From MckMama's website:
"Stellan entered the world this sunny fall morning at 10:19 am, CST weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 19 inches long....Stellan got a 9 [out of] a 9 on his APGARS and the NICU team has yet to find a single thing wrong with him...The NICU attended the birth--which went very smoothly--and Stellan is with the NICU team now. MckMama is recovering and, in spite of a pretty low blood pressure, is feeling well."
Prayer works. Miracles happen in our midst. A baby who was pretty much given no hope of making it to full term has been born healthy this morning. I am in awe of God's work!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Praying for Baby Stellan
Jake and I spent a bit of time on Tuesday talking to God about baby Stellan. Stellan, who is hours from being born today. Stellan, who is still inside his MckMama's belly. Stellan, for whom prayers were said when his mama was told, at 24 weeks pregnant, that he would not make it to October 29th, because of heart conditions in utero (Premature Atrial Contraction at 20 weeks; Supraventricular Tachycardia, hydrops, and intermittent advanced secondary heart block at 23 weeks; and enlargement of the heart at 32 weeks). Stellan, who is a little miracle. No one is sure what will happen once he is born, but our prayers surround my dear friend Jennifer and her unborn 4th child, Stellan. Please join us in surrounding Jennifer and Stellan in your prayers, as you are led.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Happy Anniversary!
Happy 4th Anniversary to my wonderful husband and I!
Ralphie, I love you with all of my heart and I thank God for you every day. You are a wonderful husband to me, and an amazing father to Jake and Ruthie.
Happy Anniversary Ralphie Bear, I love you! :)
Click HERE to see all of the beautiful pictures from 10/23/04, taken by my good friend (and amazing photographer) Laura Novak :)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Welcome baby Mia!
It's a Girl!
Mia Rosalie
Born October 9, 2008
proud parents Stephanie and Chris
(and big brother Kyler)
8:20 am
8 pounds, 3 ounces
20 1/2 inches long
P.S. - Congratulations also go out to my cousin Erik and his wife Renee, who have announced they are also expecting baby #1 in the spring! :)
P.P.S. - Michelle, I guess the pressure will be on you and me to reproduce next, huh? ;) (Don't read too much into this anyone!!!!)
Mia Rosalie
Born October 9, 2008
proud parents Stephanie and Chris
(and big brother Kyler)
8:20 am
8 pounds, 3 ounces
20 1/2 inches long
P.S. - Congratulations also go out to my cousin Erik and his wife Renee, who have announced they are also expecting baby #1 in the spring! :)
P.P.S. - Michelle, I guess the pressure will be on you and me to reproduce next, huh? ;) (Don't read too much into this anyone!!!!)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Jake-isms, Part 2
I must stress that every time Jake says something funny, I whip out my Blackberry and immediately take note of it. Best. Idea. Ever.
I have to preface this post with a couple of quick notes. Jake is currently fixated on a few things:
1. Any kind of loud music that involves a guitar
2. The fact that some people smoke, and mommy once called it "bad"
3. Anything having to do with Washington DC
4. Dog poop. (But I think you knew that already.....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake, poking at the saline solution in my empty contacts case, then touching his fingertip to his eyelashes repeatedly: "I put my contaps on! I can see you!"
(Blinks dramatically.)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I have to go to work."
Me: "Oh yeah, what kind of job do you do?"
Jake: "I have to smoke."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me, quitely to myself: "What the freak?"
Jake, with apparently incredible hearing powers: "Don't say freak!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
After seeing a Victoria's Secret commercial on TV: "They have a secret like me!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, cousin Kyler has a new baby sister! What do you think her name is?"
Jake: "Guitar Hero."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Ru, you wanna do snuggle wiff me an' mommy? Okay, here we go!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I live in Washin' DC!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Outside of a 7-11, a 20-something guy is having a cigarette while talking on his cell phone. Upon seeing him Jake says: "Wook mommy, he's smoking! He's a bad boy."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I'm sniffing the air in the living room: "Something stinks in here..."
Jake: "It smells like poop and chockey [chocolate] milk."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake singing classic rock: "Soda Ride! Take it iz-at!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Wait! I forgot a good idea!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, both of Mommy's grandmas live in Heaven with God and Jesus."
Jake: "My peepa lives in Washin' DC!"
(Uh, not anymore Jake, but I won't correct him on that....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, do you know who the president is?"
Jake: "Yeah, he's a horsey!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" comes on the radio.
Jake says: "It's Rock-Kid!"
I am impressed regardless :)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Every single time we walk in our front yard:
"Mommy, it smells like dog poop."
(He's kindof on to something, we have these nasty mushrooms growing that are called "stinkhorns")
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I have to preface this post with a couple of quick notes. Jake is currently fixated on a few things:
1. Any kind of loud music that involves a guitar
2. The fact that some people smoke, and mommy once called it "bad"
3. Anything having to do with Washington DC
4. Dog poop. (But I think you knew that already.....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake, poking at the saline solution in my empty contacts case, then touching his fingertip to his eyelashes repeatedly: "I put my contaps on! I can see you!"
(Blinks dramatically.)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I have to go to work."
Me: "Oh yeah, what kind of job do you do?"
Jake: "I have to smoke."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me, quitely to myself: "What the freak?"
Jake, with apparently incredible hearing powers: "Don't say freak!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
After seeing a Victoria's Secret commercial on TV: "They have a secret like me!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, cousin Kyler has a new baby sister! What do you think her name is?"
Jake: "Guitar Hero."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Ru, you wanna do snuggle wiff me an' mommy? Okay, here we go!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I live in Washin' DC!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Outside of a 7-11, a 20-something guy is having a cigarette while talking on his cell phone. Upon seeing him Jake says: "Wook mommy, he's smoking! He's a bad boy."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I'm sniffing the air in the living room: "Something stinks in here..."
Jake: "It smells like poop and chockey [chocolate] milk."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake singing classic rock: "Soda Ride! Take it iz-at!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Wait! I forgot a good idea!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, both of Mommy's grandmas live in Heaven with God and Jesus."
Jake: "My peepa lives in Washin' DC!"
(Uh, not anymore Jake, but I won't correct him on that....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, do you know who the president is?"
Jake: "Yeah, he's a horsey!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" comes on the radio.
Jake says: "It's Rock-Kid!"
I am impressed regardless :)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Every single time we walk in our front yard:
"Mommy, it smells like dog poop."
(He's kindof on to something, we have these nasty mushrooms growing that are called "stinkhorns")
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Friday, October 17, 2008
Bronx Zoo
I am painfully aware that the pictures have been lacking on this blog lately. It's the old case of the Cobbler's kids going without shoes. I have been so busy taking pictures of other people that my poor kid has been under-photographed lately. I did actually whip out my camera on a few occasions over this last week, I just haven't posted any yet...
So here are some pics from when we made our first trip to the Bronx Zoo a few weeks ago. I'll tell ya, it made me miss DC, because in DC the zoo is FREE (ok, taxpayer dollars, whatever). Whereas in NY, the zoo costs an arm and a leg! I spent close to $70 in one afternoon on the following: zoo parking, zoo admission for one adult and one child (and that was WITH my coupon!), one stuffed baby tiger toy, and one lunch, which Jake and I shared, consisting of snack bar chicken fingers, fries, soda and an ice cream cone. Sheesh!
My friends are trying to talk me into buying a membership to the Zoo, "Which will pay for itself in about 2-3 visits". Ummm, yeah...I think I'm all caught up on spending a gazillion dollars to look at smelly reptiles and obnoxious birds, while fighting 5,000 other parents with strollers for a peek at a sleeping tiger's rear end...
Anywhoo... here's what we saw...
Peacock just roaming along the pathways with us
Jake "taking" mommy's picture
We're all about the prairie dogs!
Jake in a log
My favorite image of Jake all day :) I was afraid at first to let him climb this since most of the kids playing on the 'spiderweb' were much older, but I'm trying to be hands-off at the playground lately to let him learn. He did pretty well! :)
Wallabee (sp?). Says Jake: "It's wike a wittle kangawoo."
Jake in a giant tortoise shell, while refusing to face the camera for the 587th time that day. (Much more exciting things to do than pay attention to your mother and that dang camera)
Goats. At the zoo. So glad we paid $27.50 to look at something we can see on a farm. For free.
And another completely wild and exotic endangered animal: a goose.
Our good friends Bruno and Juliana, who shared a ride with us in the Skyfari!
The tiger - ROOOOAAARRRRR!!
The good news was that Jake had a good time and it was a good excuse to spend an afternoon outside in the fresh air. Maybe we'll try again in the spring, by then I will have forgotten how crowded it was and how much money I spent... ;)
So here are some pics from when we made our first trip to the Bronx Zoo a few weeks ago. I'll tell ya, it made me miss DC, because in DC the zoo is FREE (ok, taxpayer dollars, whatever). Whereas in NY, the zoo costs an arm and a leg! I spent close to $70 in one afternoon on the following: zoo parking, zoo admission for one adult and one child (and that was WITH my coupon!), one stuffed baby tiger toy, and one lunch, which Jake and I shared, consisting of snack bar chicken fingers, fries, soda and an ice cream cone. Sheesh!
My friends are trying to talk me into buying a membership to the Zoo, "Which will pay for itself in about 2-3 visits". Ummm, yeah...I think I'm all caught up on spending a gazillion dollars to look at smelly reptiles and obnoxious birds, while fighting 5,000 other parents with strollers for a peek at a sleeping tiger's rear end...
Anywhoo... here's what we saw...
Peacock just roaming along the pathways with us
Jake "taking" mommy's picture
We're all about the prairie dogs!
Jake in a log
My favorite image of Jake all day :) I was afraid at first to let him climb this since most of the kids playing on the 'spiderweb' were much older, but I'm trying to be hands-off at the playground lately to let him learn. He did pretty well! :)
Wallabee (sp?). Says Jake: "It's wike a wittle kangawoo."
Jake in a giant tortoise shell, while refusing to face the camera for the 587th time that day. (Much more exciting things to do than pay attention to your mother and that dang camera)
Goats. At the zoo. So glad we paid $27.50 to look at something we can see on a farm. For free.
And another completely wild and exotic endangered animal: a goose.
Our good friends Bruno and Juliana, who shared a ride with us in the Skyfari!
The tiger - ROOOOAAARRRRR!!
The good news was that Jake had a good time and it was a good excuse to spend an afternoon outside in the fresh air. Maybe we'll try again in the spring, by then I will have forgotten how crowded it was and how much money I spent... ;)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
So who Is Jake voting for?
Swing voter Jake finally breaks his silence and declares which candidate is getting his 'vote' this November. (I SWEAR we did not convince him to pick one over the other - in fact, weeks ago, Jake was fully supporting the other guy, and Ralph and I actually have opposing political views!)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Not Me! Monday
My good friend MckMama can tell you all about Not Me Mondays - she invented them! :)
1. I did not ignore Jake's blog since last Monday! That's impossible!
2. I did not allow Jake to eat his Kix in my bed this morning, and I certainly not let the dog clean up everything Jake dropped. I also didn't eat my Kashi Good Friends in bed either. That would be a bad example.
3. We absolutely do not have something called Stinkhorns growing in our yard. Because that would be absolutely disgusting. And smelly too.
4. One of my weddings was not named Website of The Week by my online proofing provider. Oh wait, yes it was. Well then I am certainly not bragging about it. ;)
5. I am not updating the blog right now instead of working on my 55 item to-do list. That would be really irresponsible of me...
6. My living room does not look like it was ransacked. I think I've mentioned before that I am one heck of a housekeeper.
7. I am not secretly dying to go watch last night's episode of Dexter on my DVR. Stupid to-do list....
8. I did not consider letting Jake sleep in mommy & daddy's bed last night because I was missing him from working all weekend....
1. I did not ignore Jake's blog since last Monday! That's impossible!
2. I did not allow Jake to eat his Kix in my bed this morning, and I certainly not let the dog clean up everything Jake dropped. I also didn't eat my Kashi Good Friends in bed either. That would be a bad example.
3. We absolutely do not have something called Stinkhorns growing in our yard. Because that would be absolutely disgusting. And smelly too.
4. One of my weddings was not named Website of The Week by my online proofing provider. Oh wait, yes it was. Well then I am certainly not bragging about it. ;)
5. I am not updating the blog right now instead of working on my 55 item to-do list. That would be really irresponsible of me...
6. My living room does not look like it was ransacked. I think I've mentioned before that I am one heck of a housekeeper.
7. I am not secretly dying to go watch last night's episode of Dexter on my DVR. Stupid to-do list....
8. I did not consider letting Jake sleep in mommy & daddy's bed last night because I was missing him from working all weekend....
Monday, October 06, 2008
"Not Me!" Monday!
This is a great new blog posting game started by my good friend MckMama over at My Charming Kids.
The following are things I did NOT do in the past few days. Certainly not ME!
1. I did not wake myself and my second shooter up an hour early (at 5am) for Saturday's wedding because I got the math wrong the night before when calculating our arrival time. No, not me!
2. I did not let Jake crawl into the spare bed with me last night so I could get some extra cuddle time in since neither one of us seemed to be able to sleep in the early hours of the morning...
3. I absolutely did not pay a cleaning crew to come clean up the house because it was such a pigsty. Certainly not. I keep a perfectly clean house at all times.
4. I did not bribe Jake into getting dressed this morning by allowing him to keep his binkie in while I dressed him on the changing table. No, we have strict rules about such things!
5. It would have been completely irresponsible for me to simply leave the spilled Honey Smacks on the floor when Jake spilled them, since I knew the dog would eventually clean them up. Two hours later. So it's good I did not just leave them on the floor....
6. I did not halfway hear Jake yelling to get out of the crib on Sunday morning but instead let my mom (who was staying with us) get up with Jake. That wouldn't have been very hostess-like of me.
7. I most certainly did not have to wash our bedspread and couch covers because the dog vomited on it. We have a completely well-behaved dog who would never deface our belongings in such a way.
8. I did not stand by and watch with my arms crossed as my son pitched a fit of epic proportions (flopping on the ground like a fish out of water, pounding his butt into a hedgerow, fists pounding into damp soil) in a local park the other day. And there was certainly not a local homeless man who interrupted his morning shaving ritual to see where the heck all that crazy noise was coming from...
Because if any of this did happen, I would probably be mighty embarassed about it! ;)
Feel free to confess your "Not Me!" Monday confessions by checking out MckMama's blog and playing along!
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