Toy Donation

A humungo thank you to everyone who donated to the Children's Hospital. We were able to bring them around 150 toys, books, crayons,and games. The Jeep was completely packed, which was awesome because we learned that the hospital beds were all full. They had actually just sent a kid downtown because they had no more room.The lady we talked to told us that they are usually able to give each child and their sibling(s) three gifts each (actually Santa himself delivers them to each room). She thought that this year they might be able to do five gifts per child and sibling(s)!!! It was truly an overwhelming experience being able to bring a little bit of joy to these children. Thank you again to everyone who helped us accomplish this goal!!!

Jack and Jill

One night, after they had put the baby to bed, Jack asks Jill if she minds if he goes outside and works on a new fire pit he built. " Not at all" she replies. So off he goes while Jill starts picking up around the house. Jack walks in about five minutes later asking where something is and then he notices that Jill is cleaning. " Do you want some help" he asks. " No, I just want to get the house picked up because people are coming over tomorrow". Jack then decides that it is in his best interest to help Jill. " Where should I start?" In a nice and loving tone Jill simply replies " look around." Jack starts picking up around the house for about ten minutes then decides to get on the computer, which irks Jill just a little bit. A few words are exchanged and Jack returns to helping out.
This story got me to thinking about God. How many times have I asked God, even begged, Him to show me what I need to be doing with my life or where I need to be going. Often times when I understand the path He is showing me, I will stay on it for a little bit, but so often I get distracted and stray from that path. Although I know that His way is the one and only way, sometimes I can justify branching off and doing my own thing. Just like Jack, I have asked God hundreds of times " where should I start?" I may not always know the exact starting point but I can sure come up with a very long list of things that need to be cleaned up in my life. I believe that God gives daily opportunities to clean up our life and get on the right path. Just like Jack, I don't always agree with what God is trying to show me and many times I would rather go outside and do something else. When I do choose my own path, it usually does not take me long to realize I am not doing the right thing, and our loving Father helps me get right back on track. I think its harder to actually confess to God that you have messed up than it is to get back on track.
**NOTE** the names in this story have been changed to protect the innocent. also, in no way am I comparing Jill to God ( although she is almost always right )

Tis the season...

...for the flu bug! O yeah, that wonderful little thing has landed itself a snug spot in the Wells's house right now. Here's how we found out. Sunday, Abby was acting like a crazy person all day. She fussed at both of us ( usually I am the only one who gets the mean looks and the grumpiness ) all day long. We kinda thought she was just getting another cold...no biggie. Monday and Tuesday were a little like Sunday, not too bad though. Wednesday morning Abby and I go to a friends house to watch her little boy for a little bit ( I had told her before hand that Abby had a cold ). I could tell that she was getting worse, but nothing, I thought, a little nap wouldn't cure. Well, being the brilliant mom that I am, and knowing my history of ear infections and tubes, I decide to make her a doctor's appointment just to make sure nothing else is going on. I guess I should have figured it was pretty bad when she napped at my friends house, and when we came home she slept for another hour, woke up and drank about two cups of water and went back to bed till I woke her for the appt. When I woke her up her little cheeks were so red it looked like she spent a month at the beach with no sunscreen. When we get to the doctor the nurse asked me if she had been running a fever. "Nope" I say, she's just a little warm because she just woke up from her nap. The nurse took her temperature and said " Wow, 104". She actually showed me the thermometer ( I think she thought I thought she was making it up or something, or maybe she thought what an awful mom I am for not knowing my child was running such a high fever), either way, it was bad! My heart literally stopped for a second. I mean really, who would not know their baby is like half a degree away from having to go to the emergency room. When the nurse left and we were waiting for the doctor to come in I was still in a serious state of denial. I was thinking, wow...this is one heck of a cold! So the doctor comes in and says " I am pretty sure she has the flu, actually, I would be surprised if she doesn't" Great news, it's not a cold and she doesn't have an ear infection. My poor baby, she was absolutely miserable! The flu test came back positive( and yes, she did have her flu shot this year) and the Dr told me that Dave and I should go get ours asap. I go Friday! Dave is already sick, not sure if it's the flu or what, but it is in our house and in our systems. Luckily, I have not felt bad(knock on wood)yet, and I am pretty sure I have OD on anything and everything vitamin c around here. Today Abby is doing great. She is such a little trooper. She is still running a little fever ( I actually checked this time ) but she has been playing and eating today. Her doctor told me it would last about five days, so we will see. She also told me to not worry if her breathing becomes rapid. WHAT?!?! O, Ok...not going to worry. Of course I slept with the baby monitor on full blast and basically woke up every hour to check on her ( but I was not worried ). At least this didn't happen during Christmas and even more important...it's not a staph infection!!!

Toy Update ( take two)

Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks; the door will be opened."
Well we asked, sought, and knocked and thanks to all of our wonderful friends, family, and even strangers we reached over 100 toys!!! I have to be honest, I really wasn't sure we were going to reach our goal. I prayed daily, nightly and in between and I am astounded by the results. I can't put into words how grateful we are to everyone who helped us accomplish this. We will be taking the toys to the children's hospital on Monday December 20 at 7pm. Please let me know if you would like to join us(kids are welcome too). We are still collecting toys, books, arts and craft supplies, and anything else you would like to donate. Give me a call or send me an e-mail and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you again to everyone who helped!!! God Bless

Toy Update

As of today we have a little over 25 toys, books, and coloring books!!! God is good and we know people will continue to open their hearts to help these kids have a good Christmas. A big thank you to the Bolcar's, Martin's, Fego's, Steele's, Aunt cousin Jackie, Mitchell's,and Kautzsch's!!See, if you donate a toy your name would appear right here on the blog o fun! We still have a few weeks, so please talk to anyone and everyone you know about joining in this great mission. Thank you!!!!

Acts 20:35

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak,remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said " It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Last year around this time Abby, at only ten days old, was hospitalized at Children's Medical Center.We will never forget the kindness and warmth of the doctors and staff there. Dave and I decided that we should donate her birthday gifts this year and had an awesome turnout from friends and family. We were able to donate more than 50 gifts to the children. The staff was almost in tears when they saw how many toys there were.
Our bible study group has decided that we are going to try and donate 100 toys to the hospital this year. Here's the thing...we need your help!!! Many of us are so blessed to have happy healthy kids in our lives. Most of us have not had to wake up on Christmas morning in the hospital with a sick child. Also, most of us have never been that sick child waking up on Christmas morning in the hospital.
I know many people are struggling right now, so all we ask is that you pray about it and if you can give we joyfully and graciously accept the help! Remember, there are many great toys under $10, and Wal Mart will price match any advertised price.
We will come and pick the gifts up, so all you have to do is buy them. No need to wrap them either, see, it just gets easier and easier!!! Also, they do accept gift cards as well. Send me an email (edwells1014@yahoo.com) or respond to this post and let me know if you are up to the challenge. Thank you!!!

A little something I have learned along the way

Being a new mom has taught me a lot of things, here's a few I will share...

Being tired takes on a whole new meaning

Expect the unexpected...and then some

You can find humor in every situation, it just might not be right then

What was once a clean house now becomes clean...enough

Going to the bathroom alone really is a luxury

Some days I think that at any given moment Ashton Kutcher is going to pop out and tell me I am being punkd

I am pretty sure that my one year old could single handily take on an entire class of fifth graders in a food fight...and win!

Abby's Birthday

This is a continuation of the post below this, I just thought breaking it up a little would help keep you awake! I know,I am so thoughtful.
So, the night of Abby's birthday we have our family over for dinner and everything goes really good...until that night. I wake up at 1130pm(yes, we actually go to bed by ten these days) and I was pretty sure I was dying. From 1130-830am I am throwing up along with some other things. I literally was running on an hour of sleep by the time Dave was getting up to go to work. Poor Dave has to call in sick to work so he can take care of Abby. This was Wednesday and keep in mind her party was coming up on Saturday. We go to the doctor and she determines that I have food poisoning, which we were actually happy for since there is an awesome stomach bug going around that is highly contagious. She gives me a shot(which was the most painful thing in my life, and I have had an epidural and a c-section, this thing was a monster)which knocks me out so I can finally get some sleep. If you know anything about food poisoning you know that it last 72 hours, which brings us to Friday and let us not forget that I have to go grocery shopping and get the house clean for her party. On top of feeling like I have been hit by a semi at least a half a dozen times, I couldn't play with Abby. I literally had no strength left in me. It was probably the worst part of the whole thing. Finally Friday at 930pm I looked at Dave and told him that I went five whole minutes without feeling sick! I was still extremely exhausted Saturday, but her party was at a park and even though we had family come back to the house afterwards, I really didn't care that the house looked bad. Here are a couple of pictures from her party...


Her party was perfect! I am so glad I decided to have it in a park, I can't imagine having all that energy in my house!!! We donated her gifts to the children's hospital, not in the " Mommy Dearest" kind of way. The lady was almost in tears when she saw how many we had. I am so grateful to everyone who helped us do this, I know we helped out a lot of kids. It was a year ago Saturday that we were bringing our 10 day old precious baby girl to that same hospital because she had MRSA and she was so sick they had to put her on an IV and we were told that they were going to have to do surgery on her to get it all out. I am pretty sure that was one of the darkest times of my life. Now I look at her and see this happy, healthy toddler and I can't believe how far we have come! God is good and we are so blessed that he choose us to be her parents!

Getting Caught Up

I cannot believe it's already the second week of November. I had every intention of keeping this updated throughout October, but as you can see that idea failed! November has been such a relief following the craziness of October. We celebrated our fourth anniversary, dad's birthday, my birthday, and Abby's first birthday. So, here go the updates...
The first two weeks of October were so easy and relaxed. Back in Sept Dave was told that he would be going to Arkansas the week of our anniversary, but the company would pay for Abby and I to go there too. Awesome!!! Well, that didn't happen because the company up there didn't want to pay for a tech to be there the whole week. Plan B: Dave and I were going to go to Ft. Worth the weekend of the 9th and stay the night and go to a concert because someone had graciously given us backstage passes. My beautiful daughter who has never had a cold in her whole one year of life deiced that it was the perfect time to get one. Plan B quickly went out the window. The next few weeks were pure madness. Dave was working almost 80 hour weeks and we never saw him on the weekends. Sometime he would work a full day, come home and then have to leave at 930pm and work till 2 or 3am and then get up at 6 and work a full day. Honestly, I don't know how he did it. The day of our anniversary he went in early so that he could come home and have dinner with us. I cannot believe that it has been four years already. I feel like I just met him a few months ago in Oklahoma. I used to think that we were so different and it amazed me that our marriage worked so well. I see now that we are far more similar than we are different. Here's the thing, Dave and I couldn't care less about things...cars, jewelry, the newest electronics,clothes... we truly know and believe that money does not make you happy. We both try to put God first in our lives and try to do what is best for our family. We do have a lot of differences, but that is what make life interesting. I know and respect that Dave is the head of the house hold and in return he leads our family in a Christ like way. I am so happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with him. Like our pastor said " divorce is not an option, murder may be, but divorce is not"!
The week of my birthday was also crazy, in fact it really didn't feel like my birthday because I was trying to get everything organized for Abby's party and was still dealing with Dave's crazy schedule. The night of my birthday Dave made me brownies( i am not a cake person) and he and Abby decorated it for me...
That's true love, and there's nothing better than that!!!

O Yes She Did!

This afternoon I was in the kitchen making Abby's lunch and she was playing in the living room. As a new mom I have come to recognize when it's too quiet. Sure enough, I look over to see what trouble she has gotten into. As you can see she was having a good time. All I could do was laugh. It was so funny to watch her doing this. She was truly fascinated with pulling the wipes out of the box. Of course, I had literally just refilled the box so there were plenty in there...go figure!
Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch with six other friends. It was so fun. I am so grateful to have stay at home mom friends, I can't imagine trying to do this on my own. The kids loved seeing the animals and it was a really nice day out. Here are a couple of pictures from the pumpkin patch...

Almost a year

I thought I would throw in some cute pictures to follow the last post. Abby is almost a year now,I can't believe how fast time goes. She is doing great and is keeping us very busy. She has her first cold and that has been a little rough. On the bright side of the cold, she has become the best little snuggler and I love it! Here are some pictures of her and her boyfriends and her and the dog.







Dave and I are loving every moment with her, watching her learn and explore her world. I love how much confidence she has in herself. She sees the world in a way that we can't, and I love that she is always excited when we go somewhere. We are celebrating her first birthday on the 30th and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't rain! On top of her birthday we are looking forward to our anniversary and my birthday. Gotta love October!

So Gross!!!

So Dave is working late and I am preparing a pot-roast for dinner tomorrow...I am so domesticated! Anyways, I digress...so I go to throw something in the trash and WHOA(which is not the actual words that came out but we don't need to go there).I think the picture speaks for itself...




It's HUGE!!! Seriously, I was shaking at the sight of this thing. The fact that this is on our floor where my baby plays...ewwww. So, I do what any courageous mom does. I pulled out the simple green and sprayed the heck out it. Then, I bravely placed a glass over it and will wait for Dave to take care of it when he gets home.

The Balloon Fest

This weekend the Wells' family ventured out into this wonderful heat. We decided to go to the balloon festival for a little while. Well, here's the thing...good thoughts don't always turn into good results. You would think by now that it has cooled down enough to enjoy the great outdoors...ha, nope! To make things worse there is literally no shade out there. Don't get me wrong, we had a good time but I do have some complaints.
Attention city of Plano: This is supposed to be a fun family event. Why do you have to spend 20 bucks just to get into the thing. There are so many families that are hurting right now and I think that ten dollar parking is a little much. Yes, I know you could do five dollar parking and walk a long way down Spring Creek with your kids, but that is a little extreme too. Once you get into the festival and wipe the sweat out of your eyes you realize that there is this huge kids area. Great! O, wait...that too cost money. They did have a tent that had free crafts and things, but it was jammed packed and I am sure well over a hundred degrees in there. Here's an idea...move it back to Bob Woodruff,or make this later in the year! My other complaint is smokers! I know you have the right to make us all sick because you can't or just choose not to quit smoking, but when you are completely surrounded by children and pregnant women, does common sense not come into play? Be respectful!!!!
Ok, so with all that said, we did have a pretty good time. Abby did awesome and never fussed...unlike her mom! She got to sit on daddy's shoulders and watch the balloons take off. She did a lot of dancing and ate some ice cold snow cones!

Yay for Fall!!!

So I woke up this morning to the sound of the alarm clock and happened to glance at the date. September 1. Thank goodness!!! I am pretty sure there is something mentally draining about August. Nothing good (with the exception of grandmas birthday ) has ever come from August. It is hot, people are not in a good mood, and I am pretty sure we could skip the entire month and there wouldn't be much protest. I do however have a new found appreciation for Eskimos. Minus the whole animal blubber and having to kill your own breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I think I would do rather well. The down side to Sept. 1 is apparently it is hunting season. As I am sitting here typing this I hear what sounds like a firework show outside my window. Then Dave calls to inform me not to drive down Independence because of all the hunters. REALLY!?!?
Family update...Abby is in her second week of being ten months old. I know this because I get weekly e-mails telling me how old my child is along with tips on feeding her, bathing her, and my favorite: how to tell your baby loves you. Whew! Thank you for that or I would be in a state of sheer panic! Abby is doing awesome. She had her nine month check up last week, yes, all you math people it was on her ten month birthday, but with Dave's new job we were without insurance for a month. Her check up went well. She is still off the charts in height, still has a " good size head" as the doctor puts it, and is still way up there in weight. She is a constant source of laughter around here. She is constantly on the go and has non stop energy. The other day Dave said to me " I think she is snorting pixie sticks behind our back ". She does have quite the attitude/personality and we are still trying to figure out where that comes from. She lives off of cheerios and yogurt. I am not kidding, that is all she will eat! Lord help us if the dairy cows decide to ever go on strike or the cheerios plant goes down! Abby is such a blessing and I am so thankful that God let me be her mom. I make plenty of mistakes, but that's what it is all about. She gives me those big slobbery kisses every day ( that's one way to know your baby loves you ) and when all is said and done I know I have done my best and that's all I can do.
Dave is still enjoying his job and working his butt off, literally. He has lost over 25 lbs and is doing awesome. I truly don't know how he does it. He works 40+ hrs outside in this 106 degree temperature and never complains. On top of that, he comes home and takes over with Abby. My favorite part of the day is when he walks in the door. The smile on Abby's face could not be any bigger!The downside to his new job is that October for him is packed. If you know us, then you know we have something almost every weekend in October! I love Dave more than anything and I know how truly blessed I am to have such a good husband and wonderful father for Abby.
I am doing great. I love being able to stay home with Abby. There are "those" days, but for the most part it's perfect! August was a little rough, but we all go through that. I was starting to become this negative person who was so critical of everyone and everything. Things are much better now and I feel like myself again. It's amazing what prayer can do for you! Dave and I are reading the Bible almost every night before we go to bed and we are really trying to lead a Christ centered life. I am really looking forward to the start of our Bible study and the new book we are going to be reading. I stay pretty busy keeping Abby, Lucky and the cat alive and breathing and making sure everyone has been fed and watered. Sometimes I feel like I am living in a three ring circus! I will try to do better with keeping this updated and posting new pictures.

so much fun

This is video of Abby laughing at me pretending to sneeze. This is only less than a minute long, but it went on for about five minutes. By the end I had a horrible headache, but it was worth it! I can't think of anything more beautiful than a child laughing. Abby is growing up so fast. She has started army crawling and sitting up. She is all over the place, chasing both the cat and the dog. Yes, it is pretty much a three ring circus around here. She now has four teeth on the bottom and one snuck in on the top that we never knew was coming in.She continues to change and learn new things daily. Every minute with her is a constant reminder that God is awesome and His unfailing love for us shines through her smile every day.

These are the moments

Monday at 4am I wake up to discover that our ac was out. Naturally I wake Dave up so he can fix it. Well, come to find out, he couldn't. No biggie. We have friends that are in the ac industry, so I am thinking that this will be fixed by the end of the day. I pack up all of Abby's things and head to my parents(this was at 7 am) so that we are not boiling all day in our house. We are over there until I have to leave to come back to our house because the sprinklers are also broke, so I am meeting the guy at one. 1:45 comes around and that guy calls to tell me that he is running late and will be there at 2:30. No problem, it's not like our house is getting warm, I mean it's only the middle of summer in Texas! So he finally shows up and about ten minutes later it starts lightning out. Guess what...you can't work in the yard when there is lightning! So he reschedules for Wednesday at 8:30 am. Meanwhile my dad has picked up the parts for the ac and has them back at their house. I go back to get them and Abby so that we can come back here and Dave can fix the ac when he gets home. O, if only it were that easy. I would like to say thank you to the lady who gave us the WRONG parts!!! Come 7pm Abby is sleeping in her room, which at this point is probably close to 80 degrees. We have our wonderful friends Justin and Stephen outside trying to help Dave and on their phones calling around to get the right parts. Good news, we can get the parts, bad news, it wont be until tomorrow.Luckily Justin had a window unit in his truck, so we put that in Abby's room so she could sleep good. Dave and I quickly realize that there is no way were are going to be able to sleep in our room, so we decide that we need to sleep in hers. We gather up our blankets and pillows and head on in. Of course we cant just turn on the lights and see what we are doing, no, we are literally crawling on all fours in the dark. We get settled in and I can't help but laugh at the whole situation. As I am falling asleep I realize how lucky I am to have a husband who finds this just as funny as I do, and I get to fall asleep listening to our beautiful daughter sleeping and making those cute baby noises.After a good night sleeping on the floor, we all get up at 6:30. So, the parts were coming at 2 and then Stephen was coming over after work to put the parts in.Thank you so much to Justin for getting us the parts and a huge thank you to Stephen for putting the parts in! I know they saved us a ton of money. It's moments like this when you realize how lucky you are to have friends that are so unselfish and so willing to open their houses to us. We had so many people offer us a place to stay, Thank You all so much! I also realize that I am so lucky that this is the only thing I have to worry about. I know there are people out there with so much more on their plates that having no ac looks like nothing. I thank God every day for blessing me with such great friends, a husband whose love for me is endless and a happy healthy daughter whose smile makes everything better!




~ our sleeping arrangements ~

Watch out, she bites...

...and hits and kicks and pinches! What happened to my baby?!? I love my daughter more than anything, but Whoa! Someone or something has taken away my sweet and happy little girl and has replaced her with a crazy person! I know she is not feeling good because her teeth are in and are coming in, but wow, who knew it could be this bad. I am looking at a nine month old with the attitude of a 13 year old. Some say it's a girl thing, my dad says it's a red head thing. I say it's going to turn me into a drunk thing! Well actually more like a non stop chocolate eating thing. I am on cookie number....well numbers aren't important! Everyone will tell you that parenthood is an amazing journey, this is true. They don't tell you that it is also a constant roller coaster, and we all know how much I like those. Abby has been gaging herself, yes I know what you are thinking, but she won't stop. Yesterday she made herself throw up twice! When I try to pull her hands out of her mouth she bites me! I have a nine month old bulimic biting machine on my hands. Thank the Lord that my mom is on summer break, this has been a life saver! The good thing is, I know this is just a phase and next week we will be on to something else. In the meantime, if you see a listing on craigs list for a child for sale, don't judge me!

This little light of mine...

...went out last night! Actually it was at 4am, our power went out. Dave is out of town, so already I am not sleeping great. I finally fall asleep around 1am and the next thing I know the baby monitor is making some crazy noises. I try to turn on the lamp and of course it wont turn on, but I still have no clue that we are powerless. I use my cell phone to find the door and go to turn on the living room light and still get nothing. Ok, at this point normal people would think darn, the power went out. Not me!!! I freak out. I am not kidding when I say that the next thought that goes through my mind is: someone has cut our power, come into the house, taken Abby and left! O yes, I went there! Keep in mind that it is 4 am and I am home alone. So naturally I go running into Abby's room only to find that of course she is sound asleep, has no clue that anything has happened. Whew, that was a close one! So after I put my heart back in my chest I looked outside and realized that the whole block has lost power, not just me. So, I put my big girl undies on, and went back to bed. The power was back on shortly after, thank goodness because it was getting pretty hot! Heres the thing, I am mostly a logical person. I know good and well that we live in a safe neighborhood. I know that we have a 90 pound American Bulldog that would literally kill anyone who tried to come in our house in the middle of the night. However, I am still a mom who loves her daughter more than she will ever know, and even though I may seem a little crazy at times, it's all in the name of motherhood!

It's really kinda sad...

Last Sunday as Dave and I were trying to decide which church service to go to we sort of had our own little "wow" moment. We were weighing the pros and cons of each choice and when we were talking about the later service one of us said " I just wish it wasn't in the middle of the day. You don't really have time to get much else done afterwards". Hmmm, wow! Last time I checked isn't Sunday meant to be a day of worship? Then we really started thinking...how sad is it that we feel like giving up an hour of our time to God is such a task. It really makes me sad when I start to think about all the excuses we have used to get out of church. Having a child really helps! It amazes me that it is such a chore for us and many other people to make it to church. I find it so sad that we make such a big deal about giving up one hour to learn about God and the Bible, yet whenever we need Him, He is just a prayer away. I really hope there never comes a day when I need to pray and He says " Yep, I am listening, but make it quick I have somewhere to be". So, we make it to church and all throughout service there is a guy in the aisle across from us with 2, not kidding you, 2 cell phones. He texts on both phones the entire service! Ironically the service had to do with having too much stuff! Have we become so self involved that we can't give our Lord an hour of our time with no distractions?

Family Update

Dave started a new job on Tuesday. He is now working for Kohler. He is still working on generators and seems to really like this company so far. He will be going to Wisconsin soon for some classes. He will be working more hours and be gone more on the weekends, but I think overall this is going to be really good for him. The downside...no vacation for a year! Thats right, the Wells will be in Mckinney for a whole year. I guess this counts as a year long staycation!?!
Abby is growing so fast. She is 21 pounds, off the charts in height, and just as cute as can be. She is learning how to throw her food down so she can feed Lucky. What fun games they learn! Her front two teeth are so close to coming in,I know she will be a lot happier when they arrive. She really is the sweetest baby EVER!!! She is really wanting to crawl and keep up with all her friends. She gets up on all fours, starts rocking, and with her eye on the prize she proceeds to move backwards! Yes, bless her little heart, she is definetly my girl!
I am loving being able to stay home with Abby. I can't imagine havig it any other way. Every day I get to see Abby growing and learning something new. I feel like she teaches me a lot about life, like being happy with whats around you.Isn't it funny how your whole outlook on life changes when you become a parent!

Easy as 1,2,3...

So, here I go. I don't do facebook, my space, and still have no clue what a twitter is. I figured this looked simple enough. RIGHT!!! Easy as 1,2,3 hours later, I think I might be getting this thing going. Of course I have to give the credit to Pamela, who did not give up on helping me even after saying "this should work" at least a dozen times. Such is the story of my life!
Anyways, I decided to do this blog thing because everyone knows how good I am at keeping in touch and calling people back. This seems like something I can keep up and let everyone know whats new in our lives.