Twenty Things to Remember

1. Faith is the ability to not panic.

2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry.

3. As a child of God, prayer is kinda like calling home everyday.

4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape

5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.

6.Do the math. Count your blessings

7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.

9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

10. Laugh every day- it's like inner jogging.

11. The most important things in your home are the people.

12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. Come on in.

14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

16. We do not remember days but moments. Life moves too fast so enjoy your precious moments.

17. Nothing is real until you experience it; otherwise it's just hearsay.

18. It's alright to sit on your pity potty every now and then. Just be sure to flush it when your finished.

19. Surviving and living your life requires courage. The goals and dreams you are seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks it's neck out.

20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. No matter the storm, when you are with God, there is always a rainbow waiting. Leave gentle fingerprints on the soul of another for angels to read. I don't want to get to the end of my life and find I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well.

Tummy Shot

I have had a couple of people request a tummy shot. This one is not that great.... probably because I attempted to take it myself. At least you can get the idea. I'll try and get Cooper to take a better one soon!

Baby Callaway Has the Hiccups!

I had another check up today. While we were trying to listen to his heartbeat, Baby Callaway started hiccupping. I got so tickled! He gets the hiccups pretty regularly now. I can tell because there is a consistant amount of time between each little kick. I hope it's not s sign that he is going to have reflux or be a colicky baby. Everything looked great. Only gained two pounds this time! I have one more two week visit and then I'll start going every week. Time flys. Only 7 more weeks. Well 6 weeks and 6 days to be exact. We can't wait.
I think Cooper is already ready for a little girl. Jane Kimmel has been coming over to visit some lately and she has Cooper wrapped around her little finger!

One Year Ago

   One year ago this  weekend, Hope, Laura and I ran  the Women's Nike half marathon in San Francisco CA.  It was a great experience and I can't wait until Baby Callaway gets here so I can start running again. I don't think I have ever been so ready to run!

   I'll never forget the crowds of people cheering for us while we were running. It was the most amazing experience and it was all for a great cause. 

   As Jerimiah said, who would have thought that within one year of this race we would have two babies and one marriage! Laura has a precious little boy named Henry and Baby Callaway will be here in 8 weeks! Lots of things can happen in one year. 

   

Coopers Sister Liz came down from New York for a visit. It was great getting to see her, and we can't wait until Thanksgiving; she gets to come back home for a little while.

Oh The Perks of Living in the Country

After a long night of no sleep due to Bogey barking, Cooper and I awoke to a horrible smell. We knew exactly what it was. A SKUNK! Apparently they enjoy visiting our house. About three weeks ago we had one that came up to the house and sprayed Dixie. Well, Saturday morning we went outside to get things together so we could leave and we didn't see anything. Cooper was busy changing the tire on his truck when I noticed something moving under the ranger. Yep, it was another skunk! Cooper shot it but not before he shot out the tire on the ranger!  This is a picture of Coop putting the skunk in a trash bag. I wish I would have had the video camera out to record the whole thing. I just happened to get my camera in time to get this one picture. It was pretty funny! Coopers face was priceless!

Cooper and I went to Woodland Furniture yesterday to get some things for Baby Callaway's room. That place is almost overwhelming. This is not his room but it is a sample of what his bedding looks like. The walls won't be green and the crib isn't white. However, his walls will be khaki and I also got a green glider that I'm overly excited about. We walked around all the buildings for a couple hours looking at furniture and bedding. We chose the crib and the chest and then then the glider. I had settled on a different bedding just because I was getting very impatient and wanted to get everything RIGHT THEN. Well, when we walked back in the warehouse with all the baby things, I saw this bedding. I had been looking at it online and the owners had just put the bedding on the floor that morning. "Thats it" i yelled at Cooper. He started laughing. Finally, I had the bedding I wanted and couldn't wait to get started on "LC's" room. 

 We should have waited for Pop and Granny to come through and taken them with us. Pop knows everybody and he would have done a good job talking to Uncle Henry. We walked away with all the furniture we needed... for now anyway.