Archive for April, 2010
Loss
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010I am at a loss. I have lost my Father. He passed away peacefully at 9:15 am on April 27, 2010. Though he is in heaven and I will meet him again, I have lost his daily presence in my life. I have lost my innocence. While it seems crazy that I am 35 and [...]
Trying to pick up the pieces
Monday, April 26th, 2010It has been 5 days since I first received word that my Father was ill. Since then it has been a whirlwind of heartbreaking moments. There are things I am so glad I saw and things I wish I had never heard. My Father had a massive heart attack. He then suffered from strokes rendering [...]
Can I make a wish
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Today I had several of the hardest conversations I have had in my life. The first one happened about 5 am with my Mother. I met her in the hospital waiting room to discuss the massive heart attack my Father had just had. As I sat there with her I found it hard to process [...]
Madeline’s Fabulous Five
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Today Mimi turns five years old. It is crazy to think of her as a five year old. She remains so fragile and babylike in my mind but I know my mind is wrong. She is a strong and courageous girl who rarely takes no for an answer. She has brought us so much joy [...]
Back on track
Monday, April 19th, 2010After Paul had his surgery he had a little regression in his potty skills. He was so afraid that his tutu would hurt that he didn’t want to sit on the potty. (We call private parts tutus around here. It helps out when your child is screaming that their tutu hurts in a public place, [...]
Sock Monkey Palooza
Saturday, April 17th, 2010Today is Madeline’s Sock Monkey Birthday Party. We invited all the kids from her preschool class to join in the celebration. She got up and got dressed in her sock monkey outfit I made her with the number 5 on her chest. I am still in shock that she is going to be 5. It [...]
Impressive
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Annie recently figured out that her tongue can touch the bottom of her chin with her tongue. Not sure if I should be proud or concerned.
Going to miss them!
Monday, April 12th, 2010Tomorrow marks the beginning of an end. There are only 18 more days left to preschool. It seems like only yesterday was Annie and Kimberly’s first day and then shortly after it came Mimi’s first day. It is hard to believe it is almost over. Paul won’t be going to preschool next year so we [...]
And the winner is . . .
Saturday, April 10th, 2010Dawn!!! Dawn Says: April 7th, 2010 at 2:39 am Wow! What an accomplishment! It is so hard to narrow it down. I think the most memorable post I anticipated was the night Mimi was born. I can vividly remember hitting “Refresh” 1000 times that night waiting to read that she was born. I was chatting [...]
Whining and Squeaking
Saturday, April 10th, 2010Paul’s recovery is going well. He does a lot of whining and I can understand why. The days have been long for him and for me. I am so thankful it seems to be healing quickly. He is so upset that he cannot ride his bike, ride a horse or straddle anything. Those are a [...]
Snip Snip
Thursday, April 8th, 2010Paul did very well for his surgery today. Yesterday the surgery time was pushed back to 1:30 but today they called and asked to move it up to 12:00. He did well during the surgery and there weren’t any complications. Hanging out before surgery. In his sweet gown wondering what is going on. In recovery. [...]
7 years and 2,000 posts later
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010This post is the 2,000th!!!!!! That is a lot of writing about my life. I am in awe of the friends I have made in these 7 years. While this blog is just a diary for me and my family I am humbled by the fact that you keep reading along and taking the journey [...]
Testing
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010We saw the doctor today. He was wonderful. He was from Ghana and has been practicing in the US for 20 years. It was wonderful to have someone who really understood what the situation is like in Africa for orphans. Often I find that Paul’s history is dismissed but this doctor was concerned with the [...]
So many choices
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Last Monday we welcomed a new member into our family. It was a super sweet guinea pig. We are all in love with him. The only problem is that we can’t agree on a name for him. He currently goes by the names Oreo, Pig or Snowbell. Kimberly and Annie insist his name should be [...]
Dealing with diagnoses
Monday, April 5th, 2010Last week was spring break and rather than go on a spontaneous adventure we tackled the week with Doctor appointments and new carpet. Officially solidifying my thoughts that spontaneity is pretty hard to come by these days. Monday began with Paul seeing the urologist. We have suspected that something was not right with his boy [...]
Easter 2010
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Easter 2010 was met with as much enthusiasm as ever. The kids were so excited and ready for the big hunt. They wrote letters to the Easter Bunny the night before and had a hard time falling asleep. Finally it was Easter morning. Kimberly awoke first and scoped out the baskets. Mimi heard Kimmie walking [...]
It doesn’t get much cuter
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010The kids decided that they wanted to write letters to the Easter bunny before bed tonight. Each Girl set off with her own style and ideas on what to write. The letters couldn’t be any sweeter. The pure innocence and adoration for anything magical is so sweet. Here are the letters: Kimberly’s reads, “To the [...]
Easter Prep
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Tonight we colored our eggs for Easter. Grammy and Papa came over for dinner and to help out. The kids had been waiting for days to get the egg dying underway. Annie had a lot of fun this year drawing on the eggs before dying them. She made some with her name on them, some [...]
Tie-dye Easter sugar cookies
Friday, April 2nd, 2010The other day the kids and I baked sugar cookies for Easter. Today we finally had posted on her facebook about cookies she had made using frosting to make a tie-dye effect. When we got to frosting these cookies I decided to give it a whirl. It was super easy, fun and looked awesome. I [...]