The Jordans- Cherish, Sean, Autumn and Emelia

I am hoping still that you will make it off your FOB yet again. It is so disheartening each day to find out that you haven't been able to make any progress. I guess I am just really starting to get impatient. I just want you to come home already! Yesterday I attempted to locate our sled that is buried somewhere in the backyard. Autumn peeked out from behind the door: Looked at me like, you want me to do what?? Needless to say, I was unsuccessful at operation finding the sled. We headed downtown to watch the dog races and boy, was it cold yesterday. Not only did the temperature drop, but it was windy down there too. I guess it was good for the dogs, they overheat easily if it is too warm (yes, 30 degrees is warm in Alaska). 15. This picture just cracked me up! I was so glad to see they have been clearing the sidewalks of snow because that meant that pushing my jogger wouldn't be overly difficult. When we head back downtown today to watch the Running of the Reindeer, we...

Autumn and I have been extremely lazy. I cannot explain it, but I just cannot shake this tired feeling. I have just been trying to sleep whenever I can. Autumn is a demanding little human though and she makes it kind of hard to rest. She isn't use to being in the house so much, it just isn't the way our family operates. If things keep going well, we are still going to go out tomorrow for the running of the reindeer. I may or may not put Autumn in the stroller for that. We will have to see about the snow situation. It is supposed to be cold today. High of 20. I wanted to take Autumn to see some of the dog races today, but I just don't know if that is going to work out or not. We will see how I feel in another hour or so. Angie took the following photo (I believe that night I went to Labor and Delivery) and I just love this picture of Autumn and Riley. They look like mirror images with their stuffed animals, books and blankets! Thank you for the photo Angie and th...

I told Angie several weeks ago that I would take her and Riley to the airport and I totally did not mind doing it, but I surely didn't think it out very well. Can you think of a place that Autumn associates with her Daddy?? That is right! The airport. Once we pulled up to the loading zone, Autumn became hysterical, then to make matters worse, Riley was getting out, but Autumn wasn't. I think Autumn went from thinking that Daddy was coming home, to Riley was never coming home. What an awful person I felt like for not even considering how Autumn would feel about it. SO, we got Angie and Riley off to Florida and then decided we should pick up breakfast to get our mind off of the airport. We got it to go, went home, ate and Autumn watched cartoons while I napped on and off. A few hours later, Autumn came to me and said, "Change me" and was trying to take off her pj's. I was like, well I guess it is time to get dressed and do something fun for Autumn today. F...

Yesterday after I finished my blog for you, I realized I was bleeding. Not a lot, but enough to cause me some concern. My mom convinced me to call the hospital because my big idea was to grab a bottle of water and sit on the couch for an hour and see what happened. Labor and delivery asked me to come right in. I called Angie because I had items I signed up to bring to church for the potluck and I didn't want that to go to waste. Angie offered to keep Autumn for me, which honestly was quite a relief. Once I checked in to labor and delivery, they hooked me up to the contraction monitor and the heartbeat monitor for NH2. At first she was getting a bunch of dead air and at the time, I wasn't feeling her move. I told her, now you are starting to panic me. The nurse said that because I was so early, they probably would have to get a different monitor. All of a sudden, here comes the heart beat. Steady and strong. That monitor picked up her heart beat the entire time I was ...

You know I really dislike writing about any of the ugly stuff that is going on, but sometimes, there is ugly stuff going on. Our niece Jordan has to have surgery on Friday. It isn't a major surgery, she is getting ear tubes put in, but apparently she had such a bad ear infection (that they couldn't get under control with antibiotics) and is now looking at possibly suffering from some hearing loss. I feel really bad for my sister because she is a struggling single mother and is having a difficult time coming up with the money to take care of Jordan's surgery. I am putting a check in the mail this evening on our way to church. The other bit of nastiness going on in my life right now- negativity. You ever met someone that is so negative that a mere conversation with them left you feeling completely drained? You gave me some advice about this type of person/relationship last night and well, I listened. I have ceased all communications with this person and I have to tell y...