WELCOME TO THE WORLD!!!

We are very proud and happy to announce our newest little niece has arrived safely into the world!

Abigale MacIntosh was born Yesterday 01/24/08 weighing 8lbs and is 20in long. Mommy and baby are doing well!!! She is absolutely beautiful!! We thank God for this newest addition in our family!!! Praise be to God for this miracle of life!!!!



















WELCOME TO THE WORLD LITTLE ONE!!!

You want to laugh???

So we had a costume kick off party for choir, kicking off the new year~!! OH MY GOSH. my lovely dh actually let me mohawk his hair and spray it blue!!! it rocks!!!! And I did a really tall side pony tail and the poof bangs! LOL our outfits are OK but hey! it was fun! we went to a skating rink (Matt's FAVE thing to do!) I can not skate all though I tried holding on to Matt for dear life. It was so much fun, I'm gonna be SORE tomorrow, but it was nice!! needed a good time! now i'm wiped out like crazy! good thing there is no school tomorrow!!

I know I haven't been on in a while, it's been crazy and I've been sick. I had a really bad cold sinus crud thing and was home last weekend with a fever and misery!!! I also inadvertently stuck myself with a used needle at work. The safety cap was not so great and the needle went through the cap and into my finger AFTER I stuck the kid. Unfortunately the parent does not want the child to go through "testing" so I'm stuck taking anti-HIV medication!! I'm having weekly blood draws and feel pretty much like dirt! i start the day off ok but get very fatigued by mid afternoon. It's a very potent drug and it leaves me wiped. BUT it will protect me from any viral infections or converting to HIV+. Honestly I'm not even worried, but protocol is necessary. The work comp doc did help me some by cutting my work day down to 6 hours instead of 8hours b/c of the side effects. That will help tremendously!!! We're off tomorrow anyway for Martin Luther King day, so I can rest! I have 3 more weeks of treatment to continue. Also unfortunately it could be very potentially dangerous to get pg at this time, so the infertile chick had to sign a form stating I will not attempt to get PG in the next 4 weeks and 4 weeks after treatment. HA HA HA funny cuz God hasn't really allowed it for 4 YEARS much less the next 4 weeks!!! Sense of humor I spose!!! So we are on a 2 month mandated break. Honestly we've been on a break b/c we are out of money for treatments. The next things we do will be injectable stim's with IUI (Intrauterine insemination) and it is much more expensive!!! We are going on cruise for spring break instead! so that is our next project we are working on. Matt is being good, supporting me and letting me crash at night, picking up more of the work around the house. So that is it from here for the moment. Here are the lovely pictures, aren't you sooooo excited.

HERE YOU GO!!!!!! I had to make the post blue like matt's hair! LOL!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So I know I've been really bad, but the break was SO busy and I just did not spend much time at the computer. AT ALL!!! :)

We had a very busy and very nice Christmas. We celebrated with my bro's in laws, my in laws, and then Christmas day with my folks and down in Miami. It was a small gathering! Not our normal 25+ we usually have in Miami! Many were missed!!! (WE MISS YOU GUYS A BUNCH!!)

I sang all the services at church. Six this year! Phew tiring!!! But rewarding and fun!! I was gone Christmas eve from 10 am to almost 10pm!!! YOWSA. And only one hair fatality! One of the choir dudes accidentally lit a choir chick's hair on fire. And considering the amount of hairspray applied to all of the girls, it's amazing we ALL didn't go up in smoke! But she was OK and only singed around the edges!!

I sat for a family that comes to FL every year for New Years. They are wonderful and the kids are great and easy to care for!!! Plus they are good tippers!!! Matt went to Boston to visit his dad and family and I lounged around the house and baby sat. it was a nice break away, but I'm glad he is home! I MISSED him!!! Absence really does make the heart grow fonder!

I'm back at school today. Now comes the long stretch before spring break! matt and I are hoping to go on a cruise, we'll see what finances we have available. We are still on a break with treatments. I don't know what we are going to do next, or if it is a futile effort with a waste of gobs of money. *sigh* it's quite frustrating not knowing where to go next or what to do...I have these really close group of buddys and they are all moving on to next steps. I feel like I'm gonna be left behind. I would GREATLY rejoice in a miracle for them!!! No doubt at all! But it's kinda bittersweet, cuz it will be them without me... :(

Well off to take care of the youngin's. I'm sure they will be ailing like crazy today! One already came in to show me that he had broken his elbow over break! UGH...OUCH is more like it!

Well Happy New Year! Praying for this year to be full of blessings and joy for each of you! And as always, have a blessed day in the Lord!!