Xander ,'Empty Places'
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Cindy, you need a Christopher cage.
My mother is going to kill me when she realizes I've put a picture of her with her real nose up online, but she's the one who wanted us to try fixing the fading on her wedding photo. Dude! They're almost ten years younger than me in this picture. BABIES.
(Yes, kids, tonight was Fun With Scanners night at the ranch. Because that's what Friday nights are for when going out just ain't an option.)
Are migraine "hangovers" normal for others who get them? I feel just fuzzy and still very off the day after the migraine is gone oftentimes. Also a weird taste in my mouth. I cannot brush my teeth enough. I usually end up drinking a lot of the jasmine green tea.
I have heard of them more than once. You poor thing. I hope you get lots of sleep Cass, and that you'll feel better when you wake. I should have gone back to bed, but it's too late now.
Ben has a game this morning. Then, we're having our minister over for lunch, to talk to the kids about baptizing them. Our church generally baptizes infants (but will do a dedication if the parents prefer what's referred to as believer's baptism, which is how I was raised). We weren't going to church when the kids were babies. And since they now believe anyhow, we'd just as soon have them baptized. Because they're old enough though, the Pastor would like to talk to them. I'm glad, because I want to make sure they understand it, and choose it. But still, that means I have to have my house minister-clean, yet I'll be at a baseball game until just about the time he gets here. Maybe I'll bag the game.
After that, we have our nephew's high school graduation party. He's Scott's Godson, and lived with my in-laws when Scott and I first met, so there's no skipping out. He was only 3, then. We still called him, "the baby." I am feeling ancient with him graduating, since I was only about 5 years older than he is now, when I met his uncle. Gah.
Plei, I feel sort of badly for Christopher. He only did it the once. I just seem to have some PTSD from it. I don't know if I go a month without dreaming about it or something related. And even once I know he's here, and fine, I still feel on the verge of tears for a while.
Your parents are adorable. I love that picture. Do I see some of your dad in Lily? I've been thinking she's all Paul, but now I'm not so sure.
You're right too, they are infants. That struck me recently when looking at my parents wedding picture. I'm 14 years older than mum was and 5 years older than dad was, when they married. I'm still a year younger than my dad was when I was born, though.
Ah. I missed the baby-you pictures, before. You so pretty!
I can't sleep. Everything hurts.
JZ's new haircut is foamy. Her color is very similar to mine.
Jilli is gorgeous as always, and I absolutely adore that outfit.
I was able to see the nephews last night when we went to pick up Talia for dinner. I took some pictures with James, who I finally got to see post-surgery. I will post them soon. He has gotten soooo big and even cuter.
Baby Plei was adorable.
Poor Cindy! I hope you're able to get some more sleep.
Are migraine "hangovers" normal for others who get them? I feel just fuzzy and still very off the day after the migraine is gone oftentimes. Also a weird taste in my mouth. I cannot brush my teeth enough. I usually end up drinking a lot of the jasmine green tea.
Yes. I get them too.
Because they're old enough though, the Pastor would like to talk to them. I'm glad, because I want to make sure they understand it, and choose it.
That's very cool.
Poor sj! I saw you on AIM for a minute, but then you signed off. I hope that means you headed back to bed. Feel better!
I need to get in the shower and start getting ready to go to work, but I'm sleepy and unmotivated. Thank goodness this is the last weekend of this. Next weekend I'll be in Delaware! Wheee!
sj, I'm sorry you couldn't sleep, either. Yay for finally seeing James! Is he getting nice and plump? Does he have to have a lot of follow up check ups, because of his surgery?
vw, I did not get more sleep, and now I'm contemplating the shower too, because everyone's up. Since I'm tired and bound to get more tired, I'm thinking maybe if I don't wait until the last possible minute to do everything I need to do, maybe I'll be less stressed. Novel idea (for me). :)
I hope you adapt quickly to this schedule. I know it is a big change in your routine. Why are you going to be in Delaware next weekend?
The next bit is baptism stuff, so people might want to skip, but I think vw would want to know, so...
That's very cool.It really has been. Both Ben and Julia accepted Christ a while back. Christopher seemed, to me, to be too young (emotionally) to broach the subject. I want their faith to be a free choice, and not merely an attempt to please us. I was thinking about Chris and this a lot though, and then one day, when it was just the two of us on our way home from his school, he asked me where Jesus is.
He asks a lot of questions about death and heaven, and my dad, so I figured that was what was on his mind. I just said that Jesus was in heaven, with Grampy. He then said, "Mommy, I think he's in my heart." I had to fight off the tears. As we pulled in the driveway, I told him he might be right, and asked him why he thought that. He said it was because he loves Him. I asked him if he ever prayed on his own (we all do bedtime prayers together, and say grace together) to tell Jesus that, and he hadn't. So we talked about it a little. I think he asked if Jesus was in my heart, and I said He was. And then he prayed, right there in the car. Meep.
Why are you going to be in Delaware next weekend?
My cousins live there. My aunt and uncle are up babysitting the kids so my cousin and her DH could go on a vacation (they've got four kids...an alone break is nice, I'm sure!). So, my a&u invited my mom and dad down to visit. Amtrak was running a deal where if you buy 2 tickets, the third was 10% (not 10% off, 10% of the full price), so mom and dad asked if I wanted to come with. I thought it might be a nice break...ran it past my boss, who was totally cool with it. So, I'm taking a long weekend. I'm really looking forward to it after working almost three weeks straight without a break.
He then said, "Mommy, I think he's in my heart."
Oh my! I've got chills and goosebumps! How sweet. Meep is right!
I'm glad you're doing this with the kids. It's really wonderful. Let me know how the meeting goes today. I'm sure it will be interesting. And, if you want to do it through e-mail, that's fine.
As a side note, my brothers and I all accepted Jesus in our hearts when we were around 4, so I think it can be understood at that time...you just have to be careful that it's not pushed, which it sounds like you totally have been doing. And, it's different for each kid...which, you know.
Poor sj! I saw you on AIM for a minute, but then you signed off. I hope that means you headed back to bed. Feel better!
Unfortunately, no. It means I had to go drag Teacup Guy out of bed so he could go to work. The poor guy is back to working 7 days a week. He needs some job~ma so he can get a good paying job and quit working the weekends in Retail Hell.
sj, I'm sorry you couldn't sleep, either. Yay for finally seeing James! Is he getting nice and plump? Does he have to have a lot of follow up check ups, because of his surgery?
He's HUGE! He weighs 17 pounds now. So cute and chubby. He has a lot of follow ups with doctors and is to avoid sick people for another year.
I am sorry that you were a fellow non-sleeper, Cindy. Also, that is a really sweet Christopher story.
As a side note, my brothers and I all accepted Jesus in our hearts when we were around 4, so I think it can be understood at that time...you just have to be careful that it's not pushed, which it sounds like you totally have been doing. And, it's different for each kid...which, you know.I was also four, and it was something I sought, because I understood it. But yeah, I wanted to both "suffer the little children" and not push them.
He's HUGE! He weighs 17 pounds now. So cute and chubby. He has a lot of follow ups with doctors and is to avoid sick people for another year.Oooh, that's fantastic! He's only about six months old, right? That's a pretty decent size, even if he hadn't had the health issues.
I am sorry that you were a fellow non-sleeper, Cindy. Also, that is a really sweet Christopher story.We should have met for breakfast. Also, thanks.
I usually end up drinking a lot of the jasmine green tea.
I crave the green tea beforehand.
My migraine hangovers are kinda like pre-migraine, where I can be tipped right over into the actual headache.
Actually, to be more accurate and echo what the ENT said -- that's probably not a hangover. That's a migraine, with the headache gone. Just like he suspects my dizzy spells are migraines where the headache never shows up at all.