June 30, 2008
Johnny's birth details...
are at my new blog address.
See my previous post if you would like that address.
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June 28, 2008
New blog address
Yo dudes.
I've been having some trouble with people being able to comment on this blog so I started a new one. I'm not sure if I will keep both of them or not... for the time being I probably will. But here is the address of my new blog since I probably won't be linked to planet rock anymore.
Lata'
~L
http://amommaonamission.wordpress.com/
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June 16, 2008
This is for you, dad,
since you threatened to take me off your blog reader if something new didn't appear! :) I have so many ideas/thoughts/concepts running through my head, i have no idea where to begin. So hold onto your bootstraps and welcome to my brain.
The floods of 2008- right. We are safe and dry and quite thankful to say the least. Besides having to be creative in a few situations of where to drive and or shop, things are good. I must say, this entire thing has made me so thankful for God's provision of so many things that I take for granted in life.
We have been living with my parents the last three weeks and as of yesterday we were able to move into our new house! Praise the Lord! We had originally found a house a while ago, but due to some financing situations, the house sold and we had no idea how long we would be at my parent's place. In God's timing, he had another house even better than the first and we were able to close in three weeks.
However, once we moved into my parent's house, I wasn't sure I wanted to move out. Lots of space for Belle to run around and always someone around or something to do. Jason and I were talking the night before we moved out that we had adjusted to life here and would miss it. So thank you mom and dad for your hospitality over the past few weeks. Especially dad, thanks for the coffee. :)
Two days before we moved out, John and Jade moved into my parents as well! They were evacuated from their place due to the flood- so we only needed Amy to move home from Omaha and then all five kids, two in-laws and 1.5 grandkids all in one house...good times! :)
I went to the dr. today and was told that I am still measuring small. Only 32 cm and I am at 37.5 weeks. So I went for an ultrasound and they said everything looks good. The baby boy (confirmed once again!) is growing and they are guess that he is 7lbs and 3oz. We will see- they said Belle was right around that size and she came out at 5lbs, 12oz. Only 18 days till my due date, 8 days if he comes when Belle did. I'm just hoping/praying that he holds off for a few more days so I can unpack all these boxes!
So, all in all, life has been crazy busy. Historic flooding, moving into a new house, chasing a 2 year old and being 9 months prego... ya know, just a normal week around here. :)
Stay tuned for details about lil' Rohlf. We don't have internet for another week - so we will see how this all goes.
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June 07, 2008
Thinking of Having Kids?
Do this 11 step program first!
Lesson 1
1. Go to the grocery store.
2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.
3. Go home.
4. Pick up the paper.
5. Read it for the last time.
Lesson 2
Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their...
1. Methods of discipline.
2. Lack of patience.
3. Appallingly low tolerance levels.
4. Allowing their children to run wild.
5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior.
Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.
Lesson 3
A really good way to discover how the nights might feel...
1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner) 2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.
3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.
4. Set the alarm for 3AM.
5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.
6. Go to bed at 2:45AM.
7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.
8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.
9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)
Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.
Lesson 4
Can you stand the mess children make? To find out...
1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.
2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.
3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed.
4. Then rub them o n the clean walls.
5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.
6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?
Lesson 5
Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.
1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.
2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out.
Time allowed for this - all morning.
Lesson 6
Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.
1. Buy a chocolate ate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there.
2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.
3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.
4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.
Lesson 7
Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.
Lesson 8
1. Hollow out a melon.
2. Make a small hole in the side.
3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.
4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.
5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.
6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air.
You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby.
Lesson 9
Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.
Lesson 10
Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy' occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.
Lesson 11
Start talking to an adult of your choice.. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.
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June 02, 2008
For those of you waiting to cast your vote until you see a picture....
this is T-Minus 35 days till D-Day. :)
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