Fun Facts!

12 Facts About Me

1. I can say the list of presidents forward and backward and did so at a WOL talent show in 2004. I was SOOOOOOO nervous!

2. I used to think that GOD would literally TELL me what I was going to be when I grew up and I asked Him several times as a child and waited patiently, sometimes for 15 min or so, for Him to answer.

3. I invented a game called "Grouchy Granny and her Caddy" on Dec 31, 1994 for my littlest sister, Susie, and we STILL remind each other of it every New Year's Eve! haha!

4. 1995 is the ONLY year that I have a COMPLETE diary.

5. I was due in April but the doc stopped my Mom's labor 3 different times because he said I was too small. I was born May 7 at 10 lbs 5 oz!

6. My mom was going to name my older sister ,Sharon, "April", but there was a little girl in Sunday School named April that drove her crazy so she opted not to. When I came around 2 years later the little girl was gone and I received my name because Mom liked it, not because I had been due in April :)

7. My Dad used to pick me up by the back pockets of my jeans and dangle me...I LOVED this so much! One day when I was 4 the pockets ripped and I fell from his arms...I remember this! LOL!!! (Mom was so mad! haha!)

8. It has always been my dream to have 9 children. Now that I've been through labor, I can honestly say anyone who wants to do that 9 times is CRAZY!!! So, I will hopefully have 2 set of triplets and 1 set of twins so I only have to go through labor 3 more times and still have my 9 children :D

9. I love to text! If I hear my phone ringing I will not always go over and look at it. If I hear it text, I will check it

10. I have NEVER had my own room and I would be scared to death if I had to sleep alone!

11. I like to work. I used to work a second job at Target (6pm-11pm) after my full-time job (7:30am-4pm) just for fun!

12. I am a numbers girl. I like to twist them, turn them, convert them, & flip them all around! Numbers can keep you occupied for hours!


The following are questions from Suzette! :)


Where were you born?
I was born in St Peter's Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ

Why do you blog?
I blog when I have so many thoughts in my head that I have to get them out and typing is faster than writing :D

How many states and/or countries have you lived in?
I have lived in South River, NJ my entire life. Gordon St, Chestnut St, Water St, and Jackson St

How many occupations have you had? Which was your favorite?
I was a summer teacher at Crossroads Country Daycare in 1997. I was a QC supervisor at Michael Graphics, I worked at Target and I am a Mommy...Mommy is DEF the BEST!!!!!

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
right smack dab in the middle of GOD'S WILL!

What is your favorite recipe, meal, or dessert?
Black Tie Mousse Cake from the Olive Garden! WOW-WEE!!!!!

What is your favorite way to spend an evening?
at home with my baby and my hubby. A nice meal, a cold & rainy night, and the 3 of us together!

Other than your spouse (if applicable) who is the one person you are closest to?
Paula. She and I have been best friends since 2006 and we can literally complete each others thoughts and sentences!! :D

Are you a schedule person or a go with the flow person?
If there's a schedule, I'm ON it and I don't like to be late or stray from it. But, I am not usually the one to make daily schedules. I clean what needs cleaning, wash what needs washing, and cook what needs cooking that day.

What, if any, books have you read in the last year? Which was your favorite?
I read A LOT of birthing books in the last year (obviously) along with other books and I honestly am not sure of my favorite. They all helped me in one way or another!

Do you have an iPhone, iPad, etc.? What is your favorite app to use?
I do not have any of the above

Do you receive any magazine subscriptions? Which do you prefer and why?
I do not currently receive any subscriptions, but when I did I liked Disney's Family Fun Magazine

The Desire of My Heart ~Part 1

Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

The Birth of Anya~ GOD'S Special Gift to James & April Dynarski

Saturday December 10,2011
5:08am~ April awakens feeling odd. She decides to take a warm bath. She doesn't realize this is labor and feels its just last night's dinner barking around

5:46am~ After her bath April stalks people on Facebook hoping it will make her tired so she can fall back asleep. She is feeling monthly cramps in her lower abdomen that seem to be swelling every few minutes. Having spent the last week having several hours of Braxton-Hix she is not phased by these cramps since there are no "real" contractions.

6-7am~ April is trying to sleep, but every 4-5 minutes the cramps are swelling high enough to need to roll onto all fours and moan lightly. This is about when it dawned on her that this IS labor!! She texts Dorothy and says she believes this could be it!

7-8am~ April sounds the "alarm" to her friend Paula informing her to shower 'cause her niece is on the way!! April no longer wishes to be alone and heads to wake up Jimmy. She opens the door, Jimmy stirs and looks up. April smiles and tells him to jump in the shower. Jimmy blinks lazily and April tells him, "I'm in labor"...Jimmy bolts from the bed and runs to shower!! (haha! I love this! He was so excited he forgot to kiss me good morning!)

8-10am~ Dorothy & Paula arrive. They meet me upstairs in my bedroom and we chat excitedly, stopping every 5-8 min to work through the not-so-bad contractions...April make the decision to tell her siblings she is in labor. Before she can text her brother, Phil, he sends a text that states, "Can Anya come out and play today?"...This was an awesome text! He just had this feeling that she was coming soon even though it was 6 days before her due date!!

The Final Answers

Q-9. What runs through your head when you realize you're in labor? Is it joy? Fear? Anxiety? Excitement?

A. When I first realized I was in labor it was exciting! I was all alone and had been for 2 hours since it was the wee hours of the morning. There was no fear or anxiety. I completely trusted that my body knew what to do.


(I won't ask how labor feels. I once had a severe stomach infection and the doctor told me later that the pain I was experiencing was equivalent to contractions in a pregnant woman, except unlike contractions my pain had no pauses...I remember that well, I was screaming the whole way to the ER!)... LOL! For the record, the first 20 hours of contractions felt equivalent to the stomach infection pain, however, the later contractions were definitely WORSE!!!

10. What's it like to hear that first cry? To see you baby for the first time? To hold your baby for the first time? What's it like to look down and know that this precious baby is half you and half your husband and s/he was formed and knit together by an Awesome and Amazing GOD??

A. I was in a daze! A very strange, alternate universe feeling, high-as-a-kite, daze and they put this warm, squirmy, grayish, squealing baby on my and she was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen! It was so surreal and I couldn't believe this perfectly formed baby had been inside of me that whole time!! It was wonderful!!


(My next post will be about my labor, so more details to come!)