I'm stopping this at age 2. Are we there yet? I'm tired of it.
20 Months Old
I didn't take a "his foot and my hand" picture because
Jack wanted in. Jake wanted out.
Smile, everybody!Posted in: Growth pictures, Jack, Jake on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at at 9:20 PM 0 comments
This is for one of my very best friends, Gillian Nichols. We were roommates in college, in each other's weddings, blah, blah, blah... She and her husband left this morning from Houston, where they live, to go the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. They will be there for about a week for her to get loads of tests done to see what's wrong with her.(Sorry if I get these details wrong Gillian...)
She's been having vision problems her entire life and has had NINE eye surgeries in the past few years. Her lenses keep falling out and she's having a wealth of other eye problems and pains. When she was pregnant with her now-four year old, she was on complete bed rest nearly the whole time because she had extreme endometriosis. Shortly after the baby was born, she had a full hysterectomy at age 26. Now she is having extreme pains in her hips to the point that she is in a wheelchair most of the time because she can't walk.
Somebody recently realized that there is a possibility that these problems are actually all related to some kind of tissue-connective problem. I'm not even going to pretend that I understand it. They were able to get into the Mayo Clinic for some way-smart doctors to try to diagnose her and get her better.
Gillian is amazing. Her faith through this entire ordeal has been completely unbelievable. I don't know how she does it! This past week, she sent out a list of prayer requests for their trip:
Would you be an intercessor for with me and join me in praying for one, some or all of these needs:
-Foremost*** For God's will to be done in our lives.
-That the Lord would use this condition/situation for HIS glory and that we can be good witnesses through this!
-That if it is in His plan, we get clear answers as to what my condition is, for the connective tissue disorder and for the new found edema in the hip bone marrow.
-That whatever info is found, we can translate that back home to Houston.
-That the Lord would provide a team of docs at home that can carry out our findings.
-That Leelah (their daughter) would not fret about us being gone for so long, but that she would have fun on her sleepovers and enjoy herself!
- a minor note: that the plane rides wouldn't be too painful as my pain has increased a lot and it hurts to sit for long
-And all the praise to Him for the way He has paved the path thus far, for the opportunity to be able to go to Mayo, for all the people that continue to be the hands and feet of Christ for our family!
-Praise for his future provision in all things.
God has blessed me through you all. I am so thankful for all of you in my life.
Thanks for your prayers. And please remember, I'm already healed!
love you all,
Gillian
Their church (2nd Baptist in Houston... you may have heard of it :)) has this awesome thing called a Prayer Pager. The person carries it with them, and anytime someone prays for them, they call the number and it pages the person to let them know they are being prayed for. If you could even pray for her one time this week and let her know, that would be awesome. Her prayer pager number is 713-200-0069. The prompt when you call tells you what to do.
If you care, (and are still with me) she has a blog that they will be updating all week with what's happening. She and her husband are hilarious and they are taping a video "doctormentary" that they will be posting each day. It should be funny.
They posted their first video tonight and it was great...
Thanks so much for interceding for my friend! It means so much to us both!
Posted in: friends, roommates on Monday, November 08, 2010 at at 10:43 PM 1 comments
I LOVE Target. I especially love Target the day after (and week after) holidays. The day after Valentines, the day after Easter, the day after the 4th of July, the day after Halloween, the day after Christmas...
Well I didn't make it to Target until Wednesday this week, but I stocked up on a little bit of 50% off candy and a few other 75% off things. Most things I didn't want to spend as much as they still wanted on them. Plus I figured I could get cheaper candy at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart had almost no candy. Boo! So, I went back to TWO Targets on Thursday to find some candy. Brand new Target: Not ONE bag! My usual Target: three full aisles of candy left!
Today, I wanted to go back one more time to see if the percentages had gone up... CLEARANCE! Candy was 75% off and everything else was 90% off! Score!
So now I present, the first picture of a receipt that I've posted because I bought a lot, but...
I got some toys for my prize box at school for 10 cents per package, some gifts for people, just some junk, and more CANDY! They had packages of peanut M&Ms for 67 cents each, and there was a coupon attached for 50 cents off now! Seventeen cents baby! So yay Halloween sale!
Now, I'm off to take down my Halloween decorations and put up Thanksgiving stuff. You know? Thanksgiving? That poor forgotten holiday that comes between Halloween and Christmas? It's in two and half weeks. Don't forget!
Posted in: awesomeness, candy, cheapness, Halloween, Target on Saturday, November 06, 2010 at at 2:52 PM 0 comments
It's called Banana Hair.
Posted in: Jake on Thursday, November 04, 2010 at at 10:39 PM 1 comments
Thursday we met the fam downtown where all of the museums had Halloween activities, decorations, and candy for the kids! Oh, and you got in free! Plus if you visited six museums and got stamps, you got entered for a grand prize. Still waiting to hear we lost...
Yep I'm cool.
In the Candy Land decorations at the Clinton Presidential Library.
With the creepy decorations at the Old State House Museum.
Trying his first Twinkie at the Historic Arkansas Museum.
Checking out the decorations at the Mosaic Templar Museum.
Jake drove the tractor barrel.
We were corn.
Then we were pumpkins.
And Jake was a scarecrow.
They had a huge corn maze!
Just chillin' in the corn. Lookin' cute.
With a pumpkin that could really use some clearasil.
Happy Halloween!
With the big pile of pumpkins up front.
That cow was very interested in Jake's shoe.
We had to park about a mile down the street and ride a bus back.
Jake was so tired of waiting!
At the carnival he got his first glow bracelet.
Everything was too big for him except
It was getting really cold,
A little delirious when we finally got home late.
All I wanted to do was touch a pig. And we did!
That goat is on a roof.
Checking out the pumpkins with Granna.
This picture was cute but extraordinarily bright.
Playin' and droolin' in the corn pit.
And we're off through the mini hay maze.
Aaaah! Dead end!
Choosing our path...
And we made it!
Yay! We found the pumpkins!
Jake in the patch last year... 7 months old!
Doing his hilarious new walk through the pumpkin patch.
Doing his muscle pose.
You!
He was annoyed that the tiny ones were still attached.
And then the hay ride!
On the hay ride they had funny scarecrows like this.
And THIS!
Thanks, y'all! We enjoyed it!
Happy Halloween!Posted in: Halloween, Jake, the fam on Tuesday, November 02, 2010 at at 9:12 PM 3 comments
