knows and is friends with so that works out really well. Today they made their own Alphabet Clown to bring home and hang up in their bedrooms. Throughout the year, they will be adding letter balloons to bring home and hang up with their clown and by the end of the year they will have all twenty-six balloons!
It is going to be a great year for Knucklehead. She went right in with no hesitation and never looked back at me. I am so happy to see her start this new beginning! my only regret is that I didn't remember to take a photo of her with her Teachers today on "Meet the Teacher Day!"
And to wrap this up on a CUTE Note:After “Meet the Teacher” was over, the moms and teachers visited for 10-15 minutes out in the living room area. After hearing another mom say we have to go in 5 minutes I waited a little while then prompted Knucklehead to help clean up toys b/c we would have to be leaving too in about 3 minutes (3 is her magic number these days!) To show her disappointment of having to get ready to leave – She quickly put her arms folded in front of her chest and said, “I have dreams you know!” …which is a line from the book “Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.”
We left, called Daddy at work and then went to pick him up and take him out to lunch to celebrate her first day of Preschool… Where did we go? To Knucklehead’s favorite place of course!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
First time since..........NEVER!
Oh my goodness, I just don’t know what to do with myself. All 3 kids are asleep at the same time while it is daylight outside!!! This is the first time since NEVER that they have all napped at the same time! ..............and it is very rare that "Knucklehead" even takes a nap at all!!!
I just finished nursing “Milk Jug” and he had fallen asleep… as soon as I laid him down he immediately found his thumb (this is his newest trick as of last week.)
“Stretch” and “Knucklehead” are both in the den with the TV and you would think they were dreaming of football – touchdown! :)
What a moment to remember!
Well, I am gonna make this shrot and sweet so I can go lay down now too! (better turn the phone ringer off - don't want to spoil my lucky day!)
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
We’re going to go see Chuck-E soon!!!! Maybe tonight even?!
August 15, 2007
After our spontaneous 4th of July trip to KY, we had a belated Birthday party for Knucklehead at Chuck-E-Cheese with 2 of her best friends. One of the neat gifts she received was the hot pink Potty Sticker Chart from “little boy J.” He wanted Knucklehead to have one like his.
The rules are:
If you go #1 on the potty = 1 sticker and choice of one small treat (example: an OREO, bit-O-Honey, sucker, Peanut Butter Cup…)
If you go #2 on the potty = 2 stickers and choice of small treat
When you fill up a row = a big treat!!
After our spontaneous 4th of July trip to KY, we had a belated Birthday party for Knucklehead at Chuck-E-Cheese with 2 of her best friends. One of the neat gifts she received was the hot pink Potty Sticker Chart from “little boy J.” He wanted Knucklehead to have one like his.The rules are:
If you go #1 on the potty = 1 sticker and choice of one small treat (example: an OREO, bit-O-Honey, sucker, Peanut Butter Cup…)
If you go #2 on the potty = 2 stickers and choice of small treat
When you fill up a row = a big treat!!
(ice cream, a package of M&M's, pop cycle, get to water paint and your choice of treat!)
Edited to add, in the photo to the left, here she is celebrating her "end of the row" accomplishment with a cup of M&M's. She was too busy stuffing her face to smile for a photo! :c)
We have been using it and although the first few weeks were VERY hard and I nearly gave up, we stuck with it and suddenly this week, Knucklehead, amazingly got the hang of all this potty business and has nearly mastered it! Yes, you will notice the white chart is for me, what can I say, I’ll try anything and I’m glad I did b/c a few times she was really upset when Mommy got M&M’s b/c I was at the end of my row and she didn’t (I’m such a mean mommy aren’t I?) but hey, it seemed to work!
Yesterday, she didn’t have any accidents in the floor and kept her pants dry all day! See all the heart shaped princess stickers all in a row? She was so excited to have them all together on her sticker chart and earned 10 stickers yesterday!!! Now if I can just get her to keep her clothes on, and convince her that it is good to wear the "same dry" pull-up or panties all day! …..she thinks she needs a “new” one/pair every time…?
At the time of taking the photo today she only had 6 more squares to go – now as I post this she only has 1 blank space, so I just called Daddy at work to tell him it looks like we will be going to Chuck-E’s for pizza tonight so he better come home early! :c)
Another cute photo to share with you from today…. taken this morning of Knucklehead playing with Daddy’s shoes and singing, “I Never fail to deliver the mail…I Never fail to deliver the mail....” an episode from her favorite TV show The Backyardagains.
We have been using it and although the first few weeks were VERY hard and I nearly gave up, we stuck with it and suddenly this week, Knucklehead, amazingly got the hang of all this potty business and has nearly mastered it! Yes, you will notice the white chart is for me, what can I say, I’ll try anything and I’m glad I did b/c a few times she was really upset when Mommy got M&M’s b/c I was at the end of my row and she didn’t (I’m such a mean mommy aren’t I?) but hey, it seemed to work!
Yesterday, she didn’t have any accidents in the floor and kept her pants dry all day! See all the heart shaped princess stickers all in a row? She was so excited to have them all together on her sticker chart and earned 10 stickers yesterday!!! Now if I can just get her to keep her clothes on, and convince her that it is good to wear the "same dry" pull-up or panties all day! …..she thinks she needs a “new” one/pair every time…?
At the time of taking the photo today she only had 6 more squares to go – now as I post this she only has 1 blank space, so I just called Daddy at work to tell him it looks like we will be going to Chuck-E’s for pizza tonight so he better come home early! :c)
Another cute photo to share with you from today…. taken this morning of Knucklehead playing with Daddy’s shoes and singing, “I Never fail to deliver the mail…I Never fail to deliver the mail....” an episode from her favorite TV show The Backyardagains.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
First Post
August 14,2007
Well, I finally did it - I created a blog for our family to use. Here I can post "minor" happenings of what the kids are up to. I still plan to keep our other website we have been using updated too - but this blog will allow me to post more often (hopefully daily) sharing stories with photos to go along with them of what takes place in our little corner of the world. :c) So please enjoy and feel free to leave a comment at the end of each post you read.
Below I will include a few more photos of the twins - I'm not sure what their "official" nicknames will end up being as I am waiting to see their personalities form... if I had to pick one right now for baby boy, it would be "MJ = for Milk Jug" b/c he eats allllll the time! Here he is trying to nurse Baby Girl's arm!!! As you can tell this isn't the first attempt and she is quite upset with him! LOL
Baby Girl was the first of the twins born June 4th this year. At birth she weighed only 4 lb 14 oz but as of our Doctor's visit yesterday she is up to 7 lb 9 oz and is 21" long! She is perfectly healthy and quite the entertainer as you can see from these photos. Baby Girl has been giving us bright smiles for about a month now and has been sleeping all thru the night (from 9pm - 5:30am) for several weeks!
Here meet, "MJ" twin B. On his birthday he weighted 5 lb 4 oz and was surprisingly the largest twin. All along, every ultrasound had shown him as being the smallest... guess they were not able to fully measure him b/c he was crammed into my rib cage! Yesterday at the checkup he weighed 9 lb 10.5 oz and was 21.25" long.
Well, I finally did it - I created a blog for our family to use. Here I can post "minor" happenings of what the kids are up to. I still plan to keep our other website we have been using updated too - but this blog will allow me to post more often (hopefully daily) sharing stories with photos to go along with them of what takes place in our little corner of the world. :c) So please enjoy and feel free to leave a comment at the end of each post you read..For security reasons, I think it is best to use nicknames for the kids..... The ones I have come up for the twins may change as their personalities do....
For now we will use these nicknames when talking about the kids:
1st born = "Knucklehead"
twin A = (girl) = "Stretch"
twin B = (boy) = "MJ"
him = "Daddy" -nothing comes to mind right now...
me = "Momma" -nothing comes to mind right now...
Here in this photo, meet our 1st born, aka, Knucklehead. As most of you may have already heard the story, her nickname was easy... she has been called this since her moment of birth b/c when Daddy peeked to see her coming out she had her knuckles in a fist wrapped around her head! Plus too, she is really into acting so silly these days that knucklehead still suits her just fine! ;c)
Below I will include a few more photos of the twins - I'm not sure what their "official" nicknames will end up being as I am waiting to see their personalities form... if I had to pick one right now for baby boy, it would be "MJ = for Milk Jug" b/c he eats allllll the time! Here he is trying to nurse Baby Girl's arm!!! As you can tell this isn't the first attempt and she is quite upset with him! LOL
Baby Girl was the first of the twins born June 4th this year. At birth she weighed only 4 lb 14 oz but as of our Doctor's visit yesterday she is up to 7 lb 9 oz and is 21" long! She is perfectly healthy and quite the entertainer as you can see from these photos. Baby Girl has been giving us bright smiles for about a month now and has been sleeping all thru the night (from 9pm - 5:30am) for several weeks! Her favorite time of day is when Daddy gives her her bath and often she gets to go upstairs after her bath to enjoy story time and prayers with big sister Knucklehead and Momma.
She looks good in about anything you put on her... including "blue" :) Yes, blue meaning boy clothes... she often gets to wear her brother's blue gowns to bed b/c she doesn't like the confinement of footed sleepers. She needs lots of room to "Stretch."
Here meet, "MJ" twin B. On his birthday he weighted 5 lb 4 oz and was surprisingly the largest twin. All along, every ultrasound had shown him as being the smallest... guess they were not able to fully measure him b/c he was crammed into my rib cage! Yesterday at the checkup he weighed 9 lb 10.5 oz and was 21.25" long.As I said earlier "MJ" loves to eat! I seriously think he would eat until his belly exploded if he wasn't forced to share with his sister! Any time you pick him up you can hear the milk in his belly sloshing around....and then hold him for less than 5 minutes and you will declare he is starving b/c he is about to chew his fist off.
...oh, and Daddy is the one who came up with "MJ" for baby boy. MJ, meaning "milk jug" because he sloshes so! LOL
Monday, June 4, 2007
June 4th 2007
This is David. We had the twins today. It went very well. We slowly progressed to labor, but when it happened it was fast. From the time, Bonnie's water broke and the babies were borns was less than 40 minutes. When they told Bonnie to push she pushed once and Olivia was born. Paul was breach but did not require a C-section. She had to work a little to get him here, but all in all he came relatively quickly, also. From the time, the doctor told Bonnie to push until they were born was 15 minutes.
The babies were born at 2:55 and 2:58 local time. Olivia Maelee weighs 4 lbs. 14 oz. and Paul Thomas weighs 5 lbs. 4 oz. I am also posting some pictures on the website.
Bonnie is doing great. We were talking about it today and many of our family and friends are responsible for getting our babies here safely thru numerous prayers. Thank you. We appreciate all of your prayers and love all of you.
David
The babies were born at 2:55 and 2:58 local time. Olivia Maelee weighs 4 lbs. 14 oz. and Paul Thomas weighs 5 lbs. 4 oz. I am also posting some pictures on the website.
Bonnie is doing great. We were talking about it today and many of our family and friends are responsible for getting our babies here safely thru numerous prayers. Thank you. We appreciate all of your prayers and love all of you.
David
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Tue, May 29, 2007
....well I had my appointment today....boy hind-sight is 20/20 had I realized last week when picking to come on Tue or Thur - that Tue would be following a holiday where the Dr's office was closed - I would have NEVER picked today of all days!!!! It was so full!!! Every chair and about 5 others standing. I had to wait almost 2 hours before getting called back and never before has my entire visit taken over an hour!
Anyway, she has a brand new ultrasound machine - the latest in technology... so today's measurements of the babies were quite a bit different than last weeks. Last week A= 6lb 1oz where as today she measured only 5lb 6oz.....? Last week, B=5lb 1oz where as today he was only 4lb 13oz... still the machine can be "off" give or take 14 ounces either way... so still either machine could be right... it is all an estimate anyway.
As of today each Tuesday is when my weeks turn one more... I am exactly 36 weeks and on national average babies at this week weigh an "almost 6lbs" so really they are not too far off for being twins. ;) Baby A's heart rate was 149 and Baby B's heart rate was 137 but much louder to hear :) which, by the way, is the BEST SOUND IN THE WORLD!!!
The Dr. called us on Saturday at home to discuss pushing us back from Sat the 9th to Monday the 11th b/c of no availability of an anesthesiologist on the weekends at either hospital... I wasn't able to make it to the phone in time - so all of this was left on voice mail and of course I tried calling the office back but got their voice mail...
So today at the top of the list of things to discuss - of about 8 topics - was all about the 11th! I don't think I can make it until the 11th and even if I could - I would not want to!! My MIL and GMIL are arriving by plane on the 6th and the whole time we had been planning on the 7th... but if I didn't even go into the hospital until the 11th that would mean they would be here for 5 days twiddling thumbs and then I stay for 2-3 days in hospital, come home and 3 days later on the 17th they fly back to KY!!! I need them to help with the babies longer than 3 days!!! Helllloooooo??!@?!@
She said that the two local hospitals never schedule any "planned surgeries" for Monday's - like open heart, ect.... so for baby's the best possible time for a planned C-section would be a Monday. We are still hoping for a V-delivery but she wants to have the room and staff on hand for "just in case" something comes up and I need it. So I asked her about moving it up a week instead of Mon. the 11th how about this coming Monday the 4th? Technically it is only 1 day before I turn 37 weeks which she said I could deliver at 37 weeks...
Plus too, come on like I am gonna be able to hold off until the 11th last week I was 3 cm and lost my m-plug on Friday....
So after the ultrasound, and seeing their positions, and then her "checking me" I am dilated between 4 and 5cm today... she laughed and said, "Every detail in my case was so favorable that it wasn't even funny... almost hard to believe b/c everything was so good...." and that she agreed that we could do it on Monday the 4th. But I have to arrive there at 4am to get it started early so the babies are born early in the day and it doesn't push her too far back in her appointments for the rest of the day... and that is "if" I don't have them on my own before Monday...
That means the babies will be here on or before only SIX MORE DAYS!!!! eeeek! I am excited and anxious and ready! David on the other hand, got all nervous acting when she said "this Monday" he said he actually got hot and felt faint LOL :D He was like, Woah, I am not ready... he's not ready? what does he have to get ready? LOL He was thinking of his work duties at his job and getting them all lined up before the end of this week so he could take off work...
So I am crossing my fingers and legs and hoping for a Monday delivery!!! :)
I gotta take it easy and not take any risks of going into Labor before Monday or David will totally faint! LOL ;) So lots of resting sitting here by the puter or laying on the sofa until then.
Hopefully the next news entry will be from David and he will have photos to share with all of you!!! :)
Love from TX, ~Bonnie
Anyway, she has a brand new ultrasound machine - the latest in technology... so today's measurements of the babies were quite a bit different than last weeks. Last week A= 6lb 1oz where as today she measured only 5lb 6oz.....? Last week, B=5lb 1oz where as today he was only 4lb 13oz... still the machine can be "off" give or take 14 ounces either way... so still either machine could be right... it is all an estimate anyway.
As of today each Tuesday is when my weeks turn one more... I am exactly 36 weeks and on national average babies at this week weigh an "almost 6lbs" so really they are not too far off for being twins. ;) Baby A's heart rate was 149 and Baby B's heart rate was 137 but much louder to hear :) which, by the way, is the BEST SOUND IN THE WORLD!!!
The Dr. called us on Saturday at home to discuss pushing us back from Sat the 9th to Monday the 11th b/c of no availability of an anesthesiologist on the weekends at either hospital... I wasn't able to make it to the phone in time - so all of this was left on voice mail and of course I tried calling the office back but got their voice mail...
So today at the top of the list of things to discuss - of about 8 topics - was all about the 11th! I don't think I can make it until the 11th and even if I could - I would not want to!! My MIL and GMIL are arriving by plane on the 6th and the whole time we had been planning on the 7th... but if I didn't even go into the hospital until the 11th that would mean they would be here for 5 days twiddling thumbs and then I stay for 2-3 days in hospital, come home and 3 days later on the 17th they fly back to KY!!! I need them to help with the babies longer than 3 days!!! Helllloooooo??!@?!@
She said that the two local hospitals never schedule any "planned surgeries" for Monday's - like open heart, ect.... so for baby's the best possible time for a planned C-section would be a Monday. We are still hoping for a V-delivery but she wants to have the room and staff on hand for "just in case" something comes up and I need it. So I asked her about moving it up a week instead of Mon. the 11th how about this coming Monday the 4th? Technically it is only 1 day before I turn 37 weeks which she said I could deliver at 37 weeks...
Plus too, come on like I am gonna be able to hold off until the 11th last week I was 3 cm and lost my m-plug on Friday....
So after the ultrasound, and seeing their positions, and then her "checking me" I am dilated between 4 and 5cm today... she laughed and said, "Every detail in my case was so favorable that it wasn't even funny... almost hard to believe b/c everything was so good...." and that she agreed that we could do it on Monday the 4th. But I have to arrive there at 4am to get it started early so the babies are born early in the day and it doesn't push her too far back in her appointments for the rest of the day... and that is "if" I don't have them on my own before Monday...
That means the babies will be here on or before only SIX MORE DAYS!!!! eeeek! I am excited and anxious and ready! David on the other hand, got all nervous acting when she said "this Monday" he said he actually got hot and felt faint LOL :D He was like, Woah, I am not ready... he's not ready? what does he have to get ready? LOL He was thinking of his work duties at his job and getting them all lined up before the end of this week so he could take off work...
So I am crossing my fingers and legs and hoping for a Monday delivery!!! :)
I gotta take it easy and not take any risks of going into Labor before Monday or David will totally faint! LOL ;) So lots of resting sitting here by the puter or laying on the sofa until then.
Hopefully the next news entry will be from David and he will have photos to share with all of you!!! :)
Love from TX, ~Bonnie
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Wed, May 23, 2007
It’s just now 5:22pm, but I just got home from my day to the doctor – then picking up Nora and visiting with Heidi and then by the grocery...
WE GOT GREAT NEWS TODAY – Dr. Oliver was very pleased with the ultrasound and said there appears to be no indication or evidence of the babies being affected by my exposure to Fifth Disease!!! Praise the Lord!!!
Their weights are fantastic – Olivia now weighs 6 lb 1 oz and Paul Thomas is 5 lb and I forget the ounces – but Olivia is the largest, which is what we want..... and also she (Baby A) has turned and is head down!!! So it may be possible to do natural delivery after all. All of our prayers have been answered it seems!
After the ultrasound I changed rooms and was told to get undressed... when Dr. Oliver came in she said she had just arranged for us to have an appointment at the Medical Center in Pt. Arthur on Saturday June 9th b/c she wanted to make sure she would be able to be there and that their prenatal unit is level 3 where as in Orange they are only level 1.
But then after she performed the exam.... She said she "didn’t know"... I am already dilated 3 cm so it is possible I may not make it until June 9th! We will have to wait and see what happens.
The plans are to go to the hospital in Orange if I go into labor day or night on my own – otherwise if I can make it until the 9th – to show up at the Medical Center at 8am that morning. So we really don't know what to expect at this point.
Last time with Nora, I was already dilated 3 cm on a Tuesday and she was born the following Wednesday.......so that is a little scary....to think that it could happen that fast....and has put is into panic mode almost.
I think tonight when David gets home from work he will be in the mood to finally help me with the baby’s room!!! Yeaaaaa! Dr. Oliver said to go ahead and pre-register with both hospitals this week and not wait until closer till June – so that is also another indication that it may be soon.
So, we’ll see – I do hope to make it until the 9th though even though for me I will be miserable until then – but it will give the baby’s lungs more time to develop and be able to function properly. I would hate to have to be discharged before they can come home with me.
I had David give me all of his phone numbers and I gave them to Heidi and want to give them to a few other frineds just incase anything were to happen during the day time while he was at work we would have a way to contact him. None of these do I know by memory so I wrote them all down and put in my wallet too.
It would be my luck that my cell phone battery would be dead at the time I needed it the most… Well after picking up Nora, I went to Kroger and bought frozen lasagna for dinner so I better go get it started. I left all the doors open to the van and Nora sleeping – didn’t feel like lifting her out. I just don't have the entergy... may try and take a nap during the 60 minutes it takes for the food to cook.
The last two nights for me have been worse than normal – no sleep – heartburn so bad it has made me vomit....and then with that another mess to clean up off the floor b/c I can’t control my bladder when I am vomiting at 4:30am!
Hey, but on the bright side Heidi’s father-in-law had a walker he let me borrow today so now getting to the bathroom 4 times in the middle of the night may not be as painful for me as it has been!! That will come in so handy the next two weeks - Just wish I had thought of this about a month ago!
For everyone in KY reading this please share the news along that all is OK with the babies concerning the Fifth Disease. We are so greatful for all of your prayers - God is so GOOD!
Love from TX, ~Bonnie
WE GOT GREAT NEWS TODAY – Dr. Oliver was very pleased with the ultrasound and said there appears to be no indication or evidence of the babies being affected by my exposure to Fifth Disease!!! Praise the Lord!!!
Their weights are fantastic – Olivia now weighs 6 lb 1 oz and Paul Thomas is 5 lb and I forget the ounces – but Olivia is the largest, which is what we want..... and also she (Baby A) has turned and is head down!!! So it may be possible to do natural delivery after all. All of our prayers have been answered it seems!
After the ultrasound I changed rooms and was told to get undressed... when Dr. Oliver came in she said she had just arranged for us to have an appointment at the Medical Center in Pt. Arthur on Saturday June 9th b/c she wanted to make sure she would be able to be there and that their prenatal unit is level 3 where as in Orange they are only level 1.
But then after she performed the exam.... She said she "didn’t know"... I am already dilated 3 cm so it is possible I may not make it until June 9th! We will have to wait and see what happens.
The plans are to go to the hospital in Orange if I go into labor day or night on my own – otherwise if I can make it until the 9th – to show up at the Medical Center at 8am that morning. So we really don't know what to expect at this point.
Last time with Nora, I was already dilated 3 cm on a Tuesday and she was born the following Wednesday.......so that is a little scary....to think that it could happen that fast....and has put is into panic mode almost.
I think tonight when David gets home from work he will be in the mood to finally help me with the baby’s room!!! Yeaaaaa! Dr. Oliver said to go ahead and pre-register with both hospitals this week and not wait until closer till June – so that is also another indication that it may be soon.
So, we’ll see – I do hope to make it until the 9th though even though for me I will be miserable until then – but it will give the baby’s lungs more time to develop and be able to function properly. I would hate to have to be discharged before they can come home with me.
I had David give me all of his phone numbers and I gave them to Heidi and want to give them to a few other frineds just incase anything were to happen during the day time while he was at work we would have a way to contact him. None of these do I know by memory so I wrote them all down and put in my wallet too.
It would be my luck that my cell phone battery would be dead at the time I needed it the most… Well after picking up Nora, I went to Kroger and bought frozen lasagna for dinner so I better go get it started. I left all the doors open to the van and Nora sleeping – didn’t feel like lifting her out. I just don't have the entergy... may try and take a nap during the 60 minutes it takes for the food to cook.
The last two nights for me have been worse than normal – no sleep – heartburn so bad it has made me vomit....and then with that another mess to clean up off the floor b/c I can’t control my bladder when I am vomiting at 4:30am!
Hey, but on the bright side Heidi’s father-in-law had a walker he let me borrow today so now getting to the bathroom 4 times in the middle of the night may not be as painful for me as it has been!! That will come in so handy the next two weeks - Just wish I had thought of this about a month ago!
For everyone in KY reading this please share the news along that all is OK with the babies concerning the Fifth Disease. We are so greatful for all of your prayers - God is so GOOD!
Love from TX, ~Bonnie
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Thu, May 17, 2007
Well the waiting game continues - still another week before we go back to Dr. Oliver and she will do another ultrasound on the twins. Only this time she said she would be paying extra attention to the babies' chest cavity sizes so see if they are abnormaly large or not.
I know that there are tons of people praying for us - our family and friends, my new ACTS sisters from church are prayign, and even some of my quilter friends and people I have never met before are all praying for out twins. Each day when I check the email there are several emails of prayers. This is SO comforting and I would not have this peace that I now have if I didn't have these prayers being said for us.
Waiting is never easy but this time it hasn't been as bad as I had thought. I know that God is in control and that everything is going to be ok with the babies. They are still very active which is reassuring :) It feels like an earthquake going on inside me in the evenings when I get still.
However, baby boy is constantly in my rib cage at night time - making sleeping nearly impossible!!! I keep telling myself only a few more weeks... only a few more weeks... :) Actually from today it is only 21 days until June 7th. That is the date we have set as the target C-section date.
David bought his mom and Grandma Reliford - or rather Grandma Sublett now... she recently remarried. Boy that sounds strange! LOL :) They will be arriving on Wednesday June 6th.
Nora's weekly playgroup has plans to go to Houston on Thursday the 7th of June to visit "Ole McDonald's Petting Zoo/Farm" so my friend Heidi will be taking Nora on the trip and we (David, the Grandmas and I) will be at the hospital hopefully delivering the twins. :)
I am trying hard to get everything that needs to get done - DONE but feeling overwhelmed b/c there is STILL SOOOOOO MUCH TO DO and so little time!!! We still haven't set up the nursery yet!
Also we have some shopping left to do for furniture. Nora needs a new "white" dresser for her room to match her bed and dollhouse/bookcase - and then we are moving her current dresser into the nursery and the twins already have so many clotehs that I know I am going to need to buy a chest to go in there too.
I am making a spreadsheet of contacts to take to the hospital... and also an email list so David will know who to send photos to. I don't know if he will make any updates here b/c he has NEVER uploaded anything to this website before....
Well, I will run for now - maybe tonight after Nora is in bed, I can get new photos uploaded for all of you to see :)
Love from TX, Bonnie
I know that there are tons of people praying for us - our family and friends, my new ACTS sisters from church are prayign, and even some of my quilter friends and people I have never met before are all praying for out twins. Each day when I check the email there are several emails of prayers. This is SO comforting and I would not have this peace that I now have if I didn't have these prayers being said for us.
Waiting is never easy but this time it hasn't been as bad as I had thought. I know that God is in control and that everything is going to be ok with the babies. They are still very active which is reassuring :) It feels like an earthquake going on inside me in the evenings when I get still.
However, baby boy is constantly in my rib cage at night time - making sleeping nearly impossible!!! I keep telling myself only a few more weeks... only a few more weeks... :) Actually from today it is only 21 days until June 7th. That is the date we have set as the target C-section date.
David bought his mom and Grandma Reliford - or rather Grandma Sublett now... she recently remarried. Boy that sounds strange! LOL :) They will be arriving on Wednesday June 6th.
Nora's weekly playgroup has plans to go to Houston on Thursday the 7th of June to visit "Ole McDonald's Petting Zoo/Farm" so my friend Heidi will be taking Nora on the trip and we (David, the Grandmas and I) will be at the hospital hopefully delivering the twins. :)
I am trying hard to get everything that needs to get done - DONE but feeling overwhelmed b/c there is STILL SOOOOOO MUCH TO DO and so little time!!! We still haven't set up the nursery yet!
Also we have some shopping left to do for furniture. Nora needs a new "white" dresser for her room to match her bed and dollhouse/bookcase - and then we are moving her current dresser into the nursery and the twins already have so many clotehs that I know I am going to need to buy a chest to go in there too.
I am making a spreadsheet of contacts to take to the hospital... and also an email list so David will know who to send photos to. I don't know if he will make any updates here b/c he has NEVER uploaded anything to this website before....
Well, I will run for now - maybe tonight after Nora is in bed, I can get new photos uploaded for all of you to see :)
Love from TX, Bonnie
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Tue, May 8, 2007
Well I just got off the phone with the nurse. She said they DO in fact have the test results but that she can't give me the results only Dr. Oliver can... and that she would not have a chance to review them until after she finishes seeing all of her patients today - that Dr. Oliver would call me tomorrow = Wednesday!
It's been almost a week! urgh! Well... I keep tellimg myself that no news is good news right? and if they were bad the nurse would have seen it and got the Dr's attention... right? ~Bonnie
It's been almost a week! urgh! Well... I keep tellimg myself that no news is good news right? and if they were bad the nurse would have seen it and got the Dr's attention... right? ~Bonnie
Friday, May 4, 2007
Fri, May 4, 2007
Today, Dr. Oliver's office didn't open until 1pm so I called and they told me to just come on in. I did the blood work and hope to knwo something Monday. I will keep you posted. ~Bonnie
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Thu, May 3, 2007
Dear family and friends, we ask you to pray for us – especially our unborn twins ASAP!
Today it was brought to my attention that both Nora and I have defiantly been exposed to a viral illness called “Fifth Disease”. It is also known as “slapped cheek disease” because of the distinctive rash that some people develop on the face. Now, before I go any further rest assured Nora is OK and will be OK – we are just waiting for her to break out with the rash in the next few days and then get over this.
We attend both Story Time and our weekly playgroup with the same 10 kids each week. Last Wednesday my friend Melanie and her two boys came to my home after Story Time so we could cut fabric out for her quilt. Later that night, the boys mom called me asking if there was any way that her 1 year old could have gotten into any chemicals while they were at my home b/c Levi had a large bright red rash all across his face that night. – No, all of my stuff was locked behind child proof locks.
While I was at the ACTS retreat, David said that Nora began getting runny nose and week feeling on Saturday… at that time we just figured it must be allergies since it is that time of year right? He said that she had not had any fever at all. On Sunday – my return home from the retreat I immediately knew Nora was sick and not feeling like herself b/c she didn’t react to seeing me like I had anticipated all weekend. During church, David said she was very lethargic and tired. He thought it may have had something to do with the candle light service the night before and staying up later than her usual bed time. Nora didn’t even go up for a children bulletin at the end of Mass – which she loves to do!!! After mass was over when I got to see her she didn’t want to even look at me, much less come to me. Very not herself!
Every day this week Nora’s nose has continued to run but no fever so no need to call the doctor I thought… we even went to Story Time Wednesday. However, last night she began coughing a lot – again I am thinking allergies… drainage… today more coughing but it cleared up after she at breakfast but her nose has been runny again all day. Thinking maybe it would be best to stay home today and not go to playgroup I called Lisa the hostess to tell her… – but she asked if she had fever and I said no – so she assured me it would all be ok and to go ahead and come. So we did.
We were 30 minutes late getting there and our friend Melanie (Levi’s mom) had already told everyone of her experience last week of his face breaking out and then her taking him to the Doctor before I arrived – so when I got there Lisa quietly pulled me into another room to explain….she told me that Melanie took Levi to the Dr. last Thursday about his rash he got on his face and that he was diagnosed as having Fifth Disease and then showed me two sheets she had printed out from WebMD explaining what the “fifth disease” is and how harmful it can be to unborn babies.
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Taken from WebMD: Fifth disease, is much more common in children than adults and mostly spread by coughs and sneezes. Generally, people can spread the fifth disease only when flu like symptoms are present and before a rash develops. The incubation period – the time from exposure to the virus until symptoms develop – is 4 to 20 days. Initial symptoms usually resemble a mild flue (generally without fever), sometimes followed by a bright red rash on the face and later a lace-like rash on the body. The rash usually fades within 2 to 5 days. After the rash appears the child is no longer contagious and can return to school or daycare. http://children.webmd.com/tc/Fifth-Disease-Topic-Overview
Also Lisa gave me a page about Pregnancy Complications from the fifth disease which I will cut and paste at the bottom of this message.
Well since Levi was diagnosed, there is no doubt that Nora has been exposed b/c we are so close to them and participating in the same weekly activities. Since Levi is 1 and teething they never thought anything about his runny nose the days before his break out…..that’s the bad thing of this virus – children have no idea they are exposed until after the fact!
So today I called my Dr’s office and talked to the nurse who later called me back to tell me that Dr. Oliver herself would be calling me this evening after she was done seeing patients.
When Dr. Oliver called this evening, I told her of our friend’s child having it and our close interaction with him… and she told me to have little to no contact with Nora for the time being. Little did she know that Nora was lying across my shoulder sleeping and breathing her “sick-smell” breath on my face at that very moment of the phone call!
I am to go in for blood work tomorrow (5/4) and unfortunately will not know anything until Monday as their lab pick ups on Friday are late afternoon and don’t allow for same day results.
She said if we learn Monday it is positive we will go from there… but didn’t go into any details she said she would tell me about it at that time but not to worry for now. Also she said even with a negative result I will have to go back in 3 weeks for a second test b/c incubation period if from 4 to 20 days.
We will keep everyone updated as soon as we know more. Until then, your prayers for Olivia Maelee and Paul Thomas are appreciated more than you know!
Your sister in Christ, Bonnie
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise: Pregnancy complications from fifth disease For women who have not previously had fifth disease, contracting the illness during pregnancy can increase the risk for certain complications. Pregnant women who have been exposed to the illness should contact their health professional right away. A very small number of pregnant women who get fifth disease will have a miscarriage. I
n extremely rare cases, the infection can cause a condition called fetal hydrops, in which the fetus develops life-threatening anemia and severe swelling throughout the body. The mother and fetus should be closely monitored with fetal ultrasounds to detect this condition. When fetal hydrops is detected, the fetus may be treated with blood transfusions while in the uterus, although this is not usually necessary. Some babies born to mothers who were infected with fifth disease during pregnancy may also be treated with blood transfusions. Fetal parvovirus B19 infections do not cause birth defects.
Today it was brought to my attention that both Nora and I have defiantly been exposed to a viral illness called “Fifth Disease”. It is also known as “slapped cheek disease” because of the distinctive rash that some people develop on the face. Now, before I go any further rest assured Nora is OK and will be OK – we are just waiting for her to break out with the rash in the next few days and then get over this.
We attend both Story Time and our weekly playgroup with the same 10 kids each week. Last Wednesday my friend Melanie and her two boys came to my home after Story Time so we could cut fabric out for her quilt. Later that night, the boys mom called me asking if there was any way that her 1 year old could have gotten into any chemicals while they were at my home b/c Levi had a large bright red rash all across his face that night. – No, all of my stuff was locked behind child proof locks.
While I was at the ACTS retreat, David said that Nora began getting runny nose and week feeling on Saturday… at that time we just figured it must be allergies since it is that time of year right? He said that she had not had any fever at all. On Sunday – my return home from the retreat I immediately knew Nora was sick and not feeling like herself b/c she didn’t react to seeing me like I had anticipated all weekend. During church, David said she was very lethargic and tired. He thought it may have had something to do with the candle light service the night before and staying up later than her usual bed time. Nora didn’t even go up for a children bulletin at the end of Mass – which she loves to do!!! After mass was over when I got to see her she didn’t want to even look at me, much less come to me. Very not herself!
Every day this week Nora’s nose has continued to run but no fever so no need to call the doctor I thought… we even went to Story Time Wednesday. However, last night she began coughing a lot – again I am thinking allergies… drainage… today more coughing but it cleared up after she at breakfast but her nose has been runny again all day. Thinking maybe it would be best to stay home today and not go to playgroup I called Lisa the hostess to tell her… – but she asked if she had fever and I said no – so she assured me it would all be ok and to go ahead and come. So we did.
We were 30 minutes late getting there and our friend Melanie (Levi’s mom) had already told everyone of her experience last week of his face breaking out and then her taking him to the Doctor before I arrived – so when I got there Lisa quietly pulled me into another room to explain….she told me that Melanie took Levi to the Dr. last Thursday about his rash he got on his face and that he was diagnosed as having Fifth Disease and then showed me two sheets she had printed out from WebMD explaining what the “fifth disease” is and how harmful it can be to unborn babies.
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Taken from WebMD: Fifth disease, is much more common in children than adults and mostly spread by coughs and sneezes. Generally, people can spread the fifth disease only when flu like symptoms are present and before a rash develops. The incubation period – the time from exposure to the virus until symptoms develop – is 4 to 20 days. Initial symptoms usually resemble a mild flue (generally without fever), sometimes followed by a bright red rash on the face and later a lace-like rash on the body. The rash usually fades within 2 to 5 days. After the rash appears the child is no longer contagious and can return to school or daycare. http://children.webmd.com/tc/Fifth-Disease-Topic-Overview
Also Lisa gave me a page about Pregnancy Complications from the fifth disease which I will cut and paste at the bottom of this message.
Well since Levi was diagnosed, there is no doubt that Nora has been exposed b/c we are so close to them and participating in the same weekly activities. Since Levi is 1 and teething they never thought anything about his runny nose the days before his break out…..that’s the bad thing of this virus – children have no idea they are exposed until after the fact!
So today I called my Dr’s office and talked to the nurse who later called me back to tell me that Dr. Oliver herself would be calling me this evening after she was done seeing patients.
When Dr. Oliver called this evening, I told her of our friend’s child having it and our close interaction with him… and she told me to have little to no contact with Nora for the time being. Little did she know that Nora was lying across my shoulder sleeping and breathing her “sick-smell” breath on my face at that very moment of the phone call!
I am to go in for blood work tomorrow (5/4) and unfortunately will not know anything until Monday as their lab pick ups on Friday are late afternoon and don’t allow for same day results.
She said if we learn Monday it is positive we will go from there… but didn’t go into any details she said she would tell me about it at that time but not to worry for now. Also she said even with a negative result I will have to go back in 3 weeks for a second test b/c incubation period if from 4 to 20 days.
We will keep everyone updated as soon as we know more. Until then, your prayers for Olivia Maelee and Paul Thomas are appreciated more than you know!
Your sister in Christ, Bonnie
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise: Pregnancy complications from fifth disease For women who have not previously had fifth disease, contracting the illness during pregnancy can increase the risk for certain complications. Pregnant women who have been exposed to the illness should contact their health professional right away. A very small number of pregnant women who get fifth disease will have a miscarriage. I
n extremely rare cases, the infection can cause a condition called fetal hydrops, in which the fetus develops life-threatening anemia and severe swelling throughout the body. The mother and fetus should be closely monitored with fetal ultrasounds to detect this condition. When fetal hydrops is detected, the fetus may be treated with blood transfusions while in the uterus, although this is not usually necessary. Some babies born to mothers who were infected with fifth disease during pregnancy may also be treated with blood transfusions. Fetal parvovirus B19 infections do not cause birth defects.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Fri, Apr 20, 2007
FUN FRIDAY - Lately Nora and I stay pretty busy. She does Story Time every Wednesday at the library and then her Thursday play group is very active -always something fun to do each week.
But today was a once a month activity - we usually call it FFF = First Friday Fun but b/c of Easter we had to postpone this one... it was with our MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) group.
We took a tour of the local Fire Station this morning and Nora LOVED it!! All the kids got to ride in the truck - or they "thought" they did at least. We loaded them all up in the extended cab while it was parked in the garage and the fireman got in started it up and then pulled it out side - b/c of liability reasons he could not take them on a "real" ride but they didn't care or know the difference! :P That is the great thing about toddlers! ;)
They each got to take turns putting on the gear - Nora especially loved the mask! I will try and add photos in the April album.
She tried on the fire helmet too but I think she liked the mask better - they were all so funny b/c they wouldn't turn their heads to the camera with the helmet on - guess it was WAAAY too HEAVY!!! LOL
Also I will include a group photo I took - these are most of the kids in our MOPPETS program........14 of the 20 tots! We did the best we could to "round-them-up" for the photo - but some of the babies were being held by mamas.... Nora is the first one on the left sitting down in the group photo.
EDITED TO ADD: I forgot to mention that afterwards David called me on the cell phone asking about our trip to the Fire Station -I told him all about it and how excited Nora was to wear the mask and helmet... well, when we arrived to pick up Daddy for lunch - he came out to the van with his huge equipment duffel bag hanging over his shoulder.
Before he even got in the van he opened up the whole bag and showed her his Fire Helmet and mask and boots! :) David wanted her to know that he was certified to be a fireman too so that she would know that her daddy is a "hero" too! :)
That is just one example of what a GREAT Daddy David is! :) He didn't have to do that but he did - and all for Nora. :)
Love from TX, ~Bonnie
But today was a once a month activity - we usually call it FFF = First Friday Fun but b/c of Easter we had to postpone this one... it was with our MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) group.
We took a tour of the local Fire Station this morning and Nora LOVED it!! All the kids got to ride in the truck - or they "thought" they did at least. We loaded them all up in the extended cab while it was parked in the garage and the fireman got in started it up and then pulled it out side - b/c of liability reasons he could not take them on a "real" ride but they didn't care or know the difference! :P That is the great thing about toddlers! ;)
They each got to take turns putting on the gear - Nora especially loved the mask! I will try and add photos in the April album.
She tried on the fire helmet too but I think she liked the mask better - they were all so funny b/c they wouldn't turn their heads to the camera with the helmet on - guess it was WAAAY too HEAVY!!! LOL
Also I will include a group photo I took - these are most of the kids in our MOPPETS program........14 of the 20 tots! We did the best we could to "round-them-up" for the photo - but some of the babies were being held by mamas.... Nora is the first one on the left sitting down in the group photo.
EDITED TO ADD: I forgot to mention that afterwards David called me on the cell phone asking about our trip to the Fire Station -I told him all about it and how excited Nora was to wear the mask and helmet... well, when we arrived to pick up Daddy for lunch - he came out to the van with his huge equipment duffel bag hanging over his shoulder.
Before he even got in the van he opened up the whole bag and showed her his Fire Helmet and mask and boots! :) David wanted her to know that he was certified to be a fireman too so that she would know that her daddy is a "hero" too! :)
That is just one example of what a GREAT Daddy David is! :) He didn't have to do that but he did - and all for Nora. :)
Love from TX, ~Bonnie
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tue, Mar 27, 2007 12:49 PM
Horray!!! Nora found the missing "good" digital camera yesterday!!! We were in my sewing room and she was playing under the guest bed like she loves to do. I hear her talking saying, "my camera.... my camera... Nora's click camera"
I thought hummm could it be??? (It's been gone since the end of January adn I've searched everywhere for it and had given up on ever seeing it again) So to coax her out from under the bed I said, "Come on Nora, let's go downstairs to get some jelly beans." and out she came from under the bed with the "good" digital camera in her little hands!!! :) Yeah!!!
Whew, now I don't have to "hear it" anymore from you know who.... and we don't have to worry with buying a new camera! Thank you NORA for FINDING The Camera!~ :)
Edited to add - I added photos to the March folder that I took of Nora yesterday playing in the clover patch in "Jackson's Field" (what she calls the backyard.)
Don't worry, we didn't go out in public yesterday, I do know she is too big for that outfit and after it is washed this week it will be put up for the baby girl on the way. :) She's way too young to be showing that much of her legs! LOL
I thought hummm could it be??? (It's been gone since the end of January adn I've searched everywhere for it and had given up on ever seeing it again) So to coax her out from under the bed I said, "Come on Nora, let's go downstairs to get some jelly beans." and out she came from under the bed with the "good" digital camera in her little hands!!! :) Yeah!!!
Whew, now I don't have to "hear it" anymore from you know who.... and we don't have to worry with buying a new camera! Thank you NORA for FINDING The Camera!~ :)
Edited to add - I added photos to the March folder that I took of Nora yesterday playing in the clover patch in "Jackson's Field" (what she calls the backyard.)
Don't worry, we didn't go out in public yesterday, I do know she is too big for that outfit and after it is washed this week it will be put up for the baby girl on the way. :) She's way too young to be showing that much of her legs! LOL
Friday, March 23, 2007
Fri, Mar 23, 2007
Oh wow - I added the Journal entrie and a few photos last night and already this morning I see there have been close to 30 visitors :) Fantastic!
I just had to come comment after reading both Tracie and Miss Alice's comments on baby B looking like me. Is the reason you think he looks like me, because his mouth is slighty open??? LOL ...and my mouth is always flapping in the wind? LOL :c)
By the way, Nora is her mother's daughter when it comes to talking too. She talks ALL the time!!! and I mean ALL THE TIME!
My friend Heidi kept her Monday while we were in Houston and when we picked her up that evening I asked Heidi if Nora ever quit talking and she laughed and said, for the 45 minuites she was asleep in the car she didn't talk and that was it. Yep, she's my daughter alright! :c)
Heidi has 2 boys, Jed (just turned 3 yesterday) and Eli who was 1 in November. Jed is Nora's best friend in the whole world and I love watching them together. I had them one day at McDonald's together and they just sat across the table and giggled at each other the whole time. So cute!
I just had to come comment after reading both Tracie and Miss Alice's comments on baby B looking like me. Is the reason you think he looks like me, because his mouth is slighty open??? LOL ...and my mouth is always flapping in the wind? LOL :c)
By the way, Nora is her mother's daughter when it comes to talking too. She talks ALL the time!!! and I mean ALL THE TIME!
My friend Heidi kept her Monday while we were in Houston and when we picked her up that evening I asked Heidi if Nora ever quit talking and she laughed and said, for the 45 minuites she was asleep in the car she didn't talk and that was it. Yep, she's my daughter alright! :c)
Heidi has 2 boys, Jed (just turned 3 yesterday) and Eli who was 1 in November. Jed is Nora's best friend in the whole world and I love watching them together. I had them one day at McDonald's together and they just sat across the table and giggled at each other the whole time. So cute!
Monday, March 19, 2007
Mon, Mar 19, 2007
Well, we had our "high definition" ultrasound appointment with Dr. Kirshon in Houston today. Dr. Oliver recommends this as a standard procedure for any of her patients carrying multiples.... so nothing to worry about.
It was amazing - as are all of our ultrasounds :c) But this time I had my own TV screen to look at and didn't have to have my head cricked to the side to see. The Dr. even let David video record the whole appointment (our 1st time to get to tape it) and I look forward to watching it again.
Dr. Kirshon scanned me for a little over an hour - closely measuring every bone and organ possible in each baby. They are growing right along and each weigh just a few ounces shy of 2 pounds.
Last month, baby A = girl, was 1 ounce larger than her brother and head down. However this time she was positioned BREACH and is the smallest baby. Baby B = boy, today was positioned horizontal with his head just under my right boob. No wonder I have been having such nagging pains in my ribcage there - but all this time I thought it was a foot... Nooooooooo, he is head butting me! LOL
We go for our monthly appointment with Dr. Oliver on Wednesday. I hope she will have my records from today’s visit by then. I over heard Dr. Kirshon recording in his hand held tape recorder something about able to deliver at 37 weeks…. Which is 1 week earlier than Dr. Oliver originally told me.
I am at 26 weeks now, so if that be the case...I only have about 11-12 weeks left before we get to meet the babies!
It was amazing - as are all of our ultrasounds :c) But this time I had my own TV screen to look at and didn't have to have my head cricked to the side to see. The Dr. even let David video record the whole appointment (our 1st time to get to tape it) and I look forward to watching it again.
Dr. Kirshon scanned me for a little over an hour - closely measuring every bone and organ possible in each baby. They are growing right along and each weigh just a few ounces shy of 2 pounds.
Last month, baby A = girl, was 1 ounce larger than her brother and head down. However this time she was positioned BREACH and is the smallest baby. Baby B = boy, today was positioned horizontal with his head just under my right boob. No wonder I have been having such nagging pains in my ribcage there - but all this time I thought it was a foot... Nooooooooo, he is head butting me! LOL
We go for our monthly appointment with Dr. Oliver on Wednesday. I hope she will have my records from today’s visit by then. I over heard Dr. Kirshon recording in his hand held tape recorder something about able to deliver at 37 weeks…. Which is 1 week earlier than Dr. Oliver originally told me.
I am at 26 weeks now, so if that be the case...I only have about 11-12 weeks left before we get to meet the babies!
Friday, March 2, 2007
Fri, Mar 2, 2007
I receive weekly emails updating me of the growth of the babies. Thought you may enjoy knowing what is going on with the twins. :c)
Week 24 - How your baby's growing: Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when she was just over a pound. Since she's almost a foot long, that makes a pretty lean figure, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon put on more baby fat. Your baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, her brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds are developing. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.
Edited to add - I updated the ultrasound photo album just now and added 3D face photos of each of the babies!!! Too early to tell who they look like. To me they just look like babies. :c)
Week 24 - How your baby's growing: Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when she was just over a pound. Since she's almost a foot long, that makes a pretty lean figure, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon put on more baby fat. Your baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, her brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds are developing. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.
Edited to add - I updated the ultrasound photo album just now and added 3D face photos of each of the babies!!! Too early to tell who they look like. To me they just look like babies. :c)
Fri, Mar 2, 2007
Lots of people have asked how I am feeling and I am doing good. :) I do have to be careful when I first stand up adn take those first few steps (lots of pressure)
Last weekend we went shopping and I bought some maternity clothes so now I am starting to really look pregnant with my baby bump ;) which is good b/c until now I just looked at myself as fat... :D
Nora and I had a great day Wednesday. We went to Story Time at the Bridge City library, then we drove over to the fabric store out of town... we were just there last Fri and the store owner, Cindy, gave her some jelly beans in a cup to snack on while I shopped... and she remembered!!!
When I was parking the van Nora told me, Mommy I want to go to the "Fire Ant Store and get jelly beans!" :) We all had a big laugh (the owner and workers) on the fire ant/fabric store mix up :) :) :)
Today, was our MOPS 1st Friday Fun Play date and we went to Tug Boat Island park. Nora had a great time which =s that she also got so dirty! We attempted to take a group photo but kids kept running off so only half of the people are in the pic.
I will upload those to a March folder. I am trying to do better about updating this page :) Hope you enjoy our stories and photos!
Love from TX!!! ~Bonnie
Last weekend we went shopping and I bought some maternity clothes so now I am starting to really look pregnant with my baby bump ;) which is good b/c until now I just looked at myself as fat... :D
Nora and I had a great day Wednesday. We went to Story Time at the Bridge City library, then we drove over to the fabric store out of town... we were just there last Fri and the store owner, Cindy, gave her some jelly beans in a cup to snack on while I shopped... and she remembered!!!
When I was parking the van Nora told me, Mommy I want to go to the "Fire Ant Store and get jelly beans!" :) We all had a big laugh (the owner and workers) on the fire ant/fabric store mix up :) :) :)
Today, was our MOPS 1st Friday Fun Play date and we went to Tug Boat Island park. Nora had a great time which =s that she also got so dirty! We attempted to take a group photo but kids kept running off so only half of the people are in the pic.
I will upload those to a March folder. I am trying to do better about updating this page :) Hope you enjoy our stories and photos!
Love from TX!!! ~Bonnie
Friday, February 23, 2007
Fri, Feb 23, 2007
Well, I just had to come share what happened this morning... I also called Clara and Daddy and told them about it ;)
I was at the computer and heard Nora start screaming and crying "Help, Ouchie, Ouchie, Help Meeeee!" so I take off runnign as fast as I could to the kitchen. (which hurts a lot for me to walk fast much less RUN!)
I get there and Nora is standing by her shopping cart and crying because her BABY DOLL is smashed up in the seat! She has a little baby in the seat and the big baby in the basket along with a Halloween Pumpkin full of Mardi Gras beads - which was too big and pushing the seat forward - smashing the baby doll up against the handle. I think to myself.... Good grief!
I ran for this?!?!?! So I pick up the pumpkin and fix it so it won't push the seat up and Nora tells me, "Thank you Momma, Her feels all better now. All better." ;c)
I was at the computer and heard Nora start screaming and crying "Help, Ouchie, Ouchie, Help Meeeee!" so I take off runnign as fast as I could to the kitchen. (which hurts a lot for me to walk fast much less RUN!)
I get there and Nora is standing by her shopping cart and crying because her BABY DOLL is smashed up in the seat! She has a little baby in the seat and the big baby in the basket along with a Halloween Pumpkin full of Mardi Gras beads - which was too big and pushing the seat forward - smashing the baby doll up against the handle. I think to myself.... Good grief!
I ran for this?!?!?! So I pick up the pumpkin and fix it so it won't push the seat up and Nora tells me, "Thank you Momma, Her feels all better now. All better." ;c)
Fri, Feb 23, 2007
Thu, Feb 22, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Thu, Feb 22, 2007
Well yesterday David and I celebrated 10 years since we said "I do" :) Many of you were there to share our special moment with us. We use to watch the video on our anniversary but we haven't done that in the past several years. maybe this weekend we will have time to sit down and watch it together.
Guess now we can't say we are "still newlyweds" LOL For the first 5 or 6 years when ever anyone would ask how long we had been married I would quickly say, "Oh, we are newlyweds!" not telling how many years in order to avoid the children question. People just were not very understanding to why a couple could be married so long and not have children. Once a lady who I didn't even know told me point blank - "Oh you are one of those types... You don't even want kids do you!" She had no idea how bad that hurt me.
Yesterday we had our monthly check up with Dr. Oliver. The twins are doing great! Both babies are measuring in the normal weight/size range as if they were a single pregnancy! That is music to my ears b/c I have been so worried that they will have low birth weights and may have to stay longer in the hospital than me... but as of right now all is looking great! :)
Baby A = the girl weighs 1 lb 1 oz.
Baby B = the boy weighs 1 lb even.
My doctor is hopeful that if baby A is the largest and head down that I will deliver naturally - however if baby B is the largest at the time of delivery, that will mean automatic C-section. Too early to tell yet.
Dr Oliver wants to refer me to a Dr in Houston for a higher quality sonogram soon. I am waiting to hear from then on when I am to go... but it will be in the next week or so. This is just a common procedure for her patients with multiples. I will keep you updated.
Nora and I have been attending a new play group. Several of our friends already are going with us too and it is fun to meet more moms and kids. Nora loves going to "Millie's house" her mom, Lisa hosts the meet up every other week. Millie has LOTS and LOTS of toys!!
Lisa actually kept Nora for me yesterday while I was at the Dr. and when I returned Nora's first words to me when she saw me was, "NO WAY MOMMY!!" with her hand in the stop position held up to me. Clearly she didn't want it to be time to go home. She and Millie had been playing outside on the trampoline, in the sand box, and on the swing set with slide and teeter-totter.
The only way I could convince her to leave was to tell her that Daddy was home waiting for her. (he took the rest of the day off work after the Dr.) Nora was a little more agreeable but still would have stayed longer at Millie's :c)
I added sonogram photos - they are not real clear but several of you have requested them. Hopefully the sonogram photos we get in Houston will be clearer! ;c)
Guess now we can't say we are "still newlyweds" LOL For the first 5 or 6 years when ever anyone would ask how long we had been married I would quickly say, "Oh, we are newlyweds!" not telling how many years in order to avoid the children question. People just were not very understanding to why a couple could be married so long and not have children. Once a lady who I didn't even know told me point blank - "Oh you are one of those types... You don't even want kids do you!" She had no idea how bad that hurt me.
Yesterday we had our monthly check up with Dr. Oliver. The twins are doing great! Both babies are measuring in the normal weight/size range as if they were a single pregnancy! That is music to my ears b/c I have been so worried that they will have low birth weights and may have to stay longer in the hospital than me... but as of right now all is looking great! :)
Baby A = the girl weighs 1 lb 1 oz.
Baby B = the boy weighs 1 lb even.
My doctor is hopeful that if baby A is the largest and head down that I will deliver naturally - however if baby B is the largest at the time of delivery, that will mean automatic C-section. Too early to tell yet.
Dr Oliver wants to refer me to a Dr in Houston for a higher quality sonogram soon. I am waiting to hear from then on when I am to go... but it will be in the next week or so. This is just a common procedure for her patients with multiples. I will keep you updated.
Nora and I have been attending a new play group. Several of our friends already are going with us too and it is fun to meet more moms and kids. Nora loves going to "Millie's house" her mom, Lisa hosts the meet up every other week. Millie has LOTS and LOTS of toys!!
Lisa actually kept Nora for me yesterday while I was at the Dr. and when I returned Nora's first words to me when she saw me was, "NO WAY MOMMY!!" with her hand in the stop position held up to me. Clearly she didn't want it to be time to go home. She and Millie had been playing outside on the trampoline, in the sand box, and on the swing set with slide and teeter-totter.
The only way I could convince her to leave was to tell her that Daddy was home waiting for her. (he took the rest of the day off work after the Dr.) Nora was a little more agreeable but still would have stayed longer at Millie's :c)
I added sonogram photos - they are not real clear but several of you have requested them. Hopefully the sonogram photos we get in Houston will be clearer! ;c)
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Sun, Jan 28, 2007
I had to laugh at Amy's comment about not getting the Christmas photos uploaded until the twins were in school - so today while everyone was sleeping - Nora, David & Jackson - I decided to spend some time on getting the photos up.
Well, I am so mad at this stupid page I could pull all my hair out!!! aboutmybaby.com just recently changed the formatting and use to I could upload 10 photos at a time and add titles and get about 25-30 photos up in about 15-20 minutes.
Well, not now!!!! It is worse than if I had dial up!!! Which I am sure all of you know is so slow and frustrating at times! I started posting around 3:30 after Nora went down for her nap and it is now 6:45pm and I was only able to get 8 photos up!!!!
ONLY 8! Many times the page would time out and I would have to start over on that pic.... URGH!!! I am seriously considering a blog - which is free and moving all of my stuff over to that - the only set back would be that you wouldn't get email updates when I add new stuff, but maybe I could send those out instead.
I'll let you know if I decide to do that... so stay tuned.
News update on the TWINS - we know that we are having a boy and a girl! :)
I found out 2 weeks ago without David there to see :( I didn't have an appointment but got the Dr to work me in as I had been having sharp pains for 3-4 days and it wasn't getting any better. Dr Oliver examined everything and all looked A-OK. She said that it was normal for twins, to demand more room than my body could give them - my body just isn't growing as fast as the babies are. Still 2 weeks later it is still the same as before - just part of it. URGH! Which was not what I wanted to hear.
I will be 19 weeks as of this coming Tuesday 1/30. Both babies are measuring over 8 ounces each which is right on target for a single baby so things are looking good. I bought my first blue sleeper on the clearance rack at Wal-Mart the day after I found out! :)
Also we are stocking up on diapers each time we go out so I got a pack of those too. I will have a variety that is for sure. So if either baby is allergic to a certain brand chances are I will have back up. :) I buy name brand when they are on sale and I use a coupon. Other times it is the generic.
If you have any coupons at all for any brand, please feel free to mail them my way!!! ;)
Love to all of you from TX.
Enjoy the 8 pics from Christmas - sorry it isn't much...but I will try again this week to get some more up. ~Bonnie
Well, I am so mad at this stupid page I could pull all my hair out!!! aboutmybaby.com just recently changed the formatting and use to I could upload 10 photos at a time and add titles and get about 25-30 photos up in about 15-20 minutes.
Well, not now!!!! It is worse than if I had dial up!!! Which I am sure all of you know is so slow and frustrating at times! I started posting around 3:30 after Nora went down for her nap and it is now 6:45pm and I was only able to get 8 photos up!!!!
ONLY 8! Many times the page would time out and I would have to start over on that pic.... URGH!!! I am seriously considering a blog - which is free and moving all of my stuff over to that - the only set back would be that you wouldn't get email updates when I add new stuff, but maybe I could send those out instead.
I'll let you know if I decide to do that... so stay tuned.
News update on the TWINS - we know that we are having a boy and a girl! :)
I found out 2 weeks ago without David there to see :( I didn't have an appointment but got the Dr to work me in as I had been having sharp pains for 3-4 days and it wasn't getting any better. Dr Oliver examined everything and all looked A-OK. She said that it was normal for twins, to demand more room than my body could give them - my body just isn't growing as fast as the babies are. Still 2 weeks later it is still the same as before - just part of it. URGH! Which was not what I wanted to hear.
I will be 19 weeks as of this coming Tuesday 1/30. Both babies are measuring over 8 ounces each which is right on target for a single baby so things are looking good. I bought my first blue sleeper on the clearance rack at Wal-Mart the day after I found out! :)
Also we are stocking up on diapers each time we go out so I got a pack of those too. I will have a variety that is for sure. So if either baby is allergic to a certain brand chances are I will have back up. :) I buy name brand when they are on sale and I use a coupon. Other times it is the generic.
If you have any coupons at all for any brand, please feel free to mail them my way!!! ;)
Love to all of you from TX.
Enjoy the 8 pics from Christmas - sorry it isn't much...but I will try again this week to get some more up. ~Bonnie
Monday, December 4, 2006
Mon, Dec 4, 2006
I want to THANK YOU for taking the time to sign the guest book!!! I know many of you stop in often and take a look but don't sign and therefore we have no idea who has been by or if anyone even keeps up with the page anymore. It wasn't long ago I thought about discontinuing doing the web page b/c I felt no one even cared.
After the twin announcement we got lots of comments from friends we haven't spoken with in so long. It really warms my heart to know that you all still check in on us and I am so glad now I renewed the webpage for another year :)
Right now as I am typing this Nora is here by my side asking me to "Mommy, Play Kitchen with Nora p-l-e-a-s-e..." so how can say no to that???
I will be back with more photo updates soon. Thank you everyone for taking time to sign the guest book every now and again so we know that you do like getting the updates :)
Love from TX,
Bonnie Nora & David
After the twin announcement we got lots of comments from friends we haven't spoken with in so long. It really warms my heart to know that you all still check in on us and I am so glad now I renewed the webpage for another year :)
Right now as I am typing this Nora is here by my side asking me to "Mommy, Play Kitchen with Nora p-l-e-a-s-e..." so how can say no to that???
I will be back with more photo updates soon. Thank you everyone for taking time to sign the guest book every now and again so we know that you do like getting the updates :)
Love from TX,
Bonnie Nora & David
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Wed, Nov 29, 2006
Not sure what you will notice first, the news announcement or the new photo of the TWINS we are expecting next June!!!
David and I had the pleasure of telling our families in person while we were home for Thanksgiving of our wonderful news.
It was so fun to see everyone's happiness for us in their faces when we told them that Nora was going to be a big sister soon... and then to hear their excitement in their voices when we told them T-W-I-N-S!
Our prayers have been answered once again and we are looking forward to our family growing. There are a lot of things to do to prepare - thankfully David's mom can use a bed at her home so when my Dad and Clara come for a visit next January they will take back the cherry bed set that was David's fathers when he was a boy.
It is a perfect solution for both us and Kathy! :) Well I gotta close for now - I have supper to fix. I will be posting some more photos soon of Nora. :)
Love from TX, David, Bonnie, Nora, the twins & Jackson
David and I had the pleasure of telling our families in person while we were home for Thanksgiving of our wonderful news.
It was so fun to see everyone's happiness for us in their faces when we told them that Nora was going to be a big sister soon... and then to hear their excitement in their voices when we told them T-W-I-N-S!
Our prayers have been answered once again and we are looking forward to our family growing. There are a lot of things to do to prepare - thankfully David's mom can use a bed at her home so when my Dad and Clara come for a visit next January they will take back the cherry bed set that was David's fathers when he was a boy.
It is a perfect solution for both us and Kathy! :) Well I gotta close for now - I have supper to fix. I will be posting some more photos soon of Nora. :)
Love from TX, David, Bonnie, Nora, the twins & Jackson
Friday, November 17, 2006
Fri, Nov 17, 2006
We are packed, ready and Kentucky bound!!! Tomorrow we fly out of Houston and into Nashville to go home to be with our families for the week of Thanksgiving!!! I think we will be there alost 10 days! Yeah!!!
I talked with my Daddy on the phone today and they are all ready for us - he has Nora's crib set up in her room already. I told him that this could be the last time he has to set it up b/c for Christmas Nora has asked Santa for a BIG girl bed.
Daddy also said for us to pack our sheep skin jackets b/c it is really cold in KY. I haven't worn a coat all year!! Guess we will have to get out our leather coats and brush the dust off them and take with us tomorrow.
Speaking of Santa - Nora and I got to talk with him today at the mall. We hadn't planned on going but at lunch time I was craving Arby's and the only Arby's I know of in TEXAS is in the Beaumont mall and we were in Beaumont.... so we went.
Santa wasn't busy at all with any photo taking and we were sitting a little ways from him but he started waving to Nora. She immediately put both hands over her eyes and would not look directly at him.
He then got up from his chair and stood by the railing of his front porch and was talking to us from a distance. She would peak between her fingers at him every little bit. hahah
Then he picked up a candy cane out of his basket and asked her if she liked candy. She unhid her face then and was smiling... he said she could have it but she would have to come get it - he couldn't throw across the flowers... so I didn't think she would do it but she did!
She held my hand and we walked around the flowers and to santa's house and down the walk to see him! I was expecting her to cry but she didn't!!! She wouldn't sit in his lap but she stood right in front of him the whole time looking at him. It was so cute!
He asked her what her name was and where she lived... then what she wanted for Christmas. We told him that since the kings gave baby Jesus 3 gifts we only wanted 3 gifts too. He thought that was a lovely idea.
Nora told him she wanted a waggon and a farm and then I had to tell him that she wanted a BIG girl bed as her third gift. ;) I didn't have my camera with me to get a photo and I wasn't about to pay the mall $30 for a package of her in a dirty shirt and pants and very messed up hair (she broke her hair clip in the car on the way) so we will have to go back another time for a photo when she looks cute. I can't believe you cant' get just a single photo anymore???
Well we will be back after the 27th so ta-ta for now. :) We CAN'T wait to see most of you in person and visit with you during Thanksgiving!!!!! And for those of you who we will not see, we wish you a happy day with your family!
Love from Texas, Bonnie, David & Nora
I talked with my Daddy on the phone today and they are all ready for us - he has Nora's crib set up in her room already. I told him that this could be the last time he has to set it up b/c for Christmas Nora has asked Santa for a BIG girl bed.
Daddy also said for us to pack our sheep skin jackets b/c it is really cold in KY. I haven't worn a coat all year!! Guess we will have to get out our leather coats and brush the dust off them and take with us tomorrow.
Speaking of Santa - Nora and I got to talk with him today at the mall. We hadn't planned on going but at lunch time I was craving Arby's and the only Arby's I know of in TEXAS is in the Beaumont mall and we were in Beaumont.... so we went.
Santa wasn't busy at all with any photo taking and we were sitting a little ways from him but he started waving to Nora. She immediately put both hands over her eyes and would not look directly at him.
He then got up from his chair and stood by the railing of his front porch and was talking to us from a distance. She would peak between her fingers at him every little bit. hahah
Then he picked up a candy cane out of his basket and asked her if she liked candy. She unhid her face then and was smiling... he said she could have it but she would have to come get it - he couldn't throw across the flowers... so I didn't think she would do it but she did!
She held my hand and we walked around the flowers and to santa's house and down the walk to see him! I was expecting her to cry but she didn't!!! She wouldn't sit in his lap but she stood right in front of him the whole time looking at him. It was so cute!
He asked her what her name was and where she lived... then what she wanted for Christmas. We told him that since the kings gave baby Jesus 3 gifts we only wanted 3 gifts too. He thought that was a lovely idea.
Nora told him she wanted a waggon and a farm and then I had to tell him that she wanted a BIG girl bed as her third gift. ;) I didn't have my camera with me to get a photo and I wasn't about to pay the mall $30 for a package of her in a dirty shirt and pants and very messed up hair (she broke her hair clip in the car on the way) so we will have to go back another time for a photo when she looks cute. I can't believe you cant' get just a single photo anymore???
Well we will be back after the 27th so ta-ta for now. :) We CAN'T wait to see most of you in person and visit with you during Thanksgiving!!!!! And for those of you who we will not see, we wish you a happy day with your family!
Love from Texas, Bonnie, David & Nora
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Wed, Oct 25, 2006
Today was Nora's Halloween Party at the Bridge City Story Time that we go to. All the kiddos were so cute all dressed up.
David was able to take tiem off from work to come join us for the hour. It was his first Story Time so I let him do all the helping Nora with making her craft. They both loved it.
I'm setting up a photo album called "Story Time Party" to show the photos that I took today. It was impossible to get one group photo of all the kids. The morning class majority of the children are 2 years old and under where as the afternoon class has several 4 and 5 year olds.
Enjoy! :)
David was able to take tiem off from work to come join us for the hour. It was his first Story Time so I let him do all the helping Nora with making her craft. They both loved it.
I'm setting up a photo album called "Story Time Party" to show the photos that I took today. It was impossible to get one group photo of all the kids. The morning class majority of the children are 2 years old and under where as the afternoon class has several 4 and 5 year olds.
Enjoy! :)
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Tue, Oct 3, 2006
Mail Call: This afternoon Nora and I went to the mailbox together. She loves for me to pick her up and let her "do it". Sitting right on top was a post card of a duck and she yelled out "DUCKIE!!!!!!" when she opened the mailbox door.
It was so cute! This was sent by one of Bonnie's HGTV quilting friends, Nickilee who lives in Maine. Of all the different people we have received postcards from...no one has sent as many as Nicki :) Thank You! You are so thoughtful to remember Nora when you travel and even when you are not traveling ;)
On the postcard she wrote: "Hi Nora, I hope you are being a good girl for your Mommy & Daddy. :) Here are some pictures of some animals from Maine. Do you know what they are? Be Good! Nickilee"
I so need to start a spreadsheet to keep up with how many states/countries we have received postcards from... her collections is Grooooowing!
It was so cute! This was sent by one of Bonnie's HGTV quilting friends, Nickilee who lives in Maine. Of all the different people we have received postcards from...no one has sent as many as Nicki :) Thank You! You are so thoughtful to remember Nora when you travel and even when you are not traveling ;)
On the postcard she wrote: "Hi Nora, I hope you are being a good girl for your Mommy & Daddy. :) Here are some pictures of some animals from Maine. Do you know what they are? Be Good! Nickilee"
I so need to start a spreadsheet to keep up with how many states/countries we have received postcards from... her collections is Grooooowing!
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Sat, Sep 30, 2006
aaaahhh Saturday! Today we dropped off my van at Firestone for it’s oil change and then headed over to I-HOP for brunch. Nora loves pancakes! The van still needed some more time before being ready to pick up so, afterwards we went to Target to check out the Halloween costumes.
Last year we used my nieces hand-me-down costume and Nora was a very cute bumblebee. This year, I have been trying to think of something for her to be but nothing I’ve thought of has seemed to wow me....little did I know that Nora would have her own ideas! – I just needed to get her to the store.
The first isle of costumes we came to were for toddlers - perfect! They had lots to choose from but the very minuite Nora spotted the Care Bears she started chanting – “Care Bear Count Down! Care Bear Count Down!? that’s the way her DVD from Abbey & Michael starts out...she recognized them right off the bat. Looking at all the tags they were all sized 3T-4T which I thought, well bummer – she needs a 2T.
When she saw in the way back the purple one, she really started chattering! “I want pea-bull Care Bear!!? I looked at David and he looked at me and we both knew that she had just decided once and for all that for Halloween she was going to be a “Pea-Bull Care Bear?. :c)
Of course I thought we needed to try it on first so we did. David warned me that we may have to wear it home... thankfully we didn't :c) but she LOVED it! Can you tell from her big smile!!!!
I didn't even have to tell her to say cheese. I am gonna have to think of something to help hold the hood back so she can see. Maybe use some hair clips to clip it to her hair?
Last year we used my nieces hand-me-down costume and Nora was a very cute bumblebee. This year, I have been trying to think of something for her to be but nothing I’ve thought of has seemed to wow me....little did I know that Nora would have her own ideas! – I just needed to get her to the store.
The first isle of costumes we came to were for toddlers - perfect! They had lots to choose from but the very minuite Nora spotted the Care Bears she started chanting – “Care Bear Count Down! Care Bear Count Down!? that’s the way her DVD from Abbey & Michael starts out...she recognized them right off the bat. Looking at all the tags they were all sized 3T-4T which I thought, well bummer – she needs a 2T.
When she saw in the way back the purple one, she really started chattering! “I want pea-bull Care Bear!!? I looked at David and he looked at me and we both knew that she had just decided once and for all that for Halloween she was going to be a “Pea-Bull Care Bear?. :c)
Of course I thought we needed to try it on first so we did. David warned me that we may have to wear it home... thankfully we didn't :c) but she LOVED it! Can you tell from her big smile!!!!
I didn't even have to tell her to say cheese. I am gonna have to think of something to help hold the hood back so she can see. Maybe use some hair clips to clip it to her hair?
Sat, Sep 30, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Mon, Sep 25, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Thu, Sep 14, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Sat, Sep 9, 2006
ok, please bare with me as I try to update Nora's webpage. I know there are many of you who get the email updates when I add stuff and I appoligize if there are so many this time - not sure if that will be the case, but I had to upload each photo one at a time which is taking for ever!
I know I have been terrible at uploading. I am gonna do better I P-R-O-M-I-S-E! It is my goal to do a little every weekend. At least add news entires more often.
I have been considering starting a blog since it is free after this website expires later this fall. not sure yet. I will keep you posted. Happy Weekend Everyone!
Love from TX, Bonnie, David, Nora & Jackson
I know I have been terrible at uploading. I am gonna do better I P-R-O-M-I-S-E! It is my goal to do a little every weekend. At least add news entires more often.
I have been considering starting a blog since it is free after this website expires later this fall. not sure yet. I will keep you posted. Happy Weekend Everyone!
Love from TX, Bonnie, David, Nora & Jackson
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Thu, Sep 7, 2006
Well we got back from Kentucky Tuesday night 9/5. We flew into Houston and stopped to eat and was home around 9 or so. Perfect timing for Nora.
She was great on the airplane!!! Both going and returning. On the way home during take off she was starting to get a little ansy in her seatbelt while we were taxiing out to the runway. I firmly told her she had to stay still and she whined a bit
... but when we were jetting down the runway I guess the force made her give in to her sleepiness because we weren't but 10 feet off the ground yet and I looked over at her and Nora had her arm stretched out on the armrest and her head on it and was dead asleep! :)
She stayed asleep the whole 2 hour flight and didn't wake up until we were at baggage claim.
We had a fun time at David's 15 year class reunion. He got to see lots of friends he hadn't seen since graduation. I chit chatted with all those who would listen haha not a bad time although I did feel like a wall flower for a while.
I didn't go to his school so all in all it was fun. I am glad we went. It was much better than my 10 year – which was a huge flop… I will spare everyone the boreing details! Let’s just say, “You might be a redneck if, nearly half of the people at the class reunion are the same people you eat turkey with each holiday!!!? ( I graduated with two of my 1st cousins.)
The weather in Kentucky was just like fall for us while we were there! It was GREAT! We loved the highs being in the 70's while we were there. At my Dad's we slept with the windows open at night even! Nora's vocabulary really took a turn in a new direction as while we were there she started speaking whole sentences that I had no clue she knew how to say!
My dad's wife, Clara had made a Red-velvet cake on Saturday and when it came out of the oven she held Nora up to take a look at it and was saying to her "Do you see MaMaw's cake? What color is the cake? Can you say red?" and Nora said "mmm MaMaw, it smells good!" It was so cute! :-) and of course Clara, being the proud MaMaw she is, had something to brag about at the Sunday dinner! And I am sure she will be telling about that for a while to everyone she sees in the coming few weeks ;)
She was great on the airplane!!! Both going and returning. On the way home during take off she was starting to get a little ansy in her seatbelt while we were taxiing out to the runway. I firmly told her she had to stay still and she whined a bit
... but when we were jetting down the runway I guess the force made her give in to her sleepiness because we weren't but 10 feet off the ground yet and I looked over at her and Nora had her arm stretched out on the armrest and her head on it and was dead asleep! :)
She stayed asleep the whole 2 hour flight and didn't wake up until we were at baggage claim.
We had a fun time at David's 15 year class reunion. He got to see lots of friends he hadn't seen since graduation. I chit chatted with all those who would listen haha not a bad time although I did feel like a wall flower for a while.
I didn't go to his school so all in all it was fun. I am glad we went. It was much better than my 10 year – which was a huge flop… I will spare everyone the boreing details! Let’s just say, “You might be a redneck if, nearly half of the people at the class reunion are the same people you eat turkey with each holiday!!!? ( I graduated with two of my 1st cousins.)
The weather in Kentucky was just like fall for us while we were there! It was GREAT! We loved the highs being in the 70's while we were there. At my Dad's we slept with the windows open at night even! Nora's vocabulary really took a turn in a new direction as while we were there she started speaking whole sentences that I had no clue she knew how to say!
My dad's wife, Clara had made a Red-velvet cake on Saturday and when it came out of the oven she held Nora up to take a look at it and was saying to her "Do you see MaMaw's cake? What color is the cake? Can you say red?" and Nora said "mmm MaMaw, it smells good!" It was so cute! :-) and of course Clara, being the proud MaMaw she is, had something to brag about at the Sunday dinner! And I am sure she will be telling about that for a while to everyone she sees in the coming few weeks ;)
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Wed, Sep 6, 2006
Today's mail brought 3 postcards from Bonnie's friend, Dixieldy, from the HGTV quilting board.
My favorite is of Rainbow Row - Charleston, SC that shows a row of homes on East Bay Street that by choice of the homeowners are all painted in a rainbow of colors.
The second postcard is of the history of how Charleston was founded in 1670 and is the oldest city between Virginia and Floridia.
...and the last postcard is of the South Battery homes with the Charleston Harbon in the background.
Thanks Sonja! You are so sweet to send these to Nora! :)
My favorite is of Rainbow Row - Charleston, SC that shows a row of homes on East Bay Street that by choice of the homeowners are all painted in a rainbow of colors.
The second postcard is of the history of how Charleston was founded in 1670 and is the oldest city between Virginia and Floridia.
...and the last postcard is of the South Battery homes with the Charleston Harbon in the background.
Thanks Sonja! You are so sweet to send these to Nora! :)
Wed, Sep 6, 2006
Today's mail brought 3 postcards from Bonnie's friend, Dixieldy, from the HGTV quilting board.
My favorite is of Rainbow Row - Charleston, SC that shows a row of homes on East Bay Street that by choice of the homeowners are all painted in a rainbow of colors.
The second postcard is of the history of how Charleston was founded in 1670 and is the oldest city between Virginia and Floridia.
...and the last postcard is of the South Battery homes with the Charleston Harbon in the background.
Thanks Sonja! You are so sweet to send these to Nora! :)
My favorite is of Rainbow Row - Charleston, SC that shows a row of homes on East Bay Street that by choice of the homeowners are all painted in a rainbow of colors.
The second postcard is of the history of how Charleston was founded in 1670 and is the oldest city between Virginia and Floridia.
...and the last postcard is of the South Battery homes with the Charleston Harbon in the background.
Thanks Sonja! You are so sweet to send these to Nora! :)
Wed, Sep 6, 2006
Today's mail brought 3 postcards from Bonnie's friend, Dixieldy, from the HGTV quilting board.
My favorite is of Rainbow Row - Charleston, SC that shows a row of homes on East Bay Street that by choice of the homeowners are all painted in a rainbow of colors.
The second postcard is of the history of how Charleston was founded in 1670 and is the oldest city between Virginia and Floridia.
...and the last postcard is of the South Battery homes with the Charleston Harbon in the background.
Thanks Sonja! You are so sweet to send these to Nora! :)
My favorite is of Rainbow Row - Charleston, SC that shows a row of homes on East Bay Street that by choice of the homeowners are all painted in a rainbow of colors.
The second postcard is of the history of how Charleston was founded in 1670 and is the oldest city between Virginia and Floridia.
...and the last postcard is of the South Battery homes with the Charleston Harbon in the background.
Thanks Sonja! You are so sweet to send these to Nora! :)
Monday, August 28, 2006
Mon, Aug 28, 2006
Today Nora received her very 1st postcard from Pennsylvania!
Her good friends Ethan and Justin sent it to her. They use to live in Bridge City, TX and recently moved over the summer to PA for their Daddy's new job.
The post card is of a rural setting of a farm shown on rolling hills. There are sevreal barns and silo. In the sky you can even see the moon too!
Thanks Ethan and Justin! I miss you both and my Mommy misses your Mommy Ms. Leslie! I will look for a postcard to mail to you :) -Nora
Her good friends Ethan and Justin sent it to her. They use to live in Bridge City, TX and recently moved over the summer to PA for their Daddy's new job.
The post card is of a rural setting of a farm shown on rolling hills. There are sevreal barns and silo. In the sky you can even see the moon too!
Thanks Ethan and Justin! I miss you both and my Mommy misses your Mommy Ms. Leslie! I will look for a postcard to mail to you :) -Nora
Friday, August 18, 2006
Fri, Aug 18, 2006
Today Nora received a postcard from Bonnie's quilting friend NickiLee from New England. She has sent Nora several cards from her travels - Greese, Washington, DC, and many from her home state New England.
The postcard that came today has photos of wildlife on it and Nora recognized all three items on the card without being prompted!
She said, "There's the Bear and the moose and the deer!" :) I am so proud of her she is really learning a lot from her postcards! :) Thanks NickiLee!!!
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Sat, Jun 24, 2006
Yesterday, Nora turned 2 years old! :) She received two very special Birthday cards in the mail - the first from Miss Alice who sent her a card with her special angel stamps on the envelope :) and two $1 bills - and the second card wasn't signed LOL but we figured it out because thankfully MawMaw Clara did remember to put a return address sticker on the back of the envelope. I called my Dad and we all had a good laugh :)
Nora also received a package from Abbey & Michael yesterday. They sent her a really cute outfit and a swimsuit with cherries on it. She knew just what to do with it too! When she saw it she immediately began pulling it over her head wanting to wear it and go to the spray park. It was too funny seeing her pull it over her head and her face bursting thru the spandex! :) LOL I will upload photos later.
Today David and I are taking Nora to Beaumont, to go to Chunky Cheese for lunch. We are taking Miss Heidi and Nora's best friend Jed (he's 3 months older than Nora) and of course his baby brother Eli (6 months old) gets to go too. We figured this would be fun for Nora and she LOVES Pizza.
This won't be her first time exactly - we did go last Dec. while in KY - but she hasn't been since so it will be all new to her again most likely. Last year, the day we went, she was not feeling good and laid her head on the table the whole time. I know today she will really love it!
The official Birthday Party will be while we are home in KY on vacation the 1st week of July. Nora's thing right now is "Ole McDonald" so my Dad is going to be in caharde of giving all the kids a hay ride around the farm. I know she will LOVE it!!! July 2nd at 2pm at Bonnie's Dads home... invitations will be mailed out this week. :)
Happy Weekend everyone!
Love from Texas! Bonnie, Nora, David & Jackson
Nora also received a package from Abbey & Michael yesterday. They sent her a really cute outfit and a swimsuit with cherries on it. She knew just what to do with it too! When she saw it she immediately began pulling it over her head wanting to wear it and go to the spray park. It was too funny seeing her pull it over her head and her face bursting thru the spandex! :) LOL I will upload photos later.
Today David and I are taking Nora to Beaumont, to go to Chunky Cheese for lunch. We are taking Miss Heidi and Nora's best friend Jed (he's 3 months older than Nora) and of course his baby brother Eli (6 months old) gets to go too. We figured this would be fun for Nora and she LOVES Pizza.
This won't be her first time exactly - we did go last Dec. while in KY - but she hasn't been since so it will be all new to her again most likely. Last year, the day we went, she was not feeling good and laid her head on the table the whole time. I know today she will really love it!
The official Birthday Party will be while we are home in KY on vacation the 1st week of July. Nora's thing right now is "Ole McDonald" so my Dad is going to be in caharde of giving all the kids a hay ride around the farm. I know she will LOVE it!!! July 2nd at 2pm at Bonnie's Dads home... invitations will be mailed out this week. :)
Happy Weekend everyone!
Love from Texas! Bonnie, Nora, David & Jackson
Monday, June 19, 2006
Sun, Jun 18, 2006
A few of you have asked about pic on the front page of the quilt in the photo of Nora sleeping in her crib... Is this one I made?
Well no, but sort of ;) When I was about 8 or 9 yeas old, my mom was going to use up some of her scraps to make a very small quilt for me to use with a small baby doll. Well I being her helper and having bigger and better ideas kept insisting that it be bigger. It went from being 12" x 12" to a little larger so that my bigger baby dolls my Cabbage Patch kid could be wrapped up - fully demonstrating to her that it was not big enough to wrap all the way around and tuck in good... to - "Well, Mom, since we have added this much more we may as well make it big enough to use for a real baby one day."
I am sure that my Mom didn't have plans to get into another project, but I am SO glad that she was easily convinced to go along with my wishes. Because now, some twenty years later... here is my baby all wrapped up in the love that my mom used to make this very special and one of a kind quilt for "me and my baby".
It's been 7 years since my mom passed away and I so wish that she could have met Nora. My Mom's mother, Bonnie, who I was named after died before I was born too and so I already know what it will be like for Nora to grow up only hearing about her grandmother. I hope that I will do as good of a job as my mother did of sharing stories of her mom so that my daughter will know what a great woman my Mother really was.
My mom let me pick an choose the left over 4 patches to use and arrange them how I wanted and when it came time to do the hand quilting, Mom even let me add a few of my own first stitches.
I love wrapping Nora up in this quilt and cherish my memory of my Mother and hope that years from now, Nora will use the same quilt with her child. :)
Well no, but sort of ;) When I was about 8 or 9 yeas old, my mom was going to use up some of her scraps to make a very small quilt for me to use with a small baby doll. Well I being her helper and having bigger and better ideas kept insisting that it be bigger. It went from being 12" x 12" to a little larger so that my bigger baby dolls my Cabbage Patch kid could be wrapped up - fully demonstrating to her that it was not big enough to wrap all the way around and tuck in good... to - "Well, Mom, since we have added this much more we may as well make it big enough to use for a real baby one day."
I am sure that my Mom didn't have plans to get into another project, but I am SO glad that she was easily convinced to go along with my wishes. Because now, some twenty years later... here is my baby all wrapped up in the love that my mom used to make this very special and one of a kind quilt for "me and my baby".
It's been 7 years since my mom passed away and I so wish that she could have met Nora. My Mom's mother, Bonnie, who I was named after died before I was born too and so I already know what it will be like for Nora to grow up only hearing about her grandmother. I hope that I will do as good of a job as my mother did of sharing stories of her mom so that my daughter will know what a great woman my Mother really was.
My mom let me pick an choose the left over 4 patches to use and arrange them how I wanted and when it came time to do the hand quilting, Mom even let me add a few of my own first stitches.
I love wrapping Nora up in this quilt and cherish my memory of my Mother and hope that years from now, Nora will use the same quilt with her child. :)
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Tue, Jun 13, 2006
ok, I won't go into all the details now, I will save that for David to do later - but we had a "one of a kind / never before" types of weekends with Nora last weekend...
I told David he would be in charge of telling about it here... so stay tuned.
Nora got her fist ever post card from GEORGIA yesterday!!! It was from a couple we call "Dad & Kim" :) They are the parents of our really good friends, Jay & Tricia.
When I opened the mailbox yesterday, I was greeted by an alligator!! eek! There was right on top ;) Actually the card is from FL, but it was mailed FROM GA so we will count it as GA card #1! :) Thanks Kim!!!
I told David he would be in charge of telling about it here... so stay tuned.
Nora got her fist ever post card from GEORGIA yesterday!!! It was from a couple we call "Dad & Kim" :) They are the parents of our really good friends, Jay & Tricia.
When I opened the mailbox yesterday, I was greeted by an alligator!! eek! There was right on top ;) Actually the card is from FL, but it was mailed FROM GA so we will count it as GA card #1! :) Thanks Kim!!!
Monday, May 29, 2006
Mon, May 29, 2006
Happy Memorial day everyone. :) This weekend we have been enjoying our time together as a family before David leaves on his trip to Nashville for the week.
It sure is nice to have David home... and Nora will agree. She is so funny with her "Dad-Ee HOOOOOOooooooooooommme!" expressions. She's said it at least a hundred times during this weekend :)
We are missing our friends in Savannah - Jay, Tricia, Tyler, Tanner & Trip. We hate that we had to cancel our plans to come be with you all this weekend!!! We would have loved so much to meet baby Trip! Maybe things will work out for us to come this fall - perhaps the end of October?
David will be traveling to Firestone's home office for a managers meeting in Nashville. Last year he didnt' tell his family about his trip and snuck in on them one evening. This year they know he's comming and Kathy already has plans to fire up the grill for some BBQ for David!
....I sure wish we could have traveled with him on this trip but the prices of airline tickets has skyrocketed this year and it just isn't possible for us.... and Nora could have flown free... doesn't look like we will be getting to take advantage of the "up to age 2 free special" anymore b/c she turns 2 in less than a month!
Well..Nora and i are looking forward to our end of June trip to KY for the 4th of July. We have been planning this trip for a year now! :) :) :)
It sure is nice to have David home... and Nora will agree. She is so funny with her "Dad-Ee HOOOOOOooooooooooommme!" expressions. She's said it at least a hundred times during this weekend :)
We are missing our friends in Savannah - Jay, Tricia, Tyler, Tanner & Trip. We hate that we had to cancel our plans to come be with you all this weekend!!! We would have loved so much to meet baby Trip! Maybe things will work out for us to come this fall - perhaps the end of October?
David will be traveling to Firestone's home office for a managers meeting in Nashville. Last year he didnt' tell his family about his trip and snuck in on them one evening. This year they know he's comming and Kathy already has plans to fire up the grill for some BBQ for David!
....I sure wish we could have traveled with him on this trip but the prices of airline tickets has skyrocketed this year and it just isn't possible for us.... and Nora could have flown free... doesn't look like we will be getting to take advantage of the "up to age 2 free special" anymore b/c she turns 2 in less than a month!
Well..Nora and i are looking forward to our end of June trip to KY for the 4th of July. We have been planning this trip for a year now! :) :) :)
Friday, May 26, 2006
Fri, May 26, 2006
ok, the folks at aboutmybaby.com were so helpful today with the SPAM problem. Thankfully none of you received all the emials that I did. WHEW! at least that is what they assured me.
I have started to scan Nora's postcards and will continue to add them when time allows. She has so many now! 30+ They cover her closet door and bedroom door. We look at them at least 3-4 tiems a day as we pass by.
Nora will stop and reach up and say "Hoooold Ma" wanting me to pick her up so she can get a closeup look at each one. We take turns... I will ask her what's that? and she tells me and then sometimes I ask where is such-n-such and she points. After we are done, I tell her "Nora is so smart!" and I sign "smart" and she will put her hand over her nose - suppose to put middle finger on forehead... and she will say "SNOT" it is funny!
I am so amazed at how much she is learning from all of her postcards already! Train, Water, Ocean, Boat, Bear, she especially loves looking at the animals on the cards! Lots of my quilting buddies online have been so helpful in sending her postcards from all over the world! Nora has even received 2 fabric quilted postcards even! They are really cool!
Even our friend, Miss Suzanne, who works in the photo lab at CVS sent Nora two post cards during her recent trip to Canada when she visited her family for a month! - I guess you could say we are gettin to know the people in our small town pretty well :)
If you have our address, we would love to receive a postcard from your part of the world! :) Nora has YET to get a card from GEORGIA for her collection! I know, hard to believe that isn't it!!?!??
I have started to scan Nora's postcards and will continue to add them when time allows. She has so many now! 30+ They cover her closet door and bedroom door. We look at them at least 3-4 tiems a day as we pass by.
Nora will stop and reach up and say "Hoooold Ma" wanting me to pick her up so she can get a closeup look at each one. We take turns... I will ask her what's that? and she tells me and then sometimes I ask where is such-n-such and she points. After we are done, I tell her "Nora is so smart!" and I sign "smart" and she will put her hand over her nose - suppose to put middle finger on forehead... and she will say "SNOT" it is funny!
I am so amazed at how much she is learning from all of her postcards already! Train, Water, Ocean, Boat, Bear, she especially loves looking at the animals on the cards! Lots of my quilting buddies online have been so helpful in sending her postcards from all over the world! Nora has even received 2 fabric quilted postcards even! They are really cool!
Even our friend, Miss Suzanne, who works in the photo lab at CVS sent Nora two post cards during her recent trip to Canada when she visited her family for a month! - I guess you could say we are gettin to know the people in our small town pretty well :)
If you have our address, we would love to receive a postcard from your part of the world! :) Nora has YET to get a card from GEORGIA for her collection! I know, hard to believe that isn't it!!?!??
Fri, May 26, 2006
We got spammed! Yes a stupid generic Pharmacy linked it's adds to the comments sectionto one of our photos. I kept getting email notifications that someone had left a comment and clicked to see and it was junk. I at first contacted aboutmybaby about it to see if they coudl help me remove the smap links... but kept getting more and more from the pharmacy so I just deleted the photo and am hoping that this will work... crossing fingers!
I hope none of you got the email about the comments being added - I don't know if they are set up to nitify everyone or just us when someone adds a comment? I am sorry for this. Bonnie
I hope none of you got the email about the comments being added - I don't know if they are set up to nitify everyone or just us when someone adds a comment? I am sorry for this. Bonnie
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Tue, May 9, 2006
ok, sorry it has been forever since posting anything....I had added some photos not too long ago but hadn't addded any news......well David decided to log in and didn't have the password and instead of asking me hit the button for password help and they reset it sending it to our email - only the message didn't go to the "in box" instead went and hung out in the junk mail folder with 381 other junk messages....
It wasn't until last night that I figured all of this out and had to go digging thur all of them! whew, I know that is a terrible runon sentance but I don't feel like backspacing and correcting it. LOL :)
I will post news as I remember it and post date them as they happened. So if you get an email update that new stuff has happened you will know what is going on :) You can always click at the top of the page on the LatestNews link too.
Love from Texas, Bonnie
It wasn't until last night that I figured all of this out and had to go digging thur all of them! whew, I know that is a terrible runon sentance but I don't feel like backspacing and correcting it. LOL :)
I will post news as I remember it and post date them as they happened. So if you get an email update that new stuff has happened you will know what is going on :) You can always click at the top of the page on the LatestNews link too.
Love from Texas, Bonnie
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