Monthly archive for ‘ July, 2008 ’

she has a name!

16th July 2008 | 4 Comments

 wednesday: july 16th   yes, ladies and gentlemen…. our baby girl FINALLY has an "inside" name. i’m tired of calling her "baby girl" or "baby girl dunkin" so last night, in the span of about 60 seconds, her name was established upon a suggestion from dave….. roxy. you can hem and haw all you want… [...]


birthday boy

15th July 2008 | 8 Comments

 tuesday: july 15th   one year ago today, this was my baby boy: born 4 weeks early. weighing in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces. born at 4:11 a.m. so tiny. so fragile. so sweet.    my life changed dramatically. drastically. my role in life changed. my job title changed. my heart grew in ways i [...]


nothing but the latest

13th July 2008 | 0 Comments

 sunday morning, july 13th   my husband is awesome. other than wednesday night, davey hasn’t slept through the night since a week ago friday. so it’s been a LONG and tiring week for me. he’s been on the antibiotics for his ear infections since wednesday…. hopefully he’ll be sleeping through the night again soon. since [...]


sweet baby jorja

11th July 2008 | 4 Comments

friday: july 11th   of all days to take a LONG nap, davey chose yesterday…. when all i wanted to do was get out of the house to meet sweet baby jorja! i am, however, VERY thankful that he took a long nap (almost 3 hours). AND i’m VERY THANKFUL that he slept through the [...]


davey news

10th July 2008 | 0 Comments

 thursday: july 10th   yesterday i went to the dentist for 2 small fillings – and instead i got three. sheesh! i think two of them were "replacements" but i’m not entirely sure. and then i got my teeth cleaned. while i was in the dentist’s chair (i couldn’t cancel my appointment – i already [...]


it’s a girl!

9th July 2008 | 0 Comments

 8:20 p.m. Wednesday July 9th….   two posts in one day? this one, though, has no photos (sorry). but i just found out that my dear, sweet friend had a BABY GIRL!!   Tim, Carrilee and Henry Dyck welcomed into their home JORJA LEANNE DYCK today at 6:11 p.m. She weighed in at 6 pounds [...]


more layouts & baby update

9th July 2008 | 1 Comment

 wednesday: july 9th   here are a few more photos of some layouts i made on monday:       one at a time i’m working my way through my "list" of layouts to complete. my mom is coming out here on sunday night and is staying for about 10 days, so hopefully i’ll make [...]


i need help

8th July 2008 | 3 Comments

tuesday: july 8th why, oh why, is davey waking up in the night and screaming? why is it that the only thing that will help him fall asleep is to have a bottle in his mouth and to be in mama’s arms (even though he barely drinks any of the bottle)? why does he wake [...]


the end of an (almost) decade

7th July 2008 | 2 Comments

 monday: july 7th   well, it’s finished. i have reached the end of an (almost) decade. yesterday, the 6th, marked my NINE-YEAR anniversary as a Vocational Consultant. Nine years. That’s a long time to do one job (for two employers). But today I called my boss, Brad, and told him that it was time. work [...]


a new bonus room

6th July 2008 | 4 Comments

sunday: july 6th   when we first looked at our home (before it was "ours"), what made us really want it was the bonus room (the finished room over the garage w/o a closet). i even made a carpet angel in there during one of our visits. when we first moved in, we set up [...]