Monday, February 4, 2008

Like Sunshine...


When I was in HS, I was a HUGE Beatles freak. My friend Heather and I listened to EVERYTHING they ever sang, read every magazine they were ever in, and watched every movie they ever made. We LOVED them! I still love the Beatles, but my obsession has certainly evened out since. But tonight I sat in front of the TV, underwhelmed at the choices before me, and I came across their first movie, A Hard Days Night. And it was wonderful and comforting and nostalgic and all of those other good feeling words. Their music is so fun and their humor seemed so before it's time. Anyway, I enjoyed every minute of it, and if you even remotely enjoy the Beatles, you should watch it because it's quite entertaining.

Just a quick update about the whole thyroid escapade that has been my life, I'm ALMOST done! I completed my two days of isolation at my mom's house after swallowing my radioactive pill. The two days were actually very pleasant and I really enjoyed the one-on-one I got with my parents, especially my mom, who I got to see the most. Despite the doctors saying that there would be no side-effects, I've been fairly nauseated over the last few days, but who knows, we've also had the stomach flu going around. I'll be taking my meds again Wed, hopefully!

As I've expressed, it's been a tough ride, but now that it's said and done, I have nothing left to feel but gratitude. I feel like we have been so blessed with friends and family who have been so supportive and wonderful and caring. My mom has brought dinners for over a week, so many people have called, written and visited to check in on us. We have felt so looked after and loved through out this whole thing, and there has never been a single moment where we've felt abandoned. I just want to say thank you to all of you!

Cruising

One of the funnest thing about having two kids is watching them start to interact. Jayda loves to make Skyler laugh, and as far as Skyler is concerned, no one is funnier then her! Lately, the new super-fun thing for them is pushing Skyler in a laundry basket. They love it, and I love to watch them. Ah childhood, we have so many toys that are never played with, and all along we just needed a laundry basket!



Clearly related...

favorite pasttimes, nuff said


First Haircut!

Glenn and I have had an ongoing debate forever about hair length, on Jayda and myself. I tend to like shorter hair, he, of course, likes long hair. I won the fight with Jayda's hair after her crazy mullet started to make her look homeless. Anyway, the before and afters aren't that great, and the before pic might be a bit exaggerated for dramatic effect, but I'm pretty pleased with the result. Unfortunately I did not get pics of the actual haircut, but I'd say she took it like a champ. If she would have let me, I would have just kept cutting!

BEFORE



AFTER


When mom gets bored...

Jayda gets a rockers mullet. She loves it when I do pretty things with her hair, which doesn't happen to often, simply because is doesn't take her long to undo whatever is it I do. I did this right before she went to bed, I was amused. Sorry about the fact that she is not dressed. Nudity is another theme she's been sporting lately as well.



I'm an aunt...

again! There's just something so cool and fun about watching your sibling introduced to parenthood. I'm so excited for them! They named their baby boy Haven Dee. He weighed 8 lbs, but I forget the ounces, sorry! I haven't seen a whole lot of the sweet baby since, but I look forward to seeing him again soon. He is so cute! These are pics from the hospital. Doesn't Deanna look beautiful?





Pictures!

Hey! I got a hold of some cute pics of my kids. Skyler has grown up a lot these last few weeks. I'll let the pics do the talking.







Oh, c'mon, it's funny!