Winners!!

Joey and the Hicktown Bombers defeated Green Machine for the World Series Championship trophy! They didn't have much of a competition, Hicktown is pretty good! Joey had 5 homeruns by himself. His first at bat was a homerun!! Im so proud of him! The only thing that sucks is that wiffle ball is over. I loved watching wiffle ball. I loved talking crap to the other teams and yelling "Hit him in the face" when Brent was up to bat. They are going to have a "fall classic" in a couple weeks, so I guess I can look forward to that! But there are plenty of things that need to get done around the house now that wiffleball is done. i.e. the basement, the kitchen, new carpet, a deck... the list just keeps going and going.
The good news is that I think Sonny will be excited that its over, he would get bored at home by himself on wiffle ball days. And he would always get upset because he couldn't come with us. He loved watching Joey practice in the backyard. The Son Bun was a true fan!
This was Sonnys face when we told him that Daddy had won the world series and he would not be playing every week for a while.

Doggonnit he is the cutest!!

Well I have been trying to keep myself unstressed and calm. I have been laying off on my extras (I only did 2 in August) and I have been using stress relief lotion. If it says stress relief on the bottle it HAS to work.. right? We used an ovulation predictor kit this month so... keep your fingers crossed for me.

World Series Bound

Joeys team made it to the world series! They played 2 games against the Woodcocks, no contest! Joey pitched the first game and he rocked them. I posted a picture of Joey pitching and striking out Brent. Its always fun to give Brent crap.. he should love this picture. :) So there is only one week left for wiffle ball.. I don't know what I am going to do without it. They are going to have a Fall Classic league for a little bit, but it should only be about 2 weeks long. I don't know how many of you actually cared about the wiffle ball, but it was always the highlight of my week so I just wanted to share!

Joey gave me these roses last week when I was feeling down.. you know, in my emotional slump. He came home from going to the store and he brought these in. What a sweet gesture. He can be pretty thoughtful. Well sorry there isn't a better update.. not too much has been going on.

Phelps Fan

In honor of Michael Phelps winning 8 gold medals I decided to post a couple pictures of him. The first is my favorite.. inappropriate and uncomfortable to see. It is a picture that you shouldn't look at but just can't look away. The next picture is a little bit more pleasing on the eyes. As in Christas words, "Me Riky". It was her asian form of me likey. I hope you enjoy these as much I do! Comments welcome!

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll just eat worms

I just came back to work after being off for 4 days. Those days off were WONDERFUL! It made it really hard to come back to work! I have been really tired lately and it is making it really hard to be productive. I have been trying to workout and clean the house, but instead all I end up doing is falling asleep on the couch. I have been trying to keep up my spirits, but I feel sad. I don't know why, I just don't feel like doing anything.. thats probably why I am so tired. I think it is just a slump. So I have decided to compile a list of things I am looking forward to.
* Being off for another 4 days after tomorrow
* Wiffle ball playoffs on Sunday
* Getting our recliners next week (we went to NFM and bought 2 new recliners, they rock and recline.. AWESOME!)
*Maybe going to worlds of fun again next week.

While making this list it did make me a little more excited about life. Well.. that sounded bad. I am excited about life.. just anxious and sad about it. Who knows why.. I am just an emotional girl and I am in an emotional slump. Sorry about this post being so down in the dumps.. this will be the last one. I am going to try and work on being happy and less emotional (any ideas on how to do so, just let me know!)I named this post after a song my stepmom would sing to me when I was a kid anytime I was feeling sorry for myself or was sad.

Failed.. AGAIN

So I knew in my soul that I wasn't pregnant this month, I just knew it. However, that did not stop me from having hopes that I was and talking to Jesus about it every day. I wasn't even suppose to start stupid Aunt Flo until NEXT Friday. That intrusive (blank) came TODAY! TODAY!!! Approx 6 days early, can you believe the nerve she has. Not only did she come early, she reared her nasty face with pretty yucky cramps. Ok, so let me get this strait... Not trying to get pregnant- 29 day perfectly on time normal cycle. First month of trying- 32 day cycle with all the pregnancy signs and symptoms (yet no mold spore growing in my belly). The month after that a normal 32 day cycle. Now..27 day cycle. Im telling you.. my body just can't get this thing right! But on a positive note, this month Joey and I can get started early on this baby making business! Lisa even brought me some ovulation predictor strips. Isn't that nice! I didn't want to have to use stuff like that but it is obvious that my body isn't going to give me anything to work with me here. I am going to try and not work as many extras this month so I can relax a bit more. I think thats what helped the first month. When I work I am constantly looking up crap on the internet, but at home Joey keeps my mind off of it (as much as possible).

Happy Birthday!

Yesterday 8/5 was Sonnys 3rd Birthday. My baby is growing up! I felt bad because I had to work, day 3 of 4, so I couldn't spend all day with him. But he did come sleep with me for a while, so I didn't feel as bad. I think he enjoys his naps with me. Joey made steak for dinner because it is one of Sonnys favorite meals. We didn't give him a whole steak, we just gave him small peices of ours. And I can tell that some of you are rolling your eyes and laughing at me, but IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY! We would have given him a whole steak if we didn't think it would make him sick. We didn't really have any gifts for him, just some snacks and steak. He also broke one of his toys, he tore the bell off of it. So I attached the bell to one of his straws, he was in heaven. He LOVED it! I can't wait to be off on Thursday, we can spend some nice quality time together! I do feel obligated to say I am equally excited to be off so I can spend some nice quality time with my husbano! I really start to miss him after working 4 in a row. And I have really been tired these last couple days. It has felt like I am on my 4th when I am only on my 2nd or 3rd. But I will survive.

Tonight I showed Amanda W. the video about Eliot Mooney. Most of you know how much I love that baby and his family. I have never met them but I feel so close to them just because I have read every entry of thier blog. Eliot was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 at 30 weeks gestation. When he was born the doctors said they didn't think he would live very long, if at all after birth. Well he did, he lived for 99 days and every day they celebrated a birthday. When I read the blog it fills me with hope. It makes me realize how much little stuff doesn't matter and that some people are just simply amazing. Those are the only words that I can find to describe the Mooney family- Simply Amazing. Their blog is http://www.ninetynineballoons.com/. If you want a whole lot of tears, laughter and hope- this is the blog you should read. I want to share with you one of the entrys that really tugged at my heart strings. Matt Mooney is the author and he is one of the best writers I have ever seen.

Eliot passed away on 10/26/06. This entry was written on 12/13/06. Tell me what you think.
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For the first time that I am aware of, I did that which I had asked for the previous week. I tell you just so you know, but also in the event that you prayed for such. The memory of Eliot brought first a smile. May more of the same come.

Genesis 32 recounts an unusual story. A heavenly WrestleMania, if you will:

This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break. When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket. Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!”

But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” … Then he blessed Jacob there.

Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.” The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of the injury to his hip.

This story, strangely, was the first scripture that came to my mind upon finding out about Eliot’s diagnosis. I would love to insert some great epic reason for why that was the case, but the truth is- I had no idea why.

I assume from the story that this “man” is some sort of heavenly being. Particularly what sort of being is not important to me just now.

Here’s what I do see. Jacob got his blessing. He wanted it, asked for it, fought for it, and received it. But that is not all that he got.

Jacob left this encounter with a limp. Not a sermon often preached. However, Jacob’s story of blessing could not be told without the follow-up that he was never able to walk right again. That’s the funny thing about God, the blessing doesn’t always come as we expected and although we receive the blessing, we're left to limp along.

Eliot was a blessing. We’ll never be all right without him. But he was well worth the limp.
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I sometimes get a little nervous because I am so drawn to stories similar to these. I can't help but wonder if this is God preparing me for a child with a deadly genetic condition. But as Joey says "You can't worry about that, all you can do is hope for the best. If thats what is planned, we can't do anything about it". Joey is also very resistant to the thought of anything being wrong with any of our children. (If we ever get pregnant :)

Emotions

My grandparents came in town on Friday from Phoenix Arizona. It was really nice to see them. My grandpa is getting a wee bit confused at his age, but it only gives him character. He kept thinking my grandma was my aunt and I would have to keep correcting him. But thats ok! My grandma made breakfast this morning, buttermilk pancakes. They were really good. I could only eat 3 small ones though because they really fill you up. Joey made me feel like a heffer because he only had 2. But it was really nice having breakfast with them. They are going to be driving up to Iowa and then they will drive back through before they head back to Phoenix.
I have kind of felt sorry for Joey these past couple days. I will cry at the drop of a hat. A poem, a card, or a commercial. Yesterday it was that I had to work and for some reason I thought that I was off. When I found out I was a bit of an emotional mess. My mom even asked me if I was pregnant because I was being so emotional. I told her no, but secretly I hope that I am (of course you know that). I hope that I am because I am excited to get pregnant but also because I don't want to be this emotional for no reason! I felt like an idiot. I just sat in my car for about an hour because we were at my parents house and I didn't want everyone to know I was crying. I feel stupid even saying anything on here, but oh well.
Ok now for the fun news. So at work one of the nursing supervisors came up and said that she knew this really fun predictor of how many kids you would have and what gender they would be. She used her medal necklace and put it over my wrist. It goes back and fourth if you were going to have a boy and in a circle if its a girl. Then it will stop in between the kids. Mine went boy, girl, boy and then it stopped moving. I was SOOO excited. Thats exactly what I want!!! We even tried the people we knew had kids and it predicted right. Isn't that exciting! So thats it for now. Hopefully I will have more fun stuff to talk about soon!