Thursday, April 18, 2013
"My babe Abe"
if he is anything like the ladies man his brother is, then some lil picktailed girl will be calling Abe that by the first grade BUT......
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Peanut Pics - 16 weeks
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| Abe giving the Peace Sign |
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| Here he looks like he is meditating.. sitting "Indian style" and bowing his head |
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| Now he is kicking the placenta |
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| And finally he took his hands off his stuff to show us his boy part... and he is still kicking away |
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Being my own Medium
I'm sitting here watching Long Island Medium... LOVE this show!! And have tried to put myself on every list to meet her one day cause Teresa is my dads kind of chick...Watching this has made me realize that I may or may not have ever written about the stories of my dad coming through, which those experiences makes me like this show... So for documentation or redocumentation, here I go!
Long before my dad was ever very sick he introduced me to Daniel.. then one of his last coherent conversations was Daniel asking for my hand in marriage.. I know why I am obsessed with tying everything up in a neat bow such as this love story.
Before my dad passed he has his own room since he would get uncomfortable and couldnt sleep well. He told my mom once that he would pass away on a Wednesday near the front door of the house. Sure enough when hospice came to help he was moved to a hospital bed in the living room near the front door and he passed away right after midnight on a Wednesday.
The night my dad passed.... I always knew he wouldnt offically go with me around.. The day he died I left their house went to Daniels parents house where I took the most restful nap of my life and woke to my mom calling me in the middle of the night..I sometimes feel like he sent me to take that nap cause i didnt sleep again for days. When the funeral home people came to take his body away my mom, Daniel and I stayed in another room so we didnt have to see it... And after they closed the door the living room TV went from mute to full volume. For the next few weeks weird things would happen.. We would see yellow butterflys everywhere, couldnt find something and later it would suddenly appear, toilets would flush and so on. For months the tv in that room where he stayed turned on at the exact same time everyday just to static.
The most amazing signs I have gotten or seen from my dad (im sure there are a TON that i have missed) were through childbirth and through Oliver. Oliver's due date was orginally December 15th. He was obviously born on 2 days after my dads birthday and I ALWAYS knew it was a way to turn a sad time of year into a happy one. Three years later I can tell you that it has been very successful in doing so. Now I sit here pregnant with Baby Abe who was completely not planned to be on the way so soon (soon in our eyes, we were hoping to get preggers this summer) and Abe's due date is September 22nd.. I thought this was significant cause my moms birthday is the 23rd but I think it might be a way to make Septembers better. My dad passed away in September and as in the case of Oliver I think he helped us with this!
The day that Oliver was born we went to the hospital and they admitted us and sent us to a delivery room... Instantly as I walked in there was a very large picture on the wall of a yellow butterfly. He couldnt have been more with me if he was standing there in the flesh.. My dads thing since I was a little girl was yellow butterflys.. He LOVED them.. He would buy my mom and I yellow butterfly earrings and necklaces and it was just such a symbol of his presence.
Once Oliver started talking he spoke of Grandpa John often. A little too often for how much we spoke about him. Oliver would tell us that Grandpa John says goodnight, i love you... or spins his head around all the way... (in reference to how Daniels dad would stick his tounge out as a funny joke.. I can totally see my dad telling Oliver "oh yeah, you think Papa is cool, watch this!" ...
The coolest story I have was one night when Daniel was bowling... Oliver and I would watch how to videos teaching us to hip hop dance and dancing around the house was something my dad and I would do when i was little... one night when we were doing this Oliver said to me "I love you" in a whisper and then said to me thats what Grandpa John says to me... I ALMOST died.. I asked him about 6 more times and he said the exact same thing.. This was when Oliver was just two or even younger!! Oliver also points with his middle finger, just as my dad did!!
Ill finish more later.
Long before my dad was ever very sick he introduced me to Daniel.. then one of his last coherent conversations was Daniel asking for my hand in marriage.. I know why I am obsessed with tying everything up in a neat bow such as this love story.
Before my dad passed he has his own room since he would get uncomfortable and couldnt sleep well. He told my mom once that he would pass away on a Wednesday near the front door of the house. Sure enough when hospice came to help he was moved to a hospital bed in the living room near the front door and he passed away right after midnight on a Wednesday.
The night my dad passed.... I always knew he wouldnt offically go with me around.. The day he died I left their house went to Daniels parents house where I took the most restful nap of my life and woke to my mom calling me in the middle of the night..I sometimes feel like he sent me to take that nap cause i didnt sleep again for days. When the funeral home people came to take his body away my mom, Daniel and I stayed in another room so we didnt have to see it... And after they closed the door the living room TV went from mute to full volume. For the next few weeks weird things would happen.. We would see yellow butterflys everywhere, couldnt find something and later it would suddenly appear, toilets would flush and so on. For months the tv in that room where he stayed turned on at the exact same time everyday just to static.
The most amazing signs I have gotten or seen from my dad (im sure there are a TON that i have missed) were through childbirth and through Oliver. Oliver's due date was orginally December 15th. He was obviously born on 2 days after my dads birthday and I ALWAYS knew it was a way to turn a sad time of year into a happy one. Three years later I can tell you that it has been very successful in doing so. Now I sit here pregnant with Baby Abe who was completely not planned to be on the way so soon (soon in our eyes, we were hoping to get preggers this summer) and Abe's due date is September 22nd.. I thought this was significant cause my moms birthday is the 23rd but I think it might be a way to make Septembers better. My dad passed away in September and as in the case of Oliver I think he helped us with this!
The day that Oliver was born we went to the hospital and they admitted us and sent us to a delivery room... Instantly as I walked in there was a very large picture on the wall of a yellow butterfly. He couldnt have been more with me if he was standing there in the flesh.. My dads thing since I was a little girl was yellow butterflys.. He LOVED them.. He would buy my mom and I yellow butterfly earrings and necklaces and it was just such a symbol of his presence.
Once Oliver started talking he spoke of Grandpa John often. A little too often for how much we spoke about him. Oliver would tell us that Grandpa John says goodnight, i love you... or spins his head around all the way... (in reference to how Daniels dad would stick his tounge out as a funny joke.. I can totally see my dad telling Oliver "oh yeah, you think Papa is cool, watch this!" ...
The coolest story I have was one night when Daniel was bowling... Oliver and I would watch how to videos teaching us to hip hop dance and dancing around the house was something my dad and I would do when i was little... one night when we were doing this Oliver said to me "I love you" in a whisper and then said to me thats what Grandpa John says to me... I ALMOST died.. I asked him about 6 more times and he said the exact same thing.. This was when Oliver was just two or even younger!! Oliver also points with his middle finger, just as my dad did!!
Ill finish more later.
Monday, April 1, 2013
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