I can't
believe it's been 7 years already. The time has flown by in an instant.
I can still remember the day I found out that I was pregnant. I sat staring at the test in total disbelief. Never in a
million years did Jim and I think it would have been so easy to
conceive.
I enjoyed everything about being pregnant: the morning sickness, the swollen feet, feeling her move and even the maternity clothes. We knew how blessed we were and I was thankful everyday for just being able to
experience the whole thing.
I loved planing her
nursery just right,
shopping for
girly clothes and reading every book possible. I had picked out a
perfect name- I could picture just how perfect it would look on her future wedding
invitation. She was our first baby and I wanted everything to be done perfectly. Life has a way of throwing a curve ball at you and that all goes out the window.
Due to very high blood pressure, I ended up
having stress tests done every other day which led to bed rest and finally being induced a bit early. After a very LONG labor, my
beautiful daughter was born on August 26th, 2003 at 4:55pm at 6lbs 10 oz and 19 inches long. She had huge blue eyes and was just as
perfect as could be. She made me a Mommy.
Grandma Chance started out the birthday celebrations by bringing over a couple of outfits, one which she wore for her big day.
Too cute!! This is what seven looks like. Silver leggings, a purple sparkly skirt and a glitter top.
This year Jen wanted to have a spa day for a few of her friends. I found a beauty school where the girls could each have an up-do and pick either a manicure of pedicure. I would have loved this when I was little.
Jen got a poof in the front with a ton of curls and braids in the back. Each of the girl was excited to show off their own "do". I had bought them each a hot pink
tiera which completed the look.
Lanie loved being with the older girl's and
completely enjoyed her manicure. She chose Hot pink polish on one hand and purple on the other.
The fact that they could watch the Disney Chanel and the chairs have a remote which you can make them do just about anything was enough for the girls. They ruled the roost at the school. All of the students kept coming in and watching the girls have a blast.
Even though I didn't get an up-do or my nails done, I had just as much fun watching all of the girls faces light up the entire time.
This is the "before" picture.
And this is the "after".
All of the primping mad everyone hungry , so we headed out to Red Robbins for lunch. The girls loved all of the
ooh's and awe's from
everyone. They had so much fun showing off their new looks.
And after we had the best hello Kitty
birthday cake. I love having my little girl.
JimBobby would never go for all of this! Ha Ha!
She had a wait for her Daddy to come home before she opened up her gifts from Jimmy. He got her a paint your own Hello Kitty bank, a I Carly calender, two smelly pencils- they are
supposed to smell- a pink top she had wanted and a few other things.
She loved all of her gifts and gave him a huge hug. We finished the day at Texas Roadhouse where they announced her birthday and
stoped by Grandma and Papa
Doptis' house. After a very long day, she crashed watching
TV in my bed with her Daddy. Only 364 more days until she's 8!!!
The day has finally come for Jimmy to have his nose cauterized. To make him feel comfortable and "excited" about the surgery,we went shopping for new slippers and had to pick up the matching pajama's.
He was so excited that the pajamas had a cape. He went to bed pretty good but of course woke up in the middle of the night with a bloody nose and had blood all over his top. I did wash a 11:00pm sounds like fun huh?
He was less then thrilled to take off his batman pj's and put on the hospital gown.
This was taken right before they came to get him. I thought he was going to cry, but he didn't - he was so brave. I think he was just ready to get it over and done with ad be done with all of the bloody noses. The nurse had told him that when he was done she would get him a Popsicle and some juice.
As the transporter brought him back he said " Someone needs to get this boy a Popsicle. It's all he's been talking about since I picked him up". Dr Fishman was able to do both side of his nose which he didn't think he was going to be able to do. We were so happy that we don't have to bring him back in for another surgery since they had to intubate him and put an IV in. Beside having a sore throat and a stuffy itchy nose, he is doing great.
The City of Warren had a birthday bash this past weekend. While driving down Van Dyke, I tried everything I could think of to distract my kids from eyeing the fair. We looked at the building that Uncle Jimmy help build, we counted flags and even had them tell me what animals the clouds looked like. It didn't work. They immediately spotted the fair and all hell broke loose inside the car.
Jimmy wanted to ride the bumble bees since it goes slow and is in his comfort zone.
She had the biggest smile on her face when she got off and wanted to immediately go back on. Her only complaint was that it was too short of a ride. Cedar Point her she comes.
Since Jen had already had a birthday party with her friends, we decided to have a small party at a local park. It was very simple with pizza and cake and all of her cousins.
The park has a huge play structure which all of the kids loved. They came down only for food and cake.
Even Aunt JuJu enjoyed the super fast slide. Your welcome Julie.
Emily was excited to have bright pink lips courtesy of the frosting.
Jen received so many wonderful gifts which included Hello Kitty school supplies, Hello Kitty alarm clock, a Moxie doll, a ton of school clothes and art kits. She also got a Project Runway silk screen kit and sewing machine- perfect for my future fashion designer. All of the kids had fun and I'm sure they slept pretty good.
I can't believe it's been 7 years already. The time has flown by in an instant. I can still remember the day I found out that I was pregnant. I sat staring at the test in total disbelief. Never in a million years did Jim and I think it would have been so easy to conceive.
Grandma Chance started out the birthday celebrations by bringing over a couple of outfits, one which she wore for her big day.
Jen got a poof in the front with a ton of curls and braids in the back. Each of the girl was excited to show off their own "do". I had bought them each a hot pink tiera which completed the look.
The fact that they could watch the Disney Chanel and the chairs have a remote which you can make them do just about anything was enough for the girls. They ruled the roost at the school. All of the students kept coming in and watching the girls have a blast. 
This is the "before" picture.
And this is the "after".
All of the primping mad everyone hungry , so we headed out to Red Robbins for lunch. The girls loved all of the ooh's and awe's from everyone. They had so much fun showing off their new looks.
And after we had the best hello Kitty birthday cake. I love having my little girl. JimBobby would never go for all of this! Ha Ha!
She had a wait for her Daddy to come home before she opened up her gifts from Jimmy. He got her a paint your own Hello Kitty bank, a I Carly calender, two smelly pencils- they are supposed to smell- a pink top she had wanted and a few other things.
Finally the weather has broken a bit to now be bearable, so we took the kids to the park to fly their kites.
Jen got the hang of it pretty fast, but for whatever reason, her kite decided to stop cooperating halfway through.
Had wanted me to bring the kite down so he could grab it and fly in the sky.
Last week Jim's cousin had some extra Tiger tickets and offered them to us. I thought Jen might bow out and have want a girl's night, but she wanted to go as soon as she found out Avery was going to be there.
It's probably been at least 12 years since I have been to a Tigers game and this was the first time I had been to the new stadium.
Jimmy is so easy going. Give him a bag a peanuts, and he'll sit still forever.
Jen and Avery enjoying the game along with frozen lemonade, cotton candy, pretzels and anything else they could find. They defiantly ate their way through the game.
17 years ago today someone had to make the decision to donate their child's organs. I can't imagine how hard that was, but I am thankful every day that the choice was made to donate a kidney for Jim.
This is the conversation between Jen and I this afternoon:
And there you go - the true story on how ice in a cup was invented.
Every year my mom's side of the family has the annual Hennigan family reunion. My mom's cousin Donna has a large property and has graciously hosted it for a couple of years now. She has an awesome heart and is very generous to have everyone at her home. My Aunt Bobbie made my great aunt a crown and crowned her "Queen Hennigan". My kids have a blast and wait all summer long for it, here are a few reasons why:
My little fish was very upset that we left her bathing suit at home. Luckily Donna's granddaughter is the same size and let Jen borrow one for the day. She was in her glory!!!
All of the kids participate in games according to their age. Jimmy and Lanie did a scooping up a plastic duck out of a pool game,drop the clothes pin in the bucket and a race. Everyone was a winner!!!!
They both received far more candy then they will ever need from the pinata.
