Well That Didn't Work...

Sorry blog diary, I am much too busy living my life to write about it...peace out!!

Sunday May 13,2012

Dear Diary, Today is Mother's Day! This is the second one that I will celebrate. Life begins at conception and therefore last year was my first Mother's Day, even though Anya was no bigger than my pinky nail :D Today we gave Nana and great-Grandma Barbara their presents! They both LOVED their beautiful picture frames of Anya!! I am so thankful for these "adopted" grandparents in our lives. Since both sets of Anya's grandparents are deceased it's so wonderful that these ladies step lovingly into the roll!! After church, I cleaned Anya's dresser drawers and packed away her 6-9 month clothing since she no longer fits into them. For my Mother's Day lunch I had a sub from Riddle & Martin (yum!) and watched the Mets play the Florida Marlins...they lost! UGH! I'm a glutton for punishment as a Mets fan, LOL! In the evening we trekked down to the Beisser's and had a nice little visit. We watched an episode of Angel and came home to bed. It was so warm last night that my poor Anya kept waking up! She is having a tough time handling heat. I am the same way! I'd rather deal with cold and snow then heat and humidity! Looking forward to Rachel's 10th birthday tomorrow!! Dear Jesus, Thank You for allowing me to be a mommy! I love it so very, very much! Anya is so very precious to me and I love every moment with her. I love You!

Saturday May 12, 2012

Dear Diary, Today was a quiet day. I woke with Anya about 7:45 and we snuggled and talked with Daddy in bed for a while until he had to get ready for work. Since Jimmy's car is still not running I dropped him at Kohl's at 10am. Anya and I went shopping for a bit to get presents for Jon, Bailey, and Brandt since we're going up to PA for their party next Saturday. Aunt Susie came over on the afternoon for a bit and we also sat in the glider on the porch and talked with our neighbors Kristen and Debbie. We picked up Daddy at 6pm and had a quick dinner of McDonald's takeout. The evening spent rocking in the cool evening air on the porch and putting the last touches on picture frames for Nana and Great-Grandma Barbara for Mother's Day tomorrow! They came out beautifully! What a nice day! Dear LORD,Thank you for the days of laid back quietness. Days when its easy to breathe and not so hectic. Thank you for inventing cool breezes. They feel wonderful, oh so wonderful! I love You!

A Challenge

Yesterday after a wonderful birthday celebration lunch, my friend Dorothy and I sat on my couch talking. I had found my diary from 1995 that morning and I was sharing a few things in it. Over the course of our conversation Dorothy began reading entries and we were discussing where she remembers she was on that particular day 17 years ago. We were having a good time laughing about what 16 year old April had to say, LOL! Then it dawned on me. I don't write like I used to. I'm not keeping track of the day to day things that happen in my life. Therefore, I have challenged myself to write at least ONE paragraph each day, for a whole month, like my diary in 1995,and just share a little about what GOD is doing in my life. I want to do it for one month because I want to start small and one year seems so daunting! LOL! :D So here we go! Friday May 11,2012 Dear Blog-Diary, Today Anya is 5 months! Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday that I was in labor! My Squinky is getting so big! She was 19.8 pounds and 27inches at yesterday's checkup! That's a 3 pound gain and a 1 inch growth since last month! My big, lovey girl! I woke up to nurse Ani at 6:45 and then Jimmy took her downstairs when she was done because he lets me sleep in on Fridays! Woo hoo! At 10:15 Dorothy came with Katie, Jo & Mir in tow because we were going to The Turning Point Restaurant to celebrate my birthday which was last Monday. I had lobster eggs Benedict and it was certainly yummy! Dorothy says she's going to go there alone on Mother's Day morning, LOL!! After brunch we dropped her kids off and then spent the next few hours talking on my couch. After that Susie and Jordan came over and Jimmy came home from work. J & J worked on fixing Jimmy's car while Susie and I talked inside and I made truffles...they were SOOOO good!! I love truffles!!! haha! For dinner we had pizza from Franco's and I made a yummy salad to go with it. Afterwards, I took a walk around the neighborhood with Anya, Paula, Rachel, Mary, Nora, and Paula's Mom's dog, Fancy...We had a good time chatting and Nora was so hysterical! She was walking ahead and kept turning around and calling "mooooom" and sticking her tushy at us!! Ahahaha! I told Paula I was going to have to bite her when I got a hold of her because she was so yummy! LOL! Rachel took a tumble off of her scooter so the walk came to an end and we sat in Paula's backyard until it got dark. Steve, Paula, and I watched an episode of HEAVY on Netflix (we are all trying to lose weight and this show is amazingly inspiring). At around 10pm, Jimmy came down and joined us and we watched Lie To Me, another great show :D We came home and went to bed! Jimmy has to work tomorrow and I'm looking forward to perhaps seeing the Haines girls in their piano recital at 3:30! Thank You, LORD, for this wonderful day with friends and family. You have given me so much to be thankful for! Thank You for my 5 month old baby! I love her so much! Amen~