I know that this is completely irrational and my head tells me it is completely untrue. But sometimes my heart feels like no one really cares about the things that are important to me, a.k.a. my time in Germany and the emotions I still feel about coming back to the States. I know this is probably mostly due to the fact that no one really "gets it" because they didn't have the same experiences I did. I get that. But I guess somehow my heart still feels deep down this aching feeling like no one cares. I just thought it would be good to get some of these feelings out there to share. Maybe some of you can share your similar feelings that have been through this too.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
One year
I am really missing my Chemnitz friends today. I had to say goodbye 1 year ago today. I can't believe it has already been that long. It still feels like we just got here sometimes. I'm really hoping that we get to see you soon! We love you all so much!
Ich vermisse meine Chemnitz Freunde heute. Ich musste vor einem Jahr mich verabschieden. Ich kann nicht glauben dass es so lange her ist. Manchmal fühlt es als ob wir gerade angekommen sind. Ich hoffe dass ich euch sehr bald sehen darf. Wir lieben euch so sehr!
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Ich vermisse meine Chemnitz Freunde heute. Ich musste vor einem Jahr mich verabschieden. Ich kann nicht glauben dass es so lange her ist. Manchmal fühlt es als ob wir gerade angekommen sind. Ich hoffe dass ich euch sehr bald sehen darf. Wir lieben euch so sehr!
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Bumps and bruises
Well, along with childhood comes bumps and bruises. I knew it would come eventually... This week has been kind of rough for Heidi. First she fell off a chair Sunday night at church and got a little bruise on her forehead. Today we were at a splash park and she fell and got a bloody nose, a scratch on her upper lip and maybe even somehow scratched her gums?? I will have to try to take a closer look after nap time. Thankfully it didn't bleed too much, but it was definitely the most blood I've seen come from my sweet baby before. Poor girl. :(
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Back on track?
Yeah, so I really want to post on here more often. Especially about things that Heidi says and does. It is pretty much my only way of documenting her life thus far. I am hoping to actually work on her baby book soon. I'll let you know how that goes.
It's late and I just figured out how to get my background back to normal so I won't write a lot tonight. I will, however, leave you with one funny thing that Heidi did yesterday.
We are working really hard on potty training this week. I decided after our vacation week I would start up again and really stick to it. I think she is much more ready now so it is just a matter of time until she will get used to it. She has really only had a few accidents so that is good. I have been setting my phone alarm every 30 minutes to take her to the potty so she can get used to doing it often until she starts doing it on her own. It has worked out pretty well for the most part. Of course she is usually in the middle of playing, watching a video, or just doing something else that she would rather be doing than going potty. So, a lot of times I have to tell her to put down the toys or things that she has before she goes into the bathroom. Here is how our conversation went yesterday:
Mommy: "Heidi, put that down and come in the bathroom."
Heidi: Giving me a look I give her all the time (cocking her head with eyebrows up)... "Can you ask nicely?"
M: Trying not to laugh... "Can you please put that down and come in the bathroom?"
H: "Oh, ok, you asked nicely! Ok, I'm coming!" and she put her toy down and came.
I think she has heard this just a few times from us.... ha ha ha
But seriously... she had a good point. If we always ask her to ask nicely or politely then I guess it wouldn't hurt for us to ask her nicely... :)
It's late and I just figured out how to get my background back to normal so I won't write a lot tonight. I will, however, leave you with one funny thing that Heidi did yesterday.
We are working really hard on potty training this week. I decided after our vacation week I would start up again and really stick to it. I think she is much more ready now so it is just a matter of time until she will get used to it. She has really only had a few accidents so that is good. I have been setting my phone alarm every 30 minutes to take her to the potty so she can get used to doing it often until she starts doing it on her own. It has worked out pretty well for the most part. Of course she is usually in the middle of playing, watching a video, or just doing something else that she would rather be doing than going potty. So, a lot of times I have to tell her to put down the toys or things that she has before she goes into the bathroom. Here is how our conversation went yesterday:
Mommy: "Heidi, put that down and come in the bathroom."
Heidi: Giving me a look I give her all the time (cocking her head with eyebrows up)... "Can you ask nicely?"
M: Trying not to laugh... "Can you please put that down and come in the bathroom?"
H: "Oh, ok, you asked nicely! Ok, I'm coming!" and she put her toy down and came.
I think she has heard this just a few times from us.... ha ha ha
But seriously... she had a good point. If we always ask her to ask nicely or politely then I guess it wouldn't hurt for us to ask her nicely... :)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Quotes from Heidi
Here are a couple of quotes from Heidi lately:
Heidi: "I'm a grandma!"
Me: "Oh really? You must be the youngest grandma ever!"
H: "Yeah, I'm a grandma. Elmo's a grandma!"
Ha ha ha! Who knows where she gets this stuff!
Last week was the first time I attempted putting her hair in pigtails. When I was finished, she looked in the mirror and said, "I'm Claire!" Ha ha ha.... she thought she looked like her cousin Claire because she wears her hair in pigtails a lot. :) So cute!
Heidi: "I'm a grandma!"
Me: "Oh really? You must be the youngest grandma ever!"
H: "Yeah, I'm a grandma. Elmo's a grandma!"
Ha ha ha! Who knows where she gets this stuff!
Last week was the first time I attempted putting her hair in pigtails. When I was finished, she looked in the mirror and said, "I'm Claire!" Ha ha ha.... she thought she looked like her cousin Claire because she wears her hair in pigtails a lot. :) So cute!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Best Moment on "The Office"
Just had to share my favorite moment on the show "The Office." I love this scene. Dwight and Andy are trying to impress Erin. Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Heidi's first prayer
I think Heidi has tried to pray before, but it was usually just mumbled words that we couldn't understand. Tonight though, she asked to pray after we had said a prayer at bedtime. So her prayer sounded something like this: "Thank you for Daddy and Mommy and toys and bunnies and Momma bunny and baby bunny and Elmo and bears!" It was sooooo sweet! I love that girl!
My Surprise 30th Birthday Party!
My husband is a sweetie! He planned a surprise party for me and I had no idea!
We just bought a grill the week of the party and so we had talked about "breaking it in". I asked Clint if he wanted to invite someone over to use it. Little did I know he had already invited a bunch of people over to help us break it in! So he made up a story about some friends of ours coming over and we started setting the table and he had the grill fired up. A little after noon, I happened to look out the window and saw our friends Josh and Amanda and their two kids walking up to the house. Our neighborhood was having a garage sale so there were a lot of people in the neighborhood that day. I told Clint, "Oh, maybe they were looking at the garage sales and decided to stop by." Ha ha... then, I saw several other people following them. I went to the door and when they came in they said, "Happy Birthday!" I was still unsure what was going on for a few seconds... I was pretty shocked! But then I realized what was going on... I was shaking and nervous and I started crying! I was a mess! But they were happy tears! Here are some pictures from that day. If I could post all the pictures I have from that day I would, but that would make this blog post really long. So if you want to look at more photos check out my Flickr site! :) The link is on the left.
My niece Lydia and Heidi played with baby Liam and he enjoyed Heidi's old exersaucer
Our fun new friends John and Emily were there!
My sister Amy and niece Ashlyn drove from Houston! I was very surprised to see them!
Amanda and her sweet baby Liam
My niece Claire and Heidi- such cuties!
Dad and my niece Lydia
Me and my sis-in-law Lana
Dustin and Scott (Heather and Megan were there too) Heidi loves playing with Scott and Megan!
Josh, Courtney, and Dustin enjoying conversation
Jeremy, Kristi and Jacoby came...Tessa was running around somewhere!
All the cousins- couldn't get Ashlyn to smile
Me and Courtney
My brother Jonathan and 3 giggly girls
Also I was surprised when Clint played a video for me of the Chemnitz church singing Happy Birthday to me! It made me cry! Thank you all for making this day so special for me!
We just bought a grill the week of the party and so we had talked about "breaking it in". I asked Clint if he wanted to invite someone over to use it. Little did I know he had already invited a bunch of people over to help us break it in! So he made up a story about some friends of ours coming over and we started setting the table and he had the grill fired up. A little after noon, I happened to look out the window and saw our friends Josh and Amanda and their two kids walking up to the house. Our neighborhood was having a garage sale so there were a lot of people in the neighborhood that day. I told Clint, "Oh, maybe they were looking at the garage sales and decided to stop by." Ha ha... then, I saw several other people following them. I went to the door and when they came in they said, "Happy Birthday!" I was still unsure what was going on for a few seconds... I was pretty shocked! But then I realized what was going on... I was shaking and nervous and I started crying! I was a mess! But they were happy tears! Here are some pictures from that day. If I could post all the pictures I have from that day I would, but that would make this blog post really long. So if you want to look at more photos check out my Flickr site! :) The link is on the left.
Jeremy, Kristi and Jacoby came...Tessa was running around somewhere!
My parents, Claire me and Heidi with my birthday cake
All the cousins- couldn't get Ashlyn to smile
My sister, Amy, and me
Also I was surprised when Clint played a video for me of the Chemnitz church singing Happy Birthday to me! It made me cry! Thank you all for making this day so special for me!
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Easter
We had a great Easter weekend. The weekend started out with the Mike McDonald Eagle Run at Oklahoma Christian. It is a 5k race that is in memory of a family friend of ours who passed away in 2003. He was an avid runner and loved OC. This race helps support a scholarship fund for students of OC. Clint, Heidi and I took part in that race. Clint and I took turns pushing her in the stroller. We didn't, however run the whole thing. We walked some and then we actually only did 3k because they had an Easter egg hunt that we wanted Heidi to go to. So we headed over to the egg hunt and Heidi was able to grab a lot of eggs. I think she had a pretty good time! After the egg hunt there was a pancake brunch. We got to see lots of friends and visit so that was very nice.
Later that night we dyed eggs with Heidi! This was the first time Heidi has done this and I think she enjoyed it!
The first couple of eggs didn't get get very dark because I didn't put vinegar in the dye, but the others were a lot darker and looked better. Heidi also got to put stickers on them that came with the kit we got.
On Sunday, my parents went to church with us at Westwood and then there was an Easter Egg Hunt after church. Then we all went out to eat. We also headed to Yukon for the afternoon and evening and spent the rest of the day with my parents and my brother and family. It was fun! Heidi and the girls had another egg hunt and enjoyed playing together.
Heidi finding her Easter basket
Heidi in her Easter dress
Getting ready for the Easter Egg Hunt at church
Unfortunately we didn't get a very good family photo
These are honestly the best shots we got... it was windy. :)
Our little Easter Bunny!
The girls hunting eggs at Mimi and Papa's
The girls with Mimi and Papa
Later that night we dyed eggs with Heidi! This was the first time Heidi has done this and I think she enjoyed it!
On Sunday, my parents went to church with us at Westwood and then there was an Easter Egg Hunt after church. Then we all went out to eat. We also headed to Yukon for the afternoon and evening and spent the rest of the day with my parents and my brother and family. It was fun! Heidi and the girls had another egg hunt and enjoyed playing together.
Heidi in her Easter dress
Friday, March 05, 2010
New blog format and a random story
Thanks to Amy Nickerson we now have a really cute blog format and new header! Thank you Amy! I am completely clueless when it comes to doing stuff like that so it was great that Amy was willing to figure it out for me! :)
Random story of the day:
Heidi and I went grocery shopping at Crest today. I got all my items and we headed to the checkout. The checker was friendly and making conversation and a woman came up and started bagging my groceries and then started talking to Heidi. Then as I was paying she asked if Heidi could have a balloon. At first, thinking... "I guess" she began to say.... "that big balloon?" I looked over at a GIANT balloon. All I could say was, "uhhhhh" and before I could actually say anything she yelled at a guy and said, go get that balloon for this little girl. She brings a big red balloon to Heidi and Heidi just stares at it, almost like she's scared. So the lady says, I guess she doesn't want it. (I'm secretly relieved and say... oh well... say thank you Heidi!) Then Heidi says "I want a yellow one!" Ha ha... so the lady yells at the guy again and says, "go get the yellow one for her!" Meanwhile, I'm starting to get embarrassed and the people behind me in line are all looking at me and laughing, as I have this slight smile, but yet embarrassed look on my face. The checker says, that's a really big balloon and I'm thinking the same thing... wondering if it will even fit in my car. Then another guy that works there says that they put a special kind of helium in it that makes it last for months. Great... The lady comes back with a huge yellow balloon and says, "you better tie it to your purse so you don't lose it!" So I tie it to my purse and as we walk out to the car, it keeps hitting me in the head and I just know everyone in the parking lot is staring at me. I am surprisingly able to shove it in my car and it takes up the whole passenger side. Here's a couple of pics so you can see how huge it is. I ended up tying it to Heidi's play shopping cart at home so she could push it around the house because it is quite strong and I doubt she could even hold very well or for very long without it floating to the ceiling.
Random story of the day:
Heidi and I went grocery shopping at Crest today. I got all my items and we headed to the checkout. The checker was friendly and making conversation and a woman came up and started bagging my groceries and then started talking to Heidi. Then as I was paying she asked if Heidi could have a balloon. At first, thinking... "I guess" she began to say.... "that big balloon?" I looked over at a GIANT balloon. All I could say was, "uhhhhh" and before I could actually say anything she yelled at a guy and said, go get that balloon for this little girl. She brings a big red balloon to Heidi and Heidi just stares at it, almost like she's scared. So the lady says, I guess she doesn't want it. (I'm secretly relieved and say... oh well... say thank you Heidi!) Then Heidi says "I want a yellow one!" Ha ha... so the lady yells at the guy again and says, "go get the yellow one for her!" Meanwhile, I'm starting to get embarrassed and the people behind me in line are all looking at me and laughing, as I have this slight smile, but yet embarrassed look on my face. The checker says, that's a really big balloon and I'm thinking the same thing... wondering if it will even fit in my car. Then another guy that works there says that they put a special kind of helium in it that makes it last for months. Great... The lady comes back with a huge yellow balloon and says, "you better tie it to your purse so you don't lose it!" So I tie it to my purse and as we walk out to the car, it keeps hitting me in the head and I just know everyone in the parking lot is staring at me. I am surprisingly able to shove it in my car and it takes up the whole passenger side. Here's a couple of pics so you can see how huge it is. I ended up tying it to Heidi's play shopping cart at home so she could push it around the house because it is quite strong and I doubt she could even hold very well or for very long without it floating to the ceiling.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Good Memories
For those who don't know, we have placed membership at Westwood Church of Christ. We have really been enjoying it there and getting to know everyone. On Sunday 3 of the songs that we sang brought back a lot of good memories for me:
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
He Bore It All (Mein Jesus gab sein teures Leben hin)
When My Love to Christ Grows Weak
I sang all of these songs with the Chemnitz Acappella Singers so when we sang these songs, it lifted my heart and made me smile. :)
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
He Bore It All (Mein Jesus gab sein teures Leben hin)
When My Love to Christ Grows Weak
I sang all of these songs with the Chemnitz Acappella Singers so when we sang these songs, it lifted my heart and made me smile. :)
Concert in Oelsnitz June 2005 (I think one of our first concerts as a group)
Concert at Galarie Oben June 2007
Concert in Zwickau September 2007
Concert DAStietz March 2009
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Heidi is 2!
On January 20th, Heidi turned 2! I can't believe she is so big!! The past 2 years have just flown by. We had an Elmo birthday party for her on the Saturday the 23rd. She loved it! It was a small party just for family. Clint's parents, Grandma and Grandpa came from Ohio. My parents, Mimi and Papa, were there and Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Lana and cousins Claire and Lydia were there. It was a lot of fun. Heidi got lots of fun presents and she had an Elmo cake! Check out the pictures:
Elmo Birthday sign
Heidi's cake
Opening presents
Lydia helps Heidi check out her presents
Heidi getting excited about her presents
We bought her a balance bike in Germany- It has no pedals. It is meant to help her learn balance. She just uses her feet to push herself along. After a little adjustment, she can now touch the ground more than in this picture. I'm not so sure she is really into it yet though. It might take her a while to get excited about it.
Yummy cupcakes!
Grandma and Grandpa Everhart
Mimi and Papa Wooldridge
Aunt Lana, Cousin Lydia and Uncle Jonathan
Daddy scooping the ice cream
Claire enjoying her cupcake
Heidi loved the cake and ice cream
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