Chatter Box

Alyssa is trying hard to tell us something

Happy Halloween!

I hope you had a spooktackular day. Here a few pictures of Alyssa in her Halloween attire; several of them were taken at April's house where Alyssa goes for day care. We will post more through the picture links to the right in the not too distant future.

Alyssa is now > 4 months old. She had her 4 mo check up on the 27th, and she is nearly 15 lbs! She also got her ears pierced on the 27th. She is doing great on her stomach, holding her head and chest up beautifully; not scooting yet, but I don't think it will be long. She wants soooo badly to sit up on her own, but she still needs assistance or something to lean on. She chatters, coos and laughs all the time, especially in the mornings and shortly after a nap. I can't believe how much she has grown and changed over the last four months; it has been incredible!

Online Classes Rock

I'm working on my Master's Degree by taking classes online, 2 this semester. With the crazy-busy life I'm leading, taking online classes rocks! This is why:

15 Things I've Done While Watching a Lecture:
1) Nursed Alyssa
2) Cooked dinner
3) Washed dishes
4) Folded laundry
5) Fallen asleep; later woke up 'n rewound to the last thing I remember
6) Checked e-mail
7) Written on our blog
8) Shopped on the internet
9) Written a grocery list
10) Txtd with LeMar while he's working
11) Pumped
12) Cleaned/straightened up the house
13) Prep-ed my uniform
14) Taken a bath
15) Used the restroom

Long time, no blog; an update on the last month's events

Please forgive me in taking so long to post again. You see, I went back to work on August 4th, and it has been pretty taxing. LeMar is working the midnight shift at work (8p-7a), Alyssa goes to daycare from 7a-4p-ish, and I work 0730-1630. We really just see each other in passing. When he isn't working, LeMar takes care of Alyssa at home. I love that they get to spend so much time together. She is quite the handful right now; yesterday he pretty much had to hold her the ENTIRE day. As soon as she was set down she would start to whine. However, our most exciting news: ALYSSA SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!

I'm taking too classes online this semester; please pray for me that I may juggle everything. I would hate to spoil my 4.0. Work is going great; I have moved to the micro[biology] lab group, and I'm doing a really cool project with a bacteriocin (look it up if you care).

We had a fellowship night with our Sunday school class last night. I had a blast, and I would like to say that the women ROCK at Battle of the Sexes. Of course the men say the questions are rigged in our favor, and honestly there were a bunch of their questions that I didn't know either.

LeMar goes back to work tonight. He is really enjoying his job. He passed his check ride on July 21st, so since then he has been working on his own. It has brought him a lot of relief not having someone observing and critiquing his every move while on duty. It's also nice because he has more room in the car to take along food and all of the incidental gear he might need while working.

Now for some pictures:

First bath (7/15):


Trip to Florida Caverns State Park (7/22):




First bath with out crying (8/2):




Sleeping on/in the couch (8/4):


Lounging (8/11):


Crying (8/13):

July 12 - First Outing

This past weekend we took little Alyssa on her first outing - a trip to Pensacola Beach to visit with our friends Brian & Alissa and see an air show ending with the Blue Angles. The day started out great; Alyssa slept all the way there, and the rain that hit us during the drive cleared away to beautiful sunshine. She enjoyed laying out on the beach but found it hard to catch any rays since Mom and Dad kept her under the beach umbrella. I was just starting to get curious about the delay in the start of the air show when out of no where a HUGE thunderstorm rolled in. It started off light, and we were going to wait it out on the beach; the ladies under the umbrella and the men out in the rain. After about 15 minutes of the storm getting progressively worse, we decided to make a break for the car; the rain was now coming down in sheets and lightning was striking on the beach! The only one of the five of us that didn't get soaked was little Alyssa who was an angel during the whole thing. She listened to the pounding rain with a lot of curiosity and never uttered a peep. Once we got back to the car we turned on the radio and were told the air show was not cancelled but just delayed. About 45 minutes later, the rain still pouring down, they announced that the show was cancelled for the day. We sat in traffic for 2 hours without moving even a foot. Eventually the traffic cleared out and we were able to get on the road back to Brian and Alissa's apartment. What a day! In spite of everything, we had a fantastic day - God kept us safe through it all, and we spent it in the company of great friends.