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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Can you pray for us?


Alana started having seizures on Monday. I came home from work and took her to the doctors, and he said it's going to have to be an elimination process to figure out why she is having them. She was supposed to have her EEG today, but their machine broke, so we have to Seattle tomorrow. I am so thankful my company lets me use sick leave for things like this! This is really hard on us. Unfortunately my husband's brother has a brain tumor, and he had to go through all the testing when he was little. We also have a family history of epilepsy. Please pray that we will have the strength to get through this, and that everything will turn out okay for Alana. Thank you.

Friday, May 19, 2006

Mother's Day



My first Mother's day went really well. We had family dinner at my Grandparent's house, and also celebrated my sister Allison's 20th birthday. It was such a lovely day, and I received lots of really nice things. One of my husband's presents to me was the best. He wrote me a sweet Mother's Day poem, put Alana's footprints on it, and framed it for me. It made me cry, and now I have it sitting on my desk for work. Allison got in a car accident on her birthday and so she was unable to watch Alana for me this week. My mom took Monday and Tuesday off to watch her, and I took Wednesday off. So, Wednesday I decided to crack open a book for the first time since Alana's been born. I read the first two books in the series already! It's such a good series, I can't wait to get my hands on the third one. The series is called "The Chronicles of the Kings"- and it focuses mainly on the reign of King Hezekiah. Very, very good books. I love stories that are fictional accounts of biblical stories. While I know that it is probably not the way it really happened, I think it helps the stories become more real and personal. Anyways, I am very proud of my new feat! Maybe next I can tackle stitching! I do kind of feel like I'm neglecting Alana though, I had to read a few chapters aloud to her to try to appease her, she's been very clingy lately. We still haven't been able to find that "perfect" place yet. Hopefully we can find one soon! Here's some pictures of Alana helping mommy brush her hair.

Saturday, May 06, 2006

I love Saturday!




Saturdays are great. I love not having to go to work. Most Saturdays I spend cleaning my house, so that it looks habitable again. During the week I usually only have time to keep it sanitary. By Friday it looks like a tornado went through it. I'm not saying that I like Saturdays because I like to clean the house, but it is so nice to be able to sit down in a clean house by Saturday evening. We are looking for a new house to rent, so we went looking this morning. We saw some nice places, but they are either a little out of our price range to upkeep, or the location is just not what we're looking for. I fell in love with a place in Lacey, it's 1940's style with hardwood floors, and we can afford the rent, but it has oil heat. I had never heard about oil heat before, but apparently that's how it is in most older houses. So, anyways, I guess it would cost about $150 dollars more a month to heat, and we'd have to pay water/sewer/garbage. So, really can't afford it. It's just a bummer because it was so close to my Mom's house. Oh, well, there will be other houses. My mom smocked a dress for Alana, and she got to wear it for the first time this week. She looked so cute! I love smocked dresses! I told you all that I would post a picture of Alana in her Easter dress, so I have one of those too. Sorry it's so late after Easter. Oh, I almost forgot, I had a question for everyone! Alana is eating solid foods now, and her pediatrician told me to give her veggies before she gets fruits, that way I guess more babies end up liking veggies. So I've given her sweet potatoes, carrots, and green beans. She wasn't really thrilled with the carrots, but liked the other stuff. I just have a hard time picking out veggies that she may like, for one, because I don't really like them myself; and two, because, I don't really want to waste it if she doesn't like it. I know it's not expensive so I shouldn't care, but there's that baby in Africa who doesn't get to eat..... So, I guess what I'm asking is, does anyone have any suggestions for veggies to try? Anything that your kids liked in particular?