Baby Pictures

Zoe - 4lbs 5.5ozs - 17in

Sweet Zoe may be tiny, but she is doing very well right now. She is definitely enjoying being able to move and stretch after being cooped up in her mommy's belly with her big brother!

Jody with her sweet baby girl.

Zane - 5lbs 3.5 ozs - 17.5 in.

Right now, little Zane is on a CPAP to help him breath. Lord willing, they will take it off of him tonight. Other than that, he is also doing well. But let me tell you, he does not like to be touched! If you touch him, he just starts wiggling. It is actually kinda cute!

Here is Jody with her little man.

The babies are here...

They are here!!!!!

Jody made it through the c-section okay and Zane and Zoe arrived just before 6:00 p.m. They are currently in the NICU and unfortuately Jody has not gotten to see them yet. She is hoping to get to go visit them after Dr. Gass comes and sees her this morning. Both babies were good sized considering they were almost 7 week early...Zane was 5lb 3oz and Zoe was 4lb 5oz. I don't have any pictures of them yet, but it is rumored that they both have dark hair.

I will post some pictures as soon as I can!

The babies are coming.........

**Now before anyone gets all excited - I AM NOT PREGNANT!**

My friend Jody is expecting twins and she has just called me to say she is dialated and the doctor said her water was about to break. So she is on her way to the hospital. As of now, they have scheduled a c-section for 5:30 and hopefully that will not change. She is just 33 weeks and understandably is nervous right now.

Please say a prayer for her and the babies, Zane & Zoe!

Thanks!!!!

Before I was a Mom

I found this poem online and thought it was cute and parts of it are oh so true!!!! Hope you enjoy it...

Before I was a Mom…

I made and ate hot meals.

I had unstained clothing.

I had quiet conversations on the phone.

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Before I was a Mom…

I slept as late as I wanted.

And never worried about how late I got into bed.

I brushed my hair and my teeth every day.

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Before I was a Mom…

I cleaned my house regularly.

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies.

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Before I was a Mom…

I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

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Before I was Mom…

I had never been puked on,

Pooped on,

Spat on,

Chewed on,

Peed on,

Or pinched by tiny fingers.

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Before I was a Mom…

I had complete control of my mind,

My thoughts.

My body,

And my time.

I slept all night.

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Before I was a Mom…

I never held down a screaming child,

So that doctors could do tests,

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

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Before I was a Mom…

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn’t stop the hurt.I

never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew how much I would love being a Mom.

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Before I was a Mom…

I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so important.

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Before I was a Mom…

I had never risen in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

The joy,

The love,

The heartache,

The wonderment,

Or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom!

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- Author unknown -

My School

It has been a rough week, but we are surviving it!!! Emma's teachers say she is doing great, which makes me happy. Unfortunately, she is not doing so great in the evening. I think the new routine has finally gotten to her and she is tired and frustrated. I don't blame her....I am not overly fond of new routines either! Steven took her to school today and he said she cried when he left. Tomorrow I am taking her to Grandma's!!!

Yesterday she brought home her first art project. Isn't it beautiful???

I bet you are wondering what exactly this is, aren't you? I did too when I first saw it (of course when I first saw it, it had puffy styrofoamy looking orange mounds all over it). This is what they call "shaving cream paint". So......do you think I have a Picasso or a Monet? I would love to say that I have kept it and put it away to bring out and show her years down the road, but I didn't....it was very very messy....so I just took a picture of it and I will have to pull that out to show her!

This morning I was going to take pictures of her going to school, but since Steven took her all I got was a picture right before they left. I probably wouldn't have been able to get a picture of her there anyway....either I would have been holding her or she would have been crying. :-(

Emma all dressed and ready to go to My School

Big Girl School Update....

EMMA DID GREAT!!!!

I rushed from work to go get her and when I walked in her room she was busy playing. As soon as I started to walk over to her, she ran.......away! When I asked her if she was ready to go....."NO!!!"

This morning she did tell me that she didn't want to go to school but again wanted to go to Grandma's. But when I reminded her that she got to swing and slide at school she decided it was okay. :-) She didn't cry when I took her in this morning but she really wasn't happy about me leaving either, but it definitely went better today than yesterday and I know that she is going to do just fine and have a good time!

You would have thought that I had taken pictures of her at "Big Girl School"...............but nope! Sure didn't! Never even thought about it! What kind of blogger and scrapbooker am I ;-)

Big Girl School

Thank you to everyone that has called me today or stopped by to see how Emma and I were doing with her first day of "school".

This morning was a little rough, but not horrible. Emma finally quit disagreeing with me about her going to 'big girl school' as we have been calling it. Yesterday whenever we asked her if she was going she would say 'Yeah'. She even got all excited about her new blanket and pillow. And then we got there................she walked in like a big girl holding my hand. But as soon as she realized I was leaving her there, she became like a little monkey and literally climbed right up me and attached herself to me. I almost started to cry right then - but I didn't! The other kids were eating breakfast so they went and got her plate to see if we could entice her to sit down and eat - no luck! A little boy at the table even pulled a chair out for her to sit in (it was pretty cute!). Finally they just had to pull her off of me and I had one of the teachers take her outside so I could leave. I even made it back to my car and a short distance down the road before I started crying :-(

I called a little while ago to check on her and they told me she was doing really well for a first day. I was going to talk to her, but she had already fallen asleep for nap time. I have managed to stay busy at work today and have actually gotten a lot done - but whenever I stop for a few seconds I wonder how she is and if she is okay. (I guess that is normal!)

I am hoping that tomorrow will be easier.......for both of us!

Thank you again ladies!!!!! You all are the greatest!

Dreading Monday

It's Friday evening and already I am dreading Monday morning. I have actually been dreading this particular Monday for a couple of weeks now. Emma is starting daycare.

I needed someone to watch her just two days a week and Grandma was going to continue with the other three days. I have talked to soooooooo many ladies over the last month and either they don't have any openings or they have decided to only take on full time children. So I started calling the daycares - they don't do part-time either (Well, there was one - but I wouldn't send my dog over there!). My options were running out. Steven and I made the decision to enroll her in 'school' full time and still take her to Grandma's one day a week. So this past Wednesday I took Emma over to My School and started the enrollment process.

I like the facility and know the director from having been in and out of there over the years with Jody's kids, but.......................it is still a daycare center.

I have talked to Emma about going to "big girl school" and she always tells me 'no, I go to Grandma's'. I feel horrible!!!! I am already envisioning what is is going to be like when I take her over there the first couple of days and it makes me cry. I know that in a few days, Emma will be fine and she will make friends and she will be learning things (they have an early education curriculum that they use). But it isn't the same as Mommy or Grandma.

This may seem silly, but please pray for me as I take Emma to drop her off the first few days that I can at least wait until I get back into my car before I start boo-hooing (I really don't need for her to see me cry) and for Emma that the transition and adjustment to her new surroundings goes smoothly.

Thank you ladies!!!!!

We are off to Tennessee tomorrow for the Hill Family Reunion. Now doesn't that sound like a lot of fun!!! :-0

Here is Emma in her Hawaiian finery that Michael and Patricia brought back for her from their trip last week.

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As you can tell, she would not co-operate with us in taking her picture. She was probably thinking...

"What on earth are you people doing to me?"