Two years today we said goodbye.
So much has happened since then, good and bad. I still carry you and your sibling in my heart as I enjoy Leah and life and joy today. God has made beauty out of our ashes. I can’t wait to meet you someday, and I really didn’t think about that until the last month or so. But, you were, you are, and God knew you before the beginning of time. I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to, however that works.
xoxo
Sorry, that’s how they used to say it over the loudspeakers, every fifteen minutes, when we lived right next door. Medinacountyfairtime is ten fifteen. Medinacountyfairtime is ten thirty. You get the point.
Anyways, the fair is more fun with little kids and we went last night with the Vollers, Clarkes and Clotworthy’s- much fun was had by all.
Here are a few pics… 
this past weekend we went down to Lake Buckhorn with the Lindens and Longs, for a total of four little girls four and under (the Long’s boy on the way and Linden’s ?? on the way don’t factor in yet- maybe we’ll even out the girl hormones someday!) a good time was had by all, the kids and adults all had fun, relaxed, and partied in their own ways- picnics, staying up late, pontoon & ski boats, swimming at the beach, in the lake, playing in the sand and rocks. here are some fun pictures….
Leah says happy birthday sweetie pie!! We’ll try to get together one of these days, until then, enjoy all your one-ness!!!
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yes she’s back. leah’s back.
i hope i’m not jinxing it. for the last week she’s been a cranky, teething, rashing, puking, “don’t put me down!”, “don’t hold me!” mess. last night she played and laughed, and today and tonight she seemed much better as well. i need to remember next time she gets like this that she’ll come back. i got so scared my sweet happy leah was gone forever. i should know better.
other than that, we’ve been busy making driveways and destroying yucky party sheds (to be replaced with a fun patio area), enjoying no cable, surfing the internet way too much, washing dishes, trying to fix yucky attitudes, and grow through trials. i’m not doing the best on those last two, but one foot in front of the other, enjoy the blessings i have, focus on the now, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat repeat. i can’t sit in the mud and cry that i’m not pregnant, but i often want to and sometimes still do.
okay, here’s the good, the blessing, there is modern medical testing, and they found out two things “wrong” with me (yes, there are many more, no smart comments….) first, I can’t process folic acid right (MTHFR gene defect) and second, I have two defective blood clotting genes (PAI-1), so my body can’t break down clots right. The link I have on PAI-1 is very technical, but very interesting. so, regular vitamins, extra folic acid, extra B vitamins, a baby aspirin for now and daily heparin shots if i get pregnant again. yep, personal information on the internets, but maybe someone will search for these gene defects like they have for leah’s hand and i can encourage others. it’s a mixed bag, i’m glad i know what to do next time, but also a little sad that the easy, textbook, carefree pregnancy that is oh so prevalent in magazines, media, and my mind isn’t really a reality in my life. you won’t see me on TLC’s “I didn’t know I was pregnant” BUT, we can deal with this, will deal with this, and it’s what is meant to be. i seriously thought the tests would come back with nothing, and i don’t really need a WHY, but i have one now, at least medically. one foot in front of the other, again and again…
anyways, time for a movie. here’s a picture of the monkey. or two… i can’t resist. there’s new ones up in the june gallery.
grandpa t bought her sweet cowboy boots from texas…
“BALL!!” yep, she looks like a real little girl here…
9 years and I still love you like a fat kid loves cake!
Ahhh. Dork love. 6/3/00 we began our crazy journey…
Happy nine years Luke. This is the best Anny Anny!! video I could find. Something about Jar Jar wishing us a happy day makes me laugh….but for the record he is the worst character EVER.
sparkly glowy anny….
Finally got pictures of the house uploaded since we cleaned very very good last week. A few things still need done, like trimwork, the tile in the downstairs bathroom, and a little bit of plaster work and painting in the laundry room, but we’ve made definite changes. I am making a before and after gallery, go to here…
Here are a few before and afters….
Back yard BEFORE..
Back yard AFTER…
Kitchen BEFORE:
Kitchen AFTER:
We worked at Jason & Laurie’s workcamp patio party this week, the guys got a ton done, and the kids had fun outside. Here’s cutie pies Leah and Juliana :) “Here Leah, you need some sunscreen”
Also, I’m a proud dumpster diver. Look what someone was throwing out (hint, it’s definitely not the baby!)
GRRRR!! For months now I’ve been saying I want to get a King costume and wake people up/ scare people up. You know, “Wake up with the king”. Well, they wiretapped our house because the commercials are on the air today. Funny, but thought everyone should know it’s MY idea.