update

here's a video of lana 'talking'....she does quite a bit of this these days.

and here is a super cute picture of lana. this outfit is from some good friends of drew's family in oregon. it's size newborn, but is just now fitting lana! ha! and it's nothing i would've ever picked out, but as soon as i put it on i loved it. i don't know what it is...maybe it just makes me think of clothing from decades ago--maybe when my mom was a baby. regardless, she's adorable. as always. :)

we are having a hard time letting the dogs out since we're missing the fence. surprisingly, i think they're sick of being inside all the time. i'm with 'em. i'm ready for them to have their yard back! the adjuster is coming saturday so hopefully we'll get something going pretty soon in terms of repair. by the way...the tornado touched down 2 miles from us! we were huddled in the pantry waiting for the 'all clear'....the power kept going in and out so it was hard to tell when it was safe to come out. luckily, we didn't lose power completely like many of our friends in surrounding cities.

the side fence next to our A/C

the split tree in our neighbor's yard

drew has been sick all weekend, so i've been trying to keep him away from lana. she's still congested (so am i) but slowly getting better. he has a basketball camp to work this week, so hopefully he'll feel better tomorrow.

as for lana, she's still super at daycare. we're trying to adjust her schedule to eating every 3 1/2 - 4 hours...she's taking to spreading out eatings well, but i'm having a hard time figuring out how to make it work smoothly with our commute and her bedtime. seems like she won't sleep through the night if she goes down before 9:15. and it's hard because one of her last feedings at daycare is actually supposed to occur as we're on our way home from work/daycare--impossible. i tell you what...this work/daycare thing is throwing a wrench into my schedule planning! :) so, say a little prayer for us. it's stressful for me trying to decide the best way to change things when i'm not there every second mentally taking notes of what works and doesn't work. it's always harder when someone else is taking care of the baby instead of me....what mom wouldn't say that! so needless to say, i'm still adjusting to having to work. but on a side note, i did finish applying for teaching positions! i'm almost positive nothing will come of it this year, but hopefully it'll get the ball rolling for next year. even if i just get called in for a few interviews with no offers it'll help having that experience.

hope you all had a great weekend. they go way too fast for me. :(

the faske family

noah joel faske was born june 6th at 4:16pm. he weighed 8lbs 12oz!!! BIG BOY! :) my sister's first was 6lbs 12oz, her second was 7lbs 12oz, and now the third is 8lbs 12oz! crazy! so all are doing well and they hope to go home monday.

Isaac, Judah, & baby Noah

also, my brother-in-law, jacob, has an interview for a position in southern houston tuesday. pray that he gets it! although i don't want them to move, he REALLY dislikes working for Dallas ISD and needs to get out of there. so pray that a door will open and provide them an opportunity to go somewhere he'll be an effective teacher--and not overworked! now with 3 boys, they really need all hands on deck!

that's it for now. more to come! :)

exciting news!

well, my sister is in labor as we speak! That means we're going to have a new nephew by the end of the day, and a new cousin for lana! YEAH! pray for my sis and her family in this transition--it'll be their third son with all 3 under 5 yrs old. 

drew is officially out of school....which means i officially hate my job. it's hard going to work since i'm coming off maternity leave, but even harder when i know drew is just hanging out at home. i'm glad he's getting a much deserved break though.

lana is doing super. she's adjusting to daycare well, and i have lunch with her every day. it's a lot of fun. she's already learning so many new things. and last week she did her first art project! they stripped the babies down to their diapers, laid them on white paper, put a water color brush in their hands, and let them do their thing. it is 100% done by lana and only lana. adorable. i can't wait to hang it on the fridge. and the pictures they took are precious. but i'm not in possession of those just yet. i'll post them as soon as i am. she got a little bit of water color on her face...at first i thought she'd had an 'incident'. but no biggie. came right off. she's also talking so much...it's music to my ears. i could just sit and listen to her and watch her all day. crazy how life changes.

last weekend we had a bit of an 'incident' ourselves. saturday afternoon we were all taking naps. drew got up to take care of lana and thought it was super hot in the house. he checked the thermostat and it said 80. hmmm...weird. whatever. it's hot outside. well, about an hour or two passed and we finally realized that this was a problem. we called the a/c people to come out and they looked around. decided it was the circuit board, but told us nothing could be done until tuesday--they had to order the part. we were going to tough it out, but at midnight it was still 82 in the house. windows open, box fans going, still unbearable for little lana. she was getting sick. so we packed up and headed to the embassy suites. we stayed there saturday and sunday night. and although i didn't want to be paying money for a place to say, it was so fun! like a little mini vacation! so, monday & tuesday nights our friend bambi let us stay with her. luckily, everything was fixed by wednesday night. i'll spare you the details. basically, we had shorted wires, blown transformer, and a shorted circuit board. i had a dream last night that the bill was $2500...hopefully that won't be the case. we're still waiting on the invoice! :(

anyway, that's all for now. our house is cool and we're getting ready to head to rockwall to meet little noah for the first time. pictures to come! happy weekend!!!!

back to work....

i just wanted to let everyone know i went back to work today. i really appreciate all of the prayers! since lana was sick, i went in later--around 930. it took from 930 to 10 to get her unpacked at the daycare and all the paperwork filled out for the day. i was going to just stay down there and feed her before heading up to my desk, but she was crying and refused to eat! so i finally just passed her off to the kind ladies and they took over. she never had her 930 feeding and didn't go to sleep until 1045 (she'd been up since 630!!!). and then woke up at 1125...that was the story for the day. she didn't nap but eventually she did eat. and she sure is passed out now!!! :) when i went in to pick her up at 5 she was sitting in a bouncy chair. i walked over and as soon as she saw me she grinned really big. and then she let out what was the beginnings of a laugh, but we're still not there. right now it just sounds like a deep breath in, but i know what it really is! a laugh! and it was so fun seeing her get excited to see me. when i got home from work she was equally excited to see drew! so cute. what a fun girl. but overall, she did fine. and i did fine. they hadn't reactivated me at work, so i couldn't get into my computer or any systems. so i just hung out all day and asked random questions about stuff trying to get caught up--no, i was just trying to look busy! ha! i even let lana hang out with me at my desk for about an hour. it was a lot of fun showing her off and hearing everyone say how adorable she is. yes, she is! haha! but anyway--a good first day back. i still wish i didn't HAVE to go back, but i guess since i have to, i'm glad i work for jcp!

lana's congestion seems to be clearing up really well thanks to the saline drops. i think she's pretty much back to normal. that's terrific news.

well, hope everyone has a good rest of the week!  say a prayer for my sis--she's due basically any day now! YEAH!!!

its official

lana is sick. you can hear the congestion gurgling in her nose/throat/head. she's sneezing a lot and has snot dripping out of her nose. so i guess we're just supposed to keep her elevated and next to a humidifier until this passes since there's no medicine safe for infants. say a prayer for her! she hasn't even started daycare yet! i just feel horrible for her! you can tell she doesn't feel good! :(

week in review

well, we had a pretty busy week! wednesday my grandparents came in town and got to meet lana for the first time. they were only here a day or so, but it was so nice to see them and for them to meet their 6th great grandchild!

friday morning we went to the daycare and got everything squared away there. i've already blogged about that.

friday night the boozers brought some crazy huge steaks over and we cooked out! it was so good to see them. i don't think we've hung out with them in a year or so??? ridiculous. we're terrible friends! :)

saturday drew and i decided it would be fun to go look at the st. jude's dream home. every year they build a house, sell $100 raffle tickets, and give away the house as well as other prizes. this year, the house was built in flower mound pretty close to us. so we went over to check it out. it was 3500 sq ft and valued at about $439,000. in texas, that's a lot of money for a house...probably not in oregon and california. (just to put it in perspective). but the home was beautiful and drew and i are already making plans for when we win it! :)

saturday night our friends patrick & shannon came over to meet lana. we went to eat dinner with them at chili's. it was good to catch up...i don't think we'd seen them in about a year either! it's crazy!!! 

today we're just hanging out. the rangers are playing the astros, so of course we're watching the game! lana got sick today...for a few days her spit up has been kinda slimy like she might be congested (i think she got it from the daycare friday!) as i was putting her down for a nap today she started spitting up everywhere. she starts coughing and that leads to spit up. so, right now drew is holding her while she sleeps. you can tell she doesn't really feel well, but she has no fever. we'll see what happens.

other than that, not a lot going on. we toyed with the idea of going to the ranger game tomorrow since they're playing the yankees, but there aren't any tickets in the shade available for the price we want to pay. guess we'll just watch it on tv! i might prefer that anyway since it's been decently humid lately.

lana has done some new things this weekend! saturday she figured out that if her pacifier falls out of her mouth, she can maneuver her arms to get it back in! it was really cute. which i guess brings up the next new thing--she's starting to take a pacifier! and the last thing is that she kind of held her bottle yesterday! i put it in her mouth and somehow her hands figured out how to get on each side to steady the bottle. i guess that's not technically holding it, but it was still amazing to me. i didn't even put her hands there! she did it herself! of course, none of this may ever happen again. it could be a one time deal! haha

this video is of lana waking up in the morning. it's so fun to see, so we thought we'd share! by the way--if you go to the lana's pictures link on the left, you can see all the pictures from week 12!

hope you all enjoy your memorial day tomorrow. remember to be praying for me and lana on tuesday!

i just can't do it

today i went to the daycare at jcp for lana's intake appointment. the people are so incredible there. they're going to keep her on her schedule for naps, feedings, etc. and the 'room mom' said they're always working on different things with the babies during wake time--tummy time, working with feeling new textures, seeing things...it's going to be really great for her to learn those things. but it was terrible too. because i realize that i go back to work on monday. today is technically my last 'work day' off....and i'm a wreck. i'm trying not to be, but this is probably the hardest thing i will ever have to do. and just think--it's not even monday night yet. or better yet--it's not tuesday morning as i'm walking away from the daycare and up to my desk. i realize now that tuesday is a horrible day for me to start back to work, and this isn't just an excuse. i seriously have meetings from 8am to 5pm on Tuesdays. how in the WORLD am i going to find time to go see my little lana? this is terrible. i seriously would sell everything i own to be able to stay home with her--my house, my car, you name it, SOLD! i know she's going to be fine. and i know that i'm eventually going to be fine. but i just don't think this is the way it's supposed to be. i really feel like i should be the one to raise my daughter. not to knock any of you who are total advocates of daycare, but my mom stayed at home with us and i wouldn't trade that for the world. and i never thought i'd want to be a stay at home mom, but i do! i want that! so, i've never done this before, but i'm going to buy a lottery ticket for tomorrow night. if i win, then i'll know God wants me at home. if i don't win, well, then i'll just play every wednesday and saturday until i do win! :)

tonight we have some friends coming over for dinner. the wife is a teacher (the boozers) and i plan on picking her brain! drew and i are still trying to get me into teaching, so i need help on interviewing. i can interview for business jobs...i've never not got a job i interviewed for. but teaching is a whole different ball game. i'm terrified of the interview process. but i know that i really want to be a teacher...and that's going to make life so much easier in the summers if i can get one. time off every year with lana. so, say a prayer. i'm not sure it's going to work out for this next school year, but who knows. and actually, this may be a moot point....if i win the lottery.

hope you all have a super friday!