i remember starting the countdown to the kids and i driving to mississippi. now it's happening in just 4 days! the boys and i usually go to mississippi in may and october to visit my family and along the way stop in pensacola to see my brother and nephew. this time my friend crista and her son kasen are joining us on the 850 mile adventure. we are all very excited!
some of the things i enjoy when visiting miss are:
kyotos
mcalisters
science museum
boat
cock of the walk
parents back yard
seeing a few friends
colonial heights
strawberry patch park
seeing memories
canton flea market
walmart (because it's clean and not sketchy)
tyler wants to use the computer now and i need to get the house cleaned because......
steven arranged a babysitter and we are going on a date tonight!!!!!!!!!
later.....
Thursday, April 29, 2010
So, I've had dreams the past two nights that I am giving birth. I feel soooooo much pressure in my pelvic area so I think I'm tricking myself into thinking she's trying to get out. I googled it today and the pressure seems to be normal. But of course I'll ask my Dr. when we go next week. My sister will be there too!! I'm sooooo excited!! And Jonathan is coming to see the ultrasound also, I wonder what he'll think!!? He'll probably think his Uncle William is pretty silly for jumping around in the room..he gets so excited :)
Tomorrow my mom and I are going to have a little adventure. My other nephew, Berkeley (my brothers son) is having his 4 year old graduation, so we are driving to Pensacola, FL for that. I'm so excited and proud to be going. I wish W could come but he's booked with appointments. He and my dad will keep eachother company Friday night though, they're hoping to go catfishing. We're leaving early tomorrow and will head back on Saturday, in bad weather it looks like. Yikes. Praying for safety and a bit of sunshine!
Yesterday, W and I drove to Philadelphia where he has a friend who is an eye doctor there. He set me up with a new prescription and a bunch of new contacts. MUST get better about taking them out at night. I am just sooooo blind that it's a "hassel" to get up in the night and look for glasses before I move. That sounds lame just typing it so I'll definitely be working on that.
W took an advanced Pilates Certification all weekend and he learned soooo much. Leslee Bender (the Bender ball) is the one who lead it and he brought home 2 of her dvd's and we've been watching them at night and I gotta say, they are soo fascinating. Since doing Pilates and receiving W's type of massage, I have become SO connected with my body and how every muscles feels (and should feel). A couple of the techniques he's learned he's been able to bring back into the clinic and although they are sososo simple, they have made a huge difference for people...me included. I'm having some low back/hip pain and this little trick is really strengthening it. He's also working with me, through stretching and massage, to get my robs back in place. They've been coming out lately because of Willows stretching and they go back in so easy now! Even my hip popped back in after he worked with the soft tissue around it. Woohoo! I'll stop bragging on him now ;)
This past Sunday afternoon, we got the garage sooo cleaned out. It was bad but we were able to make a HUGE Goodwill pile (my 2nd one) and toss a lot and then put the rest in the attic. Now, I am so ready to get the inside situated. We still need some furniture. I'm looking at different places, like NUTS (neat used things for sale) for some old armchairs that I can have reupholstered. I need 2 of them. And preferably not matching ones. If anyone sees any, PLEASE let me know!!! We're being relaxed about it though b/c our main priority was to get the office decorated and our new comp, art, etc so now that that is almost complete, we can focus on home more. I finally gave in and hired my mom to come clean for us. It had gotten to the point where I was just too tired by the end of the loong days at the office and I kept putting it off, so my mom FINALLY agreed to do it for pay and I am so glad!! W has really encouraged me to get help b/c he knows how it weighed on me and he wanted my mind to be free for creativity for the biz and things I want to do. So I did :)
That's all. Kristis turn now.
xoxo
Tomorrow my mom and I are going to have a little adventure. My other nephew, Berkeley (my brothers son) is having his 4 year old graduation, so we are driving to Pensacola, FL for that. I'm so excited and proud to be going. I wish W could come but he's booked with appointments. He and my dad will keep eachother company Friday night though, they're hoping to go catfishing. We're leaving early tomorrow and will head back on Saturday, in bad weather it looks like. Yikes. Praying for safety and a bit of sunshine!
Yesterday, W and I drove to Philadelphia where he has a friend who is an eye doctor there. He set me up with a new prescription and a bunch of new contacts. MUST get better about taking them out at night. I am just sooooo blind that it's a "hassel" to get up in the night and look for glasses before I move. That sounds lame just typing it so I'll definitely be working on that.
W took an advanced Pilates Certification all weekend and he learned soooo much. Leslee Bender (the Bender ball) is the one who lead it and he brought home 2 of her dvd's and we've been watching them at night and I gotta say, they are soo fascinating. Since doing Pilates and receiving W's type of massage, I have become SO connected with my body and how every muscles feels (and should feel). A couple of the techniques he's learned he's been able to bring back into the clinic and although they are sososo simple, they have made a huge difference for people...me included. I'm having some low back/hip pain and this little trick is really strengthening it. He's also working with me, through stretching and massage, to get my robs back in place. They've been coming out lately because of Willows stretching and they go back in so easy now! Even my hip popped back in after he worked with the soft tissue around it. Woohoo! I'll stop bragging on him now ;)
This past Sunday afternoon, we got the garage sooo cleaned out. It was bad but we were able to make a HUGE Goodwill pile (my 2nd one) and toss a lot and then put the rest in the attic. Now, I am so ready to get the inside situated. We still need some furniture. I'm looking at different places, like NUTS (neat used things for sale) for some old armchairs that I can have reupholstered. I need 2 of them. And preferably not matching ones. If anyone sees any, PLEASE let me know!!! We're being relaxed about it though b/c our main priority was to get the office decorated and our new comp, art, etc so now that that is almost complete, we can focus on home more. I finally gave in and hired my mom to come clean for us. It had gotten to the point where I was just too tired by the end of the loong days at the office and I kept putting it off, so my mom FINALLY agreed to do it for pay and I am so glad!! W has really encouraged me to get help b/c he knows how it weighed on me and he wanted my mind to be free for creativity for the biz and things I want to do. So I did :)
That's all. Kristis turn now.
xoxo
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
w's questions for kristi
1. how often do you have to cut your toenails? what's the longest recently you've gone without cutting them and how long were they? this is disgusting!! but probably 2 weeks and they weren't very long. like the pieces were way smaller than coconut shavings.
2. what's the best smell you've smelled in the last week?
jonathan's very own body spray. tag :)
3. what is something you can't eat b/c it reminds you of something you can't stand? and what does it remind you of?
applesauce. last time i ate it was when i had my wisdom teeth out with no anaesthesia and they had to cut them before pulling them out, and they were sideways and it was so loud and traumatic but i was soooo brave :) and the first thing i tried to eat was applesauce and i threw up. ewwwwww sidenote....the reason i did no anaesthesia was because it was a friend oral surgeon that did it for free but would have had to charge for the anasthesia
4. if you could make a trip to the sun, what would be the best time of day to go to keep from getting burned?
i think this is a trick question
5. do you think you could eat an entire double down from kfc? (google it)
oh my that is just wrong!!! heck no!!
6. what's the most toilet paper you've used in one sitting?
wow probably like 12 feet?! there was this one time ....... haha i don't know
7. if you adopted a haitian baby girl what would you name her?
this is a tough one because we'd probably adopt a toddler so she'd probably already have a name
8. if i let u go fishing with me would you bait your own hook with maggots?
NO! but aren't maggots tiny? they probably wouldn't stay on very well unless you like smooshed a bunch together?
9. when's the last time you wore jorts?
8th grade but they were from american eagle, i didn't cut them off myself
10. if jj was 17, would u let him date a girl that was 20?
probably not.
2. what's the best smell you've smelled in the last week?
jonathan's very own body spray. tag :)
3. what is something you can't eat b/c it reminds you of something you can't stand? and what does it remind you of?
applesauce. last time i ate it was when i had my wisdom teeth out with no anaesthesia and they had to cut them before pulling them out, and they were sideways and it was so loud and traumatic but i was soooo brave :) and the first thing i tried to eat was applesauce and i threw up. ewwwwww sidenote....the reason i did no anaesthesia was because it was a friend oral surgeon that did it for free but would have had to charge for the anasthesia
4. if you could make a trip to the sun, what would be the best time of day to go to keep from getting burned?
i think this is a trick question
5. do you think you could eat an entire double down from kfc? (google it)
oh my that is just wrong!!! heck no!!
6. what's the most toilet paper you've used in one sitting?
wow probably like 12 feet?! there was this one time ....... haha i don't know
7. if you adopted a haitian baby girl what would you name her?
this is a tough one because we'd probably adopt a toddler so she'd probably already have a name
8. if i let u go fishing with me would you bait your own hook with maggots?
NO! but aren't maggots tiny? they probably wouldn't stay on very well unless you like smooshed a bunch together?
9. when's the last time you wore jorts?
8th grade but they were from american eagle, i didn't cut them off myself
10. if jj was 17, would u let him date a girl that was 20?
probably not.
w's questions for kristi
1. how often do you have to cut your toenails? what's the longest recently you've gone without cutting them and how long were they?
2. what's the best smell you've smelled in the last week?
3. what is something you can't eat b/c it reminds you of something you can't stand? and what does it remind you of?
4. if you could make a trip to the sun, what would be the best time of day to go to keep from getting burned?
5. do you think you could eat an entire double down from kfc? (google it)
6. what's the most toilet paper you've used in one sitting?
7. if you adopted a haitian baby girl what would you name her?
8. if i let u go fishing with me would you bait your own hook with maggots?
9. when's the last time you wore jorts?
10. if jj was 17, would u let him date a girl that was 20?
2. what's the best smell you've smelled in the last week?
3. what is something you can't eat b/c it reminds you of something you can't stand? and what does it remind you of?
4. if you could make a trip to the sun, what would be the best time of day to go to keep from getting burned?
5. do you think you could eat an entire double down from kfc? (google it)
6. what's the most toilet paper you've used in one sitting?
7. if you adopted a haitian baby girl what would you name her?
8. if i let u go fishing with me would you bait your own hook with maggots?
9. when's the last time you wore jorts?
10. if jj was 17, would u let him date a girl that was 20?
questions for kimberly b
1. when you were a little girl what did you want to be when you grew up? and why?
a fence. cuz i could just stand there and do nothing. and i wanted to do makeup...one time i even made momma lay down like she was dead and i did her makeup. lol, i didn't tell her why she was laying down though. i'm not morbid, i had just watched my girl and the woman did makeup on dead people. and i always did makeup on my teddy bear. i used to wake up early on sat mornings and watch the lady on qvc (wendy) do makeup.
2. you are well past the halfway mark in this pregnancy, what has been the most incredible moment so far?
it's sososososo hard tp pick one so my top 5 are.....hearing her heartbeat, seeing her look like a real baby and not just balls glued together, finding out she was a girl, w feeling her kick the first time, seeing her kick
3. what has been the most delicious thing you've eaten in the past month?
really spicy fish at aj's. and turkey and beans....my favorite.
4. when's the last time you went to the eye doctor? a LONG time but guess what?? w's friend is an eye doctor in philadelphia and we are driving there TOMORROW!!!!
5. while speaking of this when's the last time you've changed your contacts?!!!!
like a month or so ago but it's an old prescription so i can't see close up
6. when you pee in the cup at the dr for your baby checkups can you still aim pretty well?!
hmm, nice. well i can't really see the cup anymore but yes, my aim is good.
7. what kind of music do you guys have playing at the massage business?
in w's room he plays music that sounds like whales or something but in the main part, it's either on klove or gavin degraw pandora
8. will you let me borrow some clothes while i'm in jxn? yes, i wish you would take them with you.
9. what's the most powerful verse you've read in the past week?
"Now to him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY more than all we ask or imagine, according to his POWER that is at work WITHIN US." Ephesians 3:20
I've been having a bit of a battle with Satan the past couple weeks and doubt has crept in that God wouldn't rescue me from it but He has been reminding me that a) "thieves don't break into empty houses" and b) the battle is WON!!
10. what color are your toenails? post a pic!!
they are redish coral from our pedicure in orange beach. i forget the color name. i don't have a picture.
a fence. cuz i could just stand there and do nothing. and i wanted to do makeup...one time i even made momma lay down like she was dead and i did her makeup. lol, i didn't tell her why she was laying down though. i'm not morbid, i had just watched my girl and the woman did makeup on dead people. and i always did makeup on my teddy bear. i used to wake up early on sat mornings and watch the lady on qvc (wendy) do makeup.
2. you are well past the halfway mark in this pregnancy, what has been the most incredible moment so far?
it's sososososo hard tp pick one so my top 5 are.....hearing her heartbeat, seeing her look like a real baby and not just balls glued together, finding out she was a girl, w feeling her kick the first time, seeing her kick
3. what has been the most delicious thing you've eaten in the past month?
really spicy fish at aj's. and turkey and beans....my favorite.
4. when's the last time you went to the eye doctor? a LONG time but guess what?? w's friend is an eye doctor in philadelphia and we are driving there TOMORROW!!!!
5. while speaking of this when's the last time you've changed your contacts?!!!!
like a month or so ago but it's an old prescription so i can't see close up
6. when you pee in the cup at the dr for your baby checkups can you still aim pretty well?!
hmm, nice. well i can't really see the cup anymore but yes, my aim is good.
7. what kind of music do you guys have playing at the massage business?
in w's room he plays music that sounds like whales or something but in the main part, it's either on klove or gavin degraw pandora
8. will you let me borrow some clothes while i'm in jxn? yes, i wish you would take them with you.
9. what's the most powerful verse you've read in the past week?
"Now to him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY more than all we ask or imagine, according to his POWER that is at work WITHIN US." Ephesians 3:20
I've been having a bit of a battle with Satan the past couple weeks and doubt has crept in that God wouldn't rescue me from it but He has been reminding me that a) "thieves don't break into empty houses" and b) the battle is WON!!
10. what color are your toenails? post a pic!!
they are redish coral from our pedicure in orange beach. i forget the color name. i don't have a picture.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
jonathan
when jonathan was 4 he committed his life to Christ. very exiting but at the same time he was so young and we never wanted to rush anything. so over the past year or so we have had many conversations about salvation. he totally gets it! such a comfort as a parent. this past sunday he wanted to come to big church so we said sure. we went to worship in studio G and of course he wanted to sit on the front row. another unexpected element was that dr powell was "live" in our service and would be on the screens in the main worship. jonathan listened very well during the sermon. pastor talked about how everything belongs to God. during the invitation when pastor mentioned "maybe you've given your life to Christ but never been baptized", jonathan leaned over and said "that's what i need to do". so in brief he walked up to pastor and told him about how he had committed his life to Christ when he was 4 and now he's ready to be baptized. SO EXCITING!!!! crazy thing is that steven was in the main service because he was scheduled for it. so he missed it, i couldn't text him fast enough to tell him, but i must say it was so amazing to see how the holy spirit worked! tomorrow jonathan will be baptized by steven! jonathan has been counting down the days! it's been so incredible to see how the holy spirit has begun working in jonathans life over the past months. thank you to everyone who has had an impact on our sons life! xoxo
on a lighter note :)
we went to the playground tonight and there was this kid prob about 4 years old and he said my little sister threw up in my room today. ugh! then he was scratching his butt and he told me he had been pooping all day. ewwwww then as we were leaving the little sister had diarreah coming outta her diaper and the dad put her in her carseat without changing her! so sad :(
i disinfected my kids when we got home!!!!!
kids always say funny things so i'll leave you with a few from mine.
in the car last night .....
j - "the delightful children from down the lane"
"all this talking is annoying me"
to tyler "don't you dare bust that book up"
"i have to go potty so bad it's breaking my damn"
t - sees a convertible "look that cars broken"
that's all i can thing of.
gnight
kristi :)
on a lighter note :)
we went to the playground tonight and there was this kid prob about 4 years old and he said my little sister threw up in my room today. ugh! then he was scratching his butt and he told me he had been pooping all day. ewwwww then as we were leaving the little sister had diarreah coming outta her diaper and the dad put her in her carseat without changing her! so sad :(
i disinfected my kids when we got home!!!!!
kids always say funny things so i'll leave you with a few from mine.
in the car last night .....
j - "the delightful children from down the lane"
"all this talking is annoying me"
to tyler "don't you dare bust that book up"
"i have to go potty so bad it's breaking my damn"
t - sees a convertible "look that cars broken"
that's all i can thing of.
gnight
kristi :)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Stuff
Just some things floating around in my (Kimberlys) head....
-I hate pickles. So much. And I certainly don't like cucumbers. My 5 yo nephew texted me the other day (yes, HE texted me)
"i drank pikkle juic". I gagged.
-it's sposed to be stormy this weekend. when there is bad weather, i sleep with boots by my bed. it's smart really, do you wanna be walking around barefoot in rubble after a tornado blows through??
-willow kicks my bladder so much that it's only a matter of time before i wet my pants. W suggested today that i keep an extra pair of pants at the office...and puppy training pads. i might.
-we saw willow kick this weekend. i had my bathing suit pulled up to tan my belly at the beach and i happened to glance down while she kicked and i saw it....it was incredible. then we just laid there and watch our little girl kick for a long time :)
-i carefully choose what my "last bite" will be at every meal. It's always the side-item. When I don't have a side-item I feel like I didn't really have a meal.
-we eat peanut butter and jelly every day for lunch. it's yummy. it's natural peanut butter and sugar free jelly on really really good wheat bread.
-i bought crazy love and haven't started it yet. i wanna be ready ready. i think i will be tomorrow. maybe.
-we got sick on our babymoon. we had the WORST seafood this weekend...i guess you gotta stay in jackson to have "fresh" fish.
-i can not wait to meet willow kate. and to be sleep deprived and unshowered and stressed....this is such a miracle and i really don't care if i have to rock her all night, i'm just soso thankful to be having a sweet baby to hold.
-my life is NOTHING like i ever dreamed but it really is so much better. imagine that.
-i have 5 boxes to sum up my whole life. i cant wait to go through them with willow! she'll loooooove playing with the easy bake oven and jenny gymnast i'm sure ;)
-i get butterflies when i think about my sister and nephews coming in may. i love them soooooo much!!!!
-i didn't drink anything carbonated for over 5 years and i started drinking diet coke when i was about 2 months preggo. don't drink much and i really don't think it tastes good at all but i still drink it :)
-our favorite meal is ground turkey with pinto and black beans all mixed up. we crave it. we are having it tonight. mmmmm
-that's all for now.
-I hate pickles. So much. And I certainly don't like cucumbers. My 5 yo nephew texted me the other day (yes, HE texted me)
"i drank pikkle juic". I gagged.
-it's sposed to be stormy this weekend. when there is bad weather, i sleep with boots by my bed. it's smart really, do you wanna be walking around barefoot in rubble after a tornado blows through??
-willow kicks my bladder so much that it's only a matter of time before i wet my pants. W suggested today that i keep an extra pair of pants at the office...and puppy training pads. i might.
-we saw willow kick this weekend. i had my bathing suit pulled up to tan my belly at the beach and i happened to glance down while she kicked and i saw it....it was incredible. then we just laid there and watch our little girl kick for a long time :)
-i carefully choose what my "last bite" will be at every meal. It's always the side-item. When I don't have a side-item I feel like I didn't really have a meal.
-we eat peanut butter and jelly every day for lunch. it's yummy. it's natural peanut butter and sugar free jelly on really really good wheat bread.
-i bought crazy love and haven't started it yet. i wanna be ready ready. i think i will be tomorrow. maybe.
-we got sick on our babymoon. we had the WORST seafood this weekend...i guess you gotta stay in jackson to have "fresh" fish.
-i can not wait to meet willow kate. and to be sleep deprived and unshowered and stressed....this is such a miracle and i really don't care if i have to rock her all night, i'm just soso thankful to be having a sweet baby to hold.
-my life is NOTHING like i ever dreamed but it really is so much better. imagine that.
-i have 5 boxes to sum up my whole life. i cant wait to go through them with willow! she'll loooooove playing with the easy bake oven and jenny gymnast i'm sure ;)
-i get butterflies when i think about my sister and nephews coming in may. i love them soooooo much!!!!
-i didn't drink anything carbonated for over 5 years and i started drinking diet coke when i was about 2 months preggo. don't drink much and i really don't think it tastes good at all but i still drink it :)
-our favorite meal is ground turkey with pinto and black beans all mixed up. we crave it. we are having it tonight. mmmmm
-that's all for now.
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