our neice

Look at our niece! And look at that hair! How cute! (I stole this picture from her Mommy's blog.)

B&A - Master Bedroom

Finally...here are some pictures of the master bedroom. It has taken forever to get some up because I just didn't know what to do with it. Originally, the floor had been uncovered but the tack stripes were still down. The walls were the same very boring off-white color that the whole house was painted.


Here is a shot into the room now. As you can see, I still have a completely blank wall. I've been working hard to find things to put up in the room (we already had the candles). This wall is next on my list.


This is another of the only "before" shots that we have. This is one of two windows in the room. As you can see, the floor was in pretty good shape.


After moving in, I couldn't decide if I liked the wall color. The room just didn't feel "cozy" or "comfortable". If I kept the wall color, I didn't know what to do with the curtains. I also considered changing bedding (and, therefore, having other curtain options). However, I couldn't find anything that I particularly liked that wasn't expensive that went with the wall color. So...I finally opted to go with the burgundy curtains and such. I like this color in general. I figure that it will work even if I eventually decide to change the wall color. I'm still not exactly happy with the room, but it's much more comfortable now, and I don't think "I just don't like this at all" when I walk in.


Now that I've got stuff on the two walls, I think I'm going to have to move the candles so that they're closer to the middle.

a beautiful place

along the drive

Every time we drive to Augusta, we pass this scene. I've always found it interesting. This little blue building sitting in the middle of the field looks slightly out of place and yet exactly where it belongs. The buildings in the background look peaceful. There are always cows in this field. Often, they are right where they are in this picture. Anyway, I've always wanted to stop and take a picture. This time, we did.

home and recovering

Mama got to go home Tuesday afternoon. They were talking about letting her go on Wednesday morning, but she convinced the doctor to get everything done and get her out Tuesday. She is doing very well as long as she doesn't do much. She has to walk three times a day starting at 3 minutes each on Wednesday and adding a minute every day until she gets to 10. She will probably go back to work at the beginning of January. Thanks to all who have prayed! Please continue to pray for a full recovery.

the latest on Mama

Mama is doing as well as she could be at this point. She has been moved out of the ICU, so that should be good. She will stay in the hospital until Thursday or so. That's about all for now.

surgery success

Nancy's surgery was completed (with two bypasses) sometime before 10:30. Everything went fine. Now the goal is for her to wake up as expected and I guess for everything to be stable. The next few hours are the most critical. She will stay in the ICU until Monday and will stay at the hospital until sometime later next week. Thank you all who have prayed; please continue to do so!

please pray

Please be praying for my family. My mom is going to have open heart surgery tomorrow.

She's been having chest pain for a couple weeks, but initially thought it was stress related (or that's what she wanted to believe). However, it has continued to get worse. Tuesday night she was not able to sleep. Daddy took her to the ER yesterday and they decided to do a heart cath. because of her family history. (My grandfather has had two open heart surgeries and several stents and my uncle died suddenly of a heart attack when he was in his 40's.)

So, this morning they did the heart cath. and found a 90% blockage and a 30% blockage in one of her main arteries. They are going to move her to a different hospital (where she will have the surgery) today and do the surgery in the morning. They will only have to do one bypass because the blockages are in the same area.

So, please be praying for all of us. Pray that Mama will be calm and that the surgery will go well. Pray that we will all know how to best help. Pray for the kids as they will probably be carted around some in the next couple days. Most of all, pray that God's Will will be done in all of this.

interesting to me

the pants are back

Since it has been cooling off, I decided that I need some more blue jeans. I only have one pair at the moment. Before going to buy some, though, I thought I should try on my pre-pregnancy jeans. Well, they fit! Yay! Hip Hip Hooray! Now, I'm not saying that they're to a completely comfortable state yet, but I didn't have to work to get them on or fastened. So...that's one step toward success!

On a similar note, what kind of pants do you wear just for "normal" activities?

a niece! a niece!

Well, we now have a new niece! My brother's wife birthed a little girl this morning. I can't wait to see pictures. I hope to have some either tonight or in the morning, so I'll share when I do. From what I have gathered, everything went pretty well. She did have a lot of pushing, though. I talked to Jenn just a little while after Kaitlin Lane was born and she sounded like she was doing great!

Here's a picture (added later than original post). Isn't she a cutie!