1 year Dr apt and much more...

LeAnne had her 1 year check up yesterday afternoon. She had so much fun playing with all the new toys at the Dr. She was one very very busy lil bee! She is 30.4 inches long, her head is 47.1 cm and she weighs 19 lbs 11 oz. She's a lil girl. We were surprised she didn't weigh more especially considering she was 18lbs 3oz at 9 months. We shouldn't be too surprised though as busy as she is. The doctor wasn't concerned at all and said she looks great physically & developmentally. She had a fluoride treatment on her teeth and 2 shots. Poor girl was none to happy the whole car ride home. I breaks my heart listening to her cry. We gave her some baby aspirin and she was better after having some dinner with us. She goes back to the Dr at 15 months and we need to get her into see a kids dentist before she is 2. Here are a few pictures from yesterday in the adorable outfit Amanda got for her this summer. She has her days where she is really attached to her binky and other days she only uses it for naps. I am not worried yet about her going to preschool with it. LOL!

Onto the next bit of news... I got the job with the Dixie school district! I will be a Para Professional, working with 1 first grade student who needs a full-time aide. My hours will be from 7:30am - 3pm. I start on Friday as a sub so my first official day is in November. I am excited yet reserved about the whole thing considering my last experience. I am nervous. I have to make this one work. Of course I'd love nothing more than to be a full-time stay at home mom but that's not something that can happen right now so this job really is a great compromise. I will only have a 20-30 minute commute depending on weather and such so I'll be home at a decent hour and still have time to spend with LeAnne. One of the most exciting things for me is that I will have a lot more days off and the summers off to be with our girl. Right now I am VERY excited I will be able to spend time with Amanda at Christmas! Depending on how we can stretch the $ I make and raises John may get I may not have to find a summer job. I really hope I can make a difference in these kids lives too! I love children! I would appreciate your prayers! I have lots going on today so must get moving. I'll keep my blog updated as I have time.

Here's a video message to her big sister Amanda --

Happy Birthday Stellan!!!!

Please stop where you are and praise the Lord because Stellan has arrived and although we don't have all the details his initial Apgar scores were 9 and 9! Click here for the complete post and keep praying for this lil man and his mama!

I've been praying and worshiping all morning in anticipation of this lil guys birth. I was just pondering the power of the internet to bring us together. They're have been thousands of people from all over the WORLD praying for this family. Now that's what I call awsome.

Random thoughts from Mama bear

Once again I come to you with many thoughts whirling around in my head. Here we go...

Our girl is a champion sleeper!
She slept from 9pm Monday until 7:45am Tuesday! WOWSA you go lil girl!!! I had to wake her up so my mama could take her to pick up Auntie Kym while I went to a chiropractor appointment. She woke up with one heck of scratch on her face but she was happy as could be from the minute her eyes opened. Now that's what mama loves to see. A happy baby not the scratch. On a side note... she didn't take her first name today until just a short while ago, around 3pm. Talk about an energizer bunny!


Guess who is coming for Christmas?
AMANDA! We are so excited!!! Amanda is going to be spending at least a week with us at Christmas!! It is going to be so awsome to have our girls together for our first Christmas in our new home! Amanda is looking forward to seeing her sister so much!! We are in the process of looking for flights and found out they discontinues the non-stop flights so she will have a layover in Seattle so we'd appreciate prayers for her. I think she'll be fine but it's a little scary. Our girls coming for Christmas! Yahoooooooooooooo!!!

SAHM
I wish I could be a Stay At Home Mom (SAHM)! I LOVE being at home, caring for my family makes my heart content, and being able to see LeAnne change daily is an amazing gift. I love being here when John gets off work, making him some breakfast, visiting before he heads off to sleep and it's so nice to have plenty of time to get dinner ready for him and make coffee for him when he gets up. I love our family!! I wish their was a way we could make ends meet but unfortunately their is no magic eraser to make our debt disappear.

Lord, what is your will?
Where am I meant to be? Help me to see through your eyes. What I wouldn't give to see through your eyes just a peak of your path for me. I feel my eyes are clouded by what I want and don't want. Help me to look less at myself and more towards you. Dear Jesus please help me to see YOUR will for my life. I want to serve you father. Where do I belong? I want to be the best I can be for you!

My To do List
Seems never ending at times. I am still working on Thank-you cards from LeAnne's birthday, my craft room needs organizing and of course the daily chores are never ending and I am learning to be okay with that. Now mind you some days are better than others. I've had learned though that the house being neat and clean is definitely a comfort zone for me. Though as my dear husband will tell you that applies to some areas and not others. Sometimes things don't always find their way back to the same home (drawer, counter, frig, freezer..) and it drives him nuts. I am a special girl!

I finished a book!!!
Yahoooooooooooooooooo!! I finished a book this morning that I've been reading since LeAnne was a few months old. I am up by 5am in the morning, shower and get things laid out for our breakfast routine. Then I have had a little spare time and I've been using it to read. I have at least 5 more fiction books on my nightstand waiting to be read and then a bible study I want to finish. It feels so amazing to be able think clear enough again that I can read, create and write! Praise the Lord for SLEEP, oh so precious SLEEP!!!

LeAnne loves books!!!
She spends a lot of time most days flipping through books, and we read to her. She's a book worm already. Thank-you Grammy Sally for LeAnne's book! Buzz Buzz Busy Bee is a HUGE hit with her! She lets me read it to her quickly and then she thumbs through it a lot during the day. I took a video that I will upload later. I also finally got pictures of the family into her book called "Who Loves Baby" and she loves it. She's been flipping through it all day long. She gets so excited! The only problem is the book only has 6 pages which means only six pictures. Our little girl is so blessed to have so many people who love her that we need to get her few more books to make sure every one's pictures it there.

I am so thankful...
Amanda & LeAnne have such an awesome daddy! John almost had me in tears the other day when he was talking to Amanda on the phone. The way he praised her for her grades and how beautiful she was since having her braces taken off made my heart leap for joy. Later John said he could hear the smile on her face. Good job daddy! It's so important for our girls to hear those things from their daddy! Yet one more reason I love and admire you!!

My back...
Has been really bothering me for a week or so but I saw the chiropractor today and I am on the mend. I love my chiropractor! I need to go back on Thursday and follow the his orders. His orders are to walk 15 minutes daily and stretch my hamstrings. It's all caused from tension. Me.. tense...nah? He said it's a shame for a person my age to be so tense. I told him my husband says the same thing. Okay, okay I'll work on it.

Fall here in Eastern Washington is
GORGEOUS! The colors are so vibrant! Great shades of red, orange and yellow surround us. I really must take some pictures to share with you. I will go on a walk and then a drive with camera in tow. You know what I love even more...cool SUNNY mornings followed by mild temperatures during the day. I think it's about to get a lot colder though. I am hoping for a white Christmas!

Interviewed Monday
for a para-professional position in Dixie and now I am playing the waiting game once again. If I don't get it then it's because of my lack of experience in the school district and/or they already has someone in mind (It's a small town thang) I told them I'd be willing to sub as long as I am not workin full time. Maybe I need to apply as a sub in ALL the surround towns and see if I could work in all of them. My only fear would be having to turn someone down because I am already subbing somewhere else that day. I'd ultimately LOVE to work for the Dayton School district.

Not me Monday
Another blog I read does a Not Me Monday and I've wanted to participate since she started it but never seem to get to it. I had a great one this week so I'll share with you instead. I don't miss the baby phase so much I'd have another baby right now in a heart beat if things were different. No that's no true because that would just be silly because I just started getting a normal night sleep and I am finally starting to be able to feel comfortable in my role as a mama. I wouldn't want to do something so silly as start all over so soon with another human life. Nope not me! Seriously all in God's timing! ** I didn't will LeAnne to sleep a few more minutes the other morning so I could read my book and enjoy a cup of coffee. Nope not me! Next week I am jumping on the Not me Monday band wagon. It's free therapy!

I voted today!
John's been asking me to fill out my ballot for quite some time now. I hate political crapola so it hasn't been top on my to do list. So this morning he taped the ballot to my forehead and said DO IT TODAY. So I promised him I would vote before turning on the computer again. It's done and ready to be taken to our county drop off sight. I am not 100% sure about some of my choices but it's done. Nope not gonna share who I voted for president. Only going to say I hope he wins and does some good for our country.

I hear
little one stirring in her bed. She's taken an amazing nap. So this ends another random thought trip from mama bear. Thanks for coming along. I'd love your thoughts and comments. :-)

Prayers for MckMama & Stellan

**Update** Please keep them prayers coming today & tomorrow! In a nutshell Stellan once again passed the test with flying colors. The amino went great, his lungs are mature and he will be here tomorrow 9:30am CST. See the complete update from Mckmama by clicking this link. They're is a lot up in the air as one of the Dr's told Mckmama and she said it best when she said yes they're is a lot up in the air that is in God's hands. Amen! Please surround this family in prayer!


I only know her by MckMama through reading her blog that I stumbled upon through reading another wonderful blog Bring the rain but I feel so connected to this family. Since I don't know how long I have before LeAnne wakes up I'll give you the quick version of the story. The diagnosis is technical so I'll copy and past it here:

From Mycharmingkids blog "MckMuffin is our 36 week old unborn son S--our fourth blessing! He was quite unexpectedly given to us, and even more unexpected was his diagnosis of heart failure: Premature Atrial Contraction at 20 weeks; Supraventricular Tachycardia, hydrops, and intermittent advanced secondary heart block at 23 weeks; and enlargement of the heart at 32 weeks. We were told at 24 weeks that he would surely die. God performed a miracle and MckMuffin is still with us! The doctors are unsure about what will happen to our baby when he is born. But God is not unsure!! We are praying for MckMuffin's full healing, but we know that God is good no matter what He decides."

It has been very humbling to follow this families journey and I am so thankful I stumbled upon her blog. She shares her life very openly and has a wonderful sense of humor.

Please pray for them today as they are at the hospital having an amnio to see if Stellan will be born TOMORROW. I'll keep you updated and have also linked to her blog for you above or you can click on the image of the family on the left side of my blog.

My Boeing family ROCKS!

I was having a bit of a rough day yesterday; Feeling discouraged on the job search front, and my back was hurting pretty bad. So I turned off my computer and we went on a walk. When we got back I felt somewhat better, although my back was talking to me big time. Then the mail man brought me a wonderful surprise...the scrap book pages I created for my friends at Boeing to sign in celebration of LeAnne's 1st birthday. My auntie took in cup cakes and the scrap book pages so my friends could celebrate LeAnne' birthday too. Reading the messages made me happy but sad too because I miss my friends.

Thank-you all so much for being apart of our lives and for continuing to be apart of our lives. I did a lot of growing up the 7 years we spent together and we expereinced a lot of life together. In many ways I wish I hadn't left and I'd love nothing more to jump in the car to come see ya'll. I know in my heart God has a plan for our family here in our new home, it's been a rocky start and I'd be lying if I didn't tell you their are many days I wish I were sitting next to Jerrie in my desk in the 4-17 implementing airplanes. I remember when I first came to Boeing as a contract worker through Kelly Services, I recall the day Kitty & Pete asked me to be a scheduler full-time for Boeing, I am sure Dennis remembers the day I got into a tiff with Joe Isgro, still can't believe I made it through the big layoffs, learning ARTEMIS was like learning a new language but I grew to love that scheduling software. Oh so much better than P3e. I got married my first year at Boeing, remember my fake performance evaluation with Linda Byers that I declined because was too busy...a bridal shower, so cool. Who could forget the earthquake that shook us all and condemned the 10-85. Then we moved to the lake, froze our buns off in the factory, worked through the riveting and I survived Dost. I learned a lot about relating to different personalities and always tried to provide the best customer service. I'll never forget the day I met my future boss, working together on a process improvement team was sure fun. It was so much fun telling everyone we had a new blessing on the way. Do ya recall the shirt "The future lies within", ha ha, so many people asked if that was a spiritual message. Thank-you for all your love and support. A lot happen in between, like MMA, AIWS, lots of scheduling, implementing new airplanes in template administration, so many people came and went in our group, strikes, man challenges, and some really fun times too. I will be forever thankful for the experiences and look forward to visiting ya'll again.


Are you sure they isn't a job I could do for ya'll virtually from here? Ya'll know how hard I work, and I'd LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to work virtually with ya'll. I'll commute there a few times a month. What a dream that would be. For now I must jet because lil girl is waking up. Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!

Into Everything she is...

Yesterday it seemed every time I turned around LeAnne was into something she wasn't supposed to be or doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing. So being the scrap booking mama that I am I had to start capturing these moments. I have some great scrap book pages ideas running around in my head for these pictures. Hee hee! It seems lately she is testing us every time we turn around. Were told this is her job so we'd better get used to it. YIKES! Her latest thing to get into that has been driving me nuts is her changing table. She's been empting the drawers many times a day so last night daddy fixed her. He put saftey locks on the changing table drawers and the 2 bottom drawers of her dresser. She was none to happy to find out she couldn't get all her clothes out anymore. Mind you daddy did put new glides on the kitchen chairs so it will be easier for her to scoot around and MUCH more quiet. :=)

She's getting a lot more independant and plays very well on her own during the day. We've been letting her play in her room (with the baby monitor on & door propped open) a lot more and she is doing well. Thanks to all who love our little girl she has LOTS of toys to play with. She's always trying to figure out how things work and go together. Like right now as I type she has a bottle that she is trying to figure out how the lid screws on it. You go girl!! Have I mentioned lately how much I love being a mama! I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful husband, 2 beautiful daughters, great family & friends.

Okay so all bets are off on lil girl playing good by herself at night, she's a morning/day person like her mama and gets down right cranky late afternoon to bedtime. So here's some pix before she melts on me. The absolutely adorable outfit she is wearing is from Grandma Nana. I mean is it too cute!

Here I go again :-)

I've found a para-educator position with another nearby school district. I just got off the phone with the contact person and I am VERY interested in the position. I would be assisting one first grade child who is having some difficulty staying on track. Hello I am up for the challenge! The gal is e-mailing me an application, I will get it filled out and take it to the business office tomorrow. Of course my first choice would be to work right here in town but nothing is open right now and being a sub is not paying the bills. Prayers appreciated!

Can ya smell the chocolate cookies? This mama bear is baking today! mmmm the house smells good! Come on over for a cookie!