This is for Pops & Papa from Bry, DJ & Elle. We think you guys are the best. We love you so much!
You may want to turn up your volume a little bit. Also once you open the video, hit pause for about 30 seconds while the video loads and it will play more smoothly:
Monday, June 16, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Time Well Spent
Today was DJ's birthday tea party. What better way to celebrate her birthday party while we're in the South than with a tea party? We went to a tea house down the road that caters to little girls' birthdays. DJ, Elle and a few close friends got to dress up, be fancy, eat cake and be everything little girls should be. Somehow, the moms even ended up playing dress up over our real clothes (have to emphasize that my dress was OVER my regular clothes because I look quite WIDE in the pictures). Everyone was so fun and played along. It was too funny. The party exceeded my expectations. Delainey, Elle and all their sweet little friends had such a fabulous & fancy time. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story:
Monday, June 9, 2008
9 on the 9th
Okay, so I'm not a "meme" kind of blogger but my good friend at All That Naz, invited me to do this meme. Since she's so creative and enthusiastic, I'm going to honor her idea by doing it at least this once. I can't guarantee this will happen every month... or ever again for that matter. It's not that I don't want to, it's just remembering and finding the time is always a challenge. But today I remembered and I have a few minutes, so here it goes...
9 Reasons to Have a Blog:
1. It's FREE
2. You can share pictures easily
3. You can share your heart
4. You can make people laugh
5. You can document important events
6. People faraway get to watch your kids grow and change
7. It can serve as a journal
8. It can serve as an alibi, if you ever needed one (hopefully you won't)
9. Did I mention that it's FREE?
9 Reasons to Have a Blog:
1. It's FREE
2. You can share pictures easily
3. You can share your heart
4. You can make people laugh
5. You can document important events
6. People faraway get to watch your kids grow and change
7. It can serve as a journal
8. It can serve as an alibi, if you ever needed one (hopefully you won't)
9. Did I mention that it's FREE?
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Birthday Recap
Yesterday was a fun day for DJ as well as the rest of us. She got a big-girl princess bike and then we took her downtown to eat at her favorite restaurant, Jim and Nicks. It's her favorite because she LOVES their mac n' cheese.
After lunch, we decided to go down to one of the fountains and splash around since it was so hot out. Cal and I agreed that we'd let them get their feet wet for about 15 minutes and then head home. I left him and 3 dry children for a brief few minutes while I went across the street. When I came back, well, let's just say far more than their feet were wet but we had a great time.
When we got home, DJ wanted nothing more than to ride her new bike. She rode around the house for hours. Later, we took her for an evening walk and it turned into a jog in order to keep up with her. She learned how to use the breaks and she LOVES being up high and riding fast.
Her tea party is next Saturday and I'll try to post some pics of that. Here are some pics with my point and shoot camera from yesterday:
After lunch, we decided to go down to one of the fountains and splash around since it was so hot out. Cal and I agreed that we'd let them get their feet wet for about 15 minutes and then head home. I left him and 3 dry children for a brief few minutes while I went across the street. When I came back, well, let's just say far more than their feet were wet but we had a great time.
When we got home, DJ wanted nothing more than to ride her new bike. She rode around the house for hours. Later, we took her for an evening walk and it turned into a jog in order to keep up with her. She learned how to use the breaks and she LOVES being up high and riding fast.
Her tea party is next Saturday and I'll try to post some pics of that. Here are some pics with my point and shoot camera from yesterday:
Saturday, June 7, 2008
6-7-8
6-7-08 is today's date and also 4 years after our sweet Delainey Jayne was born. That's right, DJ is 4 years old today. Where do all the days go? When we moved here she was only 2 1/2. How quickly the sand runs through the parenting hour glass.
Yesterday I kept recounting the day as it was 4 years ago. I would recall what we were doing and what stage we were in the labor at that hour. Funny how a mom never forgets the details of child labor. I was induced and ended up with a 23-hour labor. Thankfully, it wasn't hard labor, just starting and stopping with contractions and LOTS of walking down the hospital halls.
I remember toward the very end of the labor I was so excited that I began laughing out loud. Maybe it was because I was tired and delirious or maybe it was because knew I was minutes away from holding our second child, our first girl. Everything I anticipated in her was changed the moment I set eyes on her. I pictured a blond, curly headed little girl. Instead she had dark black hair and one darling dimple. Her dimple was the very first thing I noticed after I said, "she has black hair!" I assumed she would be a shy and quiet little child and I couldn't have been more wrong about that either.
DJ's life has been such a wonderful adventure. In four years she has lived in 3 states and experienced 5 moves. To say she has adjusted well would be an understatement. Somehow, each new turn has been just another place to see and new people to meet in her mind. She never meets a stranger and thinks everyone should know who she is, who her siblings are and the date of her birthday. She thinks everyone should be invited over to play, young and old. She just loves people even if she's only known them for a moment. Recently someone told me they would describe Delainey in one word: Delightful. I would agree.
Happy Birthday DJ! What a joy you have been. In some ways I can't believe you're already 4. In other ways, I can't believe you haven't always been in our lives. You truly are a delight!
Yesterday I kept recounting the day as it was 4 years ago. I would recall what we were doing and what stage we were in the labor at that hour. Funny how a mom never forgets the details of child labor. I was induced and ended up with a 23-hour labor. Thankfully, it wasn't hard labor, just starting and stopping with contractions and LOTS of walking down the hospital halls.
I remember toward the very end of the labor I was so excited that I began laughing out loud. Maybe it was because I was tired and delirious or maybe it was because knew I was minutes away from holding our second child, our first girl. Everything I anticipated in her was changed the moment I set eyes on her. I pictured a blond, curly headed little girl. Instead she had dark black hair and one darling dimple. Her dimple was the very first thing I noticed after I said, "she has black hair!" I assumed she would be a shy and quiet little child and I couldn't have been more wrong about that either.
DJ's life has been such a wonderful adventure. In four years she has lived in 3 states and experienced 5 moves. To say she has adjusted well would be an understatement. Somehow, each new turn has been just another place to see and new people to meet in her mind. She never meets a stranger and thinks everyone should know who she is, who her siblings are and the date of her birthday. She thinks everyone should be invited over to play, young and old. She just loves people even if she's only known them for a moment. Recently someone told me they would describe Delainey in one word: Delightful. I would agree.
Happy Birthday DJ! What a joy you have been. In some ways I can't believe you're already 4. In other ways, I can't believe you haven't always been in our lives. You truly are a delight!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Bummer Stuff
Sometimes it seems that every little thing goes wrong! Why is that? When it rains, it pours, right? Here are some bummer things going on with us right now:
The zipper on my camera back pack busted and my camera tumbled out onto our driveway on Saturday. Needless to say, it is not working properly. It's in the shop for 4-6 weeks. I don't know how much it is going to cost to fix it but I'm bumming in the meantime!
Elle girl is sick. She's had a fever for 3 days. I thought it was chicken pox because of a small rash on her lower back but that's already healing up and doesn't really look like chicken pox anymore. Having is sick baby is worse than being sick yourself because you worry about them more. Also, they can't really tell you what they're feeling and you just want to fix it for them.
We showed our house for the second time to a guy this week only to find that he's not quite ready to buy. What a waste of time!
Our computer isn't operating properly and is running a little slugglish. This is very frustrating!
Okay, I know none of this stuff is THAT big of a deal. In fact, our life is incredibly good and God continues to bless us beyond more than we could ever deserve. So, I need to get out of this pity party mode and think on things that are true, good, and praiseworthy. I think I'll start now.
The zipper on my camera back pack busted and my camera tumbled out onto our driveway on Saturday. Needless to say, it is not working properly. It's in the shop for 4-6 weeks. I don't know how much it is going to cost to fix it but I'm bumming in the meantime!
Elle girl is sick. She's had a fever for 3 days. I thought it was chicken pox because of a small rash on her lower back but that's already healing up and doesn't really look like chicken pox anymore. Having is sick baby is worse than being sick yourself because you worry about them more. Also, they can't really tell you what they're feeling and you just want to fix it for them.
We showed our house for the second time to a guy this week only to find that he's not quite ready to buy. What a waste of time!
Our computer isn't operating properly and is running a little slugglish. This is very frustrating!
Okay, I know none of this stuff is THAT big of a deal. In fact, our life is incredibly good and God continues to bless us beyond more than we could ever deserve. So, I need to get out of this pity party mode and think on things that are true, good, and praiseworthy. I think I'll start now.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
The Sorriest Excuse for a Toothfairy ... EVER!
Bryant lost another tooth today. Being a part of this generation that always uses debit cards, Cal & I scrambled around looking for a couple of bucks to give to our little toothless boy. We didn't succeed. So I heard Caleb going through his coin cup to see if he could find some quarters and round up a decent reward for our son's pearly white ...nothing.
Finally I hear Cal coming out of Bry's room saying, "This was the lamest tooth fairy night ever!" He took money out of Bry's wallet to put under his own pillow. Now, if you know Caleb, you know he's good for it and he'll replace the singles before Bry even notices they're missing. Thankfully, Bry isn't really very good at money management yet and probably doesn't even know what is in his wallet. Nevertheless, as a parent/toothfairy, borrowing from your 8 year old doesn't feel quite right.
Caleb shook his head as he turned in for the night saying, "This is an all-time low for me." I cracked up! This definitely wasn't in the parenting manual! Who knew we were supposed to keep money around in case one of our kids decides to loose a tooth? Poor first child!
Finally I hear Cal coming out of Bry's room saying, "This was the lamest tooth fairy night ever!" He took money out of Bry's wallet to put under his own pillow. Now, if you know Caleb, you know he's good for it and he'll replace the singles before Bry even notices they're missing. Thankfully, Bry isn't really very good at money management yet and probably doesn't even know what is in his wallet. Nevertheless, as a parent/toothfairy, borrowing from your 8 year old doesn't feel quite right.
Caleb shook his head as he turned in for the night saying, "This is an all-time low for me." I cracked up! This definitely wasn't in the parenting manual! Who knew we were supposed to keep money around in case one of our kids decides to loose a tooth? Poor first child!
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