Adri's Birth Story

I finally got Adriana's birth story page rebuilt and posted. You can view it here.

Ben's Hired Full Time!!

Praise the Lord!!! Ben's contract-to-hire position at Area 101 was made permanent last week!! So now we can get started on our move back to Denver. If we're able to get out of our lease, then we'll probably move as early as September. If we're not able to get out of our lease, we'll be moving in January. We'd love to stay in Colorado Springs, but gas is just getting WAAAY too expensive for Ben to continue driving 120 miles a day. Not to worry--I'm still planning on coming down to the Springs about once a week to spend time with friends and family.

No, you're not imagining things. . .

Yes, I changed the site again. Which also means I have to rebuild the pages with pictures and such. One MINOR thing Apple overlooked with iWeb. It doesn't allow you to manage more than one site at a time! What a pain! So now I'm using my old blogger account to make updates since I blew away the site I built thinking that I would be able to reopen the site in iWeb again. I guess they forgot that feature too. So just be patient with me as I get everything back up again.

My Five Minutes of Fame

Adriana and I are going to be on the radio!! Focus on the Family has a national public policy news update called Family News in Focus. Earlier today our doula (the lady who helped us through my labor and delivery with Adri) and asked if I would be interested in doing an interview for a segment FNIF is doing on the CDC’s recent recommendations for weight loss for (overweight) women wanting to get pregnant. Evidently some of the liberal women’s organizations are getting on the CDC saying, “next thing you know they’re going to be telling us WHEN and HOW to get pregnant.” Honestly, it’s not about that. It’s about living and eating healthily. And it’s even more important when you’re pregnant, because it’s no longer just about you--you have another life that you’re responsible for their health and nutrition. I’m learning a lot about how unhealthily I’ve been living for the last 30 years...and it’s my responsibility to change it--no one else’s. I have a family now who needs me to live another 50 or so years! Okay....I’ll get down off my new soap box

If you’re interested in hearing the segment, it should be on sometime this week (7/10-7/14). You can either hear it on the radio (click here to find out when it’s on in your area) or listen to it online.

The only thing that absolutely fascinates her more than the junk mail on the floor is my MacBook. She LOVES playing with the keys and the sound they make.

Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve added a new “home movies” page. They may take a couple of minutes to load, but they really are cute

Drums Along the Rockies

I am SO excited!! The last time I went to Drums, I was 15, and I went with my best friend and my high school band teacher. We helped him stripe the practice field, so he took us with him as our “payment.” Most people go crazy over sports....or rock concerts...I go crazy over drum and bugle corps competitions. Come with me and you’ll watch me scream like a teenager :-) Ben is looking forward to going with me. I think he wants to see what all my hype is about. I’ll admit--it’s not your typical obsession. Mine started in 1986 when I signed up for marching band in 7th grade. I did that for 2 years, and then my freshman year in high school I made the flag team. Yes, I marched down the street wearing stupid costumes...in public. I also had a 3 pound 7 foot fiberglass pole that hurt when I hit you with it. Just ask the field judge that I hit....well....let’s just say he may not have children to pass things on to. I also marched in a parade in Canon City in a lightening storm with a 6 foot aluminum pole. Not really smart, but we won :-) Of course we were the only band marching in the parade.... We also one Best Guard in state my junior and senior years (when I was co-captain and captain). It really was a lot of fun.

Ben is bugging me to go to bed, so I’ll just close with something I never thought I’d actually be saying again--our cheer. I think you’ll find it amusing. I didn’t make it up---I just screamed it at the top of my lungs. We used to do this cheer before competitions. So imagine me in a body leotard (I was MUCH thinner then) and a pink tutu and have a laugh at my expense.

Flags are grrrrrrrrreat!
Stick out your hands, hope for the best
Togetherness is what counts!
Spiffy crunch, blood toss,
WE EAT RAW MEAT! Grrrrrrrrr......