We are in the final days (we hope) of Kari's pregnancy! Made it to Cincy yesterday and have gotten settled in for my stay. Eli was very happy to see Nonnie and Pops when he woke from his nap. Mommy had to go for a quick Dr. visit to check on Peanut #2, so Pops and I stayed here with a sleeping Eli. We had lots of fun before Pops had to leave for his flight to Atlanta. He will be back here on Friday for a few days, maybe more if we can get this baby to cooperate. Otherwise, he will go home and come back when we have a baby. Which I don't think will happen for a few more weeks. But who knows, maybe this little one will surprise us and come on time or maybe even a little early.
On another note, wonderful news to share, we will be getting another sweet grandbaby in September! Alissa, Brek and Oliver will be welcoming a precious addition to their family. We are so excited. I can hardly believe we will soon have four grandchildren. God has truly blessed our family and we are all so very thankful.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
One month
Really, one month? Since my last post? Really?
I have been busy you guys. On the road busy. Thousands of miles busy.
All for the love of my babies.
'Cause we know there isn't much I wouldn't do for my babies.
I would even go out in public looking like this...
And this is at the in-between stage, before it got really gross! Seeing my doc on Thursday to find out if it is Lupus gone wild or what. It started as two little bumps, normal lupus rash for me and then just exploded. But, it didn't keep me from my sweet Eli, nope, just slapped a bandaid on and headed northeast. As they say, ain't no mountain high enough...
This is the calm before the storm you guys. I have about four weeks (hopefully) before I head back to Cincy and a precious new grandbaby. Kari is 36 weeks today! How crazy is that? This pregnancy has just flown by and we are all so excited to find out what this little one is. Mommy and Daddy opted to be surprised, which is really fun. Sure, it is easier if you know as far as shopping and decorating goes, but you just can't beat that element of surprise!
I also have to get this house decluttered and ready to put on the market. Which means I really shouldn't be sitting here right now and typing. Really, I shouldn't....But, I am and I just can't get motivated to do all I need to do. Time is not my friend these days and if I don't learn to manage it better, we will still be sitting here in this partially decluttered house six months from now.
Must get to work!
Now!
I have been busy you guys. On the road busy. Thousands of miles busy.
All for the love of my babies.
'Cause we know there isn't much I wouldn't do for my babies.
I would even go out in public looking like this...
And this is at the in-between stage, before it got really gross! Seeing my doc on Thursday to find out if it is Lupus gone wild or what. It started as two little bumps, normal lupus rash for me and then just exploded. But, it didn't keep me from my sweet Eli, nope, just slapped a bandaid on and headed northeast. As they say, ain't no mountain high enough...
This is the calm before the storm you guys. I have about four weeks (hopefully) before I head back to Cincy and a precious new grandbaby. Kari is 36 weeks today! How crazy is that? This pregnancy has just flown by and we are all so excited to find out what this little one is. Mommy and Daddy opted to be surprised, which is really fun. Sure, it is easier if you know as far as shopping and decorating goes, but you just can't beat that element of surprise!
I also have to get this house decluttered and ready to put on the market. Which means I really shouldn't be sitting here right now and typing. Really, I shouldn't....But, I am and I just can't get motivated to do all I need to do. Time is not my friend these days and if I don't learn to manage it better, we will still be sitting here in this partially decluttered house six months from now.
Must get to work!
Now!
Friday, January 25, 2013
A good man
A good man left this world Wednesday night.
He was my Uncle Clayton.
He was a father to me for the first five months of my life, until my own father came home from overseas. My Dad was in the Navy, so Mom and I lived with Aunt Mary and Uncle Clayton until Daddy came home. Aunt Mary sat out in the waiting room with all the Dads, waiting for me to be born, since my own father was on a ship in the middle of the ocean, thousands of miles away.
Uncle Clayton loved to tell the story of how he would get me to eat liver when I was very anemic by offering me a sip of tea and then putting a spoon full of the nasty stuff in my mouth. Truth be told, it probably kept me out of the hospital. But I still hate liver.
Uncle Clayton was 92 years old and until he had a stroke a few months ago, he still drove, fished and gardened. I think when he couldn't do those things anymore, life just wasn't going to be much fun. And while I am sure he didn't want to leave my Aunt Mary or his children and grandchildren, it was time for him to leave this world and go on to a place where the fish are always biting and the gardens grow year round.
I know my Mom and many others were there to welcome him when he went to his Heavenly home. I am sure it was a joyous reunion, one I hope we will all experience some day.
Goodbye Uncle Clayton, we will see you again one day.
I love you.
He was my Uncle Clayton.
He was a father to me for the first five months of my life, until my own father came home from overseas. My Dad was in the Navy, so Mom and I lived with Aunt Mary and Uncle Clayton until Daddy came home. Aunt Mary sat out in the waiting room with all the Dads, waiting for me to be born, since my own father was on a ship in the middle of the ocean, thousands of miles away.
Uncle Clayton loved to tell the story of how he would get me to eat liver when I was very anemic by offering me a sip of tea and then putting a spoon full of the nasty stuff in my mouth. Truth be told, it probably kept me out of the hospital. But I still hate liver.
Uncle Clayton was 92 years old and until he had a stroke a few months ago, he still drove, fished and gardened. I think when he couldn't do those things anymore, life just wasn't going to be much fun. And while I am sure he didn't want to leave my Aunt Mary or his children and grandchildren, it was time for him to leave this world and go on to a place where the fish are always biting and the gardens grow year round.
I know my Mom and many others were there to welcome him when he went to his Heavenly home. I am sure it was a joyous reunion, one I hope we will all experience some day.
Goodbye Uncle Clayton, we will see you again one day.
I love you.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Endings and Beginnings
Another year has come and gone. So many milestones in this past year. Eli had his first birthday, Oliver turned two, Ed's parents celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary, we had our 35th, Alissa and Brek's 10th, the ten year anniversary of my Mother's death, what would have been my parents 55th wedding anniversary and so many more.
We made trips to Boston, Cincinnati, Aruba, California, Oklahoma City and Branson. I finally saw the Grand Canyon after all these years of driving past and flying over it. Saw the beautiful aspens in Colorado and so many of Ed's favorite places on our drive to Cali.
We had our first Lightner-Poynor-VanHoose family vacation and it was a huge success. Our next trip is already booked and being highly anticipated.
We found out we will be adding to our family this year. Baby V will arrive late March-early April. Looking forward to another sweet baby to cuddle!
We have had some challenges as well. Ed's dad is struggling physically and mentally. We had to close his business and are in the process of selling everything. It was very difficult to see all of his hard work come to an end.
We have some big changes coming in our life as well. It seems we will be moving back to Glenpool in order to help Ed's parents. We don't know where we want to buy or build, so we may move in with my Mother-in-law for the time being, until we sell our house and find somewhere to live. She needs our help and it just seems like the right thing to do for now.
I have had a few more Lupus flares this year. Sometimes I actually forget I have it and then it reminds me with a vengeance. Hoping and praying for a healthy 2013.
I am looking forward to what 2013 holds for our family. We have been so blessed and I am very thankful.
We made trips to Boston, Cincinnati, Aruba, California, Oklahoma City and Branson. I finally saw the Grand Canyon after all these years of driving past and flying over it. Saw the beautiful aspens in Colorado and so many of Ed's favorite places on our drive to Cali.
We had our first Lightner-Poynor-VanHoose family vacation and it was a huge success. Our next trip is already booked and being highly anticipated.
We found out we will be adding to our family this year. Baby V will arrive late March-early April. Looking forward to another sweet baby to cuddle!
We have had some challenges as well. Ed's dad is struggling physically and mentally. We had to close his business and are in the process of selling everything. It was very difficult to see all of his hard work come to an end.
We have some big changes coming in our life as well. It seems we will be moving back to Glenpool in order to help Ed's parents. We don't know where we want to buy or build, so we may move in with my Mother-in-law for the time being, until we sell our house and find somewhere to live. She needs our help and it just seems like the right thing to do for now.
I have had a few more Lupus flares this year. Sometimes I actually forget I have it and then it reminds me with a vengeance. Hoping and praying for a healthy 2013.
I am looking forward to what 2013 holds for our family. We have been so blessed and I am very thankful.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Yesterday
Yesterday I was sad because I wanted to celebrate my parents 55th wedding anniversary with them.
I was feeling sorry for myself because my Mother died 10 years ago, 3 months before my parents 45th anniversary.
I was being self centered and self-pitying...
And then, I turned on the news...
Dear Lord, I am so ashamed.
I pray this is a wakeup call for us all. That these precious babies and heroic adults lives will not have been lost in vain. We don't know what drove this young man to this awful act, but Lord, please help us to recognize the next person with these evil thoughts before he gets this far.
I don't know what it will take. I do know, we have to keep guns out of the hands of people who are going to go out and do these evil things. We have to find a way to appease those people who feel they MUST have their guns to be real Americans and still keep mentally unstable people from killing our children.
Lord, we need your guidance now. Please be with the families in Newtown, Connecticut. Comfort them as only you can.
Amen
I was feeling sorry for myself because my Mother died 10 years ago, 3 months before my parents 45th anniversary.
I was being self centered and self-pitying...
And then, I turned on the news...
Dear Lord, I am so ashamed.
I pray this is a wakeup call for us all. That these precious babies and heroic adults lives will not have been lost in vain. We don't know what drove this young man to this awful act, but Lord, please help us to recognize the next person with these evil thoughts before he gets this far.
I don't know what it will take. I do know, we have to keep guns out of the hands of people who are going to go out and do these evil things. We have to find a way to appease those people who feel they MUST have their guns to be real Americans and still keep mentally unstable people from killing our children.
Lord, we need your guidance now. Please be with the families in Newtown, Connecticut. Comfort them as only you can.
Amen
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
2 weeks
2 weeks, that is all that is left until Christmas. Really? 2 weeks? Of course it doesn't help that I lost over a week to Lupus...Guess I have to learn that when I go and play, I will have to pay.
But I really enjoyed my trip to Cincy and Waxahachie, so I guess being down for 10 days is just the price I will have to pay. It was worth it to see my sweet Eli, so many of my Waxahachie kids and their parents
And now I have 2 weeks to get ready for Christmas. Decorations are still in the attic, don't have a tree, still need to buy presents....how will it ever all get done? And what if it doesn't? The world won't end...
Unless you believe the Mayan calendar of course, in which case, it won't matter at all, will it?
So, today I am going to remember some past holidays.
Because sometimes, the past is so much more pleasant, than the present...
And now I have 2 weeks to get ready for Christmas. Decorations are still in the attic, don't have a tree, still need to buy presents....how will it ever all get done? And what if it doesn't? The world won't end...
Unless you believe the Mayan calendar of course, in which case, it won't matter at all, will it?
So, today I am going to remember some past holidays.
Because sometimes, the past is so much more pleasant, than the present...
Alissa 1980
I made these dresses, they wore them and still love me!
We had some really big trees!! Wish they were all here to help me decorate this year!
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