One of the many "blessings" of childbearing is that most mothers end up with a roadmap of stretchmarks across their stomach. I have no need of a map to get from my house in Florida to my parents' house in Texas as I have a permanent map on my stomach. And no matter how much weight I lose, the marks are still there--fading with time, but there nevertheless.
This morning was hectic. Shoot, it still is hectic. I am simply taking a small break in the insanity before I forget this moment. I wasn't able to grab a shower until 11:30, despite having been awake since 6:10am. After my shower, Kairi was talking to me as I got dressed. Suddenly she noticed the scars from my gallbladder surgery.
Booboo Mommy?
Yes baby. Mommy had surgery there.
I sorry Mommy.
It's ok baby. It doesn't hurt anymore.
Nudder booboo Mommy? (Pointing to another gallbladder scar.)
Yes baby, another booboo.
I sorry Mommy.
It's ok baby. That one doesn't hurt anymore either.
Oooo ... Mommy, another booboo? (Pointing to a stretchmark.)
Yes Kairi. That's another booboo.
Mommy, is petty.
It's pretty?
Yes Mommy. And dat one and dat one and dat one and dat one and dat.....
Ok! I get it. Mommy's stretchmarks are pretty. And there's a lot of them.
silence for a moment
Mommy?
What Princess?
I like petty booboos. Kiss it?
Kairi kissed several of my pretty booboos while I desperately tried to not laugh from her ticklish kisses.
What a perspective she has though...I usually look at them as pesky unattractive marks. But they are a symbol of the things I went through while carrying both of my babies. And for that reason, they really are "pretty booboos".
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Alex's First Haircut!
Alex had his first haircut yesterday! :cry: When did my baby get so big?
Before (1 week ago):
After-- I took them with my phone so they're not amazing. I'll get better ones later.:
And I just realized that he's wearing the same shirt in the pictures. ;D
Before (1 week ago):
After-- I took them with my phone so they're not amazing. I'll get better ones later.:
And I just realized that he's wearing the same shirt in the pictures. ;D
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
It's both an exciting and a sad day for our country
*WARNING -- POLITICS TO FOLLOW! You probably won't agree with my statements. I'm certain that family will soon be calling to gripe at me for my thoughts. But these thoughts had to be posted somewhere and I have no censure hwere other than myself.*
I'm writing this long before a winner is declared in today's race, so no I'm not sad about the outcome. I may be by the time you read this, but as I write this, I'm not.
What I AM talking about is what both candidates mean for our history. Neither truly represent our Founding Fathers' values for our country. And I'm not talking about religion. I fully recognize that the majority of our "big name" Founding Fathers were deists. Instead, I am talking about their beliefs on government. They had a clear intent when they wrote the Constitution to provide the most freedoms to the average citizen as possible without infringing on the rights of others. This meant that the government stayed out of everyone's business, including their fiances, health, religion, etc. They made basic laws that prevented anarchy and supported unity among the states (primarily in order to prevent England or another country from trying to take back over) but they kept legislation from going farther than that.
Perhaps it was inevitable, as the nature of man is to always seek more power, but as time went on, future presidents and Congresses began to claim more and more and more power. But inevitable or not, that doesn't make it right. And due to that, in the truest form of being a Constitutionalist, I do not support anyone that continues to grow our government. Instead, in order to get back to the true nature of our government, in order to make it work the way it was supposed to, our government must decrease itself, significantly. Not that that will ever truly happen because no one wishes to shrink nor volunteers to fire themselves -- but it still should happen.
And by that measure, I have to say that neither candidate is a good choice. When I voted, I chose the one that I believed would grow us the least.
I do believe that it's important to vote. It's not a hopeless cause to strive to restore our country to the original intent. And it's something that we should teach our children about.
So I hope that today (or at least in this election) that you went out and voted. But in the end, I have to say that I'm sad for what it means when neither of our candidates truly represents the Constitution.
I'm writing this long before a winner is declared in today's race, so no I'm not sad about the outcome. I may be by the time you read this, but as I write this, I'm not.
What I AM talking about is what both candidates mean for our history. Neither truly represent our Founding Fathers' values for our country. And I'm not talking about religion. I fully recognize that the majority of our "big name" Founding Fathers were deists. Instead, I am talking about their beliefs on government. They had a clear intent when they wrote the Constitution to provide the most freedoms to the average citizen as possible without infringing on the rights of others. This meant that the government stayed out of everyone's business, including their fiances, health, religion, etc. They made basic laws that prevented anarchy and supported unity among the states (primarily in order to prevent England or another country from trying to take back over) but they kept legislation from going farther than that.
Perhaps it was inevitable, as the nature of man is to always seek more power, but as time went on, future presidents and Congresses began to claim more and more and more power. But inevitable or not, that doesn't make it right. And due to that, in the truest form of being a Constitutionalist, I do not support anyone that continues to grow our government. Instead, in order to get back to the true nature of our government, in order to make it work the way it was supposed to, our government must decrease itself, significantly. Not that that will ever truly happen because no one wishes to shrink nor volunteers to fire themselves -- but it still should happen.
And by that measure, I have to say that neither candidate is a good choice. When I voted, I chose the one that I believed would grow us the least.
I do believe that it's important to vote. It's not a hopeless cause to strive to restore our country to the original intent. And it's something that we should teach our children about.
So I hope that today (or at least in this election) that you went out and voted. But in the end, I have to say that I'm sad for what it means when neither of our candidates truly represents the Constitution.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Pain Update
I mentioned before that I've been in a bit of pain recently. I saw the doctor Friday morning. After the physical (I'll save you the gory details), we went over my bloodwork results.
First the good news:
I'm not diabetic.
My kidneys and liver are fine.
All my results look normal EXCEPT for the ANA (antinuclear antibodies) which is speckled 1:130. Anything more than 1:80 is considered positive. And I can't explain what the speckled means. I did all the research I can stomach and still don't understand it.
This means that I could have a variety of things. I'm not going to list them all. Lupus, RA, and EBV are on that list.
In the end, they drew 8 tubes of blood Friday morning, and I was told to schedule another appointment to go over the results.
I see the doctor November 14. I'll update when I know something.
First the good news:
I'm not diabetic.
My kidneys and liver are fine.
All my results look normal EXCEPT for the ANA (antinuclear antibodies) which is speckled 1:130. Anything more than 1:80 is considered positive. And I can't explain what the speckled means. I did all the research I can stomach and still don't understand it.
This means that I could have a variety of things. I'm not going to list them all. Lupus, RA, and EBV are on that list.
In the end, they drew 8 tubes of blood Friday morning, and I was told to schedule another appointment to go over the results.
I see the doctor November 14. I'll update when I know something.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Saturday morning I made sure that we had an empty sd card because I knew we'd be busy. Yesterday when I went to upload them, I realized I had 261 pictures to upload! We went to the Air Show and to Spooktacular at the zoo with friends from church on Saturday, and Sunday we celebrated Alex's birthday because Chris has duty tomorrow.
Are you ready to see each and every one of them?
Nah, I won't do that to you. But here's several of them. :D
First, the air show. We can see more through the pictures than we could in real life. lol ... I love my camera.
Spooktacular -- Gary, Amy and Baby Garret; Heath, Kate and Carter; Chris, Kairi and Alex; and of course I was there as well.
(I'm adding in two more pictures as soon as I get photobucket to load. They are of Baby Garret.)
And finally, Sunday's celebration of Alex's birthday. Just as I asked Alex to come to me so that we could open presents, he stood up and started walking. I was glad I had the camera there to catch it on film. He also didn't understand why we were letting him rip the paper when Sister kept getting in trouble for it, so he was super hesitant to touch it. I threw in several pictures of Kairi with Chris because they melted my heart to see them together that night.
Are you ready to see each and every one of them?
Nah, I won't do that to you. But here's several of them. :D
First, the air show. We can see more through the pictures than we could in real life. lol ... I love my camera.
Spooktacular -- Gary, Amy and Baby Garret; Heath, Kate and Carter; Chris, Kairi and Alex; and of course I was there as well.
(I'm adding in two more pictures as soon as I get photobucket to load. They are of Baby Garret.)
And finally, Sunday's celebration of Alex's birthday. Just as I asked Alex to come to me so that we could open presents, he stood up and started walking. I was glad I had the camera there to catch it on film. He also didn't understand why we were letting him rip the paper when Sister kept getting in trouble for it, so he was super hesitant to touch it. I threw in several pictures of Kairi with Chris because they melted my heart to see them together that night.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Pictures, finally
I'm not adding pictures to the previous post (a few days back or so). Instead, I'll insert them here. It's just easier that way.
His shirt reads "Lock up your daughters" ;D
She was too busy "coloring" to smile for the camera. I tricked her into smiling in one of them.
The day before he started walking full-time!
Hair pics
She looks like she's three in this one. :'(
Meet Lauren. Moments before this picture she had decided to be my second Kairi. She pulled my purse off the kitchen island, opened my compact and decorated herself. I know it was her and not Kairi, b/c she had the majority of the makeup in her lap when I found them. Kairi held the blush.
Aren't they pretty? ;D
And finally, Kairi decided yesterday that hairbands are fun to wear afterall.
His shirt reads "Lock up your daughters" ;D
She was too busy "coloring" to smile for the camera. I tricked her into smiling in one of them.
The day before he started walking full-time!
Hair pics
She looks like she's three in this one. :'(
Meet Lauren. Moments before this picture she had decided to be my second Kairi. She pulled my purse off the kitchen island, opened my compact and decorated herself. I know it was her and not Kairi, b/c she had the majority of the makeup in her lap when I found them. Kairi held the blush.
Aren't they pretty? ;D
And finally, Kairi decided yesterday that hairbands are fun to wear afterall.
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