So during our visit at my Grandmother's house my brother made the comment about both kids have double "L's" in their name. He asked if that was intentional or coincidental. One day I will have to share the story on how I came up with William's name but the short story is that it was more coincidental. Anyway he asked if we decided to have another would I use a name with a double "L"? We were just playing around trying to come up with double "L" names. I first said if it was a girl we could name her Vanilla but then decided on Anilla so that it would be Allyson and Anilla. We were trying to come up with a boy's name but were not having any luck. We turned to Allyson and asked her if you had another brother what would you name him? She put her little finger on her mouth, looked up in deep thought and stated "Jelly". It just happened to be a double "L" word...perfect!!! So, maybe if there ever is a Stanford #4 it could possibly be Anilla or Jelly.
On a side note, Allyson has requested a "sister baby" for Christmas. I told her that she put her order in too late and she would have to take that gift request to her Dad..hehe! She wants to name her Bella.
In case you are wondering there are no at the moment for Stanford #4.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Anilla and Jelly
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Through the eyes of a child
A couple of weeks ago we were at the cemetery decorating Andrew's marker for the fall. I had taken my camera to take pictures. Afterward, Allyson, William, and I were walking around the grounds. We go and pick up trash, arrange flowers and just talk. Allyson wanted to run around with my camera. When we got home I was looking at the pictures that she took. I just really enjoyed this one. It's amazing to see the world through her eyes. 
Friday, October 17, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Remember...
Today, October 15, is the National Day of Remembrance for pregnancy and infant loss. In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, it has been suggested that grieving parents and family members light a candle at 7 p.m. in their respective time zones to create a wave of light around the world in memory of babies lost to pregnancy and infant loss. Would you join me in this today?
If you are reading this and haven't had the experience of losing a child, then I invite you to join me in praying for these dear families.
Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
Friday, October 10, 2008
The untold stories of motherhood
Just when I make the post that I'm going to start blogging more starting this week I come down with a horrible virus. Yesterday, I got off of work at three o'clock and felt a little nauseated. I thought my queasy stomach was from all the Mexican food I inhaled at lunch but I was so wrong. By five o'clock I was still trying to make it to step class at the gym and thought I could just “shake off” the nausea I was having. At 5:15 I got a horrible headache and could barely move from the pain. By six o'clock I was having full blown vomiting, diarrhea, migraine, and a weird neck pain. The pain was so intense that for a split second I thought I had viral meningitis. I spent a full hour laying on my bathroom floor crying, praying, and trying to decide if I could care for the kids (Brian was at school) or if I need to call some back up. Fortunately Allyson understood what was going on and was trying to help me out as best as possible. Poor William didn't have a clue why his Mommy is laying on the bathroom floor crying. He just sat is little body by my head and kept trying to give me kisses. Usually his kisses fix everything but oh not this time. Luckily the vomiting left as quickly as it came on and by the time Brian came home I was just having stomach pains and a horrible headache. I was all out of Ibuprofen but dug up some old Vicodin and took a sleeping pill. I was determined to put myself out of my misery for a few hours. Today I'm doing a little better. I even managed to drag myself into work around 6 pm for my 4 o’clock shift. Hey, better late than never.
On a side note when Brian came home he asked me how I managed to feed the kids and get them ready for bed. I just told him I sucked it up and managed. The part I left out is that William had a banana, cereal bar, and grapes for dinner while sitting on the bathroom floor!
As moms, we have all had similar experiences we just usually keep them to ourselves.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
I promise one day...
I WILL start blogging again. It seems like sometime during the Olympics I got out of the habit of blogging and just never picked it up again. Just when I thought I would get motivated IKE came to visit Galveston. If that wasn't enough I then had to cram for my toxicology test and well, after that I just didn't have anymore brain power. I really thought I would get something done last week since I was home with the kids for the entire week but I was enjoying my time going to story time, McDonald's, visiting friends and catching up on all my shows (in case you don't know I have like 30 shows programmed on the DVR but that is another blog). So enough of the excuses, I hope I'm back but I can't promise that I will have anything worth reading. :)
