Thursday, April 30, 2009

My baby has glasses


Here is a picture of Abigail in her new glasses. She is near-sighted (thank you Grandma.) She's very proud of them and has cleaned them 5 or 6 times today. Doesn't she look pretty. Mikaela and Luke are jealous -- I've warned them to never touch her glasses. I could see it now . . .

Love you all,

mickie

Monday, April 13, 2009

A Passover to Remember



Last week (Tuesday night) we celebrated Passover with the Heggan family (they are so gracious to include us!) Since this was our second Passover to celebrate we were looking forward to actually knowing what was going on. Leading up to the day, we got all of the nice clothing ready (Luke wore a vest, tie -- so cute! Thanks Laney), the kids decorated the house with pictures, and we read Passover stories. The big day came and Jason was even able to find me a wine with only 6% alcohol (you drink a lot of wine.) The Heggan family is large so it definitely lends itself to to a party type of atmosphere -- plus, our kids love theirs (and vice versa) so we were set for an awesome evening of celebrating our Lord's deliverance.
As we sat down to eat, Chloe started going nuts (it was late and she was hungry and tired.) So, I had to leave the room to calm her down. Things went well for a few minutes upon our return. Luke was looking so cute in his outfit and he was resting his head on the table -- sleepy (we thought.) Then he moved to Jason's lap -- still a sweet, sleepy boy. Then as Jason was about to read Luke threw-up all over Jason. I was shocked -- it took me a few seconds to move. During those seconds Luke managed to empty the contents of his stomach all over himself, Jason, and the floor. Wow. (Apparently, while I was gone taking care of Chloe he had told Jason that he needed a sack but poor Jason didn't understand what that meant. I don't think he'll make that mistake again.) Because of the large amount of people present, we were sitting in the kitchen (thank God they don't put carpet in kitchens) and only our friends, Gene and Denise, had to witness it. Everyone else was blessedly ignorant of what was happening. I got him cleaned up and Denise helped me clean the floor (that's a Godly woman!) We managed to get Luke some pajamas (Star Wars -- he was happy) and put him upstairs watching a movie for the rest of the evening. The rest of the Seder went off beautiful.
By 2:30 am -- it all hit me (for a while) and then Abigail ended up joining me about 4:00 am. We were so sick we could not move for a long time. It was probably 12:30 before I was able to make it out of bed. At least I lost 6 lbs out of the deal (which I've now mostly regained -- ugh!) At first I thought it was food poisoning -- now I've decided that we were already leaning to what Luke had and the food just put us over (I don't think anyone else was sick.)
So, definitely a Passover that won't be forgotten. Next year, we'll all be able to laugh about it.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Was this kid born in Austin or what!




Look at him -- sandals, pants, coffee (decaf), and a book.