~take 2~
~take 3~
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~take 5~
Seriously, who would have ever thought that as I head down the hallway, after very little sleep last night, that I would be glad that the horrible stinch that was coming from the girl's bedroom would be the smell of vomit and that somehow inside I would be a little excited that at LEAST it wasn't POOP!?!
Last night I was woke up by Maggie who had a dirty diaper and she has such sensitive skin that you have to change her right away.....which is probably why she likes to take her diaper off all of the time. :) Anyway, she would NOT go back to sleep literally like 4 hours later she finally dozed off. Then of course, Keely girl comes in about 6:30 this morning to say that something stinks in her room and she doesn't know what it is? Poor Marlee. She seems to be feeling better right now; maybe it was just a sour stomach?
All I can say at this point is I think I would rather clean up vomit as opposed to POOP! Who would have ever thought that you would have one that you would prefer over another?
~;-) Renay
So, last night I decided to run over to the Toys R Us to get this one thing that was on sale for Keely. Well, after asking 3 different people to help me find it I was told "Sorry, we sold out & the ad clearly states while supplies last.":( Then I have to bright idea to run over to the Walmart to see if they had it and would match the price. The very nice gentleman helped me by even looking in the back to see if they had extras, but no such luck. After all of this Eric was truly not in the "Christmas Spirit" any longer. He hates the crowds and really the whole aspect of trying to find the perfect gift for someone. He is a "just buy a toy so they will have something to open" kinda guy. I on the other hand will drive to the 75 different stores to get the one most perfect item. I guess opposites do attract. ~;-)
~r
We all have heard about the tragedies that struck in Colorado, so I just wanted to put out there a prayer request for all of the families effected by these senseless acts.
The ice storm is effecting so many people with power outages and deaths....please take a moment to remember them as well.
I know that sometimes we get busy in our day to day life and forget that so many others that have it worse off than we do...or I should say that is the case for me. This is an opportunity for me to remember all of these people. My love and prayers go out to each of you during this Holiday Season. We can all become so obsessed with the other junk instead of remembering what Christmas is all about.
Love to you all!
~r
Here it goes:
1. I was born in Plainview, TX.
2. I was born on March 4th, 1975.
3. I am a Christian.
4. I have been married for 5 years.
5. I have 4 children.
6. My oldest is Tyler Dean.
7. My oldest daughter is Keely Elizabeth.
8. I have twin girls.
9. Marlee McKenzi is the oldest twin, by 2 minutes.
10. Maggie May is my baby.
11.My earliest memory was walking beside my mom as she pushed Keri in a stroller.
12. My sister, Keri, and I are 14 months apart in age.
13. I love eating Cookie Dough.
14. I used to wet the bed & suck my thumb.
15. I love to go on vacation….the beach or the mountains. I usually want to move to where ever we go. I start to picture this wonderful location all of the time as though this is the place I would call home…truly a dream.
16. If you say “Bless your heart”before saying something ugly about someone does that make it
OK? It might be just stating the obvious. In my book somehow it does. ;-)
17. I get homesick very easily.
18. I had to get stitches in my hand as an adult….long story!
19. I love NKOTB (New Kids on the Block) & 90210!!
20. Shhhh , don’t tell anyone, I have a couple of gray hairs.
21. I thought someday I would marry Donnie Wahlberg.
22. I skipped school in the 8th grade.
23. I would love to meet John Travolta.
24. I have been to A LOT of concerts.
25. My all time most favorite movie is ANNIE!
26. I could not even tell you how many times I have watched it.
27. I have been married 6 times.
28. I hate liver and onions.
29. I like Ranch dressing on my Chicken Fried Steak.
30. I graduated in 1993.
31. My parents took Keri & I to see ET at the theater 7 times when it came out 20+ years ago.
32. I was enrolled in Exposito Hair Design when I was 18 yrs old.
33. I played T-Ball when I was 6 yrs old.
34. I hated playing T-Ball.
35. I would like to go back to school someday.
36. Seriously, who am I kidding I hated school.
37. I like to read the ridiculously funny things people put in obituaries or the fact that they are
150 yrs old and have their high school graduation picture shown….It might be one of my
better pictures, but not what I look like now.
38. I wanted to be a movie star or a babysitter when I was younger. …clearly dreams do come
true!
39. I get very anxious when I go to a new restaurant….I guess I am always afraid that I’ll pick
something that taste like “Crap’ole“.---Yes, that is my word and I’m owning it.
40. I want to wear an Emerald green dress and sing on the CMA stage someday; of course you
need to know how to sing to accomplish this dream.
41. I have a letter from Tom Cruise.
42. I love to watch marathons of Friends.
43. I watch entirely too much TV.
44. I picture myself on the “The Biggest Looser” and other reality TV shows.
45. I love the “Amazing Race”
46. Did I mention that I love to watch TV?
47. Thank God for DVR!
48. I wish I had a bigger house.
49. I always wanted 5 or 6 kiddos.
50. ½ way there……
51. I’m pregnant!
52. I love to buy gifts for other people that are not expecting anything at all.
53. I have been friends with Jen for 17 years.
54. I have T-Shirt sheets.
55. I love purses.
56. I hate doing this more than I thought I would.
57. I like the name Kelby.
58. I am a people person. & I love to talk on the phone.
59. I have a letter from Ricky Schroeder.
60. I had a crush on Eric when I was 15 years old.
61. I love to get cards.
62. I love to send cards.
63. I have probably at the very least 25 pairs of Flops.
64. My vacuum is 10 years old.
65. I like hot tea.
66. I have a letter from Kirk Cameron.
67. I went to “Women of Faith” this year for the first time.
68. I started working at a Tanning Salon when I was 15 yrs old.
69. I got to meet John Schneider this past year.
70. Tyler loves “The Dukes of Hazard”.
71. I drive a suburban.
72. It is not big enough for our crew.
73. I can’t wait to be a Nana someday…..hints the word SOMEDAY.
74. I watched Dallas and Falcon Crest every Friday night with my Grandma Baker.
75. I sure do miss her.
76. I had long hair when I was little.
77. I am VERY tender headed.
78. I don’t like to sweat.
79. I have a letter from Michael J. Fox.
80. I would like to go to NYC.
81. I like lemon in my tea.
82. I am trying to cut out all sugar...sometimes I don't do very well with this.
83. #27 & 51 are not true.
84. I watched Cujo and Jaws when I was really young and to this day hate big dogs.
85. I don’t watch scary movies.
86. I tell Eric all Heavy Metal music is from Satan.
87. I know that #86 is not true.
88. I did not ever go to my high school prom, but still have my dress.
89. Keri wore the dress a couple of weeks ago.
90. Keri and My Mom planned my wedding completely.
91. I love silver jewelry.
92. Eric never asked me to marry him…he just told everyone that I was the “one“.
93. I wish I could say this took me a long time, but seriously it took only 20 minutes.
94. I like to vacuum a least once a day, but prefer twice a day…...I like all of the lines in the
carpet…I know that is where the OCD comes out.
95. I got all of the addresses to the movie stars that I received letters from out of “Teen Beat”.
96. I have a load of laundry in the washer and dryer right now.
97. I can’t wait too see what everyone has to say about my 100th post.
98. There are 6 chairs at my kitchen table.
99. I like to print more than write in cursive.
100. My very 1st movie to see in a theatre was “Superman.”
This was so much fun! I can't wait to do my 200th post!
~renay
***I worked forever trying to get the layout right....but finally figured you all would understand that blogger sometimes is just not the friendliest to me. ;)****
Jen, had her kidney stone thingy(it has a really good professional name, but if you know me but at all I am doing good to remember it as "thingy") done on Friday. She is such a trooper. I admire her strength thru this whole thing. I am also so glad that I was able to be there for her because she has always been there for me. She and I have been friends since we were 15 years old. She has seen me thru absolutely everything in my life since we met. I love her sweet spirit and kind heart. She is an awesome mother, wife, friend & Christian woman who I am so lucky to have in my life. I love you Jen and hope you have a quick recovery.
~R
I got Tagged again!! So, the object is to come up with an adjective to describe yourself using the letters in your middle name. Luckily for me my middle name only has 5 letters. ;-)
" 'If you can'?" said Jesus, "Everything is possible for him who believes."
Mark 9:23
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you: he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalms 55:22
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 14:30
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29
So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
Hebrews 13:6
~r
So, I am somewhat getting used to my hair. I didn't jump when I looked in the mirror this morning, so that is a good sign. It is dark, but ya know this may just be what Nay needed! The new over 30 with 4 kiddos look.
I had so much fun at the Christmas Party!!! There are so many great and funny people at church that honestly make get togethers like this so fun. Keri did a great job with the MCing or as I would like to call it "Breaker, Breaker 1...9ing". (an inside joke) Also, I got new ornaments for my tree...YEAH! We all did the "Chinese Christmas Exchange". After seeing what some people took home I was so glad that I picked the golden bag with all of the goodies. I love this time of year.
HAVE TO SHARE:
Marlee has had to deal with the poop issue too, since she is always in the room with Maggie, anyway yesterday was a hoot! I used the "Ultimate Combo" technique for Mags to insure that there would be NO disasters at nap time. It was a success. She even waited until after nap time to take care of her "business". So, I'm changing her with Marlee watching over me to make sure I am doing it correctly. I securely duck taped the diaper on backwards and was headed to the trash can to make a deposit when Marlee came up and patted my leg saying "Thank you Momma...Thank You!". It was the funniest thing ever! She was clearly glad that I had prevented her from having to experience another catastrophe.
~R
***I also have a prayer request....My long time friend Jennifer has had a death in her family. She is also scheduled to repeat the kidney stone procedure on Friday, so please keep her and her family in your prayers as they go thru the next few weeks.***
I know!!!Grace lost her very 1st tooth today at school. I received a phone call about 12:30 from Keri crying that she had missed this event. Of course, I told her that she could pull Marlee or Maggie's first tooth. I am not really good at things like that, so we will leave it for Sis. Grace is getting so big. It is hard for me to imagine this sweet and precious little girl is even old enough to be loosing teeth. I love you Gracie Girl!!!
So, I googled "babies taking there diapers off" and got some really comical advice that I just had to share.....I hope you all find it as fun as I did.
So, clearly I will be trying the "Ultimate Combo".
~r
Here are some pictures taken over the past few weeks......
"Our Pumpkins"
"All of the Kiddos going to Ty's last game."
"Women Of Faith 2007 OKC"
"Women Of Faith 2007 OKC"
Thank God that I am finally feeling better this morning. Not 100%, but much better. Thank you for all of your prayers and sweet notes of encouragement.
~R
I am not feeling any different than last night, but hopefully things will start to change soon. The kids have been great to help me while Eric is out of town for a couple of days on a hunting trip. FYI the numbing throat lozenges are helping, but you have to suck on about 6 of them before they really kick in.
~R
