Trevor is 6 Months Old!

Everyone has always told me that babies grow up so fast and it is true. I can't believe that our little boy is already 6 months old. He is learning and developing so much every day I am amazed. Just in this last month he has started eating solid foods, found his screaming voice, and discovered his toes. He has started sleeping 6 hours stretches at night and last night he even slept 8 hours straight in his crib. What a joy and blessing he is to our family.

Watch out Frank Sinatra...there's a new old blue eyes in town.

He's getting so strong. Not too much longer before he'll be crawlling all over the place.

(Check out his website for more pictures: http://trevorrhales.googlepages.com/)

Ode to Jamie on Graduation Day

Yesterday my little brother graduated from high school. It was a long haul getting him there, but he passed all four sections of the WASL and with my help completed his senior project on finding a job. I wrote him a candy bar poem and put it on a huge piece of cardboard. This is what it said:

Ode to Jamie on Graduation Day

At Camp Waskowitz you got to work with the SOUR PATCH KIDS and the RUNTS.
You taught them about being a miner and you even wore jeans for once.
At WELS graduation I was proud of how you have grown over 12 short months.

The WHATCHAMACALLIT was hard to pass; Gregorie’s plot to hold you back was sinister.
So trying your best you passed all four, knocking the skeptics on their keister.
And U-NO what they say about smarts, that they come from your dear older sister.

So, don’t worry about the SNICKERS, from those who think you’re absurd.
Only the people who are jealous will call you a 4-letter word.
Just be happy with the job you’ve done; who cares if they think you’re a NERD.

I know you’re glad that high school is done, but there’s a ROCKY ROAD ahead.
When life gets hard you can’t just ROLO, pretending that you’re dead.
Now that you’re an adult it’s time that you started bringing home the bread.

So, happy graduation Jamie, I knew that you could do it.
Though there were times I thought to myself, “Maybe he won’t pull through it”.
I wanted to get you something sweet, a 100 GRAND should do it.

I love you MOUNDS,
Mindy, 6/12/08

Now, Jamie has always been one to stand out in a crowd, but yesterday at graduation he really stood out because he dyed his hair royal blue and he pierced his ear. (I am pretty upset that he pierced his ear, but I thought the blue hair was a nice touch.) Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy.

Pyrex Does Break

Today I found out that if you knock it off the counter with your elbow hard enough, Pyrex is not indestructible.

Imagine Saving a Life

I am a big proponent of blood donation, but I didn't use to be. After my D&C in April of 2006 I almost had to receive a blood transfusion and it changed the way I thought about those who donate blood. Before my molar pregnancy I was a huge chicken when it came to needles, but necessity required me to get my blood drawn every week for 3 months and then every month for 9 months following my D&C. I decided that I wanted to possibly save someone's life.

Blood donation goes down in the summer do to vacations, out of town guests, and nice weather. The Puget Sound Blood Center is asking that donors commit to donating twice this summer (you are eligible to donate every 56 days). None of us plan on needing a blood transfusion this summer, but hundreds of others in the area will.

Darren and I had the chance to donate today and so I am eligible again on August 5th. Please make plans to go donate blood, and if you need a friend to hold your hand, I'll be there.

One of These Things is Not Like the Other...

♫ One of these things is not like the other,
One of these things just doesn't make sense. ♫

Look-alike Meter

At the request of Shauna here are some of our baby pictures. Who do you think Trevor looks like?

Caught in the Act!!

Look at what Trevor has learned how to do...