I'm a child of the 80's!

We are just settling in form spending several days at my parent's house, so this will be a short post tonight. We had a busy week with spending time with my Aunt Donna while she is up from Kentucky. We also went to Joanne Fabric's since they were having a huge sale and got the pattern and material to make the girls' Halloween costumes for camping. They are both going to be Fairy Princesses and wear they huge green tinkerbell wings that we bought them this summer. Today Maddelyn helped her grandparents out with the "Fill-a-Boot." Drive by the firefighters in Willard. I have some cute pictures of the drive that I need to download into my computer. I got this forwarded to me in my email and laughed at how many memories it brought back! Man...this makes me feel old at the ripe old age of 24!



1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE."
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom .........
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mu ta nt Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your Mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore a Jordache Jean jacket and you were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear...
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took Lunch Pails to school.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of jelly shoes.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know what you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ev er got seriously injured on a Slip and Slid e.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald's.
41. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "Totally awesome"
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down.
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
47. You remember boom boxes Vs. CD players.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales"
51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell," the ORIGINAL class.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME.
56. The only rapper you knew of was Vanilla Ice

My Dancing Divas!

Ok, I promised some pictures, so here they are. ....The first two are of my dancing divas! Grandma Bobbie found these dance costumes on clearance somewhere and the girls just loved them! Maddelyn of course had to stike a dramatic pose for me when I said say cheese. She is such a ham. I know that she would just love taking actual dance classes! Maybe someday. Emma had no idea what she was wearing but she was so cust in her little pig tails and how her belly stuck out right above that pink tutu!!!

The next two are of Nathan's Family Reunion in Indiana last weekend. This first one is of his Great-Grandma Smith who will turn 100 in January of 2007!!!! She is such a sweetheart.

This next one is of Nathan's mom Carla and her sister Gayla with "Great."




Well, that is it for tonight! We sat for some friend's children tonight and took them to the Bucyrus Bratwurst Festive. So we had 2 three year olds, a 22 month old and a 9 month old all there with us tonight. It went well, but of course we are all ready for bed a little early tonight. We have another family reunion tomorrow for my Grandma Hamons side, so I will update you all later!

I'm back!!

Sorry for the delay in posting! Life around here has been pretty crazy! Let's see..... a sum of of the past couple of weeks...

Nathan did return from South Carolina and he ended up meeting us at the Ohio State Fair that day. We spent a lovely day with my parents and nieces/nefew. Maddelyn's favorite part was that Smokey the Bear knew her name! How cute!

That Friday we spent the night with Nathan's Grandmother and Pap (GREAT FISH! YUM!!!) We then left Willard at 6:30 Saturday morning for Indiana. It was the Smith Family reunion that afternoon and it is a 4 hour drive. The reunion was great and of course seeing the in-law cousins was nice too. Maddelyn made off like a bandit at the family's charity auction, thanks to Grandma Carla and Daddy.

Sunday we went to church and Grandma Carla came along. We then had lunch with the Miller's at Fazoli's afterwards.

Monday is when things got kinda wierd on my end. I began having contractions! Yes, I am only 17 weeks, but they were still contractions. I have then been having them off and on all week and lately I am having them all day long. It is much worse the more I move around and especially if I bend over or lift something heavy. So, we went to the OB today to get checked out. He said baby #3 had a good heartbeat and I had not dialated any. He had me get an ultrasound as well and the cervix has not thinned out any yet either. So, good news there. He did say that I have a history of preterm labor (for anyone who doesn't know, we started preterm labor with Emma Grace at 24 weeks and went on until her delivery at 36 weeks.) Anyways, since I have a history, they are going to start giving me a progesteron (sp?) shot once a week until I am 26 weeks. This hormone helps to relax the uterus, keeping it from contracting. I then go back on the 28th for another check up.

So, needless to say.....I haven't felt too up to blog'n this week! Sorry guys for the no pics as well. I have to find my digital camera's cord to load the pics. I do have some nice ones of the reunion and such to share though. Have a great weekend and I will check back in soon...I promise!

About Me Thursday.....

I had my first OB appt. today. Yeah, I know that I am 15 weeks along and I'm just now getting in, but my Dr. had to cancel the last two because he was delivering babies. Anyways, I need all of my brother's and sister's in Christ to be in prayer over the next 5 months for the baby and I. I had an ultrasound yesterday that said that the baby might be placenta previa, which means that the baby's placenta is blocking the way out for the baby and it would result in a c-section. Woo-hoo...not looking forward to that! I mean how "natural" and following God's plan can it be for someone to just cut the baby out? LOL! Oh well just be in prayer that the ulrasound was misleading. We will have another one in about 6 weeks. Also I have been having some irregularities with my heart beat and the Dr. said that it is not an uncommon complaint for pregnant women and that I need to start monitoring my pulse until the next appointment. He said that it has to do with the electrical pulses of the heart acting up and that the extra stress of a pregnancy can make a women start having these irregularities. He said that if it continues that they would monitor me at home for 24 hours and then send me to a cardiologist for testing and a possible catherization. Please just be in prayer about this as well as heart conditions do run in my family, and the Dr. said that the condition may or may not leave after the baby is born, but is treatable with medicines.

Ok, enough depressing mediacl news! I fellow scrapbooker from 2peas gave me this idea.....thanks Denise! Questions Two by Two:

1. Two places I hate going to.......the dentist and the GYN

2. Two foods I couldn't live without........popsicles and chicken salad

3. Two places I want to visit before I die.......Hawaii and Alaska

4. Two silly habits I have....making the bed through the night and pitching everything

5. Two stores that would wreck my world if they closed......Walmart (what family can live without them?) and Old Navy

6. Two things I worry about: the future and making people happy (yep, both faults of mine!)

7. Two things that scare me: Snakes and trying new things

8. Two of my favorite movies: The North and South and Pride and Predjudice

9. Two dreams I have......opening a bed-n-breakfast and seeing my daughter's wedding days.

10. Two things I wish for my daughters.......for them to find a spouse that love God and treats them as their father does me, and for them to become the women of God that I know He has instore for them

11. Two little known facts about me......I get embarrassed easily (not so hot for a politician's wife) and I LOVE PICKLES!

4 Years Already!

A family member asked me for a copy of my wedding photos for an album she's doing, so I pulled out the old album. Man, it's been four years! Actually it seems like a lot longer than that! I mean, hello we've had 2 children, another on the way, an 18 month deployment, 2 undergrad degrees and a masters, 4 homes, 4 cars, 2 cats, 1 dog with 6 puppies, 2 campaigns, and of course 4 wonderful years of marriage.

It's so funny to look back at how much we have gown/changed, as well as how much our love has matured as well. I mean you think you could never be as much in love as the day of your wedding, but then you you hold your first child minutes after she arrives. Then you think, well this is as deep as it get and baby number two warms your heart just as much as the first does. It's so amazing how much a couple's love can grow and mature with each and ever step the family takes. So I think that I was wrong. Your wedding day is not when you are the most in love with your spouse. It is only after a full long life that your love maxes out. So I admire those sweet old couples we see at Walmart because only they know what it means to be more in love than they ever will be. They have seen babies, children leaving the nest, harships, true joy, fears, and hopefully a life of faith in God together. That's what I look forward to the most......growing old with Nathan and falling even more in love with him with each turn in our lives.