Little Family Update.

Amelia: Amelia is now 7 months old. She is a little trouble maker already. She is pretty much crawling and can make it up the two little steps in our front room. She also stands in her bed, so we had to lower the bed. She is always such a happy baby and smiling.

Elijah: Elijah will be 2 in less than 3 months. (I can't believe it!) We are working on potty training with him. Most days aren't a success, but he is trying. He is a lilt cany aholic(Thanks to Grandma). He is really becoming a great big brother and Mommie's little helper.

Charlie: Charlie is still working at the Junction. Busy busy busy all the time. He applied for a job at our local hospital. He as an interview on Thursday(Wish us luck). Hopefully it pays a little more and he will actually have closer to a 9-5 job.

Me: I am still working on school. Not doing too bad. I having a drawing class right now. Its not my favorite class, but its ok. The whole family has been sick with some kind of cold/allergies, so that is what I have been doing.

Wednesdays for Wyatt

It’s official... Today is our very first post for Wednesdays for Wyatt! Thank you for coming over and participating.
It’s quite simple to participate. All you have to do is copy and paste this post on your blog, and come back here to link up with MckLinky! Once you do that, your all set to win this first ever Wednesday’s for Wyatt giveaway. Let make this a huge success, shall we?


For those of you who are not familiar with my family and what we are trying to achieve, here’s a brief run down...
Our son Wyatt was diagnosed with a fatal condition at our 18 week ultrasound, but chose to carry him to term. We waited to meet our son with love, all the time praying we would get to see him alive.
On June 1, 2009, Wyatt made his way into the world by c-section. To our amazement he had a faint heartbeat and was breathing! He died two minutes later, but I’ve clung to the two minutes my son and I breathed the same air since his passing.
Upon calling to get a copy of Wyatt’s birth certificate, I found out he was listed as a stillborn. You would assume it was a mistake (like I did), but there was no mistake. According to the definition of live birth in Tennessee my son was not “alive enough” to be deemed a live born baby. His two minutes of life has gone unrecognized by my state, and I intend to change this piece of legislation so I can solidify the validity of my son’s short life.
Wednesdays for Wyatt was created to help spread awareness for a law that needs to be changed, as well as to generate more traffic to my petition. So if you’re reading this, thanks for taking the time to help our family!
We are currently up to 1,253 signatures. Hurray! We’ve made it over my initial goal of 1,000 signatures, and now I’m dreaming big! You think you can help me get 5,000 signatures by Thanksgiving? I bet you could, and I hope this Wednesdays for Wyatt helps out tremendously. Post this to your blogs, facebook, myspace... wherever you can think of. I can’t wait to see how many more signatures we receive from this. I have a great feeling!
The contest will only be open today. You have until 11:59 pm to post this on your blog and come back here to link up with MckLinky in order to qualify for this Wednesdays for Wyatt giveaway. Good luck everybody and thanks for participating.

Pumpkin Patch Time

We went to a few pumpkin patches Saturday. It was the first time any of us had been to one. It was a lot of fun and I took tons of pics. Here are some of them.

Harvest of Friends Blog Party!

1. What is your favorite thing to snack on while you're blogging? Anything I can find at the time.

2. What is one thing you wouldn't want to live without? My family

3. Beach, Mountains or Farm? Where would you live if you had a choice? I would have to say a little of all of them. I guess if I HAD to chose, I would choose mountains.

4. What's your least favorite chore/household duty? Dishes or Laundry

5. Who do people say you remind them of? Drew Barrymore, but I dont see it.

6. Prefer parties and socializing or staying at home with the fam? A little of both. Mostly family though

7. What's your all time favorite movie? Oh, there are way too many

8. Do you sleep in your make up or remove it like a good girl every night? I never wear make up, to have to take off.

9. Do you have a hidden talent or a deep desire to learn something that you've never had a chance to learn? What is it? I would love to learn the violin

10. What's one strange thing you're really good at? Touching my tongue to my nose

11. What first attracted you to your spouse? His eyes and smile

12. What is something you love to smell? Spice candles

13. Tell something about you that you know irritates people. I'm bossy. I want things my way

14. When you have extra money (HA!) what's the first thing you think to do with it? Go clothes shopping

15. Are you a silent laugher or a loud laugher? What makes you laugh the hardest? I'm a loud one and it is usually my children I am laughing at.

16. Where is your favorite place to shop? Anywhere with sales.

17. What's one thing you'd do more often if you had more time? Scrapbooking, but that requires money also.

18. Are you a big spender or frugal? When I have the money, I am a big spender

19. Who is your favorite character of all time (from a movie or book)? (Can't be real) Ariel from The Little Mermaid

20. Would you want to be famous? I would love to have the money, but not so much the exposure.

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Today is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day. This day is a special day where we can all recognize the babies we have lost, no matter the cause. I lit a candle for my baby and for all the other babies that were gone to soon. I am going to post a list of babies I know below.




Seth Ryan Pumphry
PJ and Matt Pumphry
April 16, 2009
Lived 11 hours
Anencephaly

Carliegh McKenna
Holly and Anthony Hass
March 28, 2009
Born Still
Anencephaly

Vayden James Stewart
Stephanie and Van Stewart
May 23, 2009
LUTO

Miscarriage at 12wks
Sara Brown
February 2008

Twins 2nd Trimester Misscarriage
Sarah and David Flint
January 2007

Marissa Jennifer
Phyllis Jean Reid
October 31, 1995
Stillborn

Miscarriage at 9 weeks
Phyllis Jean Reid
March 20, 1997

Miscarriage at 5 weeks
Cheyanne Beggs
July 2008

Terry Jean Z.
Dana Davis
January 27, 2007
Lived 2 hours

Miscarriage at 6weeks 4days
Dana Davis
October 17, 2008

Miscarriage
Kalissa Powell
1999

2nd Trimester Miscarriage
Kalissa Powell
2007

Faith Hope Walker
Myah Walker
February 19, 2009- May 23, 2009
93 Days
Anencephaly

Ectopic Pregnancy
Brenda Mateljan
October 14, 2004

Miscarriage
Steph Meade
March 11, 2004

Baby Boy Miscarriage at 12 weeks
Caroline Croley
February 10, 2006

Miscarriage at 8 weeks
Caroline Croley
December 1, 2007

Miscarriage
Heather Bailey
May 10, 2005

Stetson
Heather Bailey
June 5, 2009- August 22, 2009

Nathan Ryan Larson
Trish Larson
March 5, 2008- March 30, 2008
25 Days
Tetralogy of Fallot

Jillian Grace Lansik

Jodi and Adam Lansik

July 14,2009 -July 15,2009

22 Hours

Anencaphaly


Noah Benjamin Barnes

Celia and Phillip Barnes

May 10, 2009- May 11, 2009

19 hours

Anencaphaly

Miscarriage

Heather Woollard

November 2004

Jenna Belle

Francesca Cox

May 5, 2009- May 18, 2009

13 Days

Miscarriage

Alissa Sapp

June 6, 2006

Miscarriage

Alissa Sapp

February 12, 2007

Lilly Heavenly Sapp

Alissa Sapp

January 18, 2009

If I have left anyone out, please let me know and I will add them to the list.

Caught Up

I am still trying to get caught up from our 6 hour trip to Missouri. We had a blast though and I can`t wait to go back. We hadn`t seen any of them in a year and a half. Plus it was a nice break away. Here are some pics from our trip and the wedding.

My lil man in the carOur friend Tim and his new wife Christy

Mr and Mrs. Timothy Upchurch

Eli getting his dance on with the ladies

Thankful Thursday.

This is something that I plan on doing every Thursday. You are to look back on the week and find something you can thank God for. If you would like to join in just link of with my blog.

This last week I am thanking God for keeping us safe for our 6 hour trip to MO. I will also thank him for my beautiful kids, who keep me going.

Wow what a month..

It has been super busy since I last wrote. We went to the dinner party on Saturday. It was very interesting. We listened to a guy named Dr. Young. It was a book release for his Bible translation. I learned some very interesting stuff. Here are some photos from it.





Sunday we went to our usual Bible study routine. It was great to get back. We had missed them

Monday and Tuesday were fair days. It was so much fun! Eli said look at everything. He was ecxited. We saw Mercy Me in concert on Monday. It was awesome. Tuesday we just walked around. I have some pics from that also.







Monday also started my new class. Its a Drawing class. Not really looking foward to that. I have no artistic skills in my body. I guess it is a learning expierence though.

Tomorrow we are leaving for Marble Hill, MO. Our friend Tim is getting married. I am so excited to see them! It has been a year and half. We will be there all weekend.

Thats about all for now. I told you it has been a busy time. Hope everyone is doing well.

Doc Day.

Amelia had a doctors appointment today for the hemangioma on her face. The doc said that is wasnt affecting her ear, but it was getting into a saliva gland.(wasnt a big deal though.) He said it should stop growing by 1, but that he has never seen one with such a big mass under the lil red dot. He is going to go ahead and send her to OKC to OU Medical to have it checked out. He said they aren't set up around her for that small of children. I guess we will see what happens then.