Manwaring Easter

Here are our Easter pictures! We love Easter time in Arizona!!

Here's the right one... I think

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Theories on LOST

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4286279547737663786

So I've never really read any of the theories on Lost before, but Damon showed me this one and I thought it was pretty good! It's a lot to read, but tell me what you other fans of the show think.
-Ann

Easter, Broken arm season, and Isn't pregnancy uncomfortable enough?

So things have been eventful for us as well. Last week on friday, Logan fell off a keyboard bench and must have braced himself wrong and broke both bones in his wrist. Like Jenny I too thought it was just a sprain and I didn't take him in until saturday. He really did well, but he was milking his injury and wouldn't really use his right arm, so we decided to take him in. I didn't believe Dave when he told me that he broke it. But sure enough we looked at the x-ray and he broke both bones. On top of that he had the nasty flu, he got it on sunday and had it for like eight days. It was sad to see Logan so helpless and lifeless.

Easter was fun. It was the only other holiday that Dave has had off accept for new years, including birthdays and our aniversary. Our pictures aren't very good. You can't even see Logans face. They are quite a contrast from Jenny's gorgeous sunny pictures. It is gray and gloomy here still. The sun shows his face once in awhile. The snow is almost gone but the dirty leftovers still remain. It makes me miss Arizona really bad. We would be starting to get in our pool by now.

And last can there really be such a horrible affliction for pregnant women? About three weeks ago I got this crazy rash. It started lightly on my belly and didn't icht. By day three it had spred everywhere and was on fire. I thought it was a reaction to some antibiotics I was taking for a sinus infection, but Dave diagnosed me with Puppp (puritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy. try saying that ten times fast.) I was really hoping that Dave had no idea what he was talking about, because he informed me that I could have it until I deliver. I was thirty one weeks at the time. So he was on labor and delivery call so he had me come in so they could look at it. Sure enough he had nailed it right on the head. As soon as they told me I started to cry. I didn't know how I was going to bear that for nine more weeks. It itched so bad. So they prescribed me an oral steriod. It took about a week but it cleared it almost all the way up. I was so relieved, but it was only a six day dose and they don't like to repeat it, and now that it is all out of my system it is coming back. I am only thirty four weeks so I have a while to endure it. I guess only one in three to four hundred pregnant women get this. Didn't I hit the lucky jackpot. So needless to say it is pretty exausting around here. Hope all is well with everyone.

Amy

A couple of things..

#1- here's who still needs to post pics of their cuties:
AnnMarie
Britt
Amy
Dora
Jenny C
Jill
Joni
Kami
Karie
Katie
Leslie
Megan
Rachel M.

#2- I know we all miss our girl's nights soooo much! Kami and I have discussed setting up a girls night for sometime in the near future (Like just before or just after 2nd year begins). What I would like to know is who is interested, who thinks they would be able to come and where to do it.

Kami and I would be happy to host it here. There would be plenty of room for people to stay so as to reduce costs and TONS of stuff to do! We could try for tickets to a taping of a gameshow, or Ellen or something like that. We could go to Disneyland or SeaWorld, or any of the others depending on if we have our kids. There is, of course, the ocean and unlimited shopping. My dad even has a condo now in Mexico that he'd probably let us use. Other options we discussed are Utah or Vegas.

We're just throwing this out there. Of course we would LOVE it if it works out, but we understand everyone has extenuating circumstances. PLeeez post your two bits!

Easter Fun

I love all of the Easter pictures. It's so fun to see how all of the kids have changed since we last saw each other. I can't believe we're coming up on a year. Here's a quick pic of the kids I snapped as we were running out the door to church. Can you tell we're freezing still? When will spring come? Does it come to Michigan? I'm starting to wonder. Actually we've had a couple of days of sunshine and today it got above freezing! There's hope. Speaking of hope, is there any hope for Hallie's hair. I kept thinking the baby hair would eventually change, but 2 1/2 years later it's as thin as ever. She will not let me touch it and I've tried all sorts of "pretties" to pull it back, but she pulls them all out. The baby mullet lives on!

Mathews' Easter pics

Here are my 3 munchkins in their Easter duds. It was such a nice and relaxing day... until I had to clean up dinner, that is ;) We didn't have a chance to get together with family, so it was kind of low key, but nice. THe kids loved the hunt and our traditional Easter Sunday German food! One thing you cannot tell by looking at him, is that Dillon has 2 broken arms in these pictures! We took him in this morning and well... check it out!



He fell off the monkey bars at the park on Friday and we debated all weekend about taking him in for x-rays. Finally last night we decided that since it was still swollen, it probably needed to be checked out. His right arm was the only one I was concerned about. I totally expected them to tell me it was just a bad sprain and send us home! 3 hours later we're in the cast room picking out the color for his full arm cast! Just before the tech started casting, James suggested they check out the other arm just in case, and whataya know?!! So, now I wipe everyone's butt in this family except James's.

Caywood Clan

We had a wonderful Easter.


We had fun coloring easter eggs. Elise really wanted to get her hands on the dye cups.


Jade found most of the eggs


and we even managed to get a family shot.

Bassett Kids

So Ken had to work Easter day, all he seems to be doing lately. I think we are going to celebrate Easter (in terms of candy and hunt etc.) on Wednesday the next time he will see the kids. Here are some pics of our kids. Our camera and kids were having issues, thus I did not get a good group pic.

Oops

So I totally accidentally put the next post on the doctor's wives blog instead of my own personal blog.

So sorry about that! But instead of pulling it, I just decided to leave it, since we're supposed to post pictures of our kids anyway. I just hadn't planned on posting that many -- sorry!

By the way, for those who haven't heard, we're off to Quincy, IL for Family Practice.

Happy Easter!

I'm not too sure what happened here, but I don't have an option for changing the font on this entry, so it might look a little different from my other posts. Hm.

We had a fun day yesterday, starting off with a community Easter party. They put on a candy hunt for the little kids. Brynn and Dad got on the sidelines, ready to go for the three-year old age group. And then, just as the Easter Bunny said it was time to go get the candy, Brynn decided to stay on the sidelines. So Dad went out and grabbed three things, brought them back to her and dropped them at her feet so we could get pictures of her on a candy hunt.

We then went to gymnastics, where Brynn not only went into the room by herself, but came unglued from the instructor's side, and even participated -- once. We felt so happy!

We stopped by Dad's school on the way home to take part in the (now finishing up) festivities, and Brynn got to jump around in a giant pink princess castle. She loved it, and went on it three times.

We were fortunate enough after nap times to catch some lingering daylight for an attempt at an Easter photo shoot. Unfortunately, Elle had woken up a couple hours before Brynn, so she was a little hard to get smiling. And Brynn thought the grass was too pokey, so she wouldn't sit down. But we did our best, and here are some results.

The first pictures here are what we discovered on our dining room table the morning after the Easter Bunny's visit.

Easter Pictures

Just a reminder to post cute pictures of your kiddos in their Easter Sunday best next week!! A little family update is always appreciated as well :) Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

LOST.....in sadness!! Warning don't read if you are not up-to-date.

I love Lost. I think it is the best show but I am so sad for what the future brings. I want to know how they get off the island but not if everyone but six or seven people get off and everyone else dies. I was really happy several weeks ago when Desmond had a happy moment but I am very nervous about the evil running afoot. I don't know how Kate got Aaron but I think she did it in an evil way and now Sun has to raise her baby all herself. It is just too much to bear. Is anyone else so sad about how this is unfolding?

Visiting Teaching

Check out this video ... it's funny and touching :)

http://blip.tv/file/255494

I feel like I'm in trouble...

I'm sorry, girls! Here I am letting my husband share our news and I'm not doing my part. I actually am pregnant! I'm a little scared to admit it. I guess I've been in denial just because I haven't felt quite right. Damon has been dying to tell people and I've been really reserved. He kept the kids this weekend so I could go to Time Out for Women in Chicago and then I felt so indebted to him (Why did I feel indebted to him for watching his own kids?) that I let him post the news. I thought it would be funny if any of the men actually told their wives about it; like a little test for our husbands on gossiping. Anyway, I was waiting for my birthday post to announce (which I'll just do now, instead of tomorrow) and then I felt like I was letting you guys down, which I can't handle. So here it all is. I'm due October 23rd, but I haven't even been to the doctor and I haven't even thrown-up yet so can I really be pregnant? We're excited, but I think I'm realistically nervous at the same time. I don't know how you girls have done it. Being pregnant and having kids during intern year deserves some kind of medal. I think Heavenly Father knew that I couldn't handle it, so He held out on us for a few months with this baby. It feels like it's been so long that I hardly know what's normal or what to do anymore. Zeke is so excited. We told the kids on Sunday and Zeke has pampered me ever since. I can't believe what a sweetheart he has been.

In other news we are moving at the end of May. Damon was offered a spot at a new residency program in Detroit at a really scary hospital. You know, the kind with naked crack whores running down the hallways. Just what he was looking for. So we're in the process of looking for a house to buy in one of the worst markets in the country. We're going to try to buy a foreclosed home so we'll have some instant equity. It shouldn't be too hard in this economy.

So, I've been thinking about this birthday post and dreading putting up my picture. I don't have a new cut haircut or anything that's changed. Actually, I've already gotten a little fatter so that's a change. But I kept thinking about how on American Idol they have to say something that America doesn't already know about them and some of them are really lame because they just aren't that interesting. Well, I'm one of the lame ones. I thought I could write the things I hate about Detroit, but that wouldn't be a very positive birthday post and I don't know if there's room on the blog for it. So here's what I finally came up with:

I have a ridiculous amount of nicknames. I thought I would share some of them with you and give you a glimpse into the deeper or should I say shallower side of Ann.

1. Annie - no one in my family calls me Ann. I have been Little Orphan Annie since I was a little girl running around with my wild red hair (yes, I am a red head) and no shoes.

2. Mrs. Fishburn - Damon calls me this which totally cracks me up since it is my maiden name and then he throws the MRS. in there. I feel like he's talking about my mom but he never calls me Kalcich.

3. Annabelle - no wonder I like your baby girl so much, Jenny. I have a cousin that always calls me by this name.

4. Smoff - My oldest sister calls me this. We used to have a tag game and whoever was "it" was the smoff and being the youngest, I was always "it".

5. Pecosita - This is Spanish for little freckle. Growing up in New Mexico I was quickly renamed for all those freckles on my face.

6. Zhu Zhu - This is from It's A Wonderful Life. One Christmas we were watching it and my dad made some comment about how they should have named me Zhu Zhu. My brother decided it was a great way to tease me and the name stuck.

7. Granny Annie - Yes, I am an 80 year old woman stuck in my almost 27 year old body. I would much rather stay at home to read, quilt, bake, and do crossword puzzles. Plus my best friend is my 91 year old Grandma. Granny's rock!

Well, I hope I have followed the Birthday Post rules and satisfied everyone with my BIG NEWS! Here's my picture.

Oh wait, that's not me. Here's the real Granny Annie with the Chicago sky line for a backdrop:

Man, I look like death with those raccoon eyes, but this is the best... or the only picture I've got.

I miss you guys. Let's all meet up in Chicago some day or anywhere for that matter!

I peeked!

I peeked at the guys blog today. Something just told me I would see something worth looking at and boy did I! I'm not saying what or who, but somebody has some news they need to share!!

(whistling and twiddling my thumbs innocently) da de dum da dum....