ORGAN DONORS

Are you an organ donor? I am. I realize that not everyone is okay with the idea of being an organ donor and I wonder why. Lately I have heard so many people have a negative view about it and I really don't understand. Ever since the day I got my license at 15, I have been an organ donor. I figure that if someone needs an organ and mine will work for them, why not? Especially after Asher having heart issues. If he needed a heart, I would hope and pray like crazy that we would be able to find a donor's heart for him. Now I know it will never come to that, but the realization of what it would feel like to be so helpless and desperate is enough to make me an organ donor. We donate blood when we are alive. Is it really any different than donating our organs when we are dead? I'm not okay with donating my organs for research, but to save someone else would be the greatest gift to them and their family. I understand if it is a religious belief, if you have diseased organs, or something to that effect if you are not a donor. And I know that not everyone has to be an organ donor, but why the negative viewpoint? What is your opinion?

SILLY KIDS

I was looking through my pictures and found some that reminded me of some interesting times. So here they are!

I know I mentioned all of Asher's loose teeth. Here's a picture with his two front teeth missing. I can't believe he has lost 7 teeth already. His front teeth are growing back in and they are huge. They are so big they actually pushed out another baby tooth that wasn't ready to come out yet!

Then I did Hallie''s hair awhile ago and I thought it looked really cute. She cried and cried and cried. She said she didn't want to go to school anymore and then she cried some more. Then I told her she was lucky because I never had cute hair as a little girl. Everyone had cute hair but me! After telling her how lucky she was that she got to go to school with cute hair she cried even harder. Then after going to school and everyone telling her how cute it was, then she liked it but wouldn't admit that she did. I hope she isn't always this difficult when it comes to doing her hair!

CUTE PICS

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A NEW BEST FRIEND

Asher seems to have a new best friend. Natalie just loves him. Mark and Hallie try to get to know her, but only Asher has actually gotten her attention. She always stops crying to listen to him talk. When Mark talks to her she avoids eye contact at all costs! Asher is really helpful and loves Natalie as much as she loves him. It's been fun seeing how my kids have reacted to a new baby!

TAGGED

#1. I hate feet! Ugh. They are ugly and sometimes stinky. I don't care if you have "cute feet" because they are still ugly to me! I hate touching feet and I hate my feet being touched! They are just gross.

#2. I'm addicted to the Sims 2. I was addicted to the original Sims until Mark bought me Sims 2. Now it's a whole new addiction. Now if I could just get Sims 3...

#3. I don't understand when people get obsessed over movies or books. For example, Harry Potter, The Twilight Series, and so on. Sure, they are great story lines, but the obsession baffles me.

#4. I think chocolate is overrated.

#5. I love finding & trying new recipes. I don't mind cooking as long as it is something fun to cook. And I love to bake.

#6. When I am in Wal-Mart, I look for people who don't look trashy. Some days it is very hard to find anyone!

#7. I wish I could still toilet paper people's houses! I am too old now, but back in the day it was so fun! Now I feel like I would be a bad example for my kids and as an adult, I wouldn't want to get caught!

WELCOME NATALIE!

After a long and eventful pregnancy, Natalie is finally here! She was born October 19th weighing 7 lbs 8 oz. Labor was easy and delivery was even easier. I feel that I totally deserved an easy delivery! She is a sweet little baby. Asher thinks she is great and Hallie is taking her time and is still unsure about her. While we were still in the hospital, a nurse came to get Natatlie. Hallie told the nurse that Natalie needed a bath. The nurse said "oh really?" and than Hallie responded by saying "She smells like a horse! She really needs a bath!" Hallie always has the right thing to say to make you laugh! Anyway, it will be fun with a new baby.

HALLOWEEN

Halloween was quite fun. We dressed Natalie up as a cow. She looked super cute! This picture is the only one with her eyes open. Unfortunately you can't see the entire costume. Owell.

Ash & Hallie was Batman & Bat Girl. I think these are the cutest costumes so far. We went to Jennifer's neighborhood to trick-or-treat. They thought that was great. Pretty soon they will be old enough to go without us! But it was fun.

OUR RAINMAN

Mark said the other day that Native Americans had a rainman. Well, we have one in our family too. Whenever Asher prays for snow, it snows! If only Mark would stop convincing him to pray for all this snow! Can you believe this snow in October? I tell him he can't pray for snow until after Halloween, but he keeps praying because he wants to go trick or treating on a snowmobile. Crazy kid. He lost his two front teeth. He looks hilarious. I can't help but laugh when he smiles. So now he smiles all of the time. I'll have to post a pic later. He has two bottom ones missing too. I can't believe how fast he is growing up. It's kinda sad! Soon we will have another addition to our family that grows up too fast! I'm actually hoping my doctor will induce me this weekend. I'm so tired of being pregnant and appointments and all the pregnancy pains! I have an appointment this afternoon so we will see what happens. I also don't want a Halloween baby! We'll keep you guys posted.

BABY UPDATE

Every week that I go to the Perinatologist he would say to expect to schedule a transfusion for the following week. I don't know why, but this baby has finally decided to cooperate and every week we could put it off until the following week. At my appointment this Wednesday, he said we probably won't have to do another one at all! That is incredible. If the baby shows signs of being anemic we will probably just deliver the baby instead of messing around with transfusions. I'm sure that the latest we will have a this baby is mid October. But nothing has gone as planned with this pregnancy so who knows what will happen! I am looking forward to not having dr. appointments all of the time! I have at least 3 a week. My kids are even sick of it. Hallie is excited because I don't have any appointments today! What an exciting day. Anyway, I thought that was great news because it was not fun doing the first transfusion! Now I just hope this baby cooperates with me after she is born because I don't know that I can handle having two stubborn girls!

LIL' MEG

At the beginning of the year Meg had a seizure. She was fine, but it was a little scary. Well, the other night Meg had what we thought was another seizure. Mark realized she wasn't breathing so we started rubbing her and trying to stimulate her so she would breathe. Finally he had to blow air into her lungs to get her breathing again. We thought she'd be fine in a while, but it took her an hour before she was able to try to move. She couldn't keep her balance and couldn't really move. The next day Mark took her to the vet and found out she had an infection. He said it could be spinal meningitis and so we went ahead and treated her for it without knowing for sure so we wouldn't have to do a spinal tap. He also said that she could be suffering from some kind of trauma because she was having neurological issues. The worst case scenario is that it was a stroke! He gave her steroids in case it was trauma to reduce the risk of blood on the brain and swelling. It was pretty scary. We weren't sure she was going to be okay because of the amount of time she went without oxygen. She seems to be getting better though. I think she did have a seizure and just wasn't going to come out of it, but she did because we got her breathing again. Bo was playing with her so maybe something he did or something we did while trying to revive her hurt her neck. That's why she couldn't move. She is slowly getting better and becoming her old self again. I don't know what I would do if we lost Meg! She is irreplaceable to me. She is the dog that made me into a weird dog person who buys clothes and accessories for their pets! Anyway, I'm glad that it wasn't a stroke or something more serious. Hopefully Meg will be with us for a long time.