E's Prayer

You gotta love it when little kids pray. They are so honest! Their faith is so simple I think adults could learn a lot from the faith of a child. E was praying the other day and this is what she said, "Heavenly Father, thank you for Jesus and please have Jesus come see us soon and let Him be proud of us." It was so sweet and so touching!

Some pictures from our vacation

Too Cool Tuesday!

Okay, I know, the title is a little cheesy. But it's just fun to have some theme days with cheesy names. I think this title is pretty broad, so it will probably cover just about anything that I think is cool. And here is today's super cool thing:

Yes, a dresser is super cool! Especially when you hear the history behind why I think a dresser is super cool. I have been married for five years now. I know, it's not that long, but of those five years of marriage, we have never had a dresser. I have stacked my clothes under beds, on closet shelves, in suitcases; but never in a dresser. We bought a beautiful bed that I just love, but nothing else. And so I have been on the lookout, always, for a dresser to match our bed.

Believe me, there have been plenty of dressers that I liked, but none to fit the budget. Until I found the beauty pictured above. I found this dresser on craigslist.com (an online classified listing) and was able to purchase it for $175! Wow! How great is that?! It is solid mahagony wood and it is gorgeous. And it matches my bed perfectly! I am so excited about it. I actually like to be in my bedroom now. Before, we only had the bed. And for a while we had a bunch of plastic bins stacked together to form a desk for our computer. Well, no more my friends. My bedroom is a peaceful oasis now. I love it! Too cool!

Monday Motivation

Okay, I've decided to have theme days for my blog. So today is my motivation day, or the day to decide what all I want to accomplish this week. Here we go (so far at least):

* prepare E for preschool by creating an "About Me" poster (yikes, she starts tomorrow!)
* dentist appointments for me and hubby
* reorganize all of my "office" stuff and put it all away nicely in my new computer armoire
* clean out and reorganize closets (they are currently the hiding places for everything miscellaneous)
* hmmm. . . .well, those are pretty big so we'll see what happens

Anyway, now I'm off to do all that stuff, or at least start it. I will post some pictures later of our vacation.

Where were you?

Five years ago today, my husband was taking me to school when I first heard about a plane crashing into one of the World Trade Center towers. My husband and I thought it was a tragic accident at first. He dropped me off and I went to class. After my class I headed to the computer lab to do some homework, not knowing what was happening to the rest of the country. I got a call from my husband and he briefly told me that more planes had crashed and that they were not accidents. I decided to leave school and go home. When I got home I turned on the TV and watched the news reports, in shock at what I was seeing. It was horrible and seemed so unreal.

I remember feeling so helpless and small. My husband and I were just about to start a family and I remember wondering how I could bring a child into this world when things seemed so uncertain and unsafe. That day made me realize how precious my family and friends are and how important it is to be grateful for all that I have been given. I try not to take for granted this life I have been given and the many blessings that are mine.

Let us never forget that day. Let us never forget all who died and all who bravely risked their lives to save others.

Happy Birthday Miss S

Oh goodness, my baby is turning one today! I know it's cliche, but my how time flies. I can't believe it was a year ago today that she was born. She is just so precious!

I was induced last year on this day. After a small scare (I had a seizure while they were hooking me up to the IV) the rest of the labor was actually quite nice. I handled the contractions pretty well, I think. I was dialated to a 3 when I got to the hospital and after two hours of labor I was a 6. I got on the waiting list for my epidural and was told that it might be a while before they got to me. I was a little worried that they wouldn't get to me in time! Luckily, shortly after that I was able to get my epidural and dialated from a 6 to a 10 in a half hour. Then I pushed, I think it was twice, and there she was! It was beautiful! I only had the epidural for an hour, so I'm thinking that I could have probably handled the rest of the labor without one. I don't know though, we'll have to see about it next time! Anyway, S was 7 pounds 3 ounces and 19 inches long. My smallest baby. I was able to keep her with me for two hours before they took her to the nursery. She caught on to nursing right away. All in all, it was a good day.

I'm Back!

Okay, so I had access to the internet while on my vacation, but I just didn't feel like blogging.

It's been quite a while. I was gone for, let's see, 23 days. Wow! Quite the vacation. But I had a lot of fun visiting friends and family and the place that I call "home". I don't know what it is about that place, but it's just special. Funny how a place can just feel like home. I didn't grow up in the valley that I now love. I visited it once while checking out colleges and something just felt right and I knew that I was suppose to be there. And now, since I live thousandss of miles away, whenever I get the chance to visit that valley, a wonderful peaceful feeling comes over me and I'm home.

Of course, I love my home here. In fact, the moment I walked through the door into my house after the vacation I turned around and told my husband that I just loved our house. I do love my house! I just wish it was in my beloved valley in another state! Ahhh. . .well, someday we will go back to our home. I'll just have to build this exact house there!

I haven't done much since we got home. I've just been readjusting to being here and trying to get back on schedule with everything. Tomorrow I plan to do some deep cleaning and then hopefully some organizing of my new office space.

Anyway, sorry so boring. Actually, I doubt anyone even reads this anymore, not that anyone ever did read it. I promise to write more now that my life has returned to normal.