My bunnies and Me

  
  

  

Here are some pictures of me playing with my bunnies.  One thing I learned about bunnies the hard way is that they can jump so hard and fast that they can break there back's.  My favorite died in my hands after jumping so high.

The other two died during the night while we were sleeping.  I couldn't bring myself to look at them but my DH said it looked like they died the same way.  I was really attached to all of them as my daughter never picked them up.

I hope you enjoy our pictures.

My Cousin -- Abigail's Surgery

Dear loved ones, We met Pearlie's surgeon today.  He addressed all of our concerns and we were very comfortable with him.  After visiting with him, Doug and I realized the severity of her condition.  It seems it is more complex than we were able to understand previously. Long story short, it is very important the surgery be done, as scheduled on May 7th. Abigail is a happy, vibrant sweet heart!  In fact, I asked the surgeon today, "How do you expect me to believe what your telling me is the truth?  I look at her and she's fine."   Having known this was a possibility, even before her birth, Doug and I thought we were prepared for this.  How wrong we were.  The blow felt harder today.  The cut felt deeper.  The why's and how's and what if's seem to echo louder now. We ask for your continued prayers for Abigail's complete healing.  Samantha is scared and I ask that you pray for her comfort and peace.  She is a girl of very few words and I worry so much about her heart, too.  Both of my girls have "broken” hearts.  One entered this world with a broken heart and the other's heart was broken in this world...  I believe God can and will heal them both. Through the turmoil, I still see God's hand at work.  I see the opportunity to grow in our love for Him and our love for each other.  I am learning more each day to lean on Him...because I have NO understanding of my own. Thank you all for you support and prayers.  We so appreciate each one of you.  We will continue to keep you all posted on Abigail's surgery and recovery. XO, Proverbs 16:3

 

Disaster Update

We called our favorite carpet cleaner, Roy Dudley, and he came over and cleaned up our living room water catastrophy and for the most part he got everything up.  So our carpet looks pretty good.  I would have taken a picture of the mess if I had thought of it.

Hugs 

Here is a picture of the three bunnies.  I found out that they are Jack Rabbits.  Two of them are very friendly, the third one is very skiddish and DD has named it Skeeter from some show she likes.  One of them is so friendly and curious that it will lay on my hand and after a couple of minutes will start looking around and walk back and forth on my arms and even peaking over my arm, I have started calling him Cuddles.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.  I have more but DD has my camera at the moment.

 

Hugs,

Sandy

What a disaster!

Well another day another mess, I decided to rearrange and redo my office/craft area.  Anyway, I have realized can't find room for everything.  I have to figure out where to put one more piece of furniture, in addition to this so the only thing I can figure out to do is start stacking, and there isn’t any better place to start than on my head.  Disaster updates to follow shortly.

 

Hugs,

 

Sandy

RE: My day so far...

We called Blackman Mooring and they said it would cost a minimum of $600.00 so Mom took turns with DH sucking up the water with one of those machines that they borrowed from a neighbor who was willing to let us borrow it for a few hours.  He said that the only thing he ever used it for was to pick up leafs in the yard.  Then Mom cleaned the machine before returning it.  My guess is that its cleaner than when she picked up because I saw soap in it.

Hugs,

Sandy 

My day so far

My wheelchair got away from me while I was cleaning the rabbit cage and I broke the table leg, as I turned it over.  The rabbits ended up in the aquarium, which fell into the sofa.  The sofa turned over, the aquarium hit the floor and broke… glass everywhere.  Twenty nine gallons of water is on the floor etc…  The angel fish where flopping so DH grabbed them and quickly dumped them in the other aquarium.  Then about 10 minutes later, I remembered that we had a Cory so he looked and looked and finally he found it under a pillow.  DH said he was alive and put him into the old aquarium.  Most likely none of them will live but we are trying.

I will update you later.

Hugs,

Sandy 

It's a little crazy around here.

I sure have been gone a lot ... lets see if I can remember what all has been happening ... Well I watched my youngest DD try on her bridesmaid's dress for her sister's wedding.

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Then it was my turn to try to find the right dress. After trying on umpteen dresses, my Mom actually found the perfect dress. They let her "borrow, that's right borrow" the dress and bring it over here so that I could try it on, she had to have it back in a couple of hours. Well it was the perfect dress for DD's wedding. I can't thank Mom and the store enough for finding the dress. They had to order it in the right color.

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We have done a lot of work around the house like rearrange the kitchen and shampoo the carpets. We have switched out sofa's, cleaned up the living room, and much much more.

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I have also been busy making things for the wedding.

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In between all of that I did managed to find a little time to stitch for me. I even finished a small piece. Here is a picture from several different angles.

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I hope you are having a great day.

Hugs,

Sandy

Abigail's Surgery

I am asking for prayers for my baby cousin, see the letter below.

 

“From: Charlotte

Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:36 AM

Subject: Fw: Abigail's Surgery

 

 

Dear loved ones,

We learned today that Abigail's open heart surgery is scheduled for Thursday, May 7th.  While it is nice to finally have a date, I must say the emotions and thoughts are so overwhelming.  We will meet her surgeon on March 31st and he will give us all the specifics.

Abigail is otherwise healthy and doing great!  I've attached a picture of her eating rice cereal for the first time.  She loved it!  (Had to check those labels, though.  There's soy and dairy in everything!!)

Again, thank you for your continued prayers and encouragement.  We will keep everyone posted as things progress.

xo,
Andrea”

 Hugs,

Sandy 

My Webshot Photo's

My Picasa Photo's

Tracy's Christmas Present

Hey I finally found time to post this picture of the handbag that I knitted and felted for my lil' sister.

FW: Baby Abigail

Here is an update on my little cousin.  Thank you for the update Charlotte.

 

Hugs,

 

Sandy

 

--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Subject: Baby Abigail Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 9:24 PM Hello family, friends and loved ones! It is time for the latest update on little Miss Pearl. Let me begin by saying that Abigail is such an incredible blessing to our family. She is so much fun and brings incredible joy to our lives. I truly find it hard to now imagine our family without her in it. She is strong, healthy and beautiful. Yes, she remains my high maintenance girl with her little allergy and heart issues, but that's all worth having her with us. We had her "big" echo- cardiogram yesterday and nothing has changed. All her issues (holes, leaks, etc) remain the same. The goal now is to keep the valve from leaking any more than it currently does. The longer we put off surgery, the more time we allow for things to progress and cause more problems. Two atrial holes will need to be patched and there is  a suspicious area in her ventricular chamber that may also need to be patched. Her cardiologist is recommending that we have the valve repaired and the holes patched within the next month or so. Her case goes to the surgery review board on Monday and we should be getting a call next week with a surgery date. Just before we left, we were told it could be scheduled anytime in the next 1-3 months, depending upon available dates. We have known since before she was born that this was a possibility. While we have prayed for healing and that surgery would not be necessary, it seems that God isn't finished writing her story. Now, we put our trust in Him to guide the surgeons and physicians treating her and that He would use their talents to perform His healing. Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. We love you all so much and thank you for cheering on our sweet Pearl. I will be in touch with the details as they become available.

 

I need to be inspiration

I have been totally uninspired lately. I don't know what is wrong with me. Usually it seems that inspiration is almost overwhelming around here. I think that I need to find my passion again. I may have to hunt for a new angel to start. Usually, if I stitch an angel then that gets my blood flowing sorta speak. Hopefully, that will get me going again.

Y'all take care now ya hear.

Faith Cross Stitch WIP

Here is my update for Faith.

Christmas

Here is more Christmas pictures.  I thought if you are interested you might want to take a gander.

http://family.webshots.com/slideshow/569558786PlnHsf

Hugs,

 

Sandy

 

Blog: http://sandyscrossstitch.blogspot.com/

 

Hope this makes you smile as it did me...

      Give this heart 

to everyone you don't want to lose in '09 including me 

if you care.  Try to collect 12 it's not easy...

YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES TO TELL 6 FRIEND THAT YOU LOVE THEM (INCLUDING ME)

TOMORROW'S NOT PROMISED.  SO, I LOVE YOU!  GO!

Hugs

Christmas 2008

A slideshow of our Christmas celebration

Christmas 2008

Our 25th Wedding Anniversary

Here is a slideshow (if this works that is).

25th wedding anniversary

Happy New Year's Day!

2009 Here we are ready or not.

Let’s all start our new year with family and friends.

  Hugs ya'll

25 Year Anniversary

The last 25 years just seems like a dream.

It seems like yesterday that my babies were born and the day before when we married.

I know that cannot be right cause our oldest baby is planning her wedding.

Now our babies are old

enough to plan this wonderful 25th anniversary surprise party for us.

We had a few friends from

church and some family come to celebrate with us. Here are just a few pictures that were taken that night. I will be sharing more a bit later.

Baby Abigail

Charlotte thank you very much for the update and picture; I will continue to keep my little cousin in my thoughts and prayers.  As always, I am forwarding to my friends and church.  Special hugs to you and everyone in Abigail’s life.

Hugs,

Sandy

Hello to all!  As Christmas approaches and the year comes to an end, I wanted to update you all on Abigail's status.   She has done fantastic with her heart condition. She remains healthy and strong and has had no complications, so far. As it stands, we may still be looking at surgery sometime during the summer. With the mercy God has shown already, don't be surprised when we're told surgery is no longer necessary! That's the hope we're clinging to! More recently, we have suspected food allergy in Abigail. Because she is breastfed, it is very difficult to determine the culprit. After removing all dairy and soy products from my diet, her symptoms have not improved. We were referred to a gastrointestinal specialist who admitted us to Texas Children's Hospital for observation and testing. She has now been diagnosed with severe allergic colitis. Her colon is in pretty bad shape. She has multiple ulcers and bleeding. The doctor said it is one of the worst cases he has seen in a long time.  Of course, as her mommy, this just breaks my  heart. I told the doctors I wanted to do whatever would be best for her. Breast milk is usually best, but with the allergy source unknown and the damage so bad, he wants her to get healing immediately. So, he has recommended Neocate formula. This is an Amino Acid formula, manufactured in the UK....and yes, it is 6x the price of regular infant formula!!! It is available only online and Texas does not participate in the legislated insurance reimbursement plan for the formula. You can imagine our shock! But, this is our special little Pearl. The Lord has taken such good care of her and all of our needs. We are so incredibly blessed. We will  continue to trust in Him. Abigail is back at home smiling, gurgling and cooing! We would however, greatly appreciate your prayers as Abigail and I make the transition to this special formula. It won't be easy, but it will speed the healing of her tummy! This past year has created an amazing new chapter for our family. Samantha has  been able to experience the joy that only a sister can bring. Doug and I have been fortunate to experience parenthood with more maturity and we all have learned to look outside of ourselves and our own understanding and wait patiently on the Lord. We have been humbled by the outpouring of love and support you have all given. Your prayers, thoughts, reassuring words and actions have blessed us forever. May you reflect on the blessings of 2008 and rejoice for those to come in 2009!! Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! xoxo, Andrea (Doug, Samantha and Pearlie, too!)  She was such a brave girl!!!