HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN MELISSA

Happy Birthday Mel, hope you have a wonderful day. Glad that we were able to share your party with the family and friends. Love you, Granny Pat and Grampaul

Birmingham Photo Shoot 2010-08-28

just a few. can't wait to see the others.

Birmingham 2010-08-28

Mel's Birthday

Where's Beth!!

I miss the blogging she did in Germany. I keep going to the page to see if she's updated it. I know I need to stop.

Well almost time to get Barbie and kids up to get ready for pictures. I'm glad they love me because I know they would rather have slept in..or for that matter waited to drive down here this morning. I still need to get me a whole family picture (less my baby girl and her honey) from Gary and Rachels wedding. Should me and Barbie go for a mirror pose like the photographer wanted in our senior pictures? I knew I should have cut my hair shorter.

High today only 89 with 30% chance of rain...which means maybe 5 minutes of rain.

Miss everyone...will be home next weekend to see everyone...especially the new twins. Not that I don't want to see all of you all...but we are all getting to be old farts....I want to see the babies.

I'm not proud!

First?? family photo








Stealing pictures from Facebook of the boy's. I'm sure Granny and GramPaul will freak about the ones with Pippa, but I think they are so cute. She's a protective momma. She will protect those boys. And when they get to toddling, the boys will drive her crazy. Look at the grin on Sam. It's like he is already playing a joke on her. Hehe, she thinks I'm asleep but I'm just pretending.

Nothing new happening. School started today for John and I. My teacher is a girl who got her MBA in 2007. It will be interesting. My 201 teacher was a lady with about 16 years of experience and a very good teacher. This one, not so much.

Pictures

is in need of more pictures of those sweet boys. Think I am getting baby fever myself, been catching myself visiting the baby room more at work lately. Hopefully we can get this thyroid stuff figured out. Love to all

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODD

Just wanted to wish you a very Happy Birthday Saturday. Believe you have a ball game to attend, so hope your team wins. Anyway have a great day. Love Pat and Paul

Disaster averted!

Oh how I love the New Albany sewers. Luckily, the sewer started to back up about 7:30 PM when John was home. The path of least resistance. It seems there was an extra apparently sewer pipe put in over by the washing machine that was filled with concrete.......that has a little whole in it that created a cute little fountain of sewer water that ran down to the plugged up drain. That smelled horribly. So when John opened up the drain, instead of the water going down, it came up.

We quickly borrowed a wet-dry vac from Chris, as I guess we didn't get ours back from the last flood when they decided everything had to go. We managed to keep up with the fountain by keeping it plugged and letting it bubble up around the plug. Then suctioning it up as it came up. We had to empty the wet-dry vac about every 10 - 15 minutes.

Jake from the sewer department was nice, he was new to my house so I told him where they usually go to fix it, and within an hour it was fixed. Scott from the sewer department called me this morning. He admitted that they had been trying to fix the issue other ways besides replacing it, but that he is putting in to have 100 feet replaced. He said there is over 200 feet that actually needs it but 100 feet of it is the worse of it. He said he would turn this in to the board for approval because this is at least the 3rd time that he knows of my basement flooding and his boss has it going back farther that that. He said he would call me to let me know what the board says and that if they don't approve it he will let me know what I need to do to get it approved.....which is getting the neighbors involved.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM

Happy Birthday Tom. Have a great day. Don't work too hard, unless you have to. But, do want to wish you best on your birthday. Love ya, Pat and Paul

Our Boys Are Home!

We wanted to post an update that as of this morning both Sam and Emmett are home and doing great! Emmett got to come home on Friday and Sam came home this morning. Both boys are now past their birth weight and eating very well.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTOPHER

Gee that sounds strange. So Happy Birthday Chip. Hope your day is a good one for you. Its hard to believe that you are 30 years old. Love ya much, Granny Pat & Grampaul

DAY FAMILY REUNION LANESVILLE

Just wanted to remind everyone that the family reunion is coming up soon on Sunday August 22nd at Lanesville's park. I think the time is still l2:00, but will check it out with Dodie to make sure. Same as usual, bring your own chicken or whatever, plus your plates, etc, drinks and also a casserole of your choosing for everyone to share. Same as usual, just wanted to let ones that have married and not at home anymore to know. Hope a lot of you will be able to make it this year. The big Stephan Day Reunion is next year, so don't forget to check out the heritage link that Mike and Beth have been working on.

Blood test results

I just got my latest blood results in from the doctor. Some of the stuff I don't understand. What I do know - my FT3 and FT4 levels are in the normal range. My glucose level is high but she said it is due to the steroids which I have been off for almost a week so the levels may be down now. She also tested me for celiac disease which was negative. She also wrote on the bottom that I am anemic and need to start iron. I plan on calling her this week to touch base with her.

Over all I am starting to feel much better. I do get tired easily but I think we are on the right track with the medications.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLE.

Hey there birthday boy. Happy birthday to you. Hope you have a fun day tomorrow. Don't eat too much ice cream and cake. Have a good time. Love you, Granny Pat and Grampaul