From MckMama's website:
"Stellan entered the world this sunny fall morning at 10:19 am, CST weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 19 inches long....Stellan got a 9 [out of] a 9 on his APGARS and the NICU team has yet to find a single thing wrong with him...The NICU attended the birth--which went very smoothly--and Stellan is with the NICU team now. MckMama is recovering and, in spite of a pretty low blood pressure, is feeling well."
Prayer works. Miracles happen in our midst. A baby who was pretty much given no hope of making it to full term has been born healthy this morning. I am in awe of God's work!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Praying for Baby Stellan
Jake and I spent a bit of time on Tuesday talking to God about baby Stellan. Stellan, who is hours from being born today. Stellan, who is still inside his MckMama's belly. Stellan, for whom prayers were said when his mama was told, at 24 weeks pregnant, that he would not make it to October 29th, because of heart conditions in utero (Premature Atrial Contraction at 20 weeks; Supraventricular Tachycardia, hydrops, and intermittent advanced secondary heart block at 23 weeks; and enlargement of the heart at 32 weeks). Stellan, who is a little miracle. No one is sure what will happen once he is born, but our prayers surround my dear friend Jennifer and her unborn 4th child, Stellan. Please join us in surrounding Jennifer and Stellan in your prayers, as you are led.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Happy Anniversary!
Happy 4th Anniversary to my wonderful husband and I!
Ralphie, I love you with all of my heart and I thank God for you every day. You are a wonderful husband to me, and an amazing father to Jake and Ruthie.
Happy Anniversary Ralphie Bear, I love you! :)
Click HERE to see all of the beautiful pictures from 10/23/04, taken by my good friend (and amazing photographer) Laura Novak :)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Welcome baby Mia!
It's a Girl!
Mia Rosalie
Born October 9, 2008
proud parents Stephanie and Chris
(and big brother Kyler)
8:20 am
8 pounds, 3 ounces
20 1/2 inches long
P.S. - Congratulations also go out to my cousin Erik and his wife Renee, who have announced they are also expecting baby #1 in the spring! :)
P.P.S. - Michelle, I guess the pressure will be on you and me to reproduce next, huh? ;) (Don't read too much into this anyone!!!!)
Mia Rosalie
Born October 9, 2008
proud parents Stephanie and Chris
(and big brother Kyler)
8:20 am
8 pounds, 3 ounces
20 1/2 inches long
P.S. - Congratulations also go out to my cousin Erik and his wife Renee, who have announced they are also expecting baby #1 in the spring! :)
P.P.S. - Michelle, I guess the pressure will be on you and me to reproduce next, huh? ;) (Don't read too much into this anyone!!!!)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Jake-isms, Part 2
I must stress that every time Jake says something funny, I whip out my Blackberry and immediately take note of it. Best. Idea. Ever.
I have to preface this post with a couple of quick notes. Jake is currently fixated on a few things:
1. Any kind of loud music that involves a guitar
2. The fact that some people smoke, and mommy once called it "bad"
3. Anything having to do with Washington DC
4. Dog poop. (But I think you knew that already.....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake, poking at the saline solution in my empty contacts case, then touching his fingertip to his eyelashes repeatedly: "I put my contaps on! I can see you!"
(Blinks dramatically.)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I have to go to work."
Me: "Oh yeah, what kind of job do you do?"
Jake: "I have to smoke."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me, quitely to myself: "What the freak?"
Jake, with apparently incredible hearing powers: "Don't say freak!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
After seeing a Victoria's Secret commercial on TV: "They have a secret like me!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, cousin Kyler has a new baby sister! What do you think her name is?"
Jake: "Guitar Hero."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Ru, you wanna do snuggle wiff me an' mommy? Okay, here we go!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I live in Washin' DC!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Outside of a 7-11, a 20-something guy is having a cigarette while talking on his cell phone. Upon seeing him Jake says: "Wook mommy, he's smoking! He's a bad boy."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I'm sniffing the air in the living room: "Something stinks in here..."
Jake: "It smells like poop and chockey [chocolate] milk."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake singing classic rock: "Soda Ride! Take it iz-at!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Wait! I forgot a good idea!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, both of Mommy's grandmas live in Heaven with God and Jesus."
Jake: "My peepa lives in Washin' DC!"
(Uh, not anymore Jake, but I won't correct him on that....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, do you know who the president is?"
Jake: "Yeah, he's a horsey!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" comes on the radio.
Jake says: "It's Rock-Kid!"
I am impressed regardless :)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Every single time we walk in our front yard:
"Mommy, it smells like dog poop."
(He's kindof on to something, we have these nasty mushrooms growing that are called "stinkhorns")
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I have to preface this post with a couple of quick notes. Jake is currently fixated on a few things:
1. Any kind of loud music that involves a guitar
2. The fact that some people smoke, and mommy once called it "bad"
3. Anything having to do with Washington DC
4. Dog poop. (But I think you knew that already.....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake, poking at the saline solution in my empty contacts case, then touching his fingertip to his eyelashes repeatedly: "I put my contaps on! I can see you!"
(Blinks dramatically.)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I have to go to work."
Me: "Oh yeah, what kind of job do you do?"
Jake: "I have to smoke."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me, quitely to myself: "What the freak?"
Jake, with apparently incredible hearing powers: "Don't say freak!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
After seeing a Victoria's Secret commercial on TV: "They have a secret like me!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, cousin Kyler has a new baby sister! What do you think her name is?"
Jake: "Guitar Hero."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Ru, you wanna do snuggle wiff me an' mommy? Okay, here we go!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "I live in Washin' DC!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Outside of a 7-11, a 20-something guy is having a cigarette while talking on his cell phone. Upon seeing him Jake says: "Wook mommy, he's smoking! He's a bad boy."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I'm sniffing the air in the living room: "Something stinks in here..."
Jake: "It smells like poop and chockey [chocolate] milk."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake singing classic rock: "Soda Ride! Take it iz-at!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jake: "Wait! I forgot a good idea!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, both of Mommy's grandmas live in Heaven with God and Jesus."
Jake: "My peepa lives in Washin' DC!"
(Uh, not anymore Jake, but I won't correct him on that....)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Me: "Jake, do you know who the president is?"
Jake: "Yeah, he's a horsey!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" comes on the radio.
Jake says: "It's Rock-Kid!"
I am impressed regardless :)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Every single time we walk in our front yard:
"Mommy, it smells like dog poop."
(He's kindof on to something, we have these nasty mushrooms growing that are called "stinkhorns")
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Friday, October 17, 2008
Bronx Zoo
I am painfully aware that the pictures have been lacking on this blog lately. It's the old case of the Cobbler's kids going without shoes. I have been so busy taking pictures of other people that my poor kid has been under-photographed lately. I did actually whip out my camera on a few occasions over this last week, I just haven't posted any yet...
So here are some pics from when we made our first trip to the Bronx Zoo a few weeks ago. I'll tell ya, it made me miss DC, because in DC the zoo is FREE (ok, taxpayer dollars, whatever). Whereas in NY, the zoo costs an arm and a leg! I spent close to $70 in one afternoon on the following: zoo parking, zoo admission for one adult and one child (and that was WITH my coupon!), one stuffed baby tiger toy, and one lunch, which Jake and I shared, consisting of snack bar chicken fingers, fries, soda and an ice cream cone. Sheesh!
My friends are trying to talk me into buying a membership to the Zoo, "Which will pay for itself in about 2-3 visits". Ummm, yeah...I think I'm all caught up on spending a gazillion dollars to look at smelly reptiles and obnoxious birds, while fighting 5,000 other parents with strollers for a peek at a sleeping tiger's rear end...
Anywhoo... here's what we saw...
Peacock just roaming along the pathways with us
Jake "taking" mommy's picture
We're all about the prairie dogs!
Jake in a log
My favorite image of Jake all day :) I was afraid at first to let him climb this since most of the kids playing on the 'spiderweb' were much older, but I'm trying to be hands-off at the playground lately to let him learn. He did pretty well! :)
Wallabee (sp?). Says Jake: "It's wike a wittle kangawoo."
Jake in a giant tortoise shell, while refusing to face the camera for the 587th time that day. (Much more exciting things to do than pay attention to your mother and that dang camera)
Goats. At the zoo. So glad we paid $27.50 to look at something we can see on a farm. For free.
And another completely wild and exotic endangered animal: a goose.
Our good friends Bruno and Juliana, who shared a ride with us in the Skyfari!
The tiger - ROOOOAAARRRRR!!
The good news was that Jake had a good time and it was a good excuse to spend an afternoon outside in the fresh air. Maybe we'll try again in the spring, by then I will have forgotten how crowded it was and how much money I spent... ;)
So here are some pics from when we made our first trip to the Bronx Zoo a few weeks ago. I'll tell ya, it made me miss DC, because in DC the zoo is FREE (ok, taxpayer dollars, whatever). Whereas in NY, the zoo costs an arm and a leg! I spent close to $70 in one afternoon on the following: zoo parking, zoo admission for one adult and one child (and that was WITH my coupon!), one stuffed baby tiger toy, and one lunch, which Jake and I shared, consisting of snack bar chicken fingers, fries, soda and an ice cream cone. Sheesh!
My friends are trying to talk me into buying a membership to the Zoo, "Which will pay for itself in about 2-3 visits". Ummm, yeah...I think I'm all caught up on spending a gazillion dollars to look at smelly reptiles and obnoxious birds, while fighting 5,000 other parents with strollers for a peek at a sleeping tiger's rear end...
Anywhoo... here's what we saw...
Peacock just roaming along the pathways with us
Jake "taking" mommy's picture
We're all about the prairie dogs!
Jake in a log
My favorite image of Jake all day :) I was afraid at first to let him climb this since most of the kids playing on the 'spiderweb' were much older, but I'm trying to be hands-off at the playground lately to let him learn. He did pretty well! :)
Wallabee (sp?). Says Jake: "It's wike a wittle kangawoo."
Jake in a giant tortoise shell, while refusing to face the camera for the 587th time that day. (Much more exciting things to do than pay attention to your mother and that dang camera)
Goats. At the zoo. So glad we paid $27.50 to look at something we can see on a farm. For free.
And another completely wild and exotic endangered animal: a goose.
Our good friends Bruno and Juliana, who shared a ride with us in the Skyfari!
The tiger - ROOOOAAARRRRR!!
The good news was that Jake had a good time and it was a good excuse to spend an afternoon outside in the fresh air. Maybe we'll try again in the spring, by then I will have forgotten how crowded it was and how much money I spent... ;)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
So who Is Jake voting for?
Swing voter Jake finally breaks his silence and declares which candidate is getting his 'vote' this November. (I SWEAR we did not convince him to pick one over the other - in fact, weeks ago, Jake was fully supporting the other guy, and Ralph and I actually have opposing political views!)
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