My New Name

I get to add to the list of names that I am called:
daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend…

AUNT!

I am so excited to have a sweet little nephew to love on!

Meet Mac

Isn’t he beautiful?!?!

When I showed his picture to Owen he called him “Uncle Chris’ Owie.”

Congratulations Chris and Chelsey!

You guys are going to be great parents and I can’t wait to watch your little guy grow up.

Who will be more of a terror? Owen or Mac? It remains to be seen, but I am sure that Owen will teach him a thing or two to help him get started:)

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I had this scheduled to post this morning but I received a call from my MIL that Mac has been moved to the NICU because he swallowed some meconium and hasn’t been able to eat enough to stay hydrated.

Please keep Chris, Chelsey and baby Mac in your prayers.

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Update #2…
Sounds like Mac is doing much better, thanks for your prayers

Making Amends

Grace got these two sweet little tulip votive holders a few months ago with her tooth fairy money.She loves to play tea party with them.

And yes, I do recognize there is something not quite right, actually dangerously wrong with the blue one.

Owen got a hold of it. He was “gonna be careful wif it cause it’s ‘pecial to Grace!”

Oops…

“What we ’sposed to do Mommy?!?! Tell her I sorry!”

Then we went to the same little shop and found another ‘pecial breakable for her. When she came home on the bus he told her he was sorry and gave her a hug.

And he’s not allowed to touch the new pretties:)

Beach Fun!

Last weekend we went to the coast for a day. Despite the rainy day we had a really nice time..

“O” My!

Owen’s favorite letter is “O”. It is the first letter that he learned (although he is now mastering R, U, E and W). He points it out everywhere that he sees it.

If you want to keep him occupied for 10 seconds or more, you can give him a piece of paper or a magazine and tell him to look for “O”s.

And when Jeopardy is on, watch out!

There is no difference yet between “O” and zero to him…

If there is more than one, he counts “1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 6!” we never hear about 4 or 5…

Looks like the makings of a little genius to me!

Cautious

The conversation after we had a visitor Tuesday evening who knocked at the back door. He was going door-to-door to everyone in the neighborhood. I was home alone with the kiddos…

Grace: “I don’t like that man. He scared me.”
Me: “Well, he was a nice man and we just chatted on the back porch. But it is good to be cautious. Do you know what cautious is?”
Grace: “No.”
Me: “Cautious is when you are curious about something or someone but you are also careful because you don’t know them and you want to be safe.”
Owen: “Oh, yes, cautious! I don’t like him!”

Owen and cautious are not good friends…

Valentine Sweet

Grace: “This is my little girl, Valentine Sweet. Sweet is such a pretty name because girls are so sweet.”

Owen Update 01/10

As you may remember, Owen had surgery last July. Last Thursday we headed back up to Legacy for Owen’s 6-month check-up with Dr. Bliss.

As hoped, all was well and we were officially “released” from Dr. Bliss. He said that even though he wanted to come up with excuses so that we could come back for visits, that there really was no reason…What a blessing, but still sad to say goodbye to such a special man!

I don’t think that I have talked much about Owen health-wise since his surgery. He has been doing really well, but his surgery in July was very traumatic for him. In the months after his surgery he had to get flu shots (3 total). From July through probably mid-December every time that Owen and I would go somewhere he would say “no Owie get hurt?” I had to assure him with each errand that we weren’t going to the doctor, that he wasn’t going to get hurt. He seems to finally be getting through that, but it has been really hard to see him be so scared and worried that he is going to get hurt by someone.

Owen was apprehensive for his visit with Dr. Bliss, but Dr. Bliss is such a master at putting Owen at ease that they were playing trucks together within moments.

After our appointment we had a bit of lunch in the atrium…

And of course we had to spend time in the Children’s Garden.

A Present…

That I received after the holidays…

Fun Blogs

The end of this week is a bit crazy for me so I am scheduling some posts to come up so I don’t even have to think about posting. Isn’t that efficient?

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These are a few blogs that are in my google reader that I just enjoying looking at and I thought I would pass them on…Forgive me if I have mentioned them before, but they are just that good…

She Walks In Beauty- I don’t want to get married again, unless it is again to my Sweet Boy, but this blog makes me want to have lots of weddings:)

Sarah Jane Studios- Oh, the sweetness of it all!

Bakerella- I wish this lady lived next door and would bring me treats…

tollipop- I love the art and the authors writing style. She is very witty.

Junior Society- I just found this one yesterday and this specific post is great. I love these stick sculptures!

Savory Sweet Life- YUM!

Mt. Hope Chronicles- Pretty pictures, books, quotes…

Peaceful

I found this ages ago and forgot to post it.

This is hysterical. I didn’t know a jigsaw puzzle even needed instructions.

I love the line above the puzzle “peace” that says “When peace is insufficient”…I’ll have to try their advice…but I don’t have a 50 yen stamp…O’well