My dad just got out of the dr’s office. They are almost sure he has a blockage and will have a catheter tomorrow and probably a stint put in on Friday. This is coming out of nowhere as I just found out this morning he was having chest pains recently. Y’all say a prayer for him, k?
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Family Portraits
Sorry for the horrid scan job but here’s the results of our family portraits the other week. I’m not a big fan of the background they use but they were free, so no complaining here.
Christmas Home Tour ’07
Some of you have seen some of these before, but let me formally show you around.
In our yard we have several blow ups and then these deer an angel who stand by our pond.
You get a peek of our Christmas tree from outside.
When you come in, you’ll be greeted by this cute snowman and Nativity scene on the hall table.
I guess I should mention all the stuff that is broken in this thing thanks to two little girls I may know. You may be able to make out the fact that the donkey has no ears. The angel only has one wing. One wise man only has one hand. Another wiseman has no gifts. The shepherd’s staff is broken. Yep, I’m thinking I need to get another one of these next year.
Next you’ll see our tree decorated in red and lime green with white and multicolor lights as well as bubble lights.
You get a peek of our mantle above and here is one of the stockings.
If I remember correctly, that one is Lexi’s. But Emma can tell you for sure. She keeps us in line.
In the dining room, I put out the mini trees.
And finally the last bit of decorations is a small ceramic tree in the girls’ bedroom
We kept it pretty simple so that’s it, folks!
Christmas Card Deal
Finally. We got our Christmas card pictures. Today at Mom’s housewarming party Mom got a picture of the four of us decent enough for our cards. Scott got a really cute picture of the girls in front of the tree before we left. I went straight to walgreens.com when we got home and put it on a multi-photo 4×8 card and ordered a set for only $14.98. But guess what? I had a coupon code.. SAVE$5 so I got it for $9.99. Not sure if 20 in a set would be enough, I went ahead and ordered two sets but they only charge you an extra $5 for another set so I got two sets for $14.98. And guess what else? I can pick them in FIVE HOURS at my Walgreens down the street.
"THAT WAS EASY!"
*Update…twenty minutes later and I got an email saying they are ready for pickup. Wow.
Baby J is here
Today we went to visit C&D at the hospital and isn’t baby J so cute?? He came out at only 4lbs 15oz and he wasn’t even early. All are doing well and it’s great to welcome another baby to the family.
No early baby after the stress test
Just a quick answer to prayer to my quick prayer request. The stress test went fine today and she has another appointment on Friday to see if she’ll go then or on Sunday. Thanks for the prayers!
Quick Prayer Request
Scott’s cousin C has a scheduled c-section on Sunday but today she went in for another ultrasound (she’s had several) and her fluid has continued to go down and now the doctor is having her do a stress test. They may take the baby today or maybe Friday depending on the results.
You may remember C is the one that had a baby last year at 30 weeks because of preclampsia so she’s a little nervous. She’s 35 or so weeks now so she’s good as far as that goes but just pray the doctors have the wisdom to know when to take the baby and that C&D can arrange for an early arrival.
I’m free – at least for a little bit
So today my Mom took off with the girls for their weekly Friday ritual around 11. I had to go back into the office this afternoon for the meeting that was canceled 20 minutes before the meeting on Tuesday when I went in. And what a bummer today was too because the meeting only lasted 20 minutes. And that was a stretch. Oh well. It’s nice to get dressed up and get out of the house every once in awhile.
So when I got home this evening the kids were back but I think I spoke to soon about everyone being healthy around here. Lexi’s had a slight fever since yesterday and as soon as I got home, she fell asleep while I rocked her in the recliner. Scott went to work within 20 minutes of me being home.
Emma and I made pancakes and eggs for dinner since I forgot to put my roast in the crockpot this morning. And she was so sweet. She walks into the kitchen after we were done eating and says, "I love spending time with you." Aw, melt my heart.
Well, my nephew called and was having a campfire and roasting hot dogs and wanted us to come over. Since Lexi was still asleep and not feeling well, came and got Emma and will be bringing her back later.
Scott cleaned the bathrooms today (we won’t discuss how I managed to get him to do that, but it’s probably not hard to guess…sorry, Heather), did the dishes and even folded laundry while I was at work. So my house is on the way to being clean. So here I am in a quiet, dark, somewhat clean house blogging. Ah, the life.
The girls will be staying at home tonight instead of going to MILs like normal. Our choir is hosting a yard sale and church tomorrow and MIL has to be there at 6. She’s going to come get the kids around 10 and take the kids so then I can go help with the yard sale.
Tomorrow is also Lexi’s 3rd birthday and since we have the party planned for next weekend and Scott is working again tomorrow night, I’m not sure if we’re really doing anything tomorrow. So, no plans for the weekend really unlike the past few and I think I’m just fine with that.