Luke and I took a walk around our neighborhood tonight. He was riding a scooter and telling me about how he and Daddy do these walks. We got to one of the buildings and he pointed out a retaining wall. The wall has 2 tiers and the lower tier is a pretty good distance from the ground for a 3 yr. old, but it's wide enough to be walked on.
Luke: "What's that, Mommy?"
Me: "It's a wall that's holding up dirt."
Luke: "Daddy said I can't go walk there. He said I have to come back."
Me: "Daddy's right because if you fell off that wall you could get hurt."
Luke: "I have to go to the hospital?"
Me: "Uh-huh, probably."
Luke: "I have to get a shot?"
Me: "I don't know, maybe."
Luke: "Then I go to be with e-jip?"
Me: "You what?"
Luke: "I go be with e-jip."
Me: "Are you saying Egypt?"
Luke: "Yeah. When I dead, I go to be with Egypt."
Me: (laughing) "Sweetie, you mean Jesus. If you died you would go to Heaven to be with Jesus, not Egypt."
So cute!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Rattlesnakes
Luke and I (Christy) were driving to the library today and I was listening to a story on the news about a man at Wal-Mart somewhere in the country who was reaching under a plant to pick up his baby's bottle and ended up being bitten by a rattlesnake. After the story I commented aloud, "Whoa!" Here's the conversation that followed.
Luke: "What's that kind of whoa, Mommy?"
Christy: "Oh, there was a story on the news about a man who was bitten by a rattlesnake."
Luke: "What's that kind of rattlesnake?"
Christy: "A rattlesnake is a kind of snake that has a rattle for a tail. Well, its not a rattle, but his tail makes a rattling sound. It is a kind of snake that can hurt you."
Luke: "How it hurts?"
Christy: "Well, if it bites you it has poison that can get on you and make you very sick. You have to go to the hospital really fast. Rattlesnakes are very dangerous. They can kill you."
Luke: "They have guns???"
Christy: (Laughing) "No sweetheart, they don't carry guns. They are dangerous because they bite people and that make people sick."
Luke: "What's that kind of ha, ha, ha, Mommy?"
Oh, the days of many questions have begun:)
Luke: "What's that kind of whoa, Mommy?"
Christy: "Oh, there was a story on the news about a man who was bitten by a rattlesnake."
Luke: "What's that kind of rattlesnake?"
Christy: "A rattlesnake is a kind of snake that has a rattle for a tail. Well, its not a rattle, but his tail makes a rattling sound. It is a kind of snake that can hurt you."
Luke: "How it hurts?"
Christy: "Well, if it bites you it has poison that can get on you and make you very sick. You have to go to the hospital really fast. Rattlesnakes are very dangerous. They can kill you."
Luke: "They have guns???"
Christy: (Laughing) "No sweetheart, they don't carry guns. They are dangerous because they bite people and that make people sick."
Luke: "What's that kind of ha, ha, ha, Mommy?"
Oh, the days of many questions have begun:)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
March - June Update
Here are some pictures to cover the last few months. I bet you can guess the months I was sickest! Christy + flu + first trimester = not many pictures. Then take the same formula, subtract flu and first trimester. Then add salmonella and you know why June is short. We're currently dealing with a stomach bug with Luke. I've been praying for a season of health for our little family. I think we're due for one. Please join us in praying for this. Also, praise our Savior for keeping John so healthy! He continues to do a wonderful job in his seminary classes and will finish up his 3rd semester of Greek at the end of the month. I'm proud of him and know he must be doing great when a friend teasingly calls him the "Greek scholar." John is about to complete a paper this summer which he is excited to work on because it is the whole reason he wanted to come to seminary and study the Biblical languages, allowing him to interpret Scripture in its original text.
Enjoy our pictures!
March
Our first picnic of the season was in early March. We enjoyed lunch at a Holding Park close to the seminary and Luke got in some playground time.
April
Grammy & Pappy came to visit in early April and we had so much fun while they were here. Grammy brought eggs for Luke to hunt at night with a flashlight. He enjoyed this so much and we hope to make it a tradition for him (and Hadley) each year.
Spring Time at Pullen Park in Raleigh....Beautiful!
Our building egg hunt
Seminary campus with azaleas in full bloom - The campus in full bloom is a beautiful sight!
Strawberry Pickin' at Vollmer Farms
Daddy teaching Luke how to milk a cow...although this strange cow only had water to give!
On the John Deere trike in his overalls....farm boy at heart!
May
The seminary hosts a campus picnic for students twice a year. They have inflatables for the kiddos and the big kiddos. Its always a good time of fellowship and fun for all.
Luke attacking the gnome knight
Mommy & Luke
We celebrated Mother's Day with my parents and my brother Jeremy's family. We had a picnic lunch at Pullen Park.
The Mom's (Christy, my mother Becky and my sister-in-law Jennifer)
One of my favorite days...our first visit to Krispy Kreme. We had hot, fresh, delicious donuts. Luke and I had never been to Krispy Kreme before so it was a big treat for us!
At the NC zoo
Out of all the times we've been to the NC zoo, this is the first time we got to see the giraffes. Now I can finally believe them when they say they have a giraffe exhibit.
Luke Marx
Reynolda Gardens in Winston-Salem
If you are ever in Winston-Salem, Reynolda Gardens is a must see. I LOVE this place. It is full of flowers, a vegetable garden area and a huge rose garden. We've visited here many times to enjoy the view.
The perfect rose according to Christy
The perfect rose according to John
June
In early June we went to Oak Island, NC for some beach fun with my parents and my brother Jeremy's family. We enjoyed our time there and Luke is learning to love the ocean.
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Reynolda Gardens in Winston-Salem
If you are ever in Winston-Salem, Reynolda Gardens is a must see. I LOVE this place. It is full of flowers, a vegetable garden area and a huge rose garden. We've visited here many times to enjoy the view.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
The Half-Way Mark
We've reached 20 weeks as of Sunday and this pregnancy has already been more eventful than Luke's! During the first trimester I had the flu and was pretty sick for a week. Now in the second trimester I've had salmonella. Yuck!! That was far worse than the flu and has changed my outlook on eating out and eating chicken. Avoid Chili's at all cost! They don't have the best record when it comes to food poisoning.
The short of it....On Tuesday, June 23rd we had our ultrasound and found out we were having a girl. We went out for lunch at Chili's to celebrate the occasion. Early Wednesday morning I was extremely sick and thought I had the stomach virus. I ended up in the doctor's office that day due to dehydration and then the ER that night due to high fever and continued dehydration. After trips to the doc Thursday and Friday we were back in the ER Friday night and I was admitted to the hospital then until Sunday. It was a horrible experience with symptoms I won't mention, but Hadley seemed to do fine and stayed protected during the whole ordeal. It wasn't until the Sunday of my discharge that we learned I had salmonella. We've reported the case to Chili's and the county health dept. Since then, there have been 5 other cases reported so we're really hoping/praying for some help with the upcoming medical bills. Please join us in praying for that!
I had a check-up yesterday and it went great! Hadley's heart rate was at 145 BPM. She is moving a lot and I still feel her very low so we're still praying about the low placenta. We'll have an ultrasound at the end of August to see if it has moved up. Since I was unable to keep fluids in me for 4 days, I lost weight and was 2 lbs lighter than a month ago. So my total weight gain so far is 8 lbs. It sounds bad, BUT at 20 weeks the recommended weight gain is 10 lbs so I'm not far off. The doctor just said to make sure it goes in the right direction. I eat like a hoss now, so I don't think we'll have to worry with that. I also started iron yesterday....no surprise because my iron always seems to be a little low. That's it for now.
Hadley has already received her first outfits. Nana bought her an especially sweet one that just brought tears to my eyes. I am so excited about dressing up this sweet girl! It's a different excitement the second time around. With Luke I had nervous excitement, but now I just can't wait to meet this girl and I can't believe God is blessing us with a daughter. I really never thought we would end up with a girl. All I know is boys...brothers and nephews always around so this will certainly be an adventure for me.
We'll go back for another check-up in 4 weeks. I'll try to get some pictures up sometime. Luke is very excited to have a baby sister on the way. He likes to tell people now that he's going to have a baby sister. He finally realized it wasn't going to be a brother! We are so excited about our trip to KY coming up at the end of the month! Can't wait to see our KY family and friends!!!
The short of it....On Tuesday, June 23rd we had our ultrasound and found out we were having a girl. We went out for lunch at Chili's to celebrate the occasion. Early Wednesday morning I was extremely sick and thought I had the stomach virus. I ended up in the doctor's office that day due to dehydration and then the ER that night due to high fever and continued dehydration. After trips to the doc Thursday and Friday we were back in the ER Friday night and I was admitted to the hospital then until Sunday. It was a horrible experience with symptoms I won't mention, but Hadley seemed to do fine and stayed protected during the whole ordeal. It wasn't until the Sunday of my discharge that we learned I had salmonella. We've reported the case to Chili's and the county health dept. Since then, there have been 5 other cases reported so we're really hoping/praying for some help with the upcoming medical bills. Please join us in praying for that!
I had a check-up yesterday and it went great! Hadley's heart rate was at 145 BPM. She is moving a lot and I still feel her very low so we're still praying about the low placenta. We'll have an ultrasound at the end of August to see if it has moved up. Since I was unable to keep fluids in me for 4 days, I lost weight and was 2 lbs lighter than a month ago. So my total weight gain so far is 8 lbs. It sounds bad, BUT at 20 weeks the recommended weight gain is 10 lbs so I'm not far off. The doctor just said to make sure it goes in the right direction. I eat like a hoss now, so I don't think we'll have to worry with that. I also started iron yesterday....no surprise because my iron always seems to be a little low. That's it for now.
Hadley has already received her first outfits. Nana bought her an especially sweet one that just brought tears to my eyes. I am so excited about dressing up this sweet girl! It's a different excitement the second time around. With Luke I had nervous excitement, but now I just can't wait to meet this girl and I can't believe God is blessing us with a daughter. I really never thought we would end up with a girl. All I know is boys...brothers and nephews always around so this will certainly be an adventure for me.
We'll go back for another check-up in 4 weeks. I'll try to get some pictures up sometime. Luke is very excited to have a baby sister on the way. He likes to tell people now that he's going to have a baby sister. He finally realized it wasn't going to be a brother! We are so excited about our trip to KY coming up at the end of the month! Can't wait to see our KY family and friends!!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
IT'S.............
We had our big ultrasound today and learned that baby #2 is a little girl!!! Hadley Rebekah is doing great and is keeping her same due date of November 22. The tech asked during the ultrasound what I thought I was having and I looked up on the screen to see the tell-tale sign of a little girl!!! "Is it a girl?" I asked.
"It is!" she said.
Tears were flowing quickly and thus began the ugly cry. It was such a cry that she had to ask if this was a good thing or a bad thing. It is great news!!! Hadley will be the first girl on my side of the family. So that is very exciting for us!
We do have a prayer request for you along with this announcement. I have a low-lying placenta right now which will likely resolve on its own. Please pray that this is resolved to avoid complications near the end of pregnancy. We were told almost all ladies who have this before 20 weeks end up seeing it resolved by 28 weeks or so. That's what we're praying for. I'll probably have another ultrasound in 6-10 weeks to check on that.
As for pictures, they were pretty disappointing. They are pretty blurry so its hard to make things out. Maybe my belly was shaking too much when I was crying??? Anyways, we'll see if the next ultrasound produces better shots to post. Just know, she looks like your typical alien baby at 18 weeks.
Monday, June 08, 2009
"This is the Day"
Here is Luke singing (and performing) his current favorite song, "This is the Day."
Baby Update
I don't know if we have many blog readers still out there since my updates have been very infrequent. I decided to hold off on the first set of ultrasound pics from my 9 week appointments since the images require a lot of explaining so you know what you're seeing. I am now 16 weeks pregnant and have another check-up coming up this week. All is going pretty well. Morning sickness ended right on time at the end of the first trimester and we are watching my tummy start to grow. I just started feeling the little one move around at least once a day this past week, so that has been an exciting development in this pregnancy. We told Luke the other day that we would find out what we're having in a couple of weeks. He said, "A Baby!!!" You're exactly right Luke! We will find out the gender on June 23. We debated on that one, but decided on finding out since we need to know what exactly to bring back here from KY since our space here is extremely limited.
I never gave a lot of details of our first appointment, but the short of it is before conceiving there was a concern that my pregnancy would be high-risk due to the brain malformation I was diagnosed with in '07. We were told then that any future delivery may have to be a C-section. However, at my appointments thus far (and I've only seen NP's so far) there has been no concern about this whatsoever. I'm considered a normal pregnancy which was a huge praise for us. I will still double-check this when we begin seeing doctors, but we're trusting God completely on this and believe all is just fine. I don't anticipate it causing any problems since I had this with Luke and we just didn't know at that time. In case you're wondering, the reason we haven't seen doctors yet is due to personal choice. The office we visit is the closer of 2 offices and doctors are usually there in afternoon hours and we've only done morning visits. Don't worry...we will see the doctors!
I'll post more updates as we have our appointments this month. Life has been tough this semester with classes for both John and I as well as a PT babysitting job for me. Updating the blog has not been at the top of my priority list, but I'll try to do more updates while we have more time this summer.
I never gave a lot of details of our first appointment, but the short of it is before conceiving there was a concern that my pregnancy would be high-risk due to the brain malformation I was diagnosed with in '07. We were told then that any future delivery may have to be a C-section. However, at my appointments thus far (and I've only seen NP's so far) there has been no concern about this whatsoever. I'm considered a normal pregnancy which was a huge praise for us. I will still double-check this when we begin seeing doctors, but we're trusting God completely on this and believe all is just fine. I don't anticipate it causing any problems since I had this with Luke and we just didn't know at that time. In case you're wondering, the reason we haven't seen doctors yet is due to personal choice. The office we visit is the closer of 2 offices and doctors are usually there in afternoon hours and we've only done morning visits. Don't worry...we will see the doctors!
I'll post more updates as we have our appointments this month. Life has been tough this semester with classes for both John and I as well as a PT babysitting job for me. Updating the blog has not been at the top of my priority list, but I'll try to do more updates while we have more time this summer.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Our BIG News
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We found out some exciting news on Monday! We are expecting baby #2! I am only 5 weeks along and will be due around Thanksgiving. We know this is very early to announce, but as long as we've waited for this, we just couldn't wait to tell. I have my first appointment on April 1st. Please pray for us and a healthy pregnancy!
Sunday, March 08, 2009
November - February
Once again, we are long overdue for an update, so I thought while John and I watch Prince Caspian for the second time tonight, I could catch everyone up on pictures from the last few months. Luke has been an absolute joy the past several months. Not that he wasn't before, but he is becoming quite the little entertainer these days and he is saying the funniest things as his language and conversation skills continue to grow. We are getting very spoiled with his increased independence, to the point that we know if and when we get to have baby #2, it will be a huge adjustment for us all over again. Speaking of a second kiddo, we get asked A LOT what our plans are with that and if we're only planning to have one, so I thought we would answer everyone now on that one. Yes, we would LOVE to have another little one and we're just waiting for God to answer that prayer. We know God's timing is perfect as is His answer and will. We ask that you would also join us in praying for God to grow our family in His time and that we would have patience in waiting.
Now on to the pictures! I tried to pick out highlights of each month to keep the pictures down to a minimum but that is tough because there are so many cute ones to choose from. To see more pictures, click here:
February
Pepaw's Valentine's Birthday with his 4 grandsons
You guessed it...Marbles Museum again, and now Luke is a very big fan of dinosaurs!
Luke ran up to this phone, picked it up and said, "Hello, Magic School Bus?" Funny boy! He had been watching a Magic School Bus video a few weeks before and remembered the kids at the end of the video calling the Magic School Bus.
This was a very impressive food sculpture of our fave Veggie Tales, Larry & Bob. What was really cool is that you couldn't really make out the image with the naked eye, but looking through the camera lens, it all came together.
Posing with Luke after a Mommy & Daddy date night
January
We made a spontaneous decision to go to KY for New Year's to visit with John's family in northern KY. It worked out that he could get off work and we could stay with Grandma Kay (GG), so off we went. It was refreshing to get away and visit with family we had not seen in a while. We also met up with Grammy, Pappy, Leigh Ann, Woody & Hope while we were there. Luke is playing on the playground at GG's in this pic.
We also visited the Creation Museum with Woody while there. We loved it and highly recommend it. John and I would like to go back to look more closely. There is a lot to read within the exhibits, but the reading pace is way too slow for a 3 year old!
They also had their last weekend of Christmas lights and the nativity display while we were there. This was great for us since evidently Christmas lights are sparse in our part of NC and we missed seeing the beautiful displays so familiar to us in KY.
Luke and Uncle Woody - trying to remember what they were doing here, but I think they were about to blast off???
A very memorable first visit to the dentist office for Luke - You may look at this picture and say, "Wow! He's doing great and look at how attentive he is!" Don't let the picture fool you. Terror and tears soon followed this picture. After this display of the "magic tickling toothbrush" the chances of anything getting into Luke's mouth on this day were slim to none. In the end, he did let me brush his teeth for the hygienist, and we are going to have to try this again later this year.
Luke's first big snow and our first big NC snow - We woke up one morning in January to around 5 inches of snow. This is a pretty amazing and unusual occurrence in these parts. Families were out everywhere in the neighborhood playing in the white stuff which is pretty foreign to a lot of these folks from the deep south. We had so much fun on our snow days.
Luke and Mommy built a snowman (AKA "The Diesel Doctor"). Pappy should recognize this hat!
December
Happy 3rd Birthday Luke - December 6, 2008
We had a small family celebration at our place: Nana & Pepaw, Jeremy, Jennifer, Hunter, Cole, and Ethan. Luke had so much fun with this birthday. I made the big cake and Aunt Jennifer made Luke a bear cake which he requested after seeing Ethan's first birthday cake. This was my first attempt at cake decorating. Hopefully I'll get some future training so I can improve my skills:)
Luke and his ladies (our neighbors) - We were out to Applebees for a building Christmas party
Luke, Jeannie and Nathan after blowing out her birthday candles.
John and I have very different ideas on how to make and decorate Christmas cookies. Can you guess who lives life a little more "outside of the box" between the two of us?? I admire his creativity. Here you see on the top left, a key to John's heart (that's for me), a cross, a roller skate, a bicycle, UK football player, gingerbread man, snow ghost, and Christy in a bikini
Christy's cookies
Christmas Eve dinner at our pastor's house
No, Luke didn't jump out of a cake and dance for everyone here. Shortly after Luke was complimented on how well he could hold his adult sized cup of tea and drink, he spilled the drink all over his clothes. Fortunately, we could launder his clothes while there since we were in between Christmas Eve services at the church. Luke ran around in his underwear and some reindeer antlers while his clothes were being cleaned. That will be a Christmas memory forever etched in our minds.
Punishment for Luke has become pretty severe these days. No, this is a joke! Just for fun Daddy lifted him up on top of the dresser while Luke was playing in the crate. We aren't cruel and unusual parents!
November
A beautiful shot John took at Flaherty Park near our housing complex.
Out for pizza with our neighbors. Luke LOVES Nathan, Natalie and Noel! So sweet and so cute!
Our amazingly strong son!! John and I love this picture because after we took it we realized that it looks like Luke is holding up his body weight and so perfectly balancing those legs. In reality, there is a seat underneath him! Great illusion though!
Out for a fall walk at Durant Nature Park
Ahhh....we loved the Bayleaf Toy Chest. It was a tremendous blessing for our Christmas with Luke. This church in Raleigh has an annual Toy Chest to help offset the costs of Christmas and it is exclusively for full-time seminary families. The members donate money/toys/etc all new and current products and seminary families shop for 10% of the total cost of the toy. We had a $7 spending limit per child and there were also legal raffles (meaning we all got a ticket and you paid $10 for a big item if your ticket was drawn). There was also a special $.25 area with gently used and leftover toys from last year. We did well in that area! You had to have a strategy in doing this, especially parents with multiple kiddos. You would be amazed at how quickly these tables full of toys were emptied. The "shopping" was over in 10 minutes tops. The proceeds the church makes from this are for their Lottie Moon offering. Luke ended up with a nicer Christmas than he has ever had!
Luke and his new cousin Baby Hope at the cabin in the Smokies where we celebrated Thanksgiving/Luke's Birthday/Christmas with Grammy, Big Pappy, Leigh Ann & Woody
A very proud Big Pappy
2008 Family Photo Shoot
We had our family pictures taken by a neighbor who started her own photography business and we were the guinea pigs for some advertising photos. This worked out to be a great deal for us and we ended up with some beautiful photos. Here are some of our favorites!
Now on to the pictures! I tried to pick out highlights of each month to keep the pictures down to a minimum but that is tough because there are so many cute ones to choose from. To see more pictures, click here:
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We had a small family celebration at our place: Nana & Pepaw, Jeremy, Jennifer, Hunter, Cole, and Ethan. Luke had so much fun with this birthday. I made the big cake and Aunt Jennifer made Luke a bear cake which he requested after seeing Ethan's first birthday cake. This was my first attempt at cake decorating. Hopefully I'll get some future training so I can improve my skills:)
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No, Luke didn't jump out of a cake and dance for everyone here. Shortly after Luke was complimented on how well he could hold his adult sized cup of tea and drink, he spilled the drink all over his clothes. Fortunately, we could launder his clothes while there since we were in between Christmas Eve services at the church. Luke ran around in his underwear and some reindeer antlers while his clothes were being cleaned. That will be a Christmas memory forever etched in our minds.
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2008 Family Photo Shoot
We had our family pictures taken by a neighbor who started her own photography business and we were the guinea pigs for some advertising photos. This worked out to be a great deal for us and we ended up with some beautiful photos. Here are some of our favorites!
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