Baby Time!

I finally got to experience my first official birth as a doula! It was probably the most incredible experience I have ever had next to the birth of my own child. We weren't sure if baby x was ever going to come after having two nights of false labor over the past week. Around 2:00 am today they called me and said to get ready for the real thing. I was a nervous wreck all the way to the hospital! We had a couple minor set backs, but I am happy to say that my pregnant mom did an incredible job and achieved her goal of a completely natural/drug-free childbirth. It was amazing!

A glimpse into the exciting life...

I think that we have decided that we need a springtime home to escape all of the allergy problems here. Lauren is doing much better, but I am still really struggling with some sort of sinus/respitory thing. Ugh! What you get for living in the Ohio Valley.

Being the parent of a three year old just keeps getting more confusing, surprising....I'm not sure what the word should be! This morning she informed us that "Hippopotamus" is actually "Hippotapotamus". "You and Daddy need to say it right!" She is also learning how to butter you up in order to try to get out of things. Yesterday she was going was to have to get punished for something that happened and when I walked in the room right before Paul was getting ready to carry out the punishment, she looked at me and said "Mommy, my daddy is a really nice man." It is hard not to laugh at times! Life continues to be so much fun as we work with her to learn new things and surprise at the same time at what she already knows at the age of three. We pray that life is treating you all well and you have a reason to celebrate as we enter into this new season!

We will post pictures as soon as we can. Our digital camara decided to die!

Life...

I'm sorry it has been so long I have written on here. Life has been busy! It seems that the weather can't make up it's mind about being hot or cold so everyone has been sick.All three of us have had probably every respitory issue out there. Lauren is currently getting over her first bout of pneumonia. On top of her being exhausted and crabby, I am having to force disgusting tasting antibiotics down her. Poor girl! This has been one of the scarier things I have experienced. I called the Dr. about her constant congestion and they told me it was possibly allergies. So we gave her claratin. Well, two days ago she woke up and had some issues breathing. After dealing with three seizures, I wasn't about to play around. We rushed to the pediatrician and they gave her a breathing treatment and put her on some strong drugs. They said that she was having some issues with her left lung and we need to go back in two weeks to check her breathing. We are looking forward to spring coming and staying for awhile! We pray that all of you have a very blessed Easter!

Lauren has found a new love...American Idol. She found a little flashlight and stood in the middle of the living room and used the flashlight as a microphone and proceeded to sing at the top of her lungs for the entire American Idol episode! It was one of those times that I wish I had a video camara!

Pooped Out!

Lauren has been sick today and she said she wanted to take a nap and this is how I found her. Don't you love company when you are sick?

Dress up...

"Princess Lyla" - This is what happens when we play dress up at our house!

Fun with playdough!

This is what you do with three year olds when they are bored! She was so proud of herself because she made jewelry (notice the green ring, necklace and bracelet) She made most of the face by herself, too. I just had to straighten some features!

The Zoo

The snow is melting and we finally got to go out!

Did I say I liked winter? Ha, Ha, Ha!

We are going on the the sixth day of being frozen here in wonderful Jeffersonville, IN! They only have a little over 100,000 people with out power now. On wednesday it was almost 350.000 in the Louisville area. In a way this has been fun because usually we get snow and it melts the next day. We have definitely had time to enjoy this....now it needs to leave! Poor Lauren keeps getting awakened at night by frozen branches falling everywhere. She told me the other day that she thought we had a ghost! I have no clue where she heard about a ghost. She told Paul earlier today that people were trying to come in the house because she kept hearing noises outside! It was from all the icicles falling off the trees and roof. It's pretty dangerous here. Ice just comes crashing down at any moment hitting cars and whatever else happens to be under it. Craziness! We pray that you all are doing well and trying to stay warm and dry!

Tom and Jackie's Wedding and Random Pictures of our Snow Day

We had a freak snowstorm here and in between the freezing rain and bitter cold we were able to go play outside for a little while. Lauren had a blast! We have about an inch of ice on our trees and everything else! All night long we kept hearing transformers explode and tree branches crashing down. Our power went out for a little bit, but it came back on after a few hours. We are on our second day at home and I have to say that we are getting cabin fever. You can only play Pretty,Pretty Princess so many times before it gets a little old! I love staying at home and hanging out with the family, but when you are actually stuck, it is different story! Paul had to dig the cars out so he could go back to work. There was some sort of power or phone line that landed on his car so he took mine. We are definitely snowed in! Our temperatures are supposed to stay really cold so this isn't going away any time soon! Sigh..

Thomas Arthur and Jaclyn Williams

January 17, 2009

Tom and Jackie!

Nana and Paul. It was slightly cold sitting out there on the beach, but everything was absolutely beautiful!

Happy New Year!

Sorry this is a few days late! We hope you all had a happy and safe new year. As you can see Lauren had fun! Earlier that day Paul and Lauren opted to sleep in while a friend and I went to eat breakfast. We went to a little restaurant called "Lynn's Paradise Cafe" in Old Louisville. On New Years everyone comes in their pajamas and robes. It was so much fun. I forgot to take my camara, but the local television crews were there to catch people in there crazy PJ's and curlers in there hair. It was a memorable New Years day! I brought those glasses back for Lauren. For some reason her daddy won't let her wear them out of the house!

This is the neatest video that I have ever seen. It is a little snippet (sp?) from a Louis Giglio talk. Please just take a few minutes and go to the link and watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4

Christmas Time!

Lauren got a harmonica from her Uncle and Aunt. She and Paul had fun playing their harmonicas together!

Her G-Ma gave her a purse with money in it. She saw what was inside and squealed " Oh wow! Dollars! "

I thnk she was shocked that there was something inside the wrapping!

Sorry it's been a little while since we wrote on here. Life just keeps happening and we just can't seem to catch up. I am actually really looking forward to the end of this year and just getting past all of the holiday "stuff".
I realized the other day that we needed to do a better job explaining what Christmas is to Lauren. We were wrapping Christmas gifts and I asked her what Christmas was about and says " Me! ". We talked about what the true meaning of Christmas was and why we give gifts to others. I think she gets it a little better. We aren't doing the whole Santa Claus thing at our house, I was a little worried about what other kids would tell her, but she doesn't seem to care about it. She seems to see Santa Claus as a cartoon character or a story.
Lauren and I started doing "school" this week. We have some pattern blocks and some letter/number puzzles that we do together. She is having a blast. She now knows all the letters in her name and she knows what letters mommy and daddy start with. She loves learning!
We pray that you all are having a great holiday and have a very blessed new year!