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More of guess who and life in general

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:49:48 GMT

Tonight, Natalie said she wanted to see where the tooth fairy lived. I said that even I've never seen it, and wouldn't really know how to get there. . .her response? "GPS."

Today after our visit to the optometrist, we walked outside to the beautiful fall day. Apparently Natalie thought it was a bit warmish, and expressed it this way, "We are going to incinerate out here!" I laughed (of course) and then asked "Natalie, do you know what incinerate means?", thinking that of course she didn't. She replied, "It's like, to burn." I should have had more faith. This is all, incidentally, after she talked Dr. Lamp's ear off during her whole exam. I had cried all my make-up off by the time it was all over because I laughed so hard at her conversations with him.

I should also give some blog-time to my bigger girls, since they get so little "air time" here. They don't say things that are quite as funny as a 4-year-old, simply because they're not 4 anymore and blogs weren't around when they were. Most of their funny sayings from 4-year-old-hood are somewhere around the house on pieces of paper, or in my journal. I'm just enjoying seeing them grow up (as much as a parent can, after all!) and learn new things as they do. It's fun to see Rebeccah use big words, usually from a book she's read, or hear Abbey give me some little-known fact about an animal or something about which little ol' Mom knew nothing It also never ceases to amaze me how much of a help they are to me. As I've said countless times before, I don't know how we raised them without them! (They are not devoid of quotes, of course, and I'll try to get them on here as well in the future!)

Oh, and all of our eyes were fine, except Derek, whose eyes are fine too, but just needs to get some glasses, since he's been without since The Great Contact Experiment.

Natalie on sin and redemption

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:07:54 GMT

Today when I gave Natalie a Sunchip, she said, "Mommy, I never told you this, but whenever you give me this kind of chip, it makes the sin in my heart cleaner."

Natalie Hale, M.D.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:37:27 GMT

Last night Natalie was pretending to be my doctor, and one of her treatments was to put lotion on my hands. Then, after thinking a bit, she had her diagnosis: "Mommy, I'm sorry to say that you have digestion."

Looking back

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:22:13 GMT

Last week marked 6 years since I had my thyroid cancer surgery, and it passed without much thought from me until a couple days ago when I realized it. It's good to look back and be thankful, I think. I'm so thankful for good doctors--Dr. Donna and Dr. Waswick, namely. And I'm thankful that, if I had to have cancer, it was thyroid cancer, and only took a little surgery, some radioactive iodine treatments, and a little pill I take everyday to "cure" it. Don't get me wrong, when I first heard that "C" word, I freaked out a little :), but once I calmed down, I realized that I just had to take it one step at a time and everything would be all right. I'm thankful for my doctors, friends and family who walked us through everything, and I'm also thankful that God has given us 2 children post-thyroid cancer, which doesn't always happen after radioactive iodine treatments. Anyway, I'm just writing this as a reminder to all of us to be thankful for all God has given us, and to cherish each day.

S'mores and other musings from Natalie

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:39:54 GMT

At dinner we were discussing how to make s'mores, and here was Natalie's version:
"You take a graham cracker, put chocolate and marshmallows on it, and you S'MORE them!"

Today Derek asked Natalie how her day was going, and she said it was "uncomplicated and stylish, but I'm mad that my room is messy."

God's philosophy of schoolwork

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:29:47 GMT

"Sometimes God does not want them to do schoolwork. He knows what's best and sometimes he wants them to take the rest of the day off." --what Natalie said when I was explaining to her that she was not to bother the older girls while they were doing their schoolwork.

Milk

Wed, 27 May 2009 13:29:54 GMT

Today Natalie asked me where milk comes from. "Cows," I replied. Then she asked how Wal-Mart and Dillons "caught" so much milk . .

Last night at dinner Natalie was telling the family where eggs come from. "They grow from chickens, and they take the babies out and give them to the chicks, and the put the yellow inside the egg and then put the skin on."

Milestone

Sun, 03 May 2009 02:49:26 GMT

Yesterday during our visit with my grandparents in OKC, Isabella took her first step. Sadly, Derek was behind in Wichita babysitting our leaky basement during potential rains. We didn't get it on video or camera, but we'll try soon, and I'm in no hurry for her to repeat them

In other news, we took her to the Dr for her 1 year check-up yesterday, and she has fallen off her growth chart, again. . .she weighs 17 lbs, 10 oz, but is only in the 5th % in weight, and 10% in height. So, once again, we'll have a weight check in one month, and we're pushing the solids until then. We're trying a "midnight snack", in addition to her 3 meals, adding in a little meal before she goes to bed. How is it that she was our biggest babe at birth and is the one who has struggled to gain weight? Anyway, walking will just burn more calories for her, so we'll have to feed her that much more!

Good idea

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:27:34 GMT

Tonight at dinner Derek was talking about what we were going to do about our basement. Abbey said, matter of factly, "Oh, let the politicians figure it out." Now that's socialism I'm willing to get behind.

Natalie

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:42:05 GMT

This morning as she was telling Derek good-bye, Natalie told him, "See you later, tomato!"