Big Man

Lorenzo had his 4 month check up today. Poor guy had to have three shots and an oral vaccine. He is a growing boy, measuring in at 26 1/2 inches long and weighing 15 lbs. 15 oz. He is in the 95% for his height and 75% for weight. He is the total opposite from Rayna, which is fine since he is a boy. Boys are supposed to be bigger.
These are some pictures I took the other day. You can see how big Lorenzo has gotten and Rayna too. Soon Lorenzo will be bigger than Rayna at the rate he is going.

4 Months Old & Rolling Over

Ok. so Lorenzo turned 4 months old yesterday and he decided that he wanted to roll over tonight. And it wasn't a fluke as he did it three times in a row!!! He rolled over from his back to his front. Too bad Randy wasn't home to see it! :( He is once again out of town, in NY this time. He will be home tomorrow. So it has been a long and busy week here with just me and the kids. I'm actually patting myself on the back tonight because it is 8:45 p.m. and both kids are in bed! Wow!! I can't even do that when Randy is home. (Oh, I spoke to soon! Rayna is now up and Lorenzo.)

On Tuesday we had a potluck dinner for Rayna's classroom at school to just socialize and get to know other parents. It was fun to see Rayna play with the other kids in her class especially since it's a mixed age group. Next week there is another dinner at her school for the entire school celebrating 30 years of the school on the 30th day of school. I can't believe she has been in school for almost a month already. She really likes it. This month they are studying Cananda and next month they are studying Mexico. So of course I had to dig out my "loonies" for Rayna to share with the class.

Here is my laugh for the day: Rayna went to use the bathroom today and she went to sit down on the toliet but forgot that her little insert seat wasn't there and fell in the toliet. It scared her at first until I started laughing about it. Then she thought it was funny too. It was pretty funny if you think about it. Then the other day she was telling me how she went poop and how big it was. Instead of telling me, she demistrated by holding her little arm out to me and said, "I made a big stinky poop as long as my arm mommy." I just about died laughing. I asked Randy if he told her to do that and he said no, she came up with that all on her own. She cracks me up. Maybe I should write Bill Cosby and tell him that one so Rayna can be on the show, "Kids say the darnest things."

A Year of CrockPotting: CrockPot Falafel Recipe

A Year of CrockPotting: CrockPot Falafel Recipe
I found this recipe and it is next on my crock pot to-do list!!!

My Review of Stay-Put Adjustable Swim Shoes

Originally submitted at One Step Ahead

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Great Shoe

By Jacki Mom to preschooler from Athens, GA on 9/8/2008

 

5out of 5

Sizing: Feels true to size

Width: Feels true to width

Pros: Comfortable, Durable, Breathes Well, Stylish

Best Uses: Daily Wear

Describe Yourself: Casual, Stylish

This was the perfect shoe for my daughter to wear at school for her "quiet" shoes. They are easy for her to put on and take off by herself. They are comfortable and stylish. The other water shoe I bought from here was not as easy to get on and off. But I love One Step Ahead return policy. They made it so easy to return and exchange it for this shoe!

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In Memory of Sharon Counts

This post is in memory of Sharon Counts. Sharon was a very dear close friend of the family. She was my dad's best friend's wife. Sharon was like another mother to me. I always called her Aunt Sharon because that is what she was to me. She was the kind of person who would do anything for you. She loved life, her husband Brian, her family, ballooning, University of Michigan and dolphins. I was very fortunate to be a part of her life. I am so glad I was able to see her while I was in Michigan last month. She was able to see how big Rayna has grown and was able to hold Lorenzo. I know that meant a lot to her. She loved babies and kids. Sharon had been sick for a long time, first with the cancer and then the last few months with the brain virus thing. She was a fighter. She fought that cancer and was doing really good until this brain virus thing came along. She is now resting at peace, waiting for our Heavenly Father to come and take us all home again.

She will be greatly missed and she was loved by all. I only wish I could have been in Michigan to go to the funeral not only to say good-bye, but to also support my dad and Brian and family. Here are a couple of pictures that I took while I was home. I will always have the great memories of hot air ballooning and going to U of M games with her, Brian and my dad. We love you Sharon!!!!

Here is the link to her obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000116678192X

I Measure Every Grief...
by Emily Dickinson

I measure every grief I meet
With analytic eyes;
I wonder if it weighs like mine,
Or has an easier size.

I wonder if they bore it long,
Or did it just begin?
I could not tell the date of mine,
It feels so old a pain.

I wonder if it hurts to live,
And if they have to try,
And whether, could they choose between,
They would not rather die.

I wonder if when years have piled--
Some thousands--on the cause
Of early hurt, if such a lapse
Could give them any pause;

Or would they go on aching still
Through centuries above,
Enlightened to a larger pain
By contrast with the love.

The grieved are many, I am told;
The reason deeper lies,--
Death is but one and comes but once
And only nails the eyes.

There's grief of want, and grief of cold
A sort they call 'despair,'

There's banishment from native eyes,
In sight of native air.

And though I may not guess the kind
Correctly yet to me
A piercing comfort it affords
In passing Calvary,

To note the fashions of the cross
Of those that stand alone
Still fascinated to presume
That some are like my own

"And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his work. I am the Alplha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." Rev. 22:12-13

"Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

"In You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be ashamed;
Deliver me in Your righteousness.
Bow down Your ear to me,
Deliver me speedily;
Be my rock of refuge,
A fortress of defense to save me.

For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, for Your name's sake,
Lead me and guide me.
Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me.
For You are my strength.
Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me O Lord God of truth."
Psalm 31:1-5