Presenting . . . Max Lindsay Koger!

I can hardly believe I’m really here,  And with minutes to spare.  I arrived just before Kevin and Lesa left for the hospital.  The night was way too filled with excited anticipation to get much sleep.

Lesa had tested positive for strep, which made it imperative  that she have four hours of intravenous antibiotic before the baby delivered and that was precisely the amount of time it took for Max to come into this world.  He weighed in at a hefty 9 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 inches long with plenty of dark brown hair.

From what I’ve been able to see so far, his features are pleasantly handsome and he sleeps with a serene expression on his beautiful mug.  Of course he can make quite a variety of  facial expressions as well.  My favorite so far is when he clamps his toothless gums together, giving him the look of a little old man,  But he has displayed quite an array of very hilarious expressions in his sleep to keep us all entertained; and of course his four big sisters (or little mothers) are in tune with nearly everything he does.  He does not lack for motherly attention.  In fact, I’m finding it difficult too find a time for my turn to hold the little guy.

One other cute thing about him is his ‘baby condor squeal’ (as Kevin has called it) that he seems to use most of the time to express his displeasure.  It’s pretty cute and effectively draws the attention he desires.

Can you just FEEL the barely contained excitement at the coming prospect of finally seeing their long-awaited baby brother?

And finally getting their own turns to hold and admire him up close . . . it was really difficult to await turns patiently . . .

  even for me!  and I wanted to hog him much longer.

     

      

Well, now  we have him home and it isn’t any easier to get your turn holding him.  He has FIVE mothers, all willing to fill any need, even anticipating them.  Of course he’s the most handsome baby brother EVER!  No arguments at this house.

Apologies

Sorry about that.  Karl was trying to post an old movie he made in High School with Greg Blake.  It’s pretty funny, but we couldn’t get it to work.

Superman Rules!

Well, here is the fixer-upper we are buying. This picture makes it look nicer than it is. It is truly ugly but we got a decent price and there is a lot of room for guests! Dad has spent 3 days trying to figure out the watering system and the mystery of the backyard which currently has several trails, whoop-dee-doos, and berms for dirt bikes. I'm taking votes as to whether we should keep the dirt mounds or clear them for a volleyball court . . . . Dad voted to keep them. The rest of you can add your vote in the comments section.

Come visit!

xoxo,

Amy

It's really impossible to realize we have been married 47 years. What an amazing life we've had. There is no way I could have predicted such joy. So many children, and all the incredible grand children. Way back when I was dating, I remember feeling sorry for 'old married people', who didn't look like they were having any fun, and definitely looked OLD.

It's funny how perspective changes with age and some wisdom. John is lying here next to me (snoring away). He said he "couldn't go to sleep" so was hoping for my magical, sleep inducing, back scratches. He actually fell asleep just being here with me at the laptop. How I love that man! How blessed I feel to have been together all these years. We have so many treasured memories. We're both thinking along the same line: preserving some of those moments. He is hoping to start putting together some DVDs from all our family pictures and movies. I just want to get some more scrap booking done along with journal keeping, in the form of all the journals I've already finished, plus the notes with my scrap books and now, the blog. Thank you, again, Mark and Sara.

This past month or so, have been spent keeping up with the house, reorganizing my bedroom office and closet; and most recently, the kitchen and all the scrap book supplies. I'm nearly finished with that and will finally tackle the game room next. Yes, Spencer, I will find the pool table. Then I'm really hoping to get back to some sewing and embroidery. Our scrapbook "walls" in the hallways need my attention as well. You know, I thought of something I could use help with: all of our family scrapbooks that are "before the archival" quality need to be redone. How I would love it if any of you wanted to help with those.

Bobby is coming this week. I'm so excited to have him help me with my new laptop so I can really organize all my photos and include more of them on this blog. Joel and John gave me a blessing today. I have had a growing concern for a walnut sized lump in my throat that Dr. Bitter thought was just a clogged salivary gland. My dentist ruled that out and sent me to the oral surgeon, who is in turn sending me to a neck/throat surgeon. With each new referral, my concern has grown, hoping the final referral would NOT be to an oncoligist! It will be all right.

Creative Efforts and Sad Stories

I taught a class of ladies how to make the boxes Julie taught us to make at WWWW. It was fun and now they want another to learn how to make the cards as well. See what you've started, Julie?



If you are in the market for craft ribbon, try the $1 spot at Target. They also have pretty tissue paper that I use to stuff (lightly) in the handmade boxes to hide the gift inside. I also figured out that by weaving the ribbon loosely through the four corners, there is room for larger gift items.



I am enjoying blogging more every week. Honestly, Sara and Mark, I had NO IDEA what I was missing. Thank you, again! There's a whole wonderful world of people out there, much like me, who enjoy home, family, and have creative talents to share, as well as poignant stories.



The best part for both John and me is the ones in the family who also blog. We get a little peek into your lives that compensates (just a little) for the fact that none of you live close anymore, and we are very much deprived of our BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, ADORABLE, PRECIOUS grand children! Now is that a sad story, or what?



I found this site sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com through one of the other family blogs and she had the cutest flowers for hair bows (or whatever) made out of zippers. They look amazingly simple and are adorable.

Letter of the law

"As soon as you put your dishes in the dishwasher, you can have cookies." Sammie took us at our word . . .