Walker Family Life

Moved!

2007-06-26T13:02:00.000-04:00

I have moved my blog to www.churchpunk.com to link to my blog or to go directly there go to www.faith.churchpunk.com Hope that you enjoy!

Pictures Finally!

2007-05-23T15:53:00.001-04:00

Kendra's First Ice Cream

Hanging out together outside

Starting to Walk!

Christmas in May with Uncle Bubby

Coming Soon

2007-05-17T03:31:00.000-04:00

When I get a minute to breathe (not happening at least till next week) I have new pictures of the kids to post. They are doing so good. Ephriam is getting so big and is doing more singing and sayings everyday. Kendra is on the verge of walking if she was just keep her confidance about her. She can let go of the coffee table and take some steps but relizes what she is doing and grabs the table really quick. She has gotten more into giving love too by hugging and kissing. What such sweet kids I have!

Giggleboxes

2007-04-26T22:19:00.001-04:00

Busy Bees

2007-04-23T11:14:00.000-04:00

I have 2 very busy Children in my house now!

Ephriam: What can I say. He is saying more and more everyday. He said Mommy this weekend. He also asked for another bite and more strawberries. He still likes to help mommy cook all the time. He got to play lots outside this weekend but I am not sure that we will get much playing time outside this week since daddy put ferterlizer on the grass. Maybe though we will go to the park. He has a great throwing arm and is working on his hitting. He likes it better if you help him hit the ball verses him using the batting tee. Had to raise up his basketball hoop so that he try to shoot although he can still slam dunk standing on his feet.

Kendra: She is my turkey butt. She is in to everything! Okay she is at the age where she is suppose to be anyways. She is cruising the furniture like a mad woman. She has also thought to let go and try to stand on her own a few times. She doesn't last long but it won't be I am sure before she does. Next thing I know her and Ephriam will be running through the house together. This week she turns 9 months on Thursday. Can't believe that it has been that long since she was a bitty thing. I am enjoying them now because pretty soon it won't be that way. Well she is waking up from her morning nap so I am off to the races but I am looking forward to posting more soon.

SOOOO BIG!

2007-04-17T22:18:00.000-04:00

The kids are getting too big!

Ephriam:
Is now sleeping in a toddler bed. The first few night and naps when great. However he is now starting to test the waters and not staying in his bed. He seems to be getting lots of spankings for not listening and staying in bed. I know it will take him a few night to get it but hopefully durning nap time he won't cut in to too much of my nap so that I can get some sleep before working back to back 12 hour shifts. Other then that he is saying more words everyday and is starting to point and things and say their names. He is a real peach to have for the most part.

Kendra:
She is getting bigger and bigger everyday. She got her top 2 teeth in this weekend and is back to being plesant again. This time things were a bit easier for her thought. She is crawling all around on the floor and getting quicker and quicker everyday. She also is big stuff and is pulling herself up and using the furniture to get around. She isn't so quick at that but is getting better everyday. She knows how to do SOOO BIG, make noises with her mouth by using her hand, and wave. She turns 9 months next Thursday so it won't be long before she takes her first steps.

Hoping to post some new pictures of the kids soon. For now I need to get to bed. Kendra will be up early in the morning since she didn't have any cereal before bed.

Ephriam's First Dance Video

2007-04-09T23:22:00.000-04:00

Ephriam shows off his dance moves to his favorite song, "never let me go" by Family Force 5.

-c

Where does time go?

2007-03-19T12:58:00.000-04:00

This weekend miss Kendra had decided that she is going to do a couple of things on her own. First off she now pulls her self up to a standing position. Before she could only get up onto her knees but now she can get herself all the way up. She is also now trying to feed herself her puffs. Chris and I picked up new snack cups for the kids call snack traps where it takes a little more effort to spill the snacks on the floor. K.C. just holds the flaps down and dumps stuff out and then picks them up to eat them. Ephriam just grabs a handfull and shoves them in his mouth. The will work out really nice when we go out because I know that there will be less spillage.

Ephriam's vocabulary is growing by 4 or more words a day. He also today so the picture on the background of my computer of Nana and K.C. and he pointed at Nana and said her name! I gave him a big hug and a kiss for it. So I don't think that he will forget who his Nana is. I think that he is looking forward to seeing her in 11 days! Well looking forward to posting some new pictures that we took of the kids when I get a chance.

Toilet and Teeth

2007-03-16T23:02:00.000-04:00

Yeah I know kind of a funny title for this post but you will understand my the end.

As you all pretty well know Ephriam loves water. He get into it any time he can. So the other morning I had forgotten to flush the toilet when I got up (I don't flush the toilet at night due to the fact that it sometimes wakes up the baby). So I was busy with K.C. and I am hearing this water splashing noise. I finished up with her and went to find Ephriam (NB: The bathroom door was closed and the seat of the toilet was down) and there he was with water dripping off this head standing in front of the toilet. There was water on the mirror and all over the floor around the toilet. There was toilet paper stuck to the tile wall next to the toilet. I was so furious at that point and time I yelled so long and for so long that Ephriam was stunned. He really didn't know what to do. So I quick got bath water running and washed him up and the banished him from the bathroom unless he is supervised (he hasn't been in there with out me since). I then put the kids down for their nap and bleached the bathroom down. Nice and clean. So that is the Toilet end of the story.

Now the for the teeth. I think that miss happy Kendra is getting her top teeth because yesterday she was my demon child. She was up from 3 am till 7am. I was gone from 4-6 at work and Chris was up with her but I got home she nursed and played for a few and then went back to bed. I thought that something just scared her or something. So then she got up with Ephriam and was fine till it was nap time. She slept for a whole hour and then was up screaming again and then refused to go back to sleep. She didn't want me to leave the room or anything like that. She wanted me to hold her all the time. And that was fine till I had to get ready for work and things got worse. She just whinned and whinned. I was so glad to get out of here. She was driving me crazy. She did end up eating and going down just fine for Chris. She has had her moments on and off as to how she was doing. Sometimes she is good and sometimes she is crazy. So hopefully they come in fast and we are done with them because we have 2 weeks before we leave for vacation and I don't want a pill when I am trying to relax! LOL.

Kendra's Baptism

2007-03-05T12:01:00.000-05:00

This past Sunday Kendra Christine Walker was baptized at Park Avenue United Methodist Church. It was a wonderful service and we are so glad that so many of our family were able to come and celebrate with us. She wore a special gown that was made by my Grandma from the left over material from my wedding dress. The pictures off to the side are from the ceremony and the celebration afterwards. Hope that you enjoy!

Growin up too fast!

2007-02-28T04:53:00.000-05:00

Well I said a while ago that I live with a little imitator and he does it more and more everyday. He now gets ready for work with me. We brush our hair and teeth together along with him watching mommy put in her contacts. He helps me cook dinner and pack my lunch. He also spent a lot of the weekend with his Uncle Matt and Aunt Heather who have taught him how to point to his eye and say I then cross his arms across his chest and say love and then point at you and say you. He sometimes will skip over the love part and go straight to you. He also did a great job at dinner of using his spoon. Something that we have been working on a long long long long time (actually it feels like eternity) but you know he didn't pick up anything and put it in his mouth till he was 16 months old so that explains the lack of spoon usage. He just amazes me everyday at how big he is getting.

Kendra is getting to be a little miss indepenant thing. Chris informed me last night that she has gotten herself to where she can pull herself up onto her knees! She isn't crawling on her hands and knees yet but she gets up and rocks back and forth. It won't be long and she will be walking all over the place. She also can get herself up into a sitting position whenever she wants. She really likes to sit up in her bed and stick her little feet out of the bars of the crib. Next up for her is learning how to jump in her crib like a monkey like Ephriam does. I tell you that she is going to give her big brother a run for his money soon. At least though she does still want to be held. Something that Ephriam gave up not to long after he figured out how to get from place to place on his own. So I hope that she stays that way because I would really like a cuddler for a little bit longer.

So that is the most recent updates with the kids. I will try and post pictures of baptism on Sunday before youth group.

Pictures!

2007-02-26T13:14:00.000-05:00

Here are pictures of the kids that I have been promising. The top one is Ephriam sleeping in his chair while he ate lunch. Then there is the kids posing together from the camera. Then there is the princess sleeping (mommy loves to take pictures of her babes sleeping) Then Ephriam is hamming it up for the camera and last but not least is K.C. on the move! Yes that is her army crawling it.

Sleepyheads

2007-02-19T13:36:00.000-05:00

Ephriam and Kendra are recovering from their weekends. Today they slept in till 11:30 which is over 2 hours later then when they normally get up. And they are still tired. Kendra is down for her morning nap and Ephriam is finishing up his lunch before he heads down for his nap and mommy goes and lays down and rest for a little while. So today it is all about sleeping.

The Imitator

2007-02-17T21:15:00.000-05:00

Today I was telling Ephriam to put something back in the dishwasher and he wasn't doing a good job of listening so I pointed my finger at him and told him he was testing the wrong person. Well he turned around and pointed his finger back at me and he did it in his own little way where he was looking at his finger as he did it. He sure is definately the Imitator. One thing that I wish he was imitate is going potty. He is getting a little more interested everyday but still isn't sure what to think. He has learn to say potty and poop but he has yet to use the potty himself. He has started throwing himself on the ground when he knows that he has a poopy diaper so hopefully he will start using the potty so that we don't have to change any. We will see what happens.

Kendra is still into everything and is getting better and better everyday about getting herself around. She made her way into the kitchen today to and we getting on Ephriam's food catching mat. We have to watch her though because she is good at putting things in her mouth unlike her big brother at her age. He never wanted to do that that until he was over 16 months old. She is so ahead of the game. In a couple of weeks we are going to have her baptism. I wonder how she will react with so many people in her house. We will see. Well off to change over laundry again.

Army Crawling

2007-02-13T07:53:00.000-05:00

This weekend Miss Kendra decided that it was time to be on the move and has started army crawling for things that she wants to get. I am sure that it won't be long before she is really crawling all around on her hands and knees since she can get up on all fours she just hasn't figured out how to move from that position yet. She may be like her big brother and skip that crawling and go straight to cruising the furniture. Ephriam didn't crawl on all fours till after he could walk. Hopefully later this afternoon I will be able to post new pictures of the kids for now I need to get as much sleep as possible because I have to go back into work tonight.

Hungry Hippo

2007-02-09T14:28:00.000-05:00

K.C. has finally cut her bottom 2 teeth! Hip Hip Hooray! Now she is an eating maniac since she was fickle about how much she was going to eat sometimes. This morning she took a bottle for Chris' family (they all took turns trying to feed her) and then came home an hour later and had a full meal. After we got Ephriam she was ready for another full meal. That makes 3 whole meals today which she hasn't done for like a week now. She is a growing girl.

Ephriam is Ephriam. He is such a blessing. He is so well behaved that sometimes I don't believe that he his mine! He is going to be a great big brother to Kendra. She hopefully is learning lots from him and his behavior. He had fits last night as I got ready for work even though I didn't have to leave for an hour and half. He knows what is going on but Chris says he is fine about 30 seconds after I leave.

So that is what is up with the kids now time for a nap for mommy since the kids are down.

PS I AM EXCITED THAT MY PARENTS ARE COMING IN LATE TONIGHT!

Almost Over.... I hope

2007-02-07T20:36:00.000-05:00

K.C. is almost done getting her first teeth I think. I felt a little bit of a tooth today and she has eaten the better today then she has in a long time. I am hoping that around 10:30 she will be hungry enough to really eat another good meal for me. She started out great today with 2 full meals but her last meal was only a half one. She is being a little trooper and hanging in there.

Ephriam is doing great too. He has been playing well by himself and he recent thing is he likes to watch TV. I am try to limit his TV time since he is so little and I would like to see him use his imagination. I know that he really likes to be outside. Today while Chris shoveled the driveway he got to go out and play for a little while. I was so cold out that he didn't last long but I think that the fresh air did him some good. When it gets to be warmer outside we will spend more time out there. For now we are pretty well locked in the house.

Both of them for now have colds. Although it seems like they are getting better. I sure hope that they are by Friday when Nana and Grandpaw come in. I know that Ephriam will be excited to see them. We will then get to see them the weekend of March 4th and then for the week of March 30th. It will be great to spend time with them and have Easter with them. So that is life with the Walker Children.

Teething Nightmare

2007-02-04T00:21:00.000-05:00

K.C. is getting her first teeth and has been a holy night mare! She didn't take many naps today and has been up several times at night. She is working on at least her bottom 2 teeth and possibly the top 2 teeth. I hope that tonight we have a better night with her. I am sure that once those teeth come in that she will be a princess again. Ephriam was a much better teether. I was teasing Chris that she has had his pain tolerance since we know that mine is high. He wasn't finding me very funny but I was just kidding him. Well off to bed for some sleep for the night. Looking forward to posting more soon. Peace.

Aquarium Pictures

2007-01-31T08:43:00.000-05:00

Okay here are the pictures that I promised you. Hope that you enjoy them.

Ephriam's First Snow Video

2007-01-25T13:34:00.000-05:00

Thought you all might like to see the video of Ephriam playing in the snow.

Ephriam's Baby

2007-01-25T13:04:00.000-05:00

Nana and Grandpaw bought Kendra a baby doll. Ephriam thinks that she is his baby. He put her in the walker, in the bouncy seat, and under the gym like we do Kendra. He was going to pick Kendra up last night and I had to stop him. He really likes to do what ever Chris and I do. Kendra is doing great. She is the rolling queen. She gets where ever she wants to go. Well I need to eat my lunch and hit the hay so that I am ready to work tonight.

Missed Them

2007-01-24T13:35:00.000-05:00

Last night I was a support person for a friend of mine while she gave birth to her second child and while I was there I really missed my family. I missed them terribly. I wish I could have been here to nurse K.C. and to read Ephriam his bedtime story. I was a little bummed out that I didn't get to be there for them but at the same time I know that I did the right thing in being there for Ginger. I will have tonight to play with them. I will also have tonight nurse K.C. and enjoy that time with her. I know that I only have 6 more short months of nursing her and then she will be done. Right now I am really not willing to give that up. I really have enjoy this time with her. I am sure that Chris will be glad when she give is up and that he doesn't have to give her the bottle and she is more like Ephriam. Ephriam probably can't wait for her to walk so that he can play with her. I know that we are going to struggle with him in sharing because he got so mad today when she was playing with one of her toys and he took it from her and I took it back. He was a bit stunned actually. He will get over that though eventually. Well nap time is upon us so you know what that means. I am out. Peace.

Pictures!

2007-01-22T10:31:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures of the kids. They are getting so big so fast. This summer with them is going to be fun so I am looking forward to the warm weather. Anyhow enjoy the pictures.

Back in action

2007-01-21T23:51:00.000-05:00

So it has been a long time since I have posted here because I thought no one reads it but I think just for my sake I am going to talk about the kids here. Today was a fun day with Ephriam! It snowed for the first time this year and it was really Ephriam's first snow that he has been able to play in. It was a wonderful time. Ephriam liked throwing snowballs at mommy and daddy. He tried to help me do a snow angel by laying on top of me but he only was sucessful at getting my pants wet. Daddy built 2 snowman one for him to look at and one that he "helped" daddy do. We really enjoyed being outside with him. I know you are wondering where was the baby while we were doing this? She was napping and we were playing outside here room so that I could hear if she woke up. When we got in I got her up and then made Ephriam his first cup of hot cocoa. Don't worry I made it just warm enough for his sippy cup. He sucked it down in 5 minutes flat. I really think that he liked it. Well I need to post to the other blog and hit the hay.

Long time no write

2006-02-25T17:11:00.000-05:00

Well things have been pretty good around here. Ephriam is getting big and getting into everything. The picture above is him with the peas that he somehow got off the table while Christopher and I were temporarily out of the room. Seems that he gets into a lot more when your back it turned for a few. He is cruising around the furniture going everywhere. He is starting to let go and go from object to object so it won't be long before he takes off walking. He has also discovered that crawling on his hands and knees is a lot easier then on his belly. It has only taken him forever but he is finally doing it.

Things are going well now for my pregnancy with #2. Everything seems to be just fine with the baby. He/She is moving all over the place just like Ephriam did. Unfortunately it likes to move when I would like to go to sleep. The midwife thinks that we are having another boy because the baby's heart rate is on the slower side but of course we won't know for sure until the baby is here. That is right, again we will not be finding out the sex of the baby. We really like not knowing and be surprised when the baby gets here. We go for our ultrasound is less than a month! We are so excited about getting to see the baby and to know that everything is fine with the baby. We have had quite a few friends who have lost babies here recently so the reassurance would be nice.

Christopher is doing great. He does wonderfully with Ephriam at night while I am at work. He still working the help desk job but is still looking for another job to do instead. For now he knows that it pays the bills. I would love for him to get a job that he actually likes. We will just keep praying.

So that is life here in a nut shell. Hope everyone is well and look forward to hearing from you all soon.

I HATE BEING SICK!

2006-01-26T12:40:00.000-05:00

Green is how I have felt since Sunday. Monday was the worst day. For those of you who don't know I caught some sort of virus, or that is what is suppected, and ended up having to go up to the hospital to get an IV and be hydrated. I spend from midnight to 4:30 in the morning getting sick on and off. I tried taking my medicine to not make me sick but I just puked that up too. That is when I called Dr. Arrom and he sent me up to the hospital. I spent from 4:30 in the morning till almost 6pm there. I was feeling a little better when I got home but I was not able to pick up Ephriam at all because I was so weak. I was only allowed to have clear liquids till Tuesday. Tuesday I sent Ephriam to the sitters all day so that I could try and regain some of my strength. I took a shower and that did it for me. I went and took a nap. By dinner time I was eating Chicken noodle soup. I really haven't tried much else since then. I did alright with crackers and peanut butter so I will probably start trying more foods. Yesterday was a bad day because the virus I caught seemed to not only be a stomach virus but a cold virus too. I had Ephriam for the day because I felt that I could take care of him but I ended up coughing so much while he was napping that I didn't get much of a nap and the night before Chris snored me out of bed and I ended up on the couch. So Chris took Ephriam over to his parents house for dinner and I stayed home and took a hot bath and then went to bed. Today has been good expect Ephriam didn't want to nap this morning. I am hoping that this afternoon nap will be better. Well I need to go so that I can get him to bed. Later.

What a week-end.

2006-01-22T16:20:00.000-05:00

Well life has been interesting around here. All of us were better and we are all now sick again. Tomorrow I am going to have to take Ephriam to see the doctor because he has been coughing up some yellowy stuff in the morning when he gets up so we will see what happens then. I did get to have a night out by myself. I got to spend 6 hours scrapbooking with my friends and then we went out for "drinks" afterwards. Well they drank and I had a virgin drink. It was very nice to get some time out with out having to worry about Ephriam. It was a well needed night out. Chris also enjoyed his night in with Mark and we hope that we can take turns going out and staying in. Today Ephriam and I stayed home from church while Chris went to church due to his illness and me loosing my voice. I have been trying to not talk too much because I need my voice for work tomorrow night. So we will see how things go. Well I need to get ready to go to youth group but I hope to update this again soon. Peace.

Surprise!

2006-01-13T22:21:00.000-05:00

Long Time no update.. I know I am such a slacker! Well not really. You see on Dec. 9th, 2005 Christopher and I found out that we are going to be parents again but because we were waiting to tell the majority of my family about our new bundle of joy on Christmas day. Since that is our biggest news here I didn't want to spoil the surprise. I am due about Aug. 10,2006 so I am 10 weeks along in the pregnancy and things are going along okay. I was still nursing Ephriam when we got our surprise but ever since Ephriam has had a taste of whole milk he wanted nothing to do with mom. Which was nice because nursing him only made me more sick to my stomach then just being pregnant. I had to take some medicine with Ephriam to get myself feeling good enough to eat and I had to do that again with this baby. I am almost in the clear of being sick but who knows what is next. With Ephriam I then got a skin rash. Hopefully I can just enjoy the next few months before it gets hot and sticky and I am swollen and a hippo!

We got to really enjoy Christmas this year. We had the Walker family Christmas the Sunday before Christmas and it was nice to get to see what everyone got from who. On Christmas Eve I was suppose to work and ended up getting called off work and was able to do Christmas with Chris. The next morning Santa made his first visit to our house. Ephriam got a ton of toys! So many that towards the end of opening them he had lost interest in them. We then packed up the car and headed North to Toledo to do Christmas with my extended family and tell them our great news. We came back into town the day after Christmas so that we could work all week and then head the following weekend to TN to be with my Mom, Dad, and Brother to do Christmas with them. It was very nice to do Christmas all together with them this year. Last year due to Ephriam's birth I was unable to see my brother at all for Christmas. It was much better having him around to celebrate with us and I hope that we don't have to ever do that again.

After we got back for TN we were able to take a break and be at home. It has been nice to not have too many place to go and to get to spend time together as a family. Our next big adventure come in May.

Ephriam is doing great and getting big fast. I can't believe that my baby turned 1 on Dec. 29th! He was a trooper with his cake you will have to check it out on our web page at http://twenty4seven.dyndns.org/ There are also tons of photos of him up there too. He is not walking yet but is pulling himself up on anything that he can. It won't be long and he will be all over the place. He is talking a little bit now He say Hi, dada, yeah, and yea! He of course only says mama when she is not around. He has picked up a lot from the sitters house. He is now FINALLY started to pick up foods and put it in his mouth. We are still working on him getting his sippy cup but I am sure that won't be long to follow. I really think that he is going to be a great big brother. I am most worried about him smothering the baby with hugs and kisses then anything. He loves babies. He digs my babies r us magazines out from under all sorts of things just to get to the babies. He is still a happy kid and growing up so fast.

Christopher is doing alright too. He is still working the same job right now and continues to look for something that is more up his alley.

I am enjoying my position up on Family Birthplace and can't wait to see what it is going to be like to have my co workers be there for the birth of the new baby but I will not have to worry about going into labor at work. I am defiantly in the right spot.

Well I think that is all for now. I will also be back on track on updating this from now on.

23 more Days!

2005-12-02T08:49:00.000-05:00

Well things are pretty good here. We have had a pretty good week so far. I worked Monday and Tuesday nights so not too much happened on Tuesday and Wed. during the day. On Wed night I had class and then we spent some time over at Chris' parents house. Yesterday Ephriam and I did Chris' Christmas shopping. We had a great time. I would tell you what we got him but I know that he can read this so it will have to be a secreat for now. Then last night we met with our insurance agent and then Mark came over to have pizza and talk about Youth Group. We talked some about youth group but I think we spent more time watching a Christmas movie that was on ABC Family. Today Ephriam and I are going to have lunch with Chris' mom and then finish up Chris' Christmas shopping. Then tonight Chris and I are hoping to get the rest of our Christmas stuff out. Tomorrow we are headed to the Aquarium. I am excited about it but I know that I also have to work tomorrow night so I don't want to over due myself. So that is what is happing with the Walkers. I also have posted a picture of Ephriam under the Christmas tree at his grandparents house.

Happy Holidays!

2005-11-28T16:13:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays to everyone! I know that the weekend was busy for everyone but I hope that you enjoyed getting to see all of your family and friends. I know that Chris, Ephriam and I enjoyed getting to see everyone this weekend. We had a great time hanging out at Meijers with my mom and dad. They don't have a Meijer in TN so it is great for them to hang out at. We were going to go to the Aquarium but by the time we would have gotten down there we would have to have turned around and came back. Then we spent Thanksgiving at the Walkers. It was so nice to see everyone and we were glad to get to spend time with Cindy, Eric and the kids. I know that Chris' mom was thrilled to have us all at her house for Thanksgiving. I did end up having to go into work that night but that wasn't bad. I had a good time hanging out with the girls that were there. On Friday I got of course to sleep and then I went to pick Ephriam up from Jill's when Chris called to say that he was getting off work early. That ment that we got to leave for my Grandparents house early. We left here around 4 and got up there around 7. It was very nice drive and Ephriam was glad to get out of the car when he did. We had a nice weekend hanging out with everyone and are looking forward to Christmas up there this year. Well that about sums things up here. I hope to put up a new picture of Ephriam soon. Bye!

Happy Thanksgiving (in advance)

2005-11-22T15:34:00.000-05:00

What a week we are having so far and it is going to get better from here on out. Yesterday Ephriam and I got a lot done around the house. I got my house picked up from the weekend since we weren't home a lot and when we were we came in and set things down. Then I made dinner and talked to Grandma and Grandpa, ate dinner and went to work. Then at 2am this morning I got sent home because they couldn't justify having both Helena and I there and Helena needed to stay because in case they had a c-section they needed her there to scrub. I should be there tonight by myself and I don't think that I will have a lot to do so I will be doing my school work. I need to be there because I need the hours though so that is the way the cookie crumbles. Tomorrow when I get home my mom and dad will be here! That is way exciting. I am more excited about seeing dad since I haven't seen him since July and of course I am still excited about seeing my mom but what kid doesn't get excited about seeing mom? Then I have a test to take for Child Development and then I will come home and go to bed. Then I have to work Thanksgiving night come home and sleep for a while go pick up Ephriam and then come home and get ready to go to my Grandparents! On Friday after Chris gets off work we are headed to their house for the weekend. We may go to the lights at the Toledo Zoo on Saturday night with my family. Then we will come home on Sunday. So it is going to be a busy week but I am looking forward to most of it. I hope that you all have a good Thanksgiving! Love, me!

What a Weekend

2005-11-20T22:22:00.000-05:00

What a weekend we had! Friday night we were suppose to go help out at the Jeremy Camp concert but we decided that since our weekend was so full that we would just stay in for the evening. And boy am I a glad that we did. Saturday morning we went to the Christmas parade and those are the pictures that are posted above. Then Chris and I spent from 1pm till 10pm doing Christmas shopping. We had a blast doing so and enjoyed getting to spend time as a couple with out Little Man. I have however missed him while we were out and was glad that he got up to eat for me when I got home. Today we went to church and then just about right after church we went to one of the older members of the church to rake her leaves for her. Then we came home and got Santa's workshop set up and went through all the hand-me downs that we have gotten for Ephriam. We are going to share some of them with Ephriam's cousin Parker since he doesn't have any clothes beyond the size he is in now. This week is going to be a busy one too. Monday Chris goes to work and I will be at home durning the day and then work that night. The next morning Christopher will be going to a job interview and I will be at home with Ephriam till he gets back. My mom and dad are coming in late that night for a visit. Unfortunatly at this point I have to work. Chris will go to work on Wed. and I will be at home durning the day to hang out with mom and dad for a while and then that night I have a test for school and then I will come home. Thursday is Turkey Day! We will be having dinner at Chris' parents house and then I will be going into work that night. Then the next day after Chris gets off work we are headed to Toledo to spend time with my family. We will be back later that weekend sometime. It will be nice to get to see everyone all over again. It seems like it has been a long time since I have been up there yet it has only been a few weeks. Well I need to get

Back to School

2005-11-16T14:27:00.000-05:00

Okay well I am not doing so hot getting to this thing like I want to but here I am today. We had a pretty good weekend. Friday night we stayed in and ate pizza and watched Elf. Yes we are crazy Christmas Nuts! It was nice to be at home and cuddle on the couch. Saturday I got to have a girls day out! I went to Heather's fall into the holidays, to the Pleasant Tree, and to Hallmark's open house. I didn't come home till 3. Once I got home I feed Ephriam and then Chris, Ephriam, Mark, and I ran to Sams and then watched Batman Begins. It was a pretty good movie. One of the best Batman movies that I have seen. Then Ephriam decieded to be a pill. We were up till 1 am with him trying to get him to go to sleep. Once he finally did I thought that he would sleep in late. WRONG! He was up at 7:30 and was still a pill. He was pretty good through the music part of church but when it came sermon time we ended up walking around the church to make him happy. We got home from church he ate and then only took a 45 minute nap. He was refusing to eat solid foods and wanted to nurse every hour. Well then he finally pooped at about 3 and then he was happy. I think that he was constipated from his iron that he is on. So I am working out finding what is going to be the best solution for him so that we don't have this problem again. Well that night we went to Youth Group with out Ephriam and he was great for Grandma. Youth Group went great as well. We got the kids to pick apart 1/2 of a verse in the Bible. It was really nice to see them participate and all that. Monday we went back to the grind of our usaual week. Tuesday I spent most of my time sleeping because I worked the night before and then had to go back in Tuesday night. Today I am back to class. Last week I didn't have to go to class but this week I start a new class. I got my grade for Pharm and I got a D so I need to retake the class and work won't pay for my D. I know that I could have studied harder towards the end of quater and missing one class due to Ephriam getting sick didn't help either but that is no excuse for my lack of effort. This semester I am taking Child Developement. I am sure that will be a little easier then Pharm. I am looking forward to starting out on a fresh quater. As far as the rest of the week goes it is pretty busy. Thursday Ephriam and I are staying in and finishing up laundry. Friday Christopher and I are working the Narnia booth at the Jeremy Camp concert. Saturday at 10 am Santa comes to Hamilton so we are going to the parade and then Christopher and I are off to do our Christmas shopping. Sunday we have church then after church we are going to rake leaves for one of the older memebers of the church with our youth group. Then we finally get to rest! So that is life for us. I hope that everyone who reads this is doing well and I look forward to posting more for you when I can. Peace.

TGIF

2005-11-11T21:32:00.000-05:00

Well I am sure glad that is week is over and that we have the weekend. Not that I had a bad week but I like that I have the weekends off and don't have to go in till Monday night. For some reason today I am feeling pretty tired. I am looking forward to sleeping all night long. Tomorrow is Heather's Fall into the Holidays with Jazzersize and I am looking forward to being able to get out and not have Ephriam with me for a few hours. It will be strange but that is okay too. I am hoping to also go to Meijer and pick up the pictures that I have taken of Ephriam on a disposable camera and to get my package all set to send out to my "aunt" Amanda who is over in Iraq serving as an nurse in the military. So for those of you who didn't know that she was over there please pray for her and my Uncle Joe because this year is going to be long one for them. Other then that things are going great here. Ephriam is kinda starting to actually get up on his hands and knees and try to crawl. He hasn't been very sucesseful yet but that is okay. He will do it when he is ready and I am sure after that it won't take him long to start pulling himself up on things. Well I need to get Ephriam feed and put to bed but I hope that all is well with the rest of the world and I hope to continue to get back to posting more often. Everyday is my goal but you know we are still working on that. Peace Out.

Been a while

2005-11-06T22:00:00.000-05:00

Well it has been a while since I have been able to get on to this and update it. I know that there are a few people out there that read this and check it daily so here it is. I am Loving my job working Labor, Delivery, and Post Baby care. The girls I work with are very nice and we seem to be getting a long well. I wasn't sure that I was going to make it with a few of them but things have panned out and there are going to be no problems. I am still working on adjusting to night shift but that too will pan out in the near future when I have a "normal" week. Ephriam is not adjusting so well to his mommy being gone at night but I know that in due time he will. He has been really clinging lately and sometimes it is pain but I know that he will grow out of it someday. I sure do enjoy the days when I get to spend just him and I together. Other then that Ephriam is scooting himself all over the floor. I reaches for somthing that he can't get and his pushes himself with his legs till he gets to what he wants. He is growing quicker and quicker and this and I am sure that he will find out soon how quick he can be if he gets up on his hands and knees if not I am sure that he will go staight to pulling himself up on things and walking. He is getting better at that if he holds on to someones fingers. Christopher is doing well adjusting to me working the night shift. He does a great job of putting Ephriam to bed and getting him up and ready to go to Jill's house. He still dislikes his job and is still looking at other jobs but for now I guess that God had him where he wants him to be. We are still doing the youth group and we are getting about 10 kids a week. We have done a lot of fun stuff with the kids so next week we are going to dig into the bible. It give our older kids a chance to get their feet wet in something that they want to do. Other then that Ephriam and I took a trip to Toledo to see my family this past weekend and it was a great trip. I am really worn out but that it okay because I got to see everyone. Parker has grown so much! He is 4 months younger then Ephriam and only weights 2 lbs less then what Ephriam does. This Thursday I will see if Ephriam has gained some more weight because we have breastfeeding group and there is a scale in there to weight him. Well I think that is all for now if not I will catch more up later.

PS the pic is Ephriam from Halloween!

Last Day Shift

2005-10-13T21:40:00.000-04:00

Hello to all! I hope that everything is going well for all of you. I know that yesterday was a very busy day. I did get a lot done. I got almost all the laudry caught up. Well except for folding. I really hate to fold. I got all my piles of papers sorted through and taken care of. I took great care of Ephriam and study for my Pharmacology test. I did the dishes, cooked dinner for John and Annette, when to school and came home to get Ephraim ready for today. I was up from 8:30 am till 11:30 pm. Tonight I am kinda tired but I know that tomorrow is my last day working day shift and then I am off to night shift. I am really looking forward to getting to go to night shift and get into a routine. I will miss little man but I won't spend so much of his awake time away from him. I know that there is going to be big adjustments to my sleeping patterns but that is okay. I am sure that we are going to get through eveything just fine. I am looking forward to it. This weekend I hope will be our last busy weekend. I am hoping that everything will slow down a little bit for us. I am kinda liking the cooler weather but I am not ready for the cold. Colorado can keep the snow till Christmas and then on Christmas it can snow and be done. Of course I know that it doesn't work at that way. I am looking forward this weekend to seeing my bubby! I haven't seen him in a while and I am looking forward to it. He is the best man in a wedding that Ephriam and I are going to. Christopher is staying at home to run the youth group scavenger hunt. I hope that they all have a great time. Well I need to get ready for tomorrow but I hope to give you more update tomorrow. Peace.

Time?

2005-10-12T10:23:00.000-04:00

Time? What is that? I am not sure. I do have a lot of stuff to do but I thought that I would update this page and let you know that I am still alive. This weekend was great with my mom and my Aunt Shell. I am really glad that I got to have some girl time with them. I am not sure that my husband was so greatful for it but oh well! LOL. This week has been crazy and isn't going to settle down. However I am looking forward to getting to see my brother this weekend. Well I hope that everyone is well and I hope that maybe later I can update this more. Looking forward to hearing from you all soon. Bye!

Manic Monday

2005-10-03T22:24:00.000-04:00

Okay so today wasn't so Manic but Sunday was. Sunday we went to church, had lunch with Matt and Heather, had our pictures taken at church, then off to youth group, and somewhere in there we did dishes and got ready for today. Today wasn't too bad. We had a lot a few mommies deliver today. Earlier this morning we had 2 sets of female twins in the nursery. It was really nice to learn a few things. I also was able to be able to do John and Annette's twins birth certificates. It was totally cool. Of course it was great to get to see the girls. I can't believe that Ephriam was that little. And no it doesn't make me want to have another one. I am really enjoying getting to be Ephriam's mommy. He just loves having me around. He has been wanting nothing but mommy to hold him lately and as much as I need to get somethings done I know that I will only have so long before he doesn't want me to hold him at all. So I put aside the house work and just love on my son. I love him so much. I just can't imagine life with out him. I hope that I just don't spoil him too much. Anyway, I just want to let you all know that I am enjoying my job, that I love being a wife and a mommy, and that God is good all the time and I am thankful for all my blessings. Hope that you all are doing great out there and I looking forward to some human being maybe posting a comment sometime. You don't have to be a memember to do so just human.

1st full weekend off!

2005-10-01T11:48:00.000-04:00

Well today is my first full weekend off it it is great so far. I haven't had a Saturday off in 3 weeks. Last night I came home and played with Ephriam and we were both in bed by 10:30 while Chris was rocking it out with TFK (Thousand Foot Krutch for those of you who don't know) He had a great time. Today we are haning out at home and probaby just watching movies or what not. Ephriam will enjoy being on some sort of schedule and not having to go anywhere today. Tomorrow of course we go to church. We will also be having our pictures taken for the church directory. Of course we will be going to youth group but we had thought that the last Lord of the Rings movie was going to last longer then it did so we are going to just have a free week this week. So we will see what we are going to do next week. Well Ephriam needs to eat so he needs his momma. Later. Oh by the way I messed up last week saying the Notre Dame was playing the wrong team. This is the week that they play them but not till tonight at 7:45 my time. Peace.

9 months!

2005-09-29T22:55:00.000-04:00

Well nine months ago today I was in labor with my precious little man. Man is he growing so fast! Today we went to the doctor for his nine month check up. He is growing like a weed. He weighted in at 18lbs and is a little more then 29 inches long. This puts him in the 25% in weight and in the 95% in height. So the boy is going to be tall and skinny. He is doing everything that he is suppose to be doing and the doctor said that mommy is doing a great job. He does have a low iron level so for the next few months he is going to be on 1 cc of liquid iron a day. I dropped that off at the pharmacy today and they have to order it in so it won't be in till tomorrow. He got only 2 shots this time thank goodness but he has been very fussy today and only wants mom to hold him. Chris tried to hold him and play with him but he still got fussy. He just wanted his momma. I hope that tomorrow he does fine at the sitter's house. I hope that he sleeps most of the day for her. We also found out while he was at the doctors that he has now 5 teeth and working on number 6. I hope that he is feeling better by next weekend when everyone comes into town. Tomorrow night him and I will be at home while daddy is out watch TFK at the Underground. Maybe I can get a few things done around the house we hope. Well I have to work 12 hours tomorrow so I need to be headed off to bed but I am looking forward to posting again tomorrow. Night.

Mostly off tomorrow

2005-09-27T23:25:00.000-04:00

Today was a another great day up on family birthplace. I am loving it up there. All of the staff that I have worked with so far have been great. I am kinda looking forward to going in on Friday. I know that is sad to say but I know this is where I need to be. Ephriam seems to be fairing okay but he really misses his mommy. He kissed me over and over and over again when I got home from work and he just wanted to be where I was or he wasn't happy. It is nice to be missed. Of course I missed him too. Tomorrow I get to spend almost the whole day with him. We are headed out to the Y for breastfeeding support group that Jenny has asked me to run for her. I hope that we get a good sized group out there. I do have class tomorrow night but that is it in means of being away from my family. Ephriam and Chris are going to go to Julia's 1st birthday party. I hope that they have a good time but I will be looking forward to getting to play with Ephriam all day. Working while he is awake stinks because I feel like I didn't really get to see him today. The next couple of days get to be him and mommy days and I get to spend the whole weekend with him and Chris. Not to mention that my schedule works out nice because I get to be off when mom comes in the weekend of the 6. Wow I can't believe it is this later already. I need to get to bed. Peace Out.

Not such a hot start...

2005-09-26T20:37:00.000-04:00

Well I didn't have such a hot start this morning because I had left my keys in the Vibe from over the weekend and was late for my shift. But Chris came and rescued me after he dropped Ephriam off at Jill's. I was also not so late because the lady that I trained with doesn't there till 7:30. So I got to collect myself before I got going. I think that I am going to like it up there. They were very forgiving of my lateness and they showed me the ropes by the afternoon I was answering the phone and putting in some orders in the computer yet I still have a lot to learn. I am sure that I will have a better day. Ephriam sure did miss his mom and his mom missed him. Tomorrow will be killer on us both but on Wed. Ephriam and I get to spend the day together and we get to do so on Thursday too. Well I need to be getting him and I ready for tomorrow. I hope that everyone is doing great and I looking forward to hearing from anyone soon. Peace.

Sunday

2005-09-25T23:50:00.000-04:00

So today wasn't too terrible bad. We got up and went to church and Pastor John preached on needing to get more people to serve for God. It was a really great sermon. I was so glad to get to be in church 2 weeks in a row. It was really strange to be there when Brenda didn't have to run back to work but it is defiantly something I can get used to. Tomorrow I get to start my new job and I am having the first day jitters but I am looking forward to getting my feet wet. I hope to learn lots of new things and pick up on things quickly so that I can get on to night shift and get into a routine. I am sure going to miss Ephriam while I am in training since I will have to work 12 hour shifts on days. We also tonight finished up the Lord of the Rings series with our youth group kids. I really hope that they got something out of it and that we can do something like this again. Also for all of you that read this please pray for our sitter's family as they are going to make a motion this week to get custody of her husband's daughter. I know that things are going to be nuts with them for a while but I hope that things settle down quickly for them. They are such a blessing to us and I hope that they truly understand that we are there for them. Well I should really be going to bed so that I can get some sleep and be well rested for tomorrow.

No more weekends!

2005-09-24T21:58:00.000-04:00

Well today was my last weekend to work! Yes I mean that I don't have to work any weekends. One of the other girls works only weekends for now that is but if I do end up working weekends it will only be evcry third one. I am excited about that and it gives me the opportunity to be at home with Christopher and Ephriam to do more family things. I had a pretty boring day in the ICU. We only had 4 pt. and I was training someone so I didn't have a lot to do. It was nice though to say goodbye to the few friends that I made since it was their weekend to work. I am however looking forward to going upstairs with the mommies and babies. I hope of course to post on Monday night to let you all know how things went my first day. Well I need to get little man to bed but I look forward to post again tomorrow. Night.

One More Day

2005-09-23T23:43:00.000-04:00

Well today was a pretty good day at work. We had the mininum number of pt. to have me there and that is nice. Tomorrow however is a going to be not so fun because I get to train someone on my last day in the unit and I am not looking foward to that. I am going to miss some of the people that I work with but I am not going to miss the mess of hours that they either wanted me to work or to not want me to work. It will also be nice to be at home on the weekends. Other then that there is not a whole lot to report. I am looking foward to being at home tomorrow night with Ephriam and Christopher. For now I need to get to bed so that I get some rest. Peace.

PS Notre Dame plays tomorrow night against Purdue at about 7:00.

Red's Game

2005-09-23T00:04:00.000-04:00

Okay so you know I was excited about going to the Red's game tonight. Well there was ton of reason to be. To start it off the Red's were playing the Cardinals. Once we got to GABP we went to get our seats and guess what? We sat in the front row infront of the Red's on deck circle! It was so great! We could see into the Red's dug out and everything. Ephriam then got to be on camera and We all were on the big screen at the game. Lopez tossed Chris a foul ball for Ephriam. So it was Ephriam's second game and the kid already has a ball from a major leauge game! Then to top it off the Red won 6-2. They had a great run in the 8th inning. What a night. Well I should head to bed since I have to work the next couple of days but they are my last in the ICU. Man and I looking forward to going to play with the babies!

Can't wait for tonight!

2005-09-22T12:27:00.000-04:00

Well I slept pretty well last night other than right before I went to bed Ephriam was fussy and didn't want to go back to sleep. I nursed him a little and he was out cold then for the rest of the night. I guess he just wanted to make sure that mommy was around. I am going to try and see if I can put a picture up here. Hopefully it works if not then I guess I will get Chris to help me. Yeah it worked! I know this is a recent picture of Ephriam that I sent out but it was a good one to try with! I can't wait for tonight to see the Red's play! I am so excited. This will be Ephriam's second game. Hopefully this time all the loud noises won't scare him as much. I know that he will enjoy the 7th inning strech when we sing Take Me Out To The Ball Game. That is one of his favorite songs. I will remember this time too to take the camera with me to get pictures. At least then I can do a scrapbook page on it! Well I need to get going and get Ephriam ready for his morning nap. Looking forward to post more soon.

1st Post

2005-09-22T00:15:00.000-04:00

Well okay so I tried out the live journal thing and then showed Chris what I had done and he thought this would be cooler to use. So here I am trying this one out since I know that I will remember to post everyday. Today has been a long but exciting day... Okay so at least the end was exciting. I worked all day and then went to class to get back my test from last week to find out that I got a 73 on it and to not do so hot on this past test. I am going to recover though and do better next time. When I got home however I got a message from my friend Kristy who has tickets to the Red's game tomorrow night and they play the Cardinals. They maybe awesome seats behind home plate. We should all have a blast. Well I really should be getting to bed but first I have to play with this a little more and see what I can do. Nite.