tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44028568143936954142024-03-04T23:28:30.323-06:00NikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-39111845664867940722010-02-10T23:16:00.002-06:002010-02-10T23:20:31.218-06:00new events...Mark and I are celebrating 5 years of marriage on Feb. 19, Brayden is 2 1/2 and potty training, Micah Joseph is due April 2010. We are getting cable, wireless internet, and phone next week. Only took me 5 yrs to convince Mark to get cable...but it's finally happened! yay! After working at NBCF for 3 yrs as the Office Manager, staying home with Brayden for 1 year, working at Ruth's House for 1 yr....I'm now a financial secretary with another church, yet I still attend NBCF. Things are going well despite Mark and I both being laid off earlier this year and facing financial struggles...we relied on God and things are going better.<br /><br />Nikki BrendelGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-71884621520906777062008-10-01T13:58:00.001-05:002008-10-01T13:58:49.329-05:00White is for those who deserve it.White is for those who deserve it. On your wedding day, most women wear white, it's traditon. It is a symbol of their purity; their virginity. I think wearing white is something that you deserve. If you are not a virgin on your wedding day, you should not wear white. You can wear a white dress, just put a colored ribbon around your waist, it's the cool thing nowadays anyway. That way you are still wearing what you want to wear, and you are being truthful to your future husband, witnesses, and to God. If you are truely a virgin the day you walk down that aisle, go ahead girl wear white proudly! You deserve it! I know it is so incredibly hard to remain pure before your wedding day, but you can do it. If you do slip up, God does forgive, but you are no longer a pure spotless bride. God is a god of second chances, He gave me one.<br /><br />Speaking of white at weddings...<br /> Why do guests wear white? Hello?! You are just distracting the attention from the bride. It's her day, let her have the attention, not you. It is ok to wear a combination, such as a white skirt & colored top or vise versa, but not all white - again that is for the virgin bride.<br /><br />Well, that's just my personal opinion.Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-8889841060348588842008-06-08T23:07:00.006-05:002008-06-08T23:52:43.147-05:00Brayden is Growing Up soo fast!Brayden is growing up sooo fast! He can wave hi/bye, still talking (mama, mom, dada, dad, ba ba, bob, has said na na a few times, and mamaw once), he blows kisses, gives hi-5's. He's still full of energy! He's crawling, climbing on everything, pulling himself up on stuff....he is a ball of energy. I really need to start baby proofing...I keep putting it off, but I really need to go buy that baby gate. I was creative and used some extra shower curtian rings to link together & put on some cabinets so he couldn't open the cabinet in the bookshelf. I've decided that I'm only baby proofing the living room that we are in 90 % of the time and his bedroom. Baby proofing is so expensive so I just want to save money where necessary. So, updates....We've moved twice in 2 mo.! We lived with our friend Jennifer Dick for 2 mo. when our lease was up at our apts. at the end of February and then on May 1st we moved into a rental house by the Stadium. We love it! The neighborhood is great! Full of families! We are soo excited to be right across from the Wesselman Park! We are not bound by a year lease, but a month to month...so we can get out when we need to & on the other hand she can kick us out at any time as long as she gives us a 30 day notice. She's kind of a stickler about things though 'cause it's the house she grew up in and the only thing she has left of her parents. So, it's understandable, but frustrating 'cause we can't hang pics in certain rooms...it's hard, but we are slowly figuring out where stuff goes. Well, I'm exhausted....I'll post some pics & then I'm off to bed. I can't believe I haven't posted anything since March, but it's been busy to say the least plus I'm on Facebook more!<br /><br />Brayden's 1st Movie he watched - Elmosaurus, and 1st Swimming in a big pool........ <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY2V6gldGt3i0sM-kVxhKsngD-Fsxz8x2JLnwgN2ygO3zfnZy0qQlbs_R2TinFL7_R2vb0G5b_5qT4tq4WZADX0PWVvQ_Pf1a2R5UJnSep1ewVNQomuHu2G7-DL_XEC-LHHDmXrW87sQ/s1600-h/Brayden+-+1st+movie,+Ermil%27s+thing,+swimming,+etc.+007.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY2V6gldGt3i0sM-kVxhKsngD-Fsxz8x2JLnwgN2ygO3zfnZy0qQlbs_R2TinFL7_R2vb0G5b_5qT4tq4WZADX0PWVvQ_Pf1a2R5UJnSep1ewVNQomuHu2G7-DL_XEC-LHHDmXrW87sQ/s320/Brayden+-+1st+movie,+Ermil%27s+thing,+swimming,+etc.+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209735812125548754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBUtw6Jch5zFMybvlMELw5PgJMi5s6nYmdafY1ri2-qMH8fLX-rQEJgk1FY58LA6dMUW4fKjVEDmZkYNpDho3WC35igPR9soFkfJb43n5KuQ4fKCGs-r2TIqEcscMHQzSiLU_pkmDYxY/s1600-h/Brayden+-+1st+movie,+Ermil%27s+thing,+swimming,+etc.+009.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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It was time for his bottle. So, I walked around the corner, put 3 scoops of formula in the pre-filled water bottle when I started to hear Brayden start to whimper. I walked around the corner to find him on the floor facing the opposite way he was laying on the couch. I freaked out and picked him up and checked him out. Mark hearing me freak out pulled up his pants and ran out of the bathroom. He checked out Brayden out to find that he was ok not even a red mark. Brayden only cried half-heartedly for like 2 min. and was over it. When he fell off the couch he was like 2 cm away from banging his head on a wooden chair next to the couch. He fell right in between the chair and couch. Praise the Lord! Well, that was at 7pm. So, thinking I learned my lesson that I can't just walk around the corner anymore & have to sit right next to me at all times when on the couch. Mark gathered that the 1st time Brayden fell he must have sat up, reached to get something that he wanted on the floor, and then toppled on to the ground. Well, at 10pm. Brayden was propped up on boppy again on the couch, my hand on him, I was giving him his meds and talking to him. I said to him, "I don't know where Daddy went (mark normally takes the meds for me to put it up), so I'll just set it down here." In the 2 sec. it took to lean over put the meds on the floor, I seen out of the corner of my eye...Brayden flipped over my hand, landed on his head, neck snapped back and he fell on his bottom. I completely freaked out! Mark came running around the corner again..but this time I have no clue where he was and his pants were fastened. :) I picked Brayden up again to comfort him and told Mark what happened. As I'm holding Brayden I put my hand over my eyes because I was soo ashamed and started balling my eyes out - this lasted for hours. Mark took him from me as I continued to cover my face and wail. Then our housemate, Jennifer Dick, took Brayden so Mark could comfort me. Unfortunately, it only helped a little bit. Then I remembered that my mom dropped my sister on her head, so I had to call my mom. I guess I needed to be comforted by someone who's been there. For the rest of the night before Brayden went to bed when he looked at me he started to cry. He only cried for like 10 min. after the 2nd tumble, which happened at 10pm. I felt like a horrible mother! Like seriously...I know that sometimes things like this just happens, but What mom has it happen in a 3 hr period? Well, the next morning when Brayden woke up he was all smiles at me and forgot the whole thing. I guess kids are more resiliant than we think..and Brayden does have a hard head. Everytime I think of it...I still feel horrible. Just the image of him falling is aweful!Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-82551716366195167912008-03-20T18:26:00.004-05:002008-03-20T18:42:14.779-05:00The Ragsdale Twins!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9djjJtiDSPKzzpX1XpRhXBRpvJT6-Xhw2p1jMvRBi0p3JXPhvWShT4iEAJUD4O0e89OPJfhGIS-1xcpjs9lVOsmbqFRFeOZPeW8Y9S6HqyCxHCglyRGJLpZ_9m4d3_he7vuc1PX3fE4/s1600-h/Twins1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9djjJtiDSPKzzpX1XpRhXBRpvJT6-Xhw2p1jMvRBi0p3JXPhvWShT4iEAJUD4O0e89OPJfhGIS-1xcpjs9lVOsmbqFRFeOZPeW8Y9S6HqyCxHCglyRGJLpZ_9m4d3_he7vuc1PX3fE4/s320/Twins1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179973279979481218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCc9r45R96AzQCKOqjuVaPhAUbusXzOJYSdHNgyNaxtx4UIXf2vuNWm3HEzpwrOs83AJJydNbRYOyyHm3kxkxqA89pm0pFVwPrqXxayEh3HhqJbpxerUnirvFnRJKQKyOjSsT0cbHBhOE/s1600-h/Twins2.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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As some of you know, the Ragsdale's, Nick & Kara lost their first son, Peyton Samuel, over a 1 1/2 yrs ago due to Vasa Previa. Kara had to be on Clomid (sp?) to get pregnant w/ Peyton which a side effect is Vasa Previa and possible loss of baby - which happened. If you don't know what Vasa Previa is look on the net, the website might be vasaprevia.org Anyway, so Kara & Nick did IVF (invetro.) this last time. They put in 3 eggs, and 2 got fertilized & attached themselves to the uterus. These twins are so cute! Let me tell you about them... They were born at 7:46am. on 3/15/08 by c-section (The orginal c-sect. date was supposed to be the following Tue. 3/18/08, but due to the mom's high blood pressure, they took them early). Marley Grace was born first weighing 5lbs. 3oz, measuring 18 1/2in. About 30 sec. later, Sam entered the world! Samuel William weighed in at 6lbs. 11oz (with a knack for sports :)), measuring 19 1/2in. Marley has fair skin, light hair, w/ small facial features and Sam has dair hair, dark skin, w/ large facial features. Well, below is some pics that Nick & Kara sent to me. So, enjoy!Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-52984503572779405112008-03-11T10:44:00.012-05:002008-03-11T11:01:36.500-05:00picsHere are pica from rock climbing and our anniversary trip to New Harmony...check out Brayden's Blog for pics of him at http://braydenisrael.blogspot.com<br /><br />Now for anniv pics... We went to New Harmony Inn to stay & to the New Harmony White House to eat dinner Friday night & at the Red Geranium for breakfast!!!<br />This was the first time we left Brayden overnight!!! Scary!!! 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I really did enjoy seeing family & friends who have moved all over the US. My mom was on my case all four days! "Your friends are more important than your family, they've always have been and always will be!," Says my mom. Arrg! Not true --sorry friends, but family is more important. But isn't it for everyone?! I didn't really plan on seeing some of them, it just came about that evening, seriously last minute and my mom offered to babysit, so we took advantage to do whatever we wanted - isn't that what you do when you have a babysitter. Well, Brayden was difficult 'cause he got shots on Dec. 21st in the afternoon and we left that evening plus Brayden is teething -- not a good combo. So, needless to say, Brayden was screaming for a little while so I told mom the tricks....but she didn't swaddle him until right before we walked in the door, and that trick worked for a while...he always calms down for that. Plus, my mom only had 3 hrs. of sleep so that probably wasn't good either. I want to spend time with my mom. I know we've never been good at that, and never have been close, but I'm trying. I just don't know how to hang out with my mom. All we do their is watch tv. We did go run errands together with Brayden with us. But, I guess my mom doesn't count that as spending time together and neither was cooking on Christmas Day with her and Cassie. I just don't know what she means my spending time with her. I love my mom soo much and she's very important to me -- I just wish that she would see that! My mom has sacrificed so much for us as kids, and I totally appreciate it and respect her and look up to her and admire her for all of that. <br /><br />Well, I woke up today, my Birthday in a bad mood! So much for it to be a "golden birthday." I turned 26th on the 26th! Well, If it wasn't for facebook I'm pretty sure only my family & Erica would have remembered. So, today...woke up in a bad mood and late...so we left late from Indy to Evansville. Which makes me not happy 'cause we were rushing back so that Amanda and I could go shopping and spend some girl time together before I had to go to Brendel Christmas. I really don't like doing Christmas events on my birthday, but if that's what works I go with it. Well, we were passing through Oakland City - not to far from Evv so I called Amanda and got VM. She shortly called back and said, we are on our way to Chicago. (I guess they left a day early - not really sure why). So, no shopping or girl time, but she said when she gets back. So, hopefully that will work out. Well, we said our good bye's w/o a happy birthday...so I just thought she forgot which maybe she did, but later that night as we just arrived at Matt & Lisa's for Christmas Amanda called and everyone in the car wished me happy birthday (Levi, Leah, Daniel, Joni, & Amanda). So, that made my day a little brighter. Before that Charity was talking with Mark and he told her about the day and how everyone forgot her birthday and she feeling like crap --not in those words or so many words, but than Charity said Happy Birthday. Maybe she called Levi to remind him or something...I am always reminding him of peoples birthdays. <br /><br />It's just every year people forget my birthday because it's the day after Christmas. It's like I'm the leaf in the shadow on Ground Hog Day that no one notices, because they are just focused on if the Ground Hog saw his shadow or not. Actually it's more like the ugly rolypoly bug on the leaf, at least that's how it makes me feel. Not even Lesley or Robin remembered -- it's ok though. I should really get used to it. I have friends that have b-day's on Christmas Eve & Day both - that stinks more -- it's kinda like the rolypoly bug's poop. I really don't like my birthday! Too bad I'm not Catholic, I could have a Saint Day too (It's kinda like a second birthday). I really need to get used to people forgeting, but it's so hard when no one forgets other birthdays. It's kinda sad even your grandparents and other family members forget too. Another thing that gets to me...people who have known me for several years - can't spell my name! It's not 1 K, it's 2! NIKKI - for crying out loud! Anyway... I just cried about it today, a lot! Just sitting here thinking how unimportant you are to people you consider important in your life is just sad really sad...I need to go cry some more. Atleast I know that Brayden & Markey love me and remember my birthday. Well, I need to go find Piggy.<br />Bonne Anniversaire a moi - c'est la vie!Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-8685626347028828542007-12-21T09:40:00.003-06:002007-12-21T09:42:16.523-06:00Christmas PicsHere are Christmas Pics that my mom got taken at Wal-Mart. The reason why mark isn't in them & he didn't take them is because he was in NYC for Grad School. Enjoy!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2veA7XwocI/AAAAAAAAAGM/QixkQ4SW_BI/s1600-h/074113000606.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2veA7XwocI/AAAAAAAAAGM/QixkQ4SW_BI/s320/074113000606.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146451106719637954" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vd87XwobI/AAAAAAAAAGE/zNJn9qDWL1Y/s1600-h/074113000605.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vd87XwobI/AAAAAAAAAGE/zNJn9qDWL1Y/s320/074113000605.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146451038000161202" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vd37XwoaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/balX0HoRhf4/s1600-h/074113000604.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vd37XwoaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/balX0HoRhf4/s320/074113000604.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146450952100815266" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdyrXwoZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/N-QWhcRm66A/s1600-h/074113000603.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdyrXwoZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/N-QWhcRm66A/s320/074113000603.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146450861906502034" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdvbXwoYI/AAAAAAAAAFs/WbRx_AaT6xg/s1600-h/074113000602.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdvbXwoYI/AAAAAAAAAFs/WbRx_AaT6xg/s320/074113000602.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146450806071927170" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdr7XwoXI/AAAAAAAAAFk/bs9AW7t2TOQ/s1600-h/074113000601.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdr7XwoXI/AAAAAAAAAFk/bs9AW7t2TOQ/s320/074113000601.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146450745942385010" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdHLXwoWI/AAAAAAAAAFc/LsrFHxYt__0/s1600-h/074113000600.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_caAxSBMJU3Q/R2vdHLXwoWI/AAAAAAAAAFc/LsrFHxYt__0/s320/074113000600.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146450114582192482" /></a>Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-83304505306368010652007-12-13T12:37:00.001-06:002007-12-21T09:33:54.953-06:00An Official Update!Well, It's been so hard with dial-up to post stuff, but I'm at Mark's work where they have wireless - so here goes some pics.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-cDu8knWl-0dOMjM4bALfHeKHrmm24QykDs-i3mblaWVuaQsJP3R4oIpOJa70Xi5Ow7AGC1YwawceWkdvidycdHdYNV_EQ22EeikTnzB1XxORsswUkKIGHxIRf-WSd8INVSi5SdFkWk/s1600-h/P6140009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-cDu8knWl-0dOMjM4bALfHeKHrmm24QykDs-i3mblaWVuaQsJP3R4oIpOJa70Xi5Ow7AGC1YwawceWkdvidycdHdYNV_EQ22EeikTnzB1XxORsswUkKIGHxIRf-WSd8INVSi5SdFkWk/s320/P6140009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146449405912588626" /></a> Mark & I at Ichthus in Wilmore, KY - just a couple months before I had Brayden<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrWl_SAqP4sq-62strfjgLSCKFjtl8vmJYXcaB4FeXccxbYN-hLLxOsHv_3UM43Y3Y24eN2yWFzX7G6itCHddeb2GlVwoSqvmM1M4RStjlVLVg2nzhndnbTEmmvhBVkY_mI6Gu5CCh0U/s1600-h/Me+Just+before+having+Brayden..jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrWl_SAqP4sq-62strfjgLSCKFjtl8vmJYXcaB4FeXccxbYN-hLLxOsHv_3UM43Y3Y24eN2yWFzX7G6itCHddeb2GlVwoSqvmM1M4RStjlVLVg2nzhndnbTEmmvhBVkY_mI6Gu5CCh0U/s320/Me+Just+before+having+Brayden..jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146449156804485442" /></a> Me the day I had Brayden.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4685wYD_KN8iu0LTfVElynSq86JOZXOAFwUrvcPne7eTKglBynh-4GnOY8OJf53cNeMMux6jel4MG3iQFgBmmbzAMziChARJLVKrcqJu0Lmb0mMLvyfH0Sdfms-PVrCuiZw9ckVivuM/s1600-h/DSCF1102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4685wYD_KN8iu0LTfVElynSq86JOZXOAFwUrvcPne7eTKglBynh-4GnOY8OJf53cNeMMux6jel4MG3iQFgBmmbzAMziChARJLVKrcqJu0Lmb0mMLvyfH0Sdfms-PVrCuiZw9ckVivuM/s320/DSCF1102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146448753077559602" /></a> Me & Snoopy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2X9yz6-sbqhgE-AnogCcT94eC2swaUv8ngN8LY2MuKjN_QJvkf7x9Yp3NXix8n6TiJ4RXFPQ6koXaJsb7w9Nj6HZKQzFJdrMrGCJJlTTmeaDZTwITMUUB9WjtW8M4PM85Q4Dxjb5FW8/s1600-h/DSCF1076.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2X9yz6-sbqhgE-AnogCcT94eC2swaUv8ngN8LY2MuKjN_QJvkf7x9Yp3NXix8n6TiJ4RXFPQ6koXaJsb7w9Nj6HZKQzFJdrMrGCJJlTTmeaDZTwITMUUB9WjtW8M4PM85Q4Dxjb5FW8/s320/DSCF1076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146448022933119266" /></a> Mommy & Daddy on one of their first dates - Relient K & Switchfoot Concert!!! Relient K did an awesome song about The Office theme song included - Jim & Pam's got me glued to my television too!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBB-HEECHqQKezLKIjpvffAlL2DmCQyzjfy53R7Of8GpHVm8l7Mx8sKXSOMrM4hcEpPM2NACSD7hYjlLmUZbSnGEYwjxhDoDgajMzJNzWrF5QQignQi3MPSSS-xaziTQqANRAo0hTDXU/s1600-h/DSCF1075.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBB-HEECHqQKezLKIjpvffAlL2DmCQyzjfy53R7Of8GpHVm8l7Mx8sKXSOMrM4hcEpPM2NACSD7hYjlLmUZbSnGEYwjxhDoDgajMzJNzWrF5QQignQi3MPSSS-xaziTQqANRAo0hTDXU/s320/DSCF1075.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146446932011426066" /></a> Brayden "Big Boy" Brendel Brayden does not like to lay down either sit up or stand up like a big boy, but this when he needed ome support.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeFsLGFVauHAhuA-b11Te5EeHa3Lr1iCh_lW-iNME4kBIEPI9ukUEojsvDqow9LpKvXesafCUdOZFKTA-2aBstdNujloLekxnnDIIvRZeldsaH3MFBDGdmWTFYdvDvmPwCl3v8Dr9leI/s1600-h/DSCF1063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeFsLGFVauHAhuA-b11Te5EeHa3Lr1iCh_lW-iNME4kBIEPI9ukUEojsvDqow9LpKvXesafCUdOZFKTA-2aBstdNujloLekxnnDIIvRZeldsaH3MFBDGdmWTFYdvDvmPwCl3v8Dr9leI/s320/DSCF1063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146446176097181938" /></a> I love Poppy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wswhW5gmGsFM0sRerWXMchq9su0sL0nu6KZn8avGiZD1CKQLpLQIlVflKtf0IBh3lDv-XmhGAydZWFmLYoLQPvAss-DFu5mCFCWZZTC66mm7xT3x4A2BaeIu-hQZMzKxucXkzyI5X1Y/s1600-h/DSCF1062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wswhW5gmGsFM0sRerWXMchq9su0sL0nu6KZn8avGiZD1CKQLpLQIlVflKtf0IBh3lDv-XmhGAydZWFmLYoLQPvAss-DFu5mCFCWZZTC66mm7xT3x4A2BaeIu-hQZMzKxucXkzyI5X1Y/s320/DSCF1062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146445991413588194" /></a> My photographer, Aunt Amanda!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2uj0iEBwrAe8rJ7UhMtDpkhyphenhyphenDVOwqxEXXxgTLjv4y17ipVoNNNOORadqcpSFtgl0PaFp8ys-72-Nf5FzLEpsxkfx00k7krkonDar-4-oT5Ykc6WRlOmsUHr63TjGoeV_h5UGy_pQvdg/s1600-h/DSCF1060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2uj0iEBwrAe8rJ7UhMtDpkhyphenhyphenDVOwqxEXXxgTLjv4y17ipVoNNNOORadqcpSFtgl0PaFp8ys-72-Nf5FzLEpsxkfx00k7krkonDar-4-oT5Ykc6WRlOmsUHr63TjGoeV_h5UGy_pQvdg/s320/DSCF1060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146445858269602002" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcS7uufJ5u5uFpRRti1lZtUodg-7_p5LQHL79CIWHXBFHBxN_3iowSh9C9uG1Dmfx6uUM8iLHof53R3Fji0UGJXl8TIGzlUnsY1iYHvOBTRye-VxaL-rIfqyQlhfpCboRhI3u9FtuJCA/s1600-h/DSCF1057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcS7uufJ5u5uFpRRti1lZtUodg-7_p5LQHL79CIWHXBFHBxN_3iowSh9C9uG1Dmfx6uUM8iLHof53R3Fji0UGJXl8TIGzlUnsY1iYHvOBTRye-VxaL-rIfqyQlhfpCboRhI3u9FtuJCA/s320/DSCF1057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146445622046400706" /></a> Aunt Erica & Uncle Aaron too!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDFv8qjuQmaxleioBNpOh23hnkCLOrftjNQ7-cMWdpRq7rUDdEXvHzbesaGHvjZaKlYRpITMeijyPXszuJ2FOfw2YzhwwFL3jSlFB5-Gl7TROI0shvDdfeXwS1zel0xsV4lqCrS9PArw/s1600-h/DSCF1056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDFv8qjuQmaxleioBNpOh23hnkCLOrftjNQ7-cMWdpRq7rUDdEXvHzbesaGHvjZaKlYRpITMeijyPXszuJ2FOfw2YzhwwFL3jSlFB5-Gl7TROI0shvDdfeXwS1zel0xsV4lqCrS9PArw/s320/DSCF1056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146445428772872370" /></a> Grandma Lori came down too!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_d2-GB8OLZlRY8pY_SV2sJ1dDb9gQjfeoDX98V3MN2EJZkji5IICWeiULce5OXrjpm5fW9CzCuXDeQcrmCykfhKmZg7wVsH0iarThUkbS_9Fp4ieeUbq-ruPsfpQnwUkIzd7Es_lXmY/s1600-h/DSCF1052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_d2-GB8OLZlRY8pY_SV2sJ1dDb9gQjfeoDX98V3MN2EJZkji5IICWeiULce5OXrjpm5fW9CzCuXDeQcrmCykfhKmZg7wVsH0iarThUkbS_9Fp4ieeUbq-ruPsfpQnwUkIzd7Es_lXmY/s320/DSCF1052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146445188254703778" /></a> Grandma Kathy, Poppy, Mommy, Daddy, & Brayden<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKMcwFmEbPLoWPsatCavwPTHBSMs-FnNmy4Twq08QrUSRTsmq-Ow0ilfGkTYT7LyU-YLFh6TK0s-RJj5zOqAPC0vNElMFcB_A4dFr_ceJsxQJxLQSlnlHHlMTyviUrq97doe8lt7VmqY/s1600-h/DSCF1050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKMcwFmEbPLoWPsatCavwPTHBSMs-FnNmy4Twq08QrUSRTsmq-Ow0ilfGkTYT7LyU-YLFh6TK0s-RJj5zOqAPC0vNElMFcB_A4dFr_ceJsxQJxLQSlnlHHlMTyviUrq97doe8lt7VmqY/s320/DSCF1050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146444754463006866" /></a> Nice Family Pic after Baby Dedication - 10/21/07<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zfw0Q6m4zhxaqvfpEQMAxMoNyU8_eKX2qmW88bauoxQ_C3Zm4jKbjAd3D0lDqy3HnY38gA4ah563G597tizox9i4Jwgfl2pZ4098MZn_-4cgAL6rvPXxVrRUZUtztx0UYLmx4ouq4s0/s1600-h/DSCF1037.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zfw0Q6m4zhxaqvfpEQMAxMoNyU8_eKX2qmW88bauoxQ_C3Zm4jKbjAd3D0lDqy3HnY38gA4ah563G597tizox9i4Jwgfl2pZ4098MZn_-4cgAL6rvPXxVrRUZUtztx0UYLmx4ouq4s0/s320/DSCF1037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146444350736081026" /></a> My friend, Hayden Smock got dedicated too! See him with his family and Mommy - Charity (Jones) & Chris Smock.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkXPu1-_NshyphenhyphenA-7JhIDRHI4ZDJv3C4M3rL5f_Dao4WhF6Er6hacudB17UW8jzm4xhECzh-RBqHbD9I792exKSqKxwPTb4NMHIhN5PIMBCyE6veBB9PomoiW4ho87L5F09MARlGUPqVfE/s1600-h/DSCF1036.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkXPu1-_NshyphenhyphenA-7JhIDRHI4ZDJv3C4M3rL5f_Dao4WhF6Er6hacudB17UW8jzm4xhECzh-RBqHbD9I792exKSqKxwPTb4NMHIhN5PIMBCyE6veBB9PomoiW4ho87L5F09MARlGUPqVfE/s320/DSCF1036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146443925534318706" /></a> Baby Dedication<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBhUsWlEm6s13Hy_PeH3otxqzlvJ1O1GEdzXFegW9-S0DPEyjNrfMCvPVRknXjneISwiXc02c-e4lBtY6IQoZcZcLk63zHduMrW1CpJo4rMJYb6P14PaQVqNhyphenhyphenkP9qUJdoj9BNhW7eOk/s1600-h/DSCF1035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBhUsWlEm6s13Hy_PeH3otxqzlvJ1O1GEdzXFegW9-S0DPEyjNrfMCvPVRknXjneISwiXc02c-e4lBtY6IQoZcZcLk63zHduMrW1CpJo4rMJYb6P14PaQVqNhyphenhyphenkP9qUJdoj9BNhW7eOk/s320/DSCF1035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146443779505430626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP3pzSohJHkPVsFpYetX9HWAmgg5N3dS-PqLLOfaDsDOEijQgNfF0RIBACDqWWRZJ3P0m0Ik-ux9CIzxohlVYReT8a_IoN-FSOkars9l7oUeIxx0firUa0HfGtGDbypaSb4XybyGdZA0/s1600-h/DSCF1032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP3pzSohJHkPVsFpYetX9HWAmgg5N3dS-PqLLOfaDsDOEijQgNfF0RIBACDqWWRZJ3P0m0Ik-ux9CIzxohlVYReT8a_IoN-FSOkars9l7oUeIxx0firUa0HfGtGDbypaSb4XybyGdZA0/s320/DSCF1032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146443577641967698" /></a> Daddy & Brayden feel asleep after too much fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9O_XxhEBFS0qKcmhDLmwFpyZk0pcsaZFeb1DfIe8fTfETR8Oi0RMgzAJsy0zVkGzcAXOiHCdZuZvZLCS2nA8UsdwQm33xkUAPmNMpHKdZ0eHdyK0gnbHWeWpwofA0Mn00O0faYB6F5A/s1600-h/DSCF1026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9O_XxhEBFS0qKcmhDLmwFpyZk0pcsaZFeb1DfIe8fTfETR8Oi0RMgzAJsy0zVkGzcAXOiHCdZuZvZLCS2nA8UsdwQm33xkUAPmNMpHKdZ0eHdyK0gnbHWeWpwofA0Mn00O0faYB6F5A/s320/DSCF1026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146442065813479490" /></a><br />I like talking to My Fishy Friends<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXfqlUaSdKtW4-mnXhPVZPC6n0rzSxrZ7Sce5vKP5KGCGlOfXFtSxQBCa9ElljVrBjLQpRYMWFego4TNdIfb36qpjhmjvfzVk6nHp3__vFDEuRrR3-p6EJtU4vab3iCjFg_dnWyO2SCo/s1600-h/DSCF1007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXfqlUaSdKtW4-mnXhPVZPC6n0rzSxrZ7Sce5vKP5KGCGlOfXFtSxQBCa9ElljVrBjLQpRYMWFego4TNdIfb36qpjhmjvfzVk6nHp3__vFDEuRrR3-p6EJtU4vab3iCjFg_dnWyO2SCo/s320/DSCF1007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146441838180212786" /></a> <br />one of my fav's - Daddy's Lap<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-hCEJCsGQRWBqGAMYFuFBjgGO7tkkto65FzhztuhXXzjF0UpZVWn6vg5tkJigD5XG7sgExo7DnN4cwzPSCibbCRRTRSYHSYMcbEuARetXmA94QMbeN6p9MPQyzmfZMuiecxdqohoMRk/s1600-h/DSCF1004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-hCEJCsGQRWBqGAMYFuFBjgGO7tkkto65FzhztuhXXzjF0UpZVWn6vg5tkJigD5XG7sgExo7DnN4cwzPSCibbCRRTRSYHSYMcbEuARetXmA94QMbeN6p9MPQyzmfZMuiecxdqohoMRk/s320/DSCF1004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146441571892240418" /></a><br />Brayden's First Fall Festival<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8-BDPTG_BNGiV7ykaa7oNp0lBQLFCEYVcbK7fgQkxqBe5ZB9rnf_bhTFoHSIKtl8L9wffwftWsiQOgDqOPOgOAhA1tL3Uw2nlJ4hpLcGpUabenLuAmcTEt5GuvP1Y6_eq7yhE6LtOaE/s1600-h/DSCF0983.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8-BDPTG_BNGiV7ykaa7oNp0lBQLFCEYVcbK7fgQkxqBe5ZB9rnf_bhTFoHSIKtl8L9wffwftWsiQOgDqOPOgOAhA1tL3Uw2nlJ4hpLcGpUabenLuAmcTEt5GuvP1Y6_eq7yhE6LtOaE/s320/DSCF0983.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146441232589824018" /></a><br />Papaw Joe Edwards & Brayden<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2ulHN4Kxh_j0Hb9yRW9czTiI1KDNHO0ZRlHzZTxWCOuNOijkj15r-ZQAL2-jzvmoxWTUpUe29upLDq8oAW3Fs3kGF-O4ORnpysG7l8otTN5aHay25ordJUsDVHDQzVxhuPlhnoCG0fs/s1600-h/DSCF0982.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2ulHN4Kxh_j0Hb9yRW9czTiI1KDNHO0ZRlHzZTxWCOuNOijkj15r-ZQAL2-jzvmoxWTUpUe29upLDq8oAW3Fs3kGF-O4ORnpysG7l8otTN5aHay25ordJUsDVHDQzVxhuPlhnoCG0fs/s320/DSCF0982.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146440897582374914" /></a><br />Mamaw Faye Edwards & Brayden<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRx3VRKgV6jIPbCHQMlaY_xu8K58DgpU9HjI1f7Zw8hlsOG0g1mKaiDwW8PctMZcMiSg0rH8PyTI3GRiJLSyl54V_nZQSC2N1F9E_Uc6M4Y4kEgtDA4Pab9gfdig_-zOtw-jBWZzZGX8/s1600-h/DSCF0943.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRx3VRKgV6jIPbCHQMlaY_xu8K58DgpU9HjI1f7Zw8hlsOG0g1mKaiDwW8PctMZcMiSg0rH8PyTI3GRiJLSyl54V_nZQSC2N1F9E_Uc6M4Y4kEgtDA4Pab9gfdig_-zOtw-jBWZzZGX8/s320/DSCF0943.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146440657064206322" /></a><br />No pictures please<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs5ZGtbKFfjAX_1uMX6Njbwy18Y8aRTsNe1pDMjR9pOprNlz6Y2tz91-Vzx44eHr4f_iGSp8EUe71Xixy7euZEcO8VFIUEhfB3yl2S5rsmVNZQ3WSBNgVZTZZwU6bF4eko4P96bQa7rI/s1600-h/DSCF1043.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs5ZGtbKFfjAX_1uMX6Njbwy18Y8aRTsNe1pDMjR9pOprNlz6Y2tz91-Vzx44eHr4f_iGSp8EUe71Xixy7euZEcO8VFIUEhfB3yl2S5rsmVNZQ3WSBNgVZTZZwU6bF4eko4P96bQa7rI/s320/DSCF1043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146440154553032674" /></a><br />Smiling at Grandma Lori at Baby Dedication<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoceJqICYTbv7OXtS9Cem2HsAkrttp36_0Oc7_CWmKVAyC-X-_Yj9-mF1eaSLjC1wOcCbTLcy5Z-Maj7XkvCcq0TMWdCymvDHM1tu-K-1TLr8KwWytFzgLtKsRfKIyqT49KRmDaZ0W9yQ/s1600-h/DSCF1035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoceJqICYTbv7OXtS9Cem2HsAkrttp36_0Oc7_CWmKVAyC-X-_Yj9-mF1eaSLjC1wOcCbTLcy5Z-Maj7XkvCcq0TMWdCymvDHM1tu-K-1TLr8KwWytFzgLtKsRfKIyqT49KRmDaZ0W9yQ/s320/DSCF1035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146439879675125714" /></a><br />Baby Dedication<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZaO6nZ3aCj_0aJXe9hXaOsasjEnFaNOFGBI96J_9BciTl30Myv8UFdty56Gg5GZfRSRMsRcB8UE9p7LJG2xpumrtbMnkTzJM268CgfPGmFzNN-T82QwF-VTPBEb3KG0-1mshHRwsXp8/s1600-h/DSCF0975.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZaO6nZ3aCj_0aJXe9hXaOsasjEnFaNOFGBI96J_9BciTl30Myv8UFdty56Gg5GZfRSRMsRcB8UE9p7LJG2xpumrtbMnkTzJM268CgfPGmFzNN-T82QwF-VTPBEb3KG0-1mshHRwsXp8/s320/DSCF0975.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146439755121074114" /></a> Brayden & Hayden @ the Ball Park!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcQ1E8IUyFEoDWsNVORTd8sN1NcI2oG27FrOukPt9lCS2uBNcgczSYTSC0hQuTEL7jaIqgyj8ViRDZV1qWCmukSgl5vPu1WBiGdtAsEF88FakyA5hYolSNUKuVr6n6Nr__eqNbkBJulA/s1600-h/DSCF0956.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcQ1E8IUyFEoDWsNVORTd8sN1NcI2oG27FrOukPt9lCS2uBNcgczSYTSC0hQuTEL7jaIqgyj8ViRDZV1qWCmukSgl5vPu1WBiGdtAsEF88FakyA5hYolSNUKuVr6n6Nr__eqNbkBJulA/s320/DSCF0956.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146439600502251442" /></a> The B Man<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeS1hTV0coDT6A-bEqO_CEo8UuCQKTVa6nVIwaN8Kc8crDI5RsZlV72HUag3qHWCuFAe0IfKg9OoxOTInXZdWTrdtVX6Pfa-PqNuyZnxBTmwq4FM3uJ60or_wI_6Q4Nqcvhcgw_L0gZs/s1600-h/DSCF0947.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeS1hTV0coDT6A-bEqO_CEo8UuCQKTVa6nVIwaN8Kc8crDI5RsZlV72HUag3qHWCuFAe0IfKg9OoxOTInXZdWTrdtVX6Pfa-PqNuyZnxBTmwq4FM3uJ60or_wI_6Q4Nqcvhcgw_L0gZs/s320/DSCF0947.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146439286969638818" /></a><br />Brayden & Hayden (They were born about 2 1/2 weeks apart)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUUAR550b4iKH7WM4kUd_6kDLOOOqQHt_LTSEMqqbz5eatkp0oK2VUrTzoHfNCtM3xQi0eYF6QBewvLjF9hUO0Rn06EVW42c1JQsHfCvL6P34hyOPJcjaxMBCyM5lksb8WFPDYlrHIkY/s1600-h/DSCF0946.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUUAR550b4iKH7WM4kUd_6kDLOOOqQHt_LTSEMqqbz5eatkp0oK2VUrTzoHfNCtM3xQi0eYF6QBewvLjF9hUO0Rn06EVW42c1JQsHfCvL6P34hyOPJcjaxMBCyM5lksb8WFPDYlrHIkY/s320/DSCF0946.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146439175300489106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtCEz8GCB6UVjNVU9sqqKgYD9BwNW9PoNa55TFhNuDFfJn3H8OKicqAH_DynPSvbRFvz0yDLGZyUp2oxCzaIGh86Tli4viVVAZDPKQEzAchuY7Bg1Kw3jSPKt62gi8X6SqYrBoCS8OuA/s1600-h/DSCF0943.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtCEz8GCB6UVjNVU9sqqKgYD9BwNW9PoNa55TFhNuDFfJn3H8OKicqAH_DynPSvbRFvz0yDLGZyUp2oxCzaIGh86Tli4viVVAZDPKQEzAchuY7Bg1Kw3jSPKt62gi8X6SqYrBoCS8OuA/s320/DSCF0943.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146439076516241282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpB6QwrYHj5QNTvdTeNo0dGsBI14GJKhm6xmhfbFPgkP2NSHGFklPd63Vtlg-UouAxsf-Bi2oCnz4rI0dncOAQiEofqRquhEX5sZX-FwZzyok3BxEcqoi8FrL_PzBlpdgxEMn6RwKmStE/s1600-h/DSCF0935.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpB6QwrYHj5QNTvdTeNo0dGsBI14GJKhm6xmhfbFPgkP2NSHGFklPd63Vtlg-UouAxsf-Bi2oCnz4rI0dncOAQiEofqRquhEX5sZX-FwZzyok3BxEcqoi8FrL_PzBlpdgxEMn6RwKmStE/s320/DSCF0935.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146438857472909170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdhEevo62TuBWNJgcIardNv1B1OiJJGki4Q2E70V4msSTIpYDey5b7Eem1Fgxg-QAg0i0XuqhDO0u7OC_z4vdrD-zYWDTKyLYA2KGLi7u4p0L8uZVq9qXcDr9EZfCOzoKbXmC_QiImmY/s1600-h/Dr.+Brown,+Nikki,+%26+Brayden.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdhEevo62TuBWNJgcIardNv1B1OiJJGki4Q2E70V4msSTIpYDey5b7Eem1Fgxg-QAg0i0XuqhDO0u7OC_z4vdrD-zYWDTKyLYA2KGLi7u4p0L8uZVq9qXcDr9EZfCOzoKbXmC_QiImmY/s320/Dr.+Brown,+Nikki,+%26+Brayden.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146438531055394658" /></a><br />Me, Dr. Brown, & Brayden --- I had Brayden C-section.Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-58373560137412242032007-12-13T12:37:00.000-06:002007-12-13T12:43:17.856-06:00Somewhat of an updateOk so it's been forever since I posted. It's hard to post pics when you have dial-up. So maybe sometime I'll post some later..but you can check out Brayden's..he has new pics. There is only one person that I know who is awesome at posting..and that is Brooke West. She's amazing at it! Well, update I have is that Brayden rolled over from his belly to his back only for Grandma Kathy & Poppy..not for us despite our efforts. Brayden will seriously "talk" for like 5 min. straight just to hear himself...we think. He talks to his bottle...us..his toys...it's quite funny! Brayden eats cereal with a spoon! He is 4 months today! He's getting big, but he's still small. His next dr. appt. is on the 21st so we will see. Well, He's getting fussy 'cause he's tired. Gotta go!<br />Love,<br />NikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-80315509743536416102007-10-09T14:12:00.000-05:002007-10-09T15:25:06.433-05:00I hate wasps & spiders!I really don't know why God invented this frightening creatures, I'm sure He had a plan. Well, yesterday just when I was about to snooze a little while Brayden was snoozing in his swing...I heard a buzz! I looked up...oh my goodness...a wasp! How did that get in my apt?! Then I thought about how my mom was just in town and goes out to the balcony to smoke and it might have got in that way. Well, I called Mark all scared and ofcourse he couldn't do anything because he was at work. So, I grabbed my Anthem Benefits booklet --it's think. I don't really care for Anthem, but they helped on this one! :) Anyway, ...Wack! I got it. It was still twitching. So, I opened up the patio door to try to fling it outside only to see what I thought was a brown reclus spider...later after Mark seen it he said it wasn't. Anyway, I thought that is it! I'm bringing on the Raid! Mark really doesn't want me spraying it in the house eventhough it says for household use. He's just looking out for Brayden. Since I still had the patio door open I sprayed the spider and still twitching wasp. Finally, they were dead! Then I went to close the patio door and in came a fly. I thought oh well, just a fly and shut the door. Then, I go back to the couch to try to nap...and buzz buzz...oh it's just the peske fly... buzz buzz...ok fly you are really starting to annoy me...oh my! Not a fly...another wasp! How in the heck did two get in here?! Well, I call back Mark and he said to leave the apt. Well, it was 4 and Mark gets home at 5:30pm. So, where am I going to go? So, I called a lot of friends on the eastside and finally got a hold someone. I didn't want to drive to the westside or mt. vernon 'cause as soon as I would get there I would just turn around and come home. So, I got a hold of Kent & Katrina Starnes. They said it was cool for me to come over and then they invited Mark to come over after he got off of work for dinner...how awesome was that! Here we are imposing on their family and they opened up their home and food! We are blessed with having them as good friends. And here I was just thinking...I really don't have girlfriends...well, I do, but not a 1 BF here in E'ville. I thought that one of my friends was starting to get that way, but it doesn't seem like that anymore. I'm not sure what happened with us..it's just different. I wish we could hang out more, but she's busy a lot and if she's not busy she's with her Boyfriend, but I miss hanging out with them both and also our girl times. Oh well. I just really wish that I was one BF down here to go to in time of need and know that they will be there no matter what. But since my Indy / Childhood BF's live in 3 diff. states and my BF that was down here went to Bible School in MI--I have felt a little lonely. All girls need that 1 girl to go to no matter what! I am going to pray that God will bring someone to me 'cause I feel like I've been searching ever since Laura B. left and I need God to bring her to me.Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-10435216262694873272007-09-22T11:53:00.000-05:002007-09-27T11:54:01.546-05:00Happy Birthday!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdGnyJV9BgXEZ2E9OttkXUuGrGHG_Azjli2SyXj_VRI02OwOKIHW7MSwv_XWgVfKYaHYlWaZXvYHrvhxm4b8ecs2LxiPt70f7DKGEH17sYnPPlmpaGlAC75YVWkv_UahvbkgtTOfxTzg/s1600-h/Robin+%26+I.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdGnyJV9BgXEZ2E9OttkXUuGrGHG_Azjli2SyXj_VRI02OwOKIHW7MSwv_XWgVfKYaHYlWaZXvYHrvhxm4b8ecs2LxiPt70f7DKGEH17sYnPPlmpaGlAC75YVWkv_UahvbkgtTOfxTzg/s320/Robin+%26+I.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114928151059219890" /></a><br />Happy Birthday Robin! You are such a great friend and I miss you lots! I hope you have a great birthday today! Here's the Happy Birthday song in French (w/o the accents-my comp can't do them)...<br />Bonne Anniversaire a toi<br />Bonne Anniversaire a toi<br />Bonne Anniversaire cher Robin<br />Bonne Anniversaire a toi<br />cha cha cha!Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-70411043039294260662007-09-22T01:53:00.000-05:002007-09-22T12:58:31.582-05:00Poem from my Markey!Mark wrote this for me when I was in Hawaii for my Mom & Turk's wedding. I could check my e-mail and stuff while I was there plus we talked on the phone every night for at least 5 min. 'cause he was at grad school in Scranton, PA. Well here it is, it made me cry 'cause he's so sweet! I'm so glad I married my soulmate!<br /><br />I wrote this last night when I was thinking about you. If it seems cryptic, sorry. I like it though! Love you!!<br /><br /><br /><strong>She Likes The Color Purple</strong><br /><br /><br />She likes the color purple, <br />and violet opens her eyes.<br /><br />Yellow her hair shown as a child, <br />witness to a golden smile.<br /><br />Blue found her eyes <br />when they opened for the first time, <br />and has never left.<br /><br />Green is the life she found<br />when she asked red to be placed<br />over the door of her heart.<br /><br />An orange horizon heard her say yes<br />when one knee wasn't enough for me.<br /><br />Black made spots on the chronicle of her past,<br />but forgiveness has washed that color away.<br /><br />Grey was inflicted on her long ago<br />when brighter hues should have been sown instead,<br />but her spirit wouldn't let that color stay.<br /><br />On the day she wore white for me, <br />her full spectrum caressed my heart<br />and still shines today.<br /><br />Thanks for the color you paint into my life! I miss you!<br />Markus<br /><br />Wrote 7/13/07Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-90926037558089936252007-08-24T15:53:00.000-05:002007-08-24T16:09:25.912-05:00New Addition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7G84Vw2uvGAs89Yp4zIp4mHcIAMAz2sFyEYP4d_2uNPSywCYjPMRNY4Sjoy-31cvNKoybILzdOa_dVniFqxBY5TcqDkcJSJwzQV2-0AYx7M39d6VBkBLuhmtcoG4a3lDDmt-XQ1Gbkhg/s1600-h/Brayden.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7G84Vw2uvGAs89Yp4zIp4mHcIAMAz2sFyEYP4d_2uNPSywCYjPMRNY4Sjoy-31cvNKoybILzdOa_dVniFqxBY5TcqDkcJSJwzQV2-0AYx7M39d6VBkBLuhmtcoG4a3lDDmt-XQ1Gbkhg/s320/Brayden.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102377137524928226" /></a><br />Ok...so I haven't wrote on here in a long long time...but I have no time. New news...I had my son early..here's the story with not as much detail as you would get if I actually talked to you about it: Well, Brayden Israel Brendel was born on Aug. 13, 2007 ( 2 weeks, 2 days early) at 6:11pm. weighing in at 5 lbs. 11 oz. and measuring 18 1/2" long. He's very cute! Being a mommy is a handful though. I had him by c-section. I actually went in for a routine exam and ultrasound on Mon - 8/13 and the doc said the baby is measuring small so we like to induce. We said ok. She told us it would have to be at 1pm. that day - with our jaws to the floor we said ok I guess I need to call my boss and quit & call family. So, Brayden's heart rate dipped every time I had a contraction which posed a concern, so they stopped the contractions and said we have to do a C-section. We said ok, whatever it takes! With our family history, we were just happy to get a baby.<br /><br />Being a mommy is difficult, but I'm learning. Any tips? I do get bored easily staying at home now, but I'm glad I can stay at home with him and not drop him off at a daycare - no offense to anyone, I just would prefer to be at home and since the Lord has blessed us with the finances to do that for atleast a year - I'm doing it. I do nap when he naps which helps, 'cause his crazy night schedule that always seems to change is driving me up the wall. First at the hospital..feed/wake-up every 4 hours, came home and it became every 3 hours, then it became every 2/12-3 hours, and is now every 2 hours. The boy eats soooo much! He came home weighing 5 lbs. 6oz., and he is now everybit of 6lbs. 2 oz. He now has a double chin and chubby cheeks...so cute! my little chunk! By the way...how come noone warned me about the explotion poopy diapers? Thankfully, I was blessed with a baby that rarely cries! Only cries when he's naked, getting a diaper changed, and cold. He gets a little fussy sometimes, but we just burp him and he's fine. Praise the Lord for that..I didn't know what I was going to do if I got a colic baby...I don't know if I would have been able to deal with it. I guess the Lord really does not give you more than you can handle. Well, it's almost feeding time so I should go. I will apologize for the length of time that will take me from now on to post pics, and blogs because since I'm a stay-at-home mommy and I have dial up internet...I'll be getting on less. The best way to reach me is my cell phone or house phone. Sorry, Erica I have yet to call you back, please try to call again I don't know your schedule so I don't know when the best time to call is. If you want to see the hospital pic of him go to www.thewomenshospital.org click on webnursery log in - nbrendel password - mnbrendel. Also, Brayden has a blog too! - thanks to his daddy! go to http://braydenisrael.blogspot.comGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-737732417025797752007-06-07T10:56:00.001-05:002007-06-07T11:34:35.655-05:00Car TroubleSo, My car started making a shrill shreking noise about a week to week 1/2 ago when I was backing up into a parking space at work. So, what did I do? Called Poppy! Anytime there is something wrong with the car, I call Mark's dad. He's awesome! He always fixes as much as he can. What a huge blessing Mark's parents have been. Well, I took it over to Mom & Pops for the memorial day weekend and picked it up that Monday evening. Well, it was like 10pm. or maybe later - I can't remember so I didn't wake them and just used Mark's key and took the car like a theif in the night. :) Of course I called the next day to let them know that we took it, and it wasn't stolen. So, when i took off i noticed the check engine light was on, and that it wasn't like that before I dropped the car off at mom & Pop's. So, I called Markey and he said that we will just ask Poppy about it the next day. I said ok and drove just fine. Well, the next day it was still making those squeaky noises. Poppy replaced the serpintene (sp?) belt to fix that problem, but it was still doing it especially when I turned on my AC. So, of course that's what we think it is. Well, I call Poppy and he said that there was nothing else mechanically wrong with it that he saw, so maybe I should take it to Reiter's on Allen's Lane 'cause that's where he takes all his foreign vehicles. I said ok. Well, Ed Batteiger was at the church working on the building project and we got to talking and I mentioned my frustration with my car. He said he seems to him that the belt just didn't get tight enough and he could bring over his special tool and see if he can tighten the belt. Wow! That's awesome! Thanks! - I said. So, yesterday he checked it out and said that the belt was plenty tight and he wanted to check something. I said ok, and gave him my key. I then went out with him 'cause I was leaving for the day anyway to go to my 2nd job at the PAC. Everytime he turned on the AC, there was that shrill squeaking sound again! This sound seriously hurts your ears! Then, I said ok..I'll take it in to the shop. Ed felt so bad that he couldn't fix the car - he apologized twice. I reassured him that it was ok and I was thankful that he tried to help the best he can. Well, so I called the shop yesterday and said that they could squeeze me in today. So, called off work this morning at the church and took my car in. I waited while they assessed my car situation. Then the guy came and said...you might want to call someone to come pick you up 'cause this car is undrivable. I said what's wrong? thinking it's an AC seriously! Nope...he said, it's the crank shaft pully. I said oh no! and covered my face--seriously I did this. It just sounded overwhelming, like something major. I said ok, I'll call my mother-in-law. Well, I got no answer. So, I called Mark whose work is only down the road and he left work to come and get me. 5 min. after Mark got there, he told us how much it was going to cost an when the part would come in...any guesses? Well, he caould have it done on Monday and including labor and the part the cost would be somewhere inbetween $225-250. Mark said, that works! I said, well, that's a lot cheaper than I expected. So, sometime Monday I will get my car back. Just in the nick of time too! We are heading to Wilmore, Ky (3 hrs. away) on Wed. morning through Sunday afternoon for ICHTHUS Festival - basically where you camp for a few days, no shower, see lots of awesome christian bands, and it's awesome! It really is roughing it...but when everyone else is as gross as you are it doesn't matter. Levi & Amanda will be coming down Wednesday Night. I can't wait! We didn't know what we were going to do vehicle wise for the trip, because Mark's car won't make it and my car was in the shop so we were really relieved that it could be done on Monday. So, now I just have to work out rides with people for work for the next couple of days. Pray that it will all work out!<br />Oh...baby news... I'm 28 weeks today! Which means I start my third trimester today! yay! I'm very excited! If ya'll know the fam situation and babies, I had to make goals for myself. Not that I wasn't trusting God, because I totally am, but just emotionally, I had to make goals ...make it to 8 weeks, make it to 3 mo, make it to 6 mo., make it all the way. So, I'm now on my last goal and with God's help I will reach it! Please continue to pray for a healthy pregnancy and baby. I'm starting to get a little scared of the pain that I will endure in the very near future. But, I know it will be ok. I get to go to my prego classes this weekend June9&10 with our friends the Smock's who are due 1 week after us. Well, I think that's it for now. Love ya, NikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-1905335771433717502007-05-17T11:02:00.000-05:002007-05-17T11:26:21.377-05:00Too much things to do...and no timeSo, this will be a very short post because I have no time seriously! Ok...so on Mother's Day Mark officially decided that we will name our son, Brayden Israel Brendel. I've really been wanting him to do this for sometime now. So, what a great mom's day gift! Right now I'm completely stressed from work. Everyday something else gets dropped in my lap and I just don't think i can do that task..or that it's not my responsibility..but ofcourse everything gets dropped in my lap because noone else wants to do it. I really don't have time to take on any more stuff. 1 week deadlines are ridiculous...totally not enought time to go through the past 3-5 years on finacial reports and then get into nitty gritty specifics..this will take like a month. I'm only here 25 hrs. a week! They offered to actually pay for my OT, but I said when can I work that? I work at my other job since you weren't able to give me full time here. That kinda shut them up. I think they just said it as a gesture and didn't mean it. They never remember birthdays, admin. prof. days, wk. anniversaries...then when they find out about them a few days later, they say oh..we will take you to lunch sometime...I think they owe me quite a few now. Yeah, I'll never see them. I really feel like I'm over worked, underappreciated, and not respected here, is that bad? I just keep saying...aug. 15th...just make it to Aug. 15th...then you don't have to worry about it anymore! Then, at my other job, my boss for the past 6 years is retiring and I'm doing a lot of work for her on the comp. 'cause she doesn't know how. Not that big of a deal really, but instead of keeping up with the towels, I have to be back there which is fine..but not ok when I want to go home at 5:30pm. 'cause I've been working since 8am straight with no break, not even lunch. I basically have to eat and work at the same time--not so much enjoyable. So, on top of all the stress from work I found out that my friend Stephen Diekmann died this past Sat., 5/12/07 of an apparent Heart Attack. He was 26! No heart condition, he was in rotc and I just saw him 2 1/2 weeks ago...crazy! So, I found out on Facebook of all places. My friend joined the group "We will miss Stephen Diekmann" I thought, where did he go? he doesn't go to Iraq for a couple of months. So, I clicked on the group to find that he died! at 26 yrs old! of a heart attack! What?! This is crazy to me! He had no heart cond. and wasn't taking drugs that we knew of. So, I'm at a lost for words and in a complete state of confusion. Sad thing is I missed everything...missed the showing and funeral because I didn't find out about it until 4pm. yesterday on Facebook. The funeral was yesterday at 11am and the showing was 2-8pm. on tue. Man, not even some of his closest friends knew what happened. I'm soo saddened by his death and so confused. No, I 'm not asking God why, 'cause we all die sometime and it's in His hands...but it just doesn't make sense to me. I also have been very frustrated with one of my french profs. I got a C for her class when I though I deserved a B. I didn't receive back grades for papers, poem critiques, or anything. It seemed as if she pulled my grades out of the air when i would ask what I received. I received back 3 out of 4 papers receiving A, B+, B...So, I was so confused on my C. Well, when i asked her to explain how she arrived at my final grade as a C because it didn't make sense to me, she got kinda mad at me and wrote me an e-mail saying that she was more than surprised that I was complaining of my grade. I wasn't complaining...I'm a C student - always have been with an occaisional A or B. But, when you work really hard and you are looking at the grades she gave you...it just didn't add up to a C, so I asked for an explanation. Well, She wrote a ticked off e-mail back and I wrote a humbling one back saying that I'm sorry that she felt as if I was complaining about my grade. I was just trying to figure out my grad on my own and it wasn't making sense to me. So, we will see how she responds to that e-mail. I still have to take her for a class eventually and I don't want to walk into her classroom and have her instantly be much harder on me, ya know? I know teaches don't play fav's in college---wrong! She likes men more. My friend Sean attended less than 25% of her class and he received an A, he didn't even do 1/2 the work. So, how am I receiving a C from her in a diff. class when I did all the work andreceived good marks for it. unbeknowngst to me! Anyway....I'm done venting. I gotta get back to work seriously! I have a Dr. Appt. on Monday! I might have to switch docs and I'm 25 weeks! More than 1/2 way...stupid medicaid! Well, I don't know what I'm doing about a doc situation...we will see. Lvoe ya, NikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-70299582775014875132007-04-19T17:47:00.000-05:002007-04-19T16:49:37.497-05:00More baby news...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0Eov0vMALpe3Znztntf-g2J2kqxsls1b5LShw0nOKUYt8muXeNz2Vl7poQZ-gMMEKZiLYIhIdVh2XVRdLNoPLn1b1jRGKDYqtm-tMV09UAFHiT26JldV-CeqazuWG7OFlXlr_xfnX-c/s1600-h/Prego+Nikki.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0Eov0vMALpe3Znztntf-g2J2kqxsls1b5LShw0nOKUYt8muXeNz2Vl7poQZ-gMMEKZiLYIhIdVh2XVRdLNoPLn1b1jRGKDYqtm-tMV09UAFHiT26JldV-CeqazuWG7OFlXlr_xfnX-c/s320/Prego+Nikki.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055255946092253026" /></a><br />So, I'm sure everyone wants to see what Nikki looks like pregnant. Well, here you go! In this pic I'm 4 mo. pregnant, but I'm now 5 mo. and it's a little bigger and rounder. I'm sure you will all see it at Beth's Wedding and Lesley's get together. Well, out of 1062 baby boy names from babycenter.com that I copied into Excel then made a columns that says Mark, Nikki, and Both and then printed it all off front & back taking up like 26 sheets of paper. --Thanks mom for the ink! Anyway, so I picked out 16 names I totally liked and 7 maybe. Then, I placed each name on a scale of likeness from 1 to 10, ofcourse 10 being high. So, Out of all the 1062 boy names & also looking at my scaled down list, Mark only like 2 names - Brayden Israel. So, maybe that will be the little guy's name but it isn't official. Mark said we will put that on the contender list. But think about it... Brayden Israel Brendel...Brayden Brendel...BIB....hmmm...is this a good idea? I do really like that name though and he likes it tons. So, I don't know where else we are going to come up with Baby Names for our son if we went through a list of 1062. I would love to know ya'll opinion, not that it will influence Mark's decision on the name but I would just like to get a feel for the name, ya know? Anyway, I liked Micah, Riley, Edward-as a middle name only, Carson, Corey, Brayden, Ryan, Andre, Evan, oh...I don't have the list on me, but there's an idea of my shortened list that I liked. Mark said only the names Brayden and Israel stuck out to him. I think the names just have to pop for him. I would read off names and he would make a yucky face or a I don't know about it face...I'm really trying hard to let him pick the name although we did agree that I could veto as much as I want to the names that are definitely a no for me. Oh, by the way Brayden rated a 6 on my scale and Israel was on my maybe list at a rating of 5 because I did like that name but not as a first name. Well, I can't wait to hear from you!Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-48094912314979186262007-04-12T10:49:00.000-05:002007-04-12T11:04:58.432-05:00I miss my Markey!Mark has been gone now for 2 days and I miss him a lot. It's very hard for me to sleep when he's not here. I end of sleeping on the couch falling asleep to the T.V., which he hates but I can't sleep otherwise. I do turn on the sleep timer, so that's good. There's no one around to tell me to pick-up my stuff or what they want to eat for dinner. I think that sometimes I show that it annoys me that he tries to be a parent-like figure to me, but I actually think I kinda like it 'cause I need that accountability, encouragement, and someone to keep me in line 'cause I can be an extremely messy person. Mark is very neat and organized so I try my best to kepp things in somewhat of an orderly fashion for him because I love him and respect him. I do get to talk to Markey everynight, sometimes twice. He likes to call me when he's walking around NYC and tell me what he's doing and where he's been. At night, we talk more about how was his schooling that day and his feelings/apprehensions about school and the meetings and assignments he's faced with and such. I love that I can really talk to him. Yesterday instead of buying a babyname book I just got on line at Babycenter.com and found a list of 1062 baby boy names. I figured that will help us both with decision making. Mark does get to name the boy, but this way he can have a list that I definitely say NO to. So far the two names on the list that I like a lot is Keegan, and Evan. I even like André...but we will see what Mark likes when he returns. He gets back on Sun. so pray for a good flight and safety. My sister had her tonsils taken out today. Mom said the surgery went well and fast, but she is now in a 3 hour recovery period before she can go home to recover on her own. I wish I could be there with her. My mom, Dick-cassie's hubby, and Dick's parents-rick & Debbie are with her so atleast she has some people with her. I just want to be there though, she's my little sister, ya know? Well, I gotta get ready to go to school.<br />Love ya,<br />nikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-14837957350138563312007-04-06T13:23:00.000-05:002007-04-06T13:59:00.723-05:00Not Enough Time in the WorldI have been feeling rushed lately and my calendar is filling up more than ever! this is now when I start living by a planner. I keep telling myself, just make it through this semester than you'll have atleast a year off from school and then maybe then that & a family is the only thing you'll have to focus on and not have to add working 3 jobs to that pile! Right now I work 3 jobs, go to school PT, try to take care of our apt and my hubby, and dealing with all the pregnancy stuff. I feel like I am going crazy. So, tonight we were supposed to leave for Indy, but that might not happen until tommorrow morning (hopefully, early!) Everytimewe try to leaveon a Sat.it ends up being the afternoon...not cool 'cause than it's Sat.night by the time we reach Indy and our weekend is already half over. Well, here's the plan...Leave tommorrow early am, go to ICF for church on Easter, after church go to my gpa & helen's for lunch, then on Monday do Mark's laundry for his NYC trip, Finally on Tue. take him to the airport in the wee hours hopefully come back to my mom's to rest a little bit then drive back to Evansville because since I had asked off Tue. ofcourse my boss at my 2nd job had to schedule a mandatory meeting on that day so back to Evv I go for a Mandatory Meeting at 2pm. then off to pick up my ref shirt for my 3rd job that has to be picked up that day, then I'm going back to my apt. maybe...I asked off at the PAC, but if I'm already there maybe I should just work, ya know. Well, then the typical week takes over with school & work (3-jobs). Fri. I will be collecting tickets for the Dinner Theater at church and eating and watching the play, repeat that on Sat. night,but also on Sat. at 1pm. I have a bridal shower and then a bachlorette party for the same person, Kate. Then on Sunday I will be driving up to Indy in the wee hours of the morning 'cause I have to pick Mark back up at the Airport and then drive straight back because Mark has to be at the TV Station at 6am. for an Inspector Gadet Spot( a thing his work is making him do) on Monday morning. So that's just this weekend! On April 23 I have my next pre-natal appt. Yea! pee in a cup, check your weight, and give them $25. These appts. are kinda pointless, but necessary I guess. Maybe I'll actually remember to ask the doc about my nose bleeds and my arthritis. Well, then on the 27-29 we will be in Indy for Beth Gustitus' wedding - I'm so excited! I will also get to see Lesley and baby! yeah!!! May 11th weekend I'll be in Indy for Mom's day and my cousin college graduation - i think she's the first Barton with a college degree! Then let's see June... there's a wedding here June 2, then June 23rd my mom's is having my family shower in Indy..hopefully I'll be able to have a friend one on the 24th, but we will see. Then July...I have a wedding in Indy for Rachel Jones on 7/7/07 - what a cool date! and then here I come Hawaii! I'll be ready for a vacation for sure! I'll go to Indy Wed. July 11, Leave for Hawaii July 12, Mom get married on July 13, then Leave Hawaii on 16th and arrive on the 17th in Indy and drive back to Evansville and back to work on the 18th. So, yeah i'll be busy. i seriously have to fit people in my planner, I hate that. But, I'm a forgetful clumbsy pregnant woman so If I don't, I'll forget. Oh my goodness! I just realized that i don't even know when i'll have my Evv showers --1 for Fam and 1 for friends. So, we will see. Well, i gotta go to the bank then home to do dishes and pack..oh my it's 2pm and I haven't even ate the lunch I packed...I gotta do that too! Well, I gtg. I'll see most of you in NIdy anyway..well, me and my little belly. Love ya, NikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-21978406342401815132007-04-03T16:59:00.000-05:002007-04-05T18:48:51.851-05:00Human Garbage DisposalI have been eating like crazy lately. They said that my appetite would pick up in the 2nd tri-mester, but I seriously think that I could eat as much as Mark and we all know that boy can eat! -- Mark hates that reputation that he has received over the years, but it is true. I've only seen Chris Matthews eat more than him. I don't mind that Mark is my human garbage disposal and now I'm right up there with him. Yay! He has an eating partner. :) Normally I eat all I can until I'm full and he finishes it. However, now I can eat it all on my own and then some. When I eat my meal, I get seconds and sometimes thirds. I normally eat until people are ready to go or when I feel that I need to stop because I have ate enough to meet my nutritional needs eventhough I so badly would like to eat some more. Sometimes I just have to stop myself. We had a little less than 2 quarts of strawberries, and for lunch I ate my usual double decker sandwich and almost all the strawberries, but 6 cut up ones. I looked down at the bowl and said, Nikki you've got to stop! So, I decided to save some so that Mark to take some to lunch with him the next day. It gets on my last nerve when Mark eats up something that I didn't get anything of or not much of, so I try to be considerate and let him have atleast a little of the food. :) We had to increase our budget/envelope on groceries by $50 because of my increase in appetite. I am totally not worried about weight gain. I'm supposed to be gaining a pound a week and so far it's been a few weeks and I've only gained 1 lb. Maybe this increase in my appetite will increase my weight. I'll be 19 weeks on Thur. and I've only gained a total of 6lbs. so far since the beginning of the pregnancy. I was 110 when I got pregnant and now I'm 116. Still a small girl, but I definitely got the prego belly going on. It amazes me how much your belly grows without that much of an increase in your weight. I've gained 5lbs. before here and there...and still had a flat stomach, so I'm amazed by this whole pregnancy thing. Things I'm not looking forward to... not being able to wipe after giving birth, maybe even pooping when I push - gross! Nobody ever tells you this when your not pregnant...maybe it's because they don't want to scare you. I'm not scared, just grossed out. Anyway, I have a test to take. I'll ttyl.Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-10863055018746444352007-03-30T15:49:00.000-05:002007-03-30T16:28:14.737-05:00New NewsWell, ya know that little girl Lillian Nicole that we were expecting end of Aug/first of Sept.? Well, she's now a he. We were told this past Monday that we are now having a boy. We have no name for a boy at all! Mark gets to pick the boy name, and I get to edit/shoot them down. Kinda like the president, and I will use my power to Pocket Veto, for sure. Hopefully we will have one picked out when the little guy gets here. When we were in the ultrasound room and found out that we are now having a boy, I tried to hold back the tears. However, it didn't last long as I could feel the little tears run down my cheek. I still attempted to shake it off and think it's ok...it's healthy and God blessed us with this baby. But, then it crossed my mind, oh no! How are we gonna tell Matt & Lisa. So, I turned to Mark who already started to hold my hand after we found out the news knowing that it kinda upseted us both and we were in total shock. Well, I turned to Mark and said, you have to tell your brother. He said, I know. I repeated myself, and he said, I know baby it'll be ok. (For those of you who don't know Mark's twin bro, Matt and his wife Lisa, lost thier baby boy full-term a little over a year ago around Christmas. Lisa didn't take the news to well when she found out we were pregnant. So, I hope this goes ok, but I don't know. It worries me a lot!) Then, I lost it. I mean I completely balled my eyes out to the point of almost hyperventilating. - If you know me and how I cry, then you know it is normally a silent cry and you wouldn't know I was crying unless I tried to speak, sniffed my nose, or you just looked at my face. But, when I am extremely upset I tend to let out little sounds -really catching my breath. Anyway, it was sad. I tried to keep thinking positive and well, but I was in complete shock. Just 3 weeks ago we were told it's a girl, eventhough the person said she wasn't saying 100%, but she's pretty darn sure. I showed it to my dr. and she confirmed that there was no doubt in her mind, that it was a girl. So, to be planning for the little one to come, my Mamaw Edwards already crocheting a sweater in lilac, and my mom and Helen already buying stuff and we already told everyone and their mom...now I have since called all of them back. Everyone was ok with the news, and I tried to be. Everyone kept saying, but it's healthy and that's all that matters, you'll have more kids, it'll be fine, boys are easier than girls anyway -less emotional, etc. But, I heard it all before and the sayings kept repeating itself. I just wanted to tell people to shut-up, of course I didn't. I talked to Mark about it and he was dealing a lot better with the news than me, eventhough he totally wanted a girl as much as I did. Well, I have been praying a lot about this with God. I have come to the realization that I think I was feeling loss. Like I had lost my baby, 'cause I got so attached to Lillian. I had to be thankful in what God gave me. So, I asked the Lord to help me and forgive me for not being as thankful as I should be. I really am thankful for my little boy. God really did give me the desires of my heart, it was just the desires as a young kid. I always wanted a boy first, to be a big brother and to look out for his sister. But, when i got pregnant, I wanted a girl. I know that Mark & I want to have many more kids, and now we have started we aren't stopping. I don't want more than 5, but who knows an exact #. We will just have them until we know when it's time to stop. I was thinking since I had such a hard time dealing with this new news at first, how I will handle post baby. Will I have post-partum? I hope not. I'll be a stay-at-home mom come August 16th, since that's my first official day that I'll be unemployed. :) I plan on staying at home for atleast a year, and then we will re-evaluate things after that. As much as I would love staying at home for the rest of our kids lives, I want to try to take one step at a time and see how things go for the first year. Well, I hope you don't read this and think I'm such a horrible person, but just know that shock kinda took over but I am now ok and I love my little boy that is growing inside me and loves to give his mommy heart burn and do sommersaults. He's a very acrobatic little guy, especially if I have some caffeine. By the way, you can totally have only 1 caffeine drink a day or 3-8oz cups of coffee a day. So, I'm Ok, plus I totally drink water all the time like I'm never gonna hve water again. Anyway, well I gtg now. I have to run errands, go dropoff my car at my in-laws so that Poppy (dad-in-law) can put on new front brakes. Well, I'll ttyl.Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-63252431888630531772007-03-13T16:09:00.000-05:002007-03-13T17:21:11.646-05:00Stupid TIme Change & HawaiiI had full intentions on giing to class yesterday. I stopped off to use the restroom before going to class and I asked one of my friends what time was it, and he <br />said after 1pm. I said, What?! Your clocks must be wrong, because I left <br />work at noon--I knew that I would be a little late. He said, no remember we <br />changed our clocks. But, I was still in disbelief and got out my cell <br />phone and sure enough he was right. I spent the afternoon thinking <br />what went wrong and then it clicked, I thought the computer at work <br />automaticlly updated the time, but it didn't which caused me to work <br />over an hour and miss class unknowingly. The first thing I did when I <br />got to work today was change the clocks, so hopefully I won't be late <br />to Dr. Roberts' class today. I also found out today that Daylight Savings Time got moved up 3 weeks early, so the computer has not yet adjusted it because it thinks it is not time to yet. Why can't the whole state of IN be on the same time and never change time. So, dumb!<br /> <br />On the other hand...<br />I had some major complications with booking my Hawaii trip. I totally thought it all got booked Sunday early evening through Cheaptickets. Well, I never got the comfirmed E-mail, so I called. Well, they never got it. Oh no! Mark's CC # was on their and everything..so if it ends up being charged twice someone will have to refund me over $1800 dollars! Well, On Monday I re-booked everything still got the same deal with the same flight and hotel and everything. I asked my BF, Erica, to go with me since I'll be 7mo. and staying in a hotel alone, but she wasn't able to due to a previous trip planned. So, I asked my good friend Amanda, and she said Yes! I'm sooo excited that she's going! I like Amanda a whole lot and we get along great. When I found out that Mark wouldn't be able to go due to Grad School, I thought I need to find someone to go with me. I would just feel safer if I had someone with me. So, I thought maybe my sis was going to go, but she has to have her tonsils out and have her cervix scraped again all done in one week. So, she wasn't able to go. Then I thought who could I ask that I would actually enjoy the trip with and not get annoyed with 1/2 way through. So, I asked Erica, since she's my BF and we've been on trips together before..and if we get annoyed with eachother it's not that big of a deal. We get over it, and love eachother. THen when Erica couldn't go, I asked Amanda. I love hanging out with her and we get along so great. I think it's funny that we sometimes start laughing for no reason and Levi will look at us both and wonder what in the heck are they laughing at, but we are just girls and laugh at silly things. I'm sooooooooooo Excited!!! I can't wait to go! I get the urge to pack already, but I can't pack yet...it's 3-4 mo away. Oh, incase you didn't know, My mom and Turk is finally getting married-in Hawaii on Diamond Head Beach on July 13th - their 18 yr. anniversary! I know we are going to the International Marketplace to do shopping and seeing somesort of show and we are going to see USS Arizona-Pearl Harbor...and enjoying the Beach! I don't want to get it all filled up, but a couple fun things is cool. We might go snorkeling, and the the aquarium..who knows.<br />Well, I gtg run errand and then go hang with my friend Amanda before I officiate Volleyball tonight. Oh, I got my IHSAA licence to officiate V-ball in H.S. and Jr. High. I'm very excited about that...something to do when I'm a stay at home mommy to bring home a side of bacon or two. It's 75 degrees today and I want to play tennis or sand v-ball or something!!!<br />Love ya,<br />NikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-12563826837615119192007-03-01T09:12:00.000-06:002007-03-01T10:24:28.617-06:00I think I'm really getting the hang of thisSo, after Lori e-mailed me on how to change few things, I have now explored how to do things on here. I've created links, wrote "about me," and eventhough I have yet to post pics I have found out how you do that. So...I really think I'm getting the hang of it. I'm the type of person that has to play around with something to figure it out. Afterall, that is how I learned to do a little bit in Photoshop on a MAC. I'm very proud of myself. So, I guess this means Erica...I won't be calling you today to ask how to post pics since I've figured it out. Thanks for all your help though. I love you and miss you tons! Have a good trip! Oh...guess what PRC which is a free clinic is having me come in to test the new ulrasound equipment for FREE. Yipee. It stinks that Mark won't be able to come, but my mom-in-law might after her dentist appt. So, that might be cool! It does make it hard that my mom isn't here though. I wish she could be here for all of these things, but I know she'll come down for the birth. I know, I know...I'm the one that moved 3 hours south, but I am definitely not planning on moving back to Indy. I love the people like my friends, family, church, etc., but I have no intentions on returning and if we do ever return it will be the southside and not the west, east, or northsides. Well, I promisedMark I would do our finances today, so I should probably go. I'll try to write later.<br />Love ya,<br />NikkiGodluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-71099159228654424232007-02-27T15:14:00.000-06:002007-02-27T15:36:13.896-06:00HIgh School is OverSo, I'm in my like what...6th year of College or something like that, and I still see people walking around in their H.S. Letter Jackets. Why? H.S. is over and now you are an adult...so let's try to look and act like an adult and not re-live our glory days in H.S. - seriously! I know that it cost like $200 for a Letter Jacket and it takes lots of dedication to earn your letters and pins for the jacket, but that's why you wore it for 3-4 years when you were in H.S. Now, you've started a new chapter in your life and need to get a new jacket, and just put the jacket in your keepsake box or something.Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402856814393695414.post-68231554585239947742007-02-26T16:39:00.001-06:002007-02-26T16:39:36.197-06:00Hi!I don't know if this is working...I'm checking it out.Godluvsu2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16851647308433817922noreply@blogger.com1