We had a great weekend in Navarre with Sara, Mike and Liam. We left Friday afternoon and came back yesterday. We hit the beach Saturday and Monday but Liam's still too small to really get in the water and enjoy it, so Sunday evening as it was cooling down, we took him to the Sound side of the island where it's more like a lake and he seemed to enjoy himself better there. Mike took him out in a little jet ski float and he had a pretty good time getting pulled around in that.
The beach was really great. The surf was a little rough yesterday, but it wasn't terrible. We managed to keep from getting sunburnt mainly thanks to Sara's SPF 85 baby sun block she had. I think I might actually be whiter now than when we left.
One thing Liam did eventually start enjoying on the beach was playing in the sand. He has a little bucket that looks like a castle tower when you flip it upside down, so we started stacking those up for him. He seemed to enjoy playing Godzilla and smashing the little castles. We also built "Ft. Liam" right against the water. Basically just piling up sand into a semicircle wall around him. Every now and then a wave would make it around the wall and fill the hole with water. He got a pretty good kick out of that.
On Sunday, we decided that even though we were at the beach, we would go to church and after it was over we were glad we did. We went to First Baptist Church Navarre and they had a wonderful and powerful Memorial Day service. A large part of their attendance is Air Force personnel and you could almost feel the reverence they held for the fallen.
So all in all, a really great weekend. With so much left to do before Harrison arrives, it may be the last chance we have to really do anything, so we were both glad to have the opportunity. The only thing that really stinks is that I have to go to work this morning and now that school is out, DeAnne just gets to get up whenever she wants to. Of course, I wouldn't be a teacher for all the money in the world either, so I guess she's earned it.
--Paul
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Church Kitty
Garrett and I practice for Wednesday night band on Tuesday nights. This past Tuesday night we were out on the porch of the church talking and we heard this sound. At first we thought it might be a fox pup since there have been several dens near the church over the years. We started walking towards the road and instead of a fox pup, a little orange kitten popped his head over the curb of the road and started coming towards us. Of course, being the tender heart I am, I called DeAnne. I knew it didn't matter what was going on, as soon as I said "we found a kitten", she would be on her way to come get him. She got to the church and helped us catch him and after a phone call, DeAnne's sister, Sara, decided she had a new cat.
So we're currently cat sitting until Friday when we're going down to Navarre to spend the weekend with Sara, Liam and Mike. With the holiday Monday and school getting out this week, we figured this would probably be the only real chance that we had to get down to the beach and enjoy it before Harrison arrived.
The school board met yesterday and hired DeAnne back for next year. We're both pretty excited. She had a great year this past year and she's really happy at Pleasant Home. It means she's got a lot of work to do this summer though. She's actually already started making sub plans for her maternity leave. She wanted to get a jump on them in case she was hired back. So she's got that to finish up and there's still some things she wants to get cleaned out in her room. Hopefully she can get it all prepared before the end of June and be able to relax a bit in July as we get down to the due date.
Have a good weekend and I'll see you Tuesday.
--Paul
So we're currently cat sitting until Friday when we're going down to Navarre to spend the weekend with Sara, Liam and Mike. With the holiday Monday and school getting out this week, we figured this would probably be the only real chance that we had to get down to the beach and enjoy it before Harrison arrived.
The school board met yesterday and hired DeAnne back for next year. We're both pretty excited. She had a great year this past year and she's really happy at Pleasant Home. It means she's got a lot of work to do this summer though. She's actually already started making sub plans for her maternity leave. She wanted to get a jump on them in case she was hired back. So she's got that to finish up and there's still some things she wants to get cleaned out in her room. Hopefully she can get it all prepared before the end of June and be able to relax a bit in July as we get down to the due date.
Have a good weekend and I'll see you Tuesday.
--Paul
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Home Stretch
We've made it to the last week of school. DeAnne's had a good year and she's mentioned to me several times that she's going to miss this group of kids.
I didn't get anything accomplished this past weekend. We were so lazy Saturday it was sad. But it's okay. Every now and then you just need a lazy Saturday. It may be one of the last we get to enjoy for a while to come.
The baby countdown hit t-minus 60 days yesterday, so we've made it to 2 months to go. After school lets out, I think DeAnne is probably going to seriously enter nesting mode. We're getting close and without school to occupy her time or tire her out, she's going to have time and energy to think about what she wants done to the room and all before the baby gets here. I'm probably in for a load of work the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to it though. I'm ready for Harrison to be here. We've waited so long for this it's almost hard to believe that it's really so close to becoming reality.
One final bit of good news: Memaw should be discharged from the hospital today. It'll be the first time she's been out of the hospital since Andalusia sent her to the Opp nursing home over a month ago. UAB was able to put a stint in the narrowing of her intestine and that seems to have done the trick. She's started eating again and she seems to be doing good. She's going to be coming to the Andalusia nursing home for 20 days for rehab but hopefully after that, she'll be able to return to life as normal. Thank you all who have prayed for her and please continue to pray that she regains her strength and is able to get back to normal.
--Paul
I didn't get anything accomplished this past weekend. We were so lazy Saturday it was sad. But it's okay. Every now and then you just need a lazy Saturday. It may be one of the last we get to enjoy for a while to come.
The baby countdown hit t-minus 60 days yesterday, so we've made it to 2 months to go. After school lets out, I think DeAnne is probably going to seriously enter nesting mode. We're getting close and without school to occupy her time or tire her out, she's going to have time and energy to think about what she wants done to the room and all before the baby gets here. I'm probably in for a load of work the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to it though. I'm ready for Harrison to be here. We've waited so long for this it's almost hard to believe that it's really so close to becoming reality.
One final bit of good news: Memaw should be discharged from the hospital today. It'll be the first time she's been out of the hospital since Andalusia sent her to the Opp nursing home over a month ago. UAB was able to put a stint in the narrowing of her intestine and that seems to have done the trick. She's started eating again and she seems to be doing good. She's going to be coming to the Andalusia nursing home for 20 days for rehab but hopefully after that, she'll be able to return to life as normal. Thank you all who have prayed for her and please continue to pray that she regains her strength and is able to get back to normal.
--Paul
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Struggling
I"ve set here for a few minutes this morning trying to find a topic to talk about and I'm just not coming up with anything.
We don't have any plans for the weekend. Like I said on Tuesday, I'm on call this week, so that pretty much keeps us close to home. I do need to cut the grass. The little bit of rain we got last weekend kicked up some of the yard and it's looking kind of shabby now. I think I also mentioned that last group of bushes that needs trimming. Maybe I can get those done along with the grass.
We also have a massive amount of stuff that we need to clean out of the office. There are piles upon piles of things that we need to find a home for. I'm really not sure where it's all going to go. We've been trying to sell our old bedroom set but so far haven't had any takers. If we could move all of that stuff, that would free up a good bit of space in the storage building. So, if you know anyone looking for a queen size bedroom set, send them our way.
Harrison's room is pretty much together. We need to find a rug and we want to replace the light in room with a ceiling fan, but other than that, we're in pretty good shape with it. The only other thing I can think of off the top of my head is that we still need to find a lamp base to match the lamp shade we got to match his bedding.
So that's all I've got today. Short and kind of random. Maybe I'll have something better to talk about on Tuesday. Have a good weekend.
--Paul
We don't have any plans for the weekend. Like I said on Tuesday, I'm on call this week, so that pretty much keeps us close to home. I do need to cut the grass. The little bit of rain we got last weekend kicked up some of the yard and it's looking kind of shabby now. I think I also mentioned that last group of bushes that needs trimming. Maybe I can get those done along with the grass.
We also have a massive amount of stuff that we need to clean out of the office. There are piles upon piles of things that we need to find a home for. I'm really not sure where it's all going to go. We've been trying to sell our old bedroom set but so far haven't had any takers. If we could move all of that stuff, that would free up a good bit of space in the storage building. So, if you know anyone looking for a queen size bedroom set, send them our way.
Harrison's room is pretty much together. We need to find a rug and we want to replace the light in room with a ceiling fan, but other than that, we're in pretty good shape with it. The only other thing I can think of off the top of my head is that we still need to find a lamp base to match the lamp shade we got to match his bedding.
So that's all I've got today. Short and kind of random. Maybe I'll have something better to talk about on Tuesday. Have a good weekend.
--Paul
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Back To Somewhat Normal
After all the craziness of the past few months with the class and all, we're slowly getting back to a more normal routine. I'm taking this as the calm before the storm because I'm sure once Harrison gets here, normal will have to go through a complete re-difining.
We had another great weekend. Saturday we rode up to Tallassee to see my Mom's side of the family. It was kind of a belated Mother's Day gathering. It was unique this year in that my Uncle Keith and Aunt She-She came over from Arizona and my grandmother's twin brother, Uncle Ken, came out from California. It was good to get to see them along with the usual crowd that we don't get to see often enough. So we had a good time visiting, eating and taking family pictures.
Sunday after church, DeAnne threw me a birthday party. She had told me that I was going to have a surprise on the table when we got home Saturday night and that I wasn't allowed to look under the tablecloth. I assumed that part of what was under there was a cake. I was slightly wrong because it turned out that the entirety of what was hidden was a cake. It was a four foot long replica of my Les Paul. It was pretty amazing and incredibly thoughtful, so after all the grief I gave DeAnne last week about not ever telling me "Happy Birthday", she more than made up for it with the party and the cake.
So that was the weekend. We actually don't have any real plans for the one coming up. I'll probably end up working outside. I still have a set of bushes to trim and after finally getting some rain the yard is starting to look like it needs cutting.
--Paul
We had another great weekend. Saturday we rode up to Tallassee to see my Mom's side of the family. It was kind of a belated Mother's Day gathering. It was unique this year in that my Uncle Keith and Aunt She-She came over from Arizona and my grandmother's twin brother, Uncle Ken, came out from California. It was good to get to see them along with the usual crowd that we don't get to see often enough. So we had a good time visiting, eating and taking family pictures.
Sunday after church, DeAnne threw me a birthday party. She had told me that I was going to have a surprise on the table when we got home Saturday night and that I wasn't allowed to look under the tablecloth. I assumed that part of what was under there was a cake. I was slightly wrong because it turned out that the entirety of what was hidden was a cake. It was a four foot long replica of my Les Paul. It was pretty amazing and incredibly thoughtful, so after all the grief I gave DeAnne last week about not ever telling me "Happy Birthday", she more than made up for it with the party and the cake.
So that was the weekend. We actually don't have any real plans for the one coming up. I'll probably end up working outside. I still have a set of bushes to trim and after finally getting some rain the yard is starting to look like it needs cutting.
--Paul
Thursday, May 12, 2011
30
I don't think I mentioned it Tuesday, but yesterday was my birthday. I turned 30 this year. It's kind of crazy when you think about how much life changes in 30 years but it's been a great, blessed time and I really think life has just begun. I had a lot of people ask me yesterday how it felt to be 30 and honestly, it doesn't feel all that different from being 20-something. I'm sure that if I could step back into my 20 year old self, I would be able to tell at least a physical difference, but looking back from where I'm at now, I can't feel it.
It was a pretty routine day. Work, home and then church. I do have to give DeAnne a little ribbing though. When I left for work yesterday morning, she made no mention of it being my birthday. She's usually still half asleep when I leave though, so I didn't really think anything of it. Later that day though, she needed something and called me real quick from the school. Still no mention of my birthday. Then later that afternoon she called me again and still didn't say "happy birthday". Finally, we had a doctor's appointment (her now every two weeks routine visit) and we were sitting in the waiting room and she was just going on about how her day had been and finally I just had to ask her if she knew what day it was. She said yes, it's Wednesday so I asked her if she remembered that it was my birthday. This is where it gets rich. She told me that she did know it was my birthday and that she just hadn't had the chance to wish me a happy birthday yet!
Yesterday I was a little offended but looking back, it's pretty funny so I have to rib her for it a little. In her defense, I will say that she was really busy yesterday. They had awards day at the school and she was pretty much in charge of running a reception for all the "graduating" 6th graders and their parents, so she had a crazy day. Still, it's pretty funny that she had four chances and never told me until I asked. She also never gave me my card. She said she had one for me but when we got home from church, she laid down on the couch for a minute and fell asleep. Maybe I'll get it today.
So anyway, thank you to everyone who told me happy birthday yesterday, it was a great day and I'm looking forward to the next 30+ years.
--Paul
It was a pretty routine day. Work, home and then church. I do have to give DeAnne a little ribbing though. When I left for work yesterday morning, she made no mention of it being my birthday. She's usually still half asleep when I leave though, so I didn't really think anything of it. Later that day though, she needed something and called me real quick from the school. Still no mention of my birthday. Then later that afternoon she called me again and still didn't say "happy birthday". Finally, we had a doctor's appointment (her now every two weeks routine visit) and we were sitting in the waiting room and she was just going on about how her day had been and finally I just had to ask her if she knew what day it was. She said yes, it's Wednesday so I asked her if she remembered that it was my birthday. This is where it gets rich. She told me that she did know it was my birthday and that she just hadn't had the chance to wish me a happy birthday yet!
Yesterday I was a little offended but looking back, it's pretty funny so I have to rib her for it a little. In her defense, I will say that she was really busy yesterday. They had awards day at the school and she was pretty much in charge of running a reception for all the "graduating" 6th graders and their parents, so she had a crazy day. Still, it's pretty funny that she had four chances and never told me until I asked. She also never gave me my card. She said she had one for me but when we got home from church, she laid down on the couch for a minute and fell asleep. Maybe I'll get it today.
So anyway, thank you to everyone who told me happy birthday yesterday, it was a great day and I'm looking forward to the next 30+ years.
--Paul
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Harrison's Heart
DeAnne and have spent the better part of the nearly six years that we've been married praying for not only God to bless with a child/children but for various aspects of our children's lives. One of those aspects is health. The various health problems that DeAnne and I have faced throughout our lives have been pretty well documented here on this blog. We've always prayed that our children would be spared those same trials and that they would be healthy. Yesterday, we got to see the first confirmation that the Lord is answering those prayers.
While we were in Mobile for my annual cardiologist visit in April, we mentioned to my doctor that we were expecting and asked about the potential for Harrison to have some heart defect similar to what I had. He referred us to another cardiologist in his group that does fetal diagnostics. So yesterday we shot down to Mobile, got to take a peak at Harrison one more time and found out that for as far as they can tell at this stage, he has a perfectly healthy heart. On the way home DeAnne and I were talking and we came around to the peace that God has given us about Harrison's health. Neither of us really feel like he's going to have anything wrong with him and we both agreed that while our faith comforts us and pacifies our fears, it was incredible and uplifting to physically see God working and answering prayers that we've prayed for so long.
So that was just Monday. We had a good weekend too. Yesterday was actually the second time we had been to Mobile since the weekend started. On Saturday, "little" Edwin had his first birthday, so we headed down to celebrate with Courtney and Edwin and a host of other friends and family. It was a good time and it was good to get to see a lot of people that we haven't been able to see in a while.
Mother's Day was spent in Kinston with DeAnne's family. We ate ourselves silly and had as good a time as we always do. DeAnne's grandmother who we've been asking prayers for is home now although she's not able to stand or walk, but she looked really good and it was good to see her feeling so much better and sitting up in a chair and eating.
My grandmother was moved to UAB late last week and they're still working to find out what exactly is going on with her. Hopefully today they'll be able to do the CT they've been wanting to do for a couple of weeks now and we'll know something more.
See you all on Thursday,
Paul
While we were in Mobile for my annual cardiologist visit in April, we mentioned to my doctor that we were expecting and asked about the potential for Harrison to have some heart defect similar to what I had. He referred us to another cardiologist in his group that does fetal diagnostics. So yesterday we shot down to Mobile, got to take a peak at Harrison one more time and found out that for as far as they can tell at this stage, he has a perfectly healthy heart. On the way home DeAnne and I were talking and we came around to the peace that God has given us about Harrison's health. Neither of us really feel like he's going to have anything wrong with him and we both agreed that while our faith comforts us and pacifies our fears, it was incredible and uplifting to physically see God working and answering prayers that we've prayed for so long.
So that was just Monday. We had a good weekend too. Yesterday was actually the second time we had been to Mobile since the weekend started. On Saturday, "little" Edwin had his first birthday, so we headed down to celebrate with Courtney and Edwin and a host of other friends and family. It was a good time and it was good to get to see a lot of people that we haven't been able to see in a while.
Mother's Day was spent in Kinston with DeAnne's family. We ate ourselves silly and had as good a time as we always do. DeAnne's grandmother who we've been asking prayers for is home now although she's not able to stand or walk, but she looked really good and it was good to see her feeling so much better and sitting up in a chair and eating.
My grandmother was moved to UAB late last week and they're still working to find out what exactly is going on with her. Hopefully today they'll be able to do the CT they've been wanting to do for a couple of weeks now and we'll know something more.
See you all on Thursday,
Paul
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Not So Easy "A"
DeAnne's class is finished and she finished up with a 94. I'm incredibly proud of her and the hard work she put in. There were several times where things got a little intense while we were talking about the class, but that's all over and done with and now we can just enjoy the fact that it's over and she made an "A".
With the class over, we'll be turning our full attention over to baby stuff. Specifically, the nursery. We have a lot of stuff to take care of in a short amount of time. They're brining the furniture on Tuesday and by then we have to get DeAnne's old hutch and my old toy chest cleaned out and moved out of the room. That may not sound like a huge deal, but trust me, there's a lot of stuff in those two things and I'm not really sure where it's all going to go.
Memaw was moved to Birmingham last night. This makes the fourth hospital and the fifth facility over all that she's been in in the past month. Hopefully, there will be someone in Birmingham willing to make a decision and do something about finding out exactly what's wrong with her. Please continue praying for her.
Have a good weekend. We'll be heading down to Mobile on Saturday for baby Edwin's first birthday followed up on Sunday by Mother's Day. See you Tuesday.
--Paul
With the class over, we'll be turning our full attention over to baby stuff. Specifically, the nursery. We have a lot of stuff to take care of in a short amount of time. They're brining the furniture on Tuesday and by then we have to get DeAnne's old hutch and my old toy chest cleaned out and moved out of the room. That may not sound like a huge deal, but trust me, there's a lot of stuff in those two things and I'm not really sure where it's all going to go.
Memaw was moved to Birmingham last night. This makes the fourth hospital and the fifth facility over all that she's been in in the past month. Hopefully, there will be someone in Birmingham willing to make a decision and do something about finding out exactly what's wrong with her. Please continue praying for her.
Have a good weekend. We'll be heading down to Mobile on Saturday for baby Edwin's first birthday followed up on Sunday by Mother's Day. See you Tuesday.
--Paul
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Finishing Strong
We're down to the last few days of DeAnne's class and it looks like she's going to finish it out on a high note. She took the third test Saturday and made an A on it and last night the instructor posted the grade for her paper and she aced it too. She finished up the discussion board work last night and so now all that's left is the last test which is open book.
DeAnne called the store we ordered Harrison's furniture from and they're going to be bringing it next Tuesday. So that gives us just enough time to try and get the rest of the nursery cleaned out after DeAnne finishes up this last test. We also had our first shower this past Sunday and Harrison got a lot of nice gifts. We hate to put any of it in his room though because we're not sure how we're going to lay out the furniture so for now it's all just piled up in the living room. I get the feeling that this is just the beginning of a never-ending mess in the main part of the house.
DeAnne's grandmother is going to be released from Healthsouth on Friday. She's not really much better but her days are up and they can't keep her. She still needs prayer that she'll regain her strength and be able to get up and get around some on her own. Memaw still isn't much better either. They're planning on doing a CT but they have to wait for the dye they used for the contrast x-ray to leave her system. They thought they might be able to do the scan yesterday but there was still too much dye in her. Hopefully they can get it done today and we can find out what the problem is.
See you Thursday.
--Paul
DeAnne called the store we ordered Harrison's furniture from and they're going to be bringing it next Tuesday. So that gives us just enough time to try and get the rest of the nursery cleaned out after DeAnne finishes up this last test. We also had our first shower this past Sunday and Harrison got a lot of nice gifts. We hate to put any of it in his room though because we're not sure how we're going to lay out the furniture so for now it's all just piled up in the living room. I get the feeling that this is just the beginning of a never-ending mess in the main part of the house.
DeAnne's grandmother is going to be released from Healthsouth on Friday. She's not really much better but her days are up and they can't keep her. She still needs prayer that she'll regain her strength and be able to get up and get around some on her own. Memaw still isn't much better either. They're planning on doing a CT but they have to wait for the dye they used for the contrast x-ray to leave her system. They thought they might be able to do the scan yesterday but there was still too much dye in her. Hopefully they can get it done today and we can find out what the problem is.
See you Thursday.
--Paul
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