Mommy & Gracie

Wisdom from a 17 y.o. boy

(While looking at Gracyn in the McDonald's parking lot) "That is a true testament to the fact the women can do anything...you know like squeezing a football out of their asses."

Dave and I were getting an iced coffee and saw two of our kids eating on their break so we stopped to show them the baby. Above was what the boy, my kid, said regarding her. It makes me happy :)

This is what life is all about

Introducing Gracyn Paige

Gracyn Paige Chamberlain, or Gracie, was born on Monday July 14, 2008 at 6:29 PM. She weighed 5 lbs and 5 oz and was 18 inches long.

New Wheels

After having vowed to never own a mini van, I willing walked onto a lot, test drove one, haggled them on the price, and drove off in one. Call me a poser :) I loved my Torrent, but once you get a ten year old, a baby, a stroller, etc in there there was ZERO room. So, I bought the bullet.

2008 Honda Odyssey LX

Quote of the Day

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
-Jessamyn West

I don't get it.

And, maybe I never will. I was posting to the Nest (actual one, not the one the C-Bus Nesties made) 3rd Trimester board. There is a post from a girl requesting advice on selecting a new religion. OK....I knew the crap was going to hit the fan, but goodness gracious. I guess what I found most irritating was that people were attempting to persaude her to believe like them by getting nasty and accusatory. Yep, that'll work. The two things I don't get our this:
1. Why use your religion to be nasty to someone in hopes of converting them???
2. Why spew unintelligent rhetoric about other religions without thorough, hell googled even, and grounded research???

Daddy's First Purchase

It took him nine months to make his first purchase, but damn isn't it cute?! He loves it. It is already together and in her room. He keeps walking back there to look at it :)

I'm 1!

I am 1cm dialted :)

On a different note, the OB made us go to L&D...again. Gracyn is so low and in position that it makes it more difficult for me to feel her move. They wanted us to do a NST. She, of course, was fine in there. They sent us home.

ABS Website

This is a cool website that I found: http://www.amnioticbandsyndrome.com/Babies-Children-Stories-c-1_3.html I like the stories section. It makes me hopeful.

I saw while googling that one of the Miss Mississippi's had ABS and there was another little girl, who had half of her left arm missing, who could do gymnastics! The Nurse Practitioner at Dr. Popp's office said that'd probably (she said that there are going to be very FEW things that she cannot do, good of course) be the only thing that she couldn't do! We'll see!