flashbacks: over the two month hump!

September 30th, 2005

YEA we're done with the first two months!!! No more laboring, birthing, hospital visits, figuring out breastfeeding, crying (both of us), weekly visits to the doctor for weight checks, pumping, stressing. And instead there is much more sleeping (6 consecutive hours!), smiling, playing, walking, laughing, cuddling, scooting & babbling!

gosh i love this girl so much...is she not the funniest person ever?!?! And she's only 3 months old, the best is still yet to come!

backyard play

my rechargeable batteries have been losing their rechargability lately. fully charged they give me the dreaded red low battery sign as soon as i put them in so i tossed them and have been using traditional batteries instead.... man they don't last very long either.

don't you just hate when you're trying to catch a moment and....

luckily i had a spare set nearby...

video from our PA trip

a few videos for Aunt Sharon's viewing pleasure.... i wish i got more of the adults for you (sorry)

Pink Lemonade to be exact

we just got back from saying goodbye to the oldest member of our family- Grandmom Lemonade. she was 93 and my great grandmother, making that the kids great-great grandmother... whew!

since i can remember as a little girl every time we'd come visit our grandparents up in Muncy, PA we'd always take a day to visit with Grandmom Lemonade. i remember her house and it's mirror wall with the gold etchings, i remember that "crystal ball" at the bottom of the hill in her yard, i remember the organ in her basement that would entertain us kids for a good while. her sense of style (notice the pearls) and sassyness will always be remembered!

i have all of the pictures from the trip in a private album on facebook. if you're interested in seeing them just let me know and i'll add you to the list.

this picture to the right is so special to me. it shows Grandmom Lemonade, her son (my pop-pop), her granddaughter (my mom), her great granddaughter(me) and her great-great granddaughter (Mayden). 5 generations... it boggles the mind!

the jailhouse rocked

Sunday night the kids of the church we attend (my dad's church) including my kids were in a play called 'Jailhouse Rock". they'd been practicing for months and months and they did GREAT! it's amazing how kids know to turn it on at the right time. practices were okay but the live performance was awesome! Cameron even had a little part. he was the frog for one of the songs the kids sang. again, he wasn't very into it during practice but he nailed it on Sunday! the second video shows Cameron giving the first few rows a show of their own. he danced and danced the entire show... he was @ most practices so he knew the songs just as well as everyone else :o)

fields of yellow

we live next to an old dairy farm. they currently rent it out to farmers who use it to grow vegetation. last year they grew corn and this year it's soybeans. until recently i preferred the corn because at least we could walk through it. however, this week the soybeans have turned a bright beautiful yellow...

R is for Reading

as you can see we have too many books. i guess this is a good problem to have and while Mayden's not exactly reading yet she is making major steps and getting very close to basic reading. i'm pretty sure she'll be reading easy books before she turns 5. is anyone surprised? no, didn't think so. she's been an overachiever ever since the day she was born!

right now she easily recognizes the word "No" when i'm reading to her. she'll jump ahead and say "No, what?" she's also able to spell her name, Elmo, mom, dad and knows most of the sounds each letter makes. i've been really enjoying reading with her before bed, it's amazing watching it all come together for her. she's getting so excited about it and so am i! i'm dreaming of car rides where she can just bring along a book and read to herself during the trip... silence!??!