What we've been up to
My mom has been taking vacation days here and there, so she doesn't lose them at the end of the year, so we've been doing a lot lately:We went to Noccalula Falls. At the petting zoo, this is the only...
View ArticleMissing Elephant
Missing Elephant. Approx. 3 in. x 6 in. Missing since 3 p.m. 6/30/09. Last seen tangled in the strings of Goofy's parachute. Note the tusks and happy smile. The lost one is scratched and missing a...
View ArticleElephant found
Elephant was on the kitchen table when we got home from vacation. (Yes, I had blogged about the missing E near midnight the night before we left for Tampa.) No, it's not the same one, but to John it...
View ArticleFor me to remember
Sidenote: still working on Tampa picsThis post is mostly because I want to remember how expressive John is and the funny things he says. My brother stopped by this morning before work, because he had...
View ArticleJohn is 3!!!
We had John's party last Saturday at the Clubhouse and pool here at the condo. Yes, this is his second pool party in a row, but pool parties are perfect for the heat of July, and I'm being financially...
View ArticleFirst Day of School
Summer break is already over, and I thought I was more than ready for John to go back to school--he's been really hyper and wild lately--but, this morning I find myself only now recovering from a...
View ArticleUpdate on John's school and my new job
Apparently all went well in the adjustment area. John did have a potty accident, but they think he just got caught up in the kitchen area. That's my cook! Sometimes when the timer goes off, you gotta...
View ArticleIt's a...
...BOY! Here's our sweet baby boy, who doesn't have a name just yet. He seemed to be sleeping or moving around very little, even though I'd given him a rush of caffeine before the ultrasound! I wonder...
View ArticleIs this punishment?
So, we finally got another contract on the house (the third, but who's counting?), and we made it to T-2 days until closing. We thought everything was in the bag--we moved out all the junk last...
View ArticleGoing... going...
GONE! We are finally free of a house that has been weighing us down for 20 months now. Praise the Lord! Truly, it was a miracle that we got to closing. And after giving credit to God, I have to also...
View ArticleKids are so funny
Ok, I know I owe you some pictures, but that's going to take a while. In the meantime, I'm going to give you a sample conversation with John, so you can see what every day is like for me. I have...
View Article6 months... where have I been?
Well, um, in the way of excuses, in the past 6 months I:had to give up keeping Tricia because my big ol' belly got in the way when I carried her seat, or tried to feed her, or burp her, or carry her...
View ArticleIntroducing...
Reid Channing DeArmanBorn January 14, 2010 at 7:20 a.m., 7 lbs. 7 oz., 21 in. long.I was scheduled to be induced on the 14th, so we checked into the hospital the night before. Turns out, no prepping...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to...
my snowman-buildingnap-mat flight-assistantsubstitute milk-machineplayfulbaby-carryingHUSBAND! Happy 31st birthday, Rob!!!!!
View ArticleUpdate
I'm going to post a link here to the baby blog because I didn't get a lot of comments, and so I think some of you may have missed it. I posted it about 10 minutes before posting my husband's birthday...
View ArticleAll Ears
Ok, this is way overdue...um, 2 months overdue, to be exact. Here's Day 1 of Disney:This is actually the night before. We stayed at Fort Wilderness, where they have a free campfire activity. Dede is...
View ArticleThird time's the charm
I've had trouble blogging. Ever since Reid was born, really, but it's gotten even harder lately. Two is definitely double the work of one--no matter what anybody says. And this house... it needs work...
View ArticleWhat's behind Door #3?
Turns out that we find out the sex of baby #3 this Monday morning. It was a last-minute appointment, because I really didn't want to go in 2 days shy of 18 weeks, and then go back 2 weeks later. It's...
View ArticleIt's a...
GIRL!!! Haha! Who would have guessed? Apparently not very many readers of this blog. I sort of had an inkling (I promise--ask Rob). But I refused to tell anyone, because so many people had said things...
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Happy First Birthday, Reid!It's hard to believe he's a year old already. He's such a comedian, always smiling and trying to make you laugh. He's so sweet, even though he's such a mess. Just today, he...
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