Tonight, Alaina was making her Christmas list. She ran into the dining room and said "I want a stuffed Jesus!" My response of course was that they don't make stuffed Jesuses (which of course Adam said we could probably find one.)
She said "I want Jesus!"
So of course my response was "Alaina, you have Jesus - in your heart all the time."
Her response: "But I want Jesus in my bed!"
Adam and I laughed until we cried.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
almost traumatic
today i saw cami's short little life flash before me.
i'm still weak and shaking.
we were leaving the hair salon from alaina getting her hair cut. cami was the first out the door - i stayed to hold the door for alaina and saw out of the corner of my eye cami start running.
i automatically yelled "cami! stop!" and started running after her. she was running - no, sprinting - out onto delaware st. delaware is the street we live on. it's also one of the main exits north out of downtown at rush hour. it was now 4pm.
i was able to grab cami about 1/2 way into the street, but lost my balance while trying to grab her and fell - making her hit her head on the cement street.
as i sat in the middle of the street staring south to make sure no cars were coming, the women ran from the salon to help as well as another who had JUST parked her car on the street to go to the salon. they helped me up with cami and ushered me to the sidewalk.
i still see her getting smacked by a car racing home at 4pm to beat rush hour. i see her laying in the street.
it's crazy how quickly life can be taken.
it will be a long time before i will forget this. seeing her run so quickly into the street and being totally unable to help her in time. it was a chilling site.
i'm so thankful god was protecting her.
i'm still weak and shaking.
we were leaving the hair salon from alaina getting her hair cut. cami was the first out the door - i stayed to hold the door for alaina and saw out of the corner of my eye cami start running.
i automatically yelled "cami! stop!" and started running after her. she was running - no, sprinting - out onto delaware st. delaware is the street we live on. it's also one of the main exits north out of downtown at rush hour. it was now 4pm.
i was able to grab cami about 1/2 way into the street, but lost my balance while trying to grab her and fell - making her hit her head on the cement street.
as i sat in the middle of the street staring south to make sure no cars were coming, the women ran from the salon to help as well as another who had JUST parked her car on the street to go to the salon. they helped me up with cami and ushered me to the sidewalk.
i still see her getting smacked by a car racing home at 4pm to beat rush hour. i see her laying in the street.
it's crazy how quickly life can be taken.
it will be a long time before i will forget this. seeing her run so quickly into the street and being totally unable to help her in time. it was a chilling site.
i'm so thankful god was protecting her.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Camping & Halloween!
Adam and I used to go camping before we had kids. Quite often actually, and we loved it. Then it was just too hard to figure out how to go with kids. So we didn't. Until a few weekends ago!
Adam's cousin Julie and her family were going to spend part of fall break at Brown County State Park camping. So we joined them for a day and night! It was a great time. It was cold, but good fun and exposure for the girls. It has definitely proven to me that it's possible - but would be better with a pop-up camper! :)
Halloween was once again a ton of fun! Alaina was a beautiful Snow Princess and Cami, well, Cami was supposed to be a purple dragon (that was Alaina's old costume). She loved it! Tried it on and was excited about being a dragon. And then one day in the car when we were talking about what Alaina was going to be, Cami said "Mommy, I be kitty cat." I said "No, Cami remember you're going to be a purple dragon!" She said "No, Mommy I be kitty cat." Well, she stuck with it, so guess what Cami was? :)
We have really been enjoying this beautiful weather! And are sad that it's finally coming to an end. We're looking forward to camping this spring though!
Adam's cousin Julie and her family were going to spend part of fall break at Brown County State Park camping. So we joined them for a day and night! It was a great time. It was cold, but good fun and exposure for the girls. It has definitely proven to me that it's possible - but would be better with a pop-up camper! :)
Halloween was once again a ton of fun! Alaina was a beautiful Snow Princess and Cami, well, Cami was supposed to be a purple dragon (that was Alaina's old costume). She loved it! Tried it on and was excited about being a dragon. And then one day in the car when we were talking about what Alaina was going to be, Cami said "Mommy, I be kitty cat." I said "No, Cami remember you're going to be a purple dragon!" She said "No, Mommy I be kitty cat." Well, she stuck with it, so guess what Cami was? :)We have really been enjoying this beautiful weather! And are sad that it's finally coming to an end. We're looking forward to camping this spring though!
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