Nov

30

Cutie Slippers

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I found these cutie slippers at Garnet Hill. Owen’s getting the dragon one’s for a Christmas present :) I think they are so cute. Leta I thought of you because I could see Caitlyn diggin the unicorns!

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Nov

27

New Thanksgiving Wknd Pics Up!

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Some new pics up on our photo site from this weekend.
Check them out HERE

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Nov

26

One of those days

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This was one of those days where I feel
completely
utterly
useless.

I woke up with my pregnant belly really hurting. I can’t explain it, it didn’t feel like something I needed to call the dr. about or anything. More like stretching, aching, and ligaments straining. The boy is getting larger and larger and it is increasingly difficult to eat or drink much or even breathe…. AND I’M ONLY 34 WEEKS!! I am really hoping this is not what my next 5 weeks are like, but that this was just a bad day.

So the chores I wanted to do did not get done. A few more gifts bought, a curtain rod for Owen’s new room. A pot hanger that I want from Home Depot bought, child locks for our kitchen cabinets…. But I didn’t leave the house. I didn’t even get out of my PJs until 6pm. Oh well, you gotta roll with it.

Owen was precious today. Every day he is more precious… and energetic. He runs everywhere, which scares me because how am I going to take care of a newborn and chase his little dimpled butt around the house?

I have some cute pics from the last few days that I will try to get up soon!

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Nov

23

Update to "Too Beautiful To Go To Jail"

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The New York case is a woman named Sandra Geisel. She is a 42 year old mother of 4. She was sentenced to 6 months in jail. She slept with a 16 or 17 year old boy. They tried to make the woman the victim in the case. That is ludicrous. Crazy.

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Nov

22

New House

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So we did it, we closed on our house up here :) This is it. This was a picture of it in the Fall. I love how the sun is rising above it. A new day. We won’t actually be in until about December 3-5. Tomorrow it starts getting painted. We would paint it ourselves if it weren’t such a crazy time in life, I wasn’t pregnant…. and so on. We are so excited to get settled though. I’ll be 35 weeks pregnant when we finally get in so we will have to work fast! Not to mention Christmas decorating! I’m just so ready to have that settled feeling. We have so many ideas for the house. Of course… it will be like a project per year… depending on Jeff’s business. But it is fun to dream like that. The previous home owner was so amazing with landscaping. The back yard and patio are amazing. Right now it is all out of season, but come spring… amazing. I just hope I can take care of it all!

Anyway, thanks for all the prayers. We are still waiting for our Florida house to sell… it would be nice to have that off our shoulders. But we have so much peace with where we are at that I know God is not going to suddenly leave that important detail out :) He has been so good.

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Nov

22

Too Beautiful for Jail?

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If you have read this blog for any amount of time you know that one of my “causes” is the whole sexual offender/ predator epidemic. I have ranted on many occasions about the sick, out of control nature of states with legislation that allows these people to continually re-offend, and judges who apparently don’t consider their own children or grand-children. If they did, I can’t imagine some of the people with rap sheets a mile long against children would be on the streets today. This case you most likely have heard of, unless you truly don’t ever watch the news. Debra Lafave (picture), who is quite attractive, had sex with her 14 year old student. Today, she was sentenced to ABSOLUTELY NO JAIL TIME! Read this for more detailed, non-editorialist information.

This just leaves me shocked. But in another sense, it totally figures. It proves there is sexism in our court system, as well as it proves that pretty people get away with more. They just do. When asked about the sentencing the lawyer makes the excuse that a pretty girl like this can’t go to prison because of the danger. WHAT? So because she is pretty she doesn’t have to pay the same for the crime? That is so ridiculous.

Recently In New York there was the same type of situation (I wish I had a link to an article on this but currently I don’t). A pretty woman who slept with a 16 year old boy was barely slapped on the wrist compared to what should have hit her. In another state (again this is not fresh in my head unfortunately- too much going on) a woman who is very obviously mentally ill thought being the “cool mom” meant giving her son’s friends drugs, alcohol, and sleeping with them. She is not attractive in the least… she got hit with 30 years. She is one that could actually make an insanity plea. She has a history of diagnosed mental illness and has been on and off several anti-psychotic drugs.

Unfortunately, I think people basically applaud these young guys for being able to “get” a woman this pretty. If it were a man on a female student, attractive or unattractive, I know it would be treated differently. And in the case where the woman was no “prize to conquest” in the mind of many on-lookers they threw the book on her. I truthfully don’t have a problem with a sex offender getting 30 years. But I think in the case of the pretty ones… no jail time? WHAT?
Since when is being pretty and excuse to not going to jail?

Just my rant for today.

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Nov

17

Grandparents Rock

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For real. I have had so much help with Owen. Tonight JJ and I went on a date. I can’t tell you the last time we grabbed food at the bar of a resturant. Being pregnant and starving arriving at Carrabas, a 20 minute wait just wasn’t an option… it was so great to be able to say, “let’s just eat at the counter”- like the old days :) Then we went to see Shop Girl. We were the only ones in the theater.

Owen absolutely adores his grandparents (who he has named noni and papa). The fun he is having makes me so happy!

Tonight it turned to winters. Flakes were in the sky! The low was 25 I think! Crazy.

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Nov

15

What to post on?

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I fear I have so much to say, to express that I will end up writing a post that is far too long for our busy lives…
Mainly 2 things. My childbirth options, and my move.

Yes, I am here. I am finally in Ohio. Our first full day, today, was rainy and gloomy. But you know what? I loved it. It just smelled like home. I know that the 4-5 months ahead of mostly grey skies will eventually annoy me, but the peace I feel here is unbelievable. I haven’t really gotten into calling all my friends, setting up play-dates, checking out bible studies… and so on yet. For now it just feels like I’m “visiting”. I wonder when it will all sink in? Staying at my parents is going to delay that reality I am sure. Soon I will need to get my license changed, change our insurances, get utilities set for new house, change my addresses on all my plastics (cards), and get a new bank. Lots to think about when I’m in “vacation” mentality. Tomorrow I will go to the house we are closing on next week and meet with the current home-owner to go over all her perennials and then meet the painters there to confirm colors and get a quote. Maybe that will make it real?

Of course there are things that I will miss so much. Mainly relationships with dear people I love in Orlando. But right now I still feel like I will see them soon. When that hits, I know it will hit hard.

On to my current thought process. Jeff and I met with my new OB today. He was so wonderful. Jeff and I walked away so relieved. He sat us down and we talked through my last birth and medical history. He informed us so much and listened attentively to every word we said. He was concerned about my previous delivery problems. Because there are men that at times read this blog I won’t get into the nitty gritty. But let’s just say it was really bad and included months of healing afterward and a eventually a kidney infection. Owen was quite large. For some women, birthing large children seems to come easy. But for me the combination of my frame and Owen’s size did not work very well. When I described how things went down last time he helped explain why some of the complications may have happened. He said he wanted to get a hold of the hospital and get the play by play dr’s records of my delivery so he could be adequately informed. He also wants to give me an ultra-sound himself in 4 weeks to check the babies size. He looked at Jeff and told me what all the other dr’s have. This baby will be large. The combination of having my first child that large, this one being a boy again, and Jeff being the father practically guarantees me a huge baby full term.

We talked through C-section, Vaginal birth, and induction. I won’t get into all he said about each but he basically equipped me with some of the latest research and his experience. The coolest part though was that he explained it all was my choice. That this was Jeff and my’s birth, not his, he is just there to help us accomplish our goals. This was so refreshing because it seems so rare these days. It is so opposite to the assembly line I felt like in TN. He told me that no decisions had to be made today, that I still have time. He told me to do a lot of research and talk it over and he would support whatever we decide, knowing that we know all the risks with each. I told him I was concerned the hospitals would get booked up (b/c that happens in Orlando) and he said he would have no problem here. So Jeff and I are now researching, thinking, praying, and talking. Trying to figure out which will be best for the baby. Truthfully, every option scares me, but this baby will have to come out at some point! At our next appointment he will have a clearer picture of what happened last time and he will be able to see our little guy himself so he will be better equipped to advise us as well.

So sorry for this long post. I wanted to update you on the move since I know so many of you have been great friends to keep us in your prayers. And I wanted to ask for prayer that we would make the right decision for this baby, and have peace with it.

Love you bloggers!

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Nov

13

Air Kitty Update

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Well the cats did wonderful!
Jeff dropped them off at 7:30 this morning and there were a bunch of other pets on the same flight. The man who checked them in was really sweet to them as well. Jeff asked if the pets usually get freaked out and he explained that it really isn’t very loud and the engine seems to lull all of the animals asleep! They didn’t even pee in their cages. They are safe and sound at my parents. Now we migrate tomorrow! CRAZY!

Oh and Jan since you asked, we couldn’t give them sedatives since we never have before. The vet said if we were going to be with them after giving the sedative it would be good, but that at times there can be an adverse reaction and you never know until you try. With no one their monitering it could be dangerous. Otherwise, we would have TOTALLY drugged them.

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Nov

12

Air Kitty

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I can’t believe my cats are flying alone tomorrow (Sunday). The one in front is Simon, the one in back, Jack. They are tonkinese, (which is truly the best breed of cat!) I’m just really nervous because it is going to be so loud during take off and landing and they are going to have no clue what is going on. Is it silly to ask for prayer for your cats? I am sure they will probably pee their cages out of nerves. My dad is going to pick them up from the airport in Columbus. I wish I could explain to them what is about to happen. Oh well. Poor little guys. I hope they can just rest.

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