Snips and Snails and Other Good Stuff

Let me just begin by thanking my technical support team, my niece Shannon and her husband Erick. They figured out why my "profile" wouldn't stay at the top of my blog. Thank you very much for fixing me! You are two of my favorite nerds! *wink*
Time goes by much to quickly. Alyson's shower was nearly two weeks ago and I haven't posted one single thought or put up one single picture. I really thought I would be much more disciplined at this.

Thank you Christine for being such a great friend of Alyson. You threw a beautiful shower and if I might say, "Martha Stewart, look out!" All of the little touches you put on everything were so unique and wonderful. If you ever go into event planning let me know. I'll hire you for every special event I have!


To all our friends and family who came (some from very far away, considering how far out in Henderson we were..*smiles*)thank you for everything. We're so happy you could all be there. You helped to make the day so memorable.


Chip and I are very excited to be heading to Nashville over the Labor Day Holiday weekend. That weekend we have the honor (I hope we're still calling it an honor by the end of the weekend) of painting the baby's nursery. I'll post photos of the finished room, but at the speed I get these things posted, the baby may be celebrating his first birthday before I get it up. I will get better...maybe.

Alyson is now in her 21st week of pregnancy and she's feeling great! She says she's feeling the baby move quite a bit now and Mike has actually felt it moving too! School is back in session and she's working hard. Mike returned to work at the hospital. He enjoyed his vacation very much, but is clearly back into the grind. Both are counting the days until the baby comes. Which honestly, as the expectant grandma...it seems to be flying by.

The baby's name has not been decided yet, so for now he's "my little grandson" or "my little angel". It will be nice when they choose the name, but it is a big responsibility and we understand it has to be perfect. I remember naming each of our kids and thinking, "OK, what will this sound like coming from the kids on the playground?" You can't be too careful, children can be very mean.

My thoughts are random and this post is rather dull, but it is what it is. Some days you have it and other days...well...are other days!

God, You are a great God. You love us unconditionally; on days when we think we deserve it and on other days when we clearly know we don't. Thank you! Thank you for my family and the love we share. Through the heartaches and the happiness, You never change. Thank you for your faithfulness and your recent reminder to me of your perfect timing. You are awesome! Thank you again for "my little angel". Keep him safe in his mother's womb. I ask for your loving arms of protection to be tightly wrapped around them all. In Jesus' name. Amen

It's A . . .

Boy!

And we couldn't be happier! Here's the announcement I made for my office door...who's proud?!!!

Yes, it was worth the wait. Alyson and Mike found out on Thursday, August 3rd when they visited the doctor. The receptionist at her doctor's office made a "mistake" and accidently put the wrong date down on the paperwork stating Alyson was 20 weeks into her pregnancy not the actual 18 weeks.They normally don't do the ultrasounds until the 20th week...which would be after the planned baby shower and visit to Las Vegas, so the receptionist was able to assist just a little. However that ultrasound tech was bright, although her "bedside manner" left something to be desired, she saw immediately that our little one was only at 18 weeks gestation. Oops! All went well though and they were able to determine the sex.

Prior to the ultrasound, Alyson sent out an e-mail to all her family and friends and told them, under no circumstance was anyone going to find out the gender until Sunday, August 6th, when they were in Vegas. They weren't able to tell most of us in person they were pregnant and they really wanted to see all of our faces when the big announcement was made as to the sex.

Mike's parents invited us all over for dinner. Everyone was there; Don, Diane, Heather (Mike's family) and us (Chip and Dawn), Bryan & Kerry, Jeffrey & Monica (Alyson's family) and great-grandma Dodi. We had to wait for Heather to get off work and when she got there, Alyson and Mike popped in the video and we watched...and waited...finally after verifying all body parts were there (head, heart, hands, feet etc) we got to the right area...it's confirmed IT'S A BOY!

Tears of happiness and joy followed with lots of questions as to names, nursery themes, colors, etc. followed. It was a night to remember!

Gracious, Heavenly Father,Giver of Life and Creator of All,
You are amazing God! You have created this little being and more important you knew it was a HE, long before we knew he would BE. Thank you for this little gift. This gift that has brought us closer together as family and friends. This gift that will forever weave us closer as two separate families...now we are one family. Thank you for the miracle of birth. Again we lift up this precious child and his parents and we ask your arms of protection be wrapped tightly around them and keep them safe. We thank you in the name of Jesus. Amen