The Daley News

That's a octopus!

2010-03-09T19:45:00.000-08:00

I was showing my mom when she was over some of the papers that I had saved from Katch's school-We were looking at one where we had to trace the shapes and Katch was telling us what all the shapes were and we got to the octagon and he said " that''s an octopus" !

Snow Days

2010-01-31T17:30:00.000-08:00

This was his "magic stick" - Kept it in his pocket and looked for in his coat the next day-

Painting 6

Painting 5

Painting 4

Painting 3

Painting 2

painting #1

Wanted to post some pics from our snow days! katch and I haven't left the house since since Thursday afternoon and we have had so much fun!! I did a few more snow days with my baby!

Remember the 10

2010-01-27T18:58:00.000-08:00

Today was another hard day! It always is. January 27, 2001- Two very special people took a little piece of my heart 9 years ago today and I only pray that they know how very special they were to me. I could never describe in words what they meant to me. Can't believe it's been 9 years, it seems like yesterday. I remember thinking I am going to wake-up and the whole thing would be just a nightmare. It's still so unbelievable-and that's exactly what Jared would say- "That's unbelieveable" I think about Pat and Jared and the rest of the 10 often and really how unbelieveable it was. What they were doing- did they now what was happening, was it fast, did they feel any pain, etc. That's hard for me to think about- probably for anyone to think about.

We had some great times and some great memories! Jared and Pat would have been great at whatever they did!

I remember at the big memorial service-it was one of the first times I heard that song- (not sure of the title ) that goes "will I dance for you Jesus or to my knees will I fall"- and I remember thinking I hoped that they were dancing a good one! And every time I hear that song- I think of that moment- and of them. I miss them trememndously! They were so awesome!

I posted on my facebook today that I was remembering two very special angels and remembering some great times. I miss their smiles and love them always! And I can't wait to see them again- they are getting a HUGE hug!

This is another day, when you are reminded that Life is short- Hold tight to the ones you love and make sure they know it!

We will never forget- Remember the 10-

Lots of thoughts

2010-01-24T17:53:00.000-08:00

So I went back and read my last post and realized that I had alot of typos. Sorry about that! My head is thinking a little clearer now so hopefully I can have no typos!

First off-random question. Because I am somewhat new to blogging and don't spend alot of time on here other than reading, how do become a "follower"? I know silly question but I need to know so I can start "following"

So here's a cute story for you-

CJ and I were going to a dinner for his work and Miss Sara was coming to babysit this past Thursday. As I was getting ready Katch came into our room and said " I need to get ready for Sara, so I need to look good. I need some spikey hair and some smell good." So Sara came and she actually took him to the Bristles house to play. She said it toook him 10 minutes to decide which pajamas to wear for Addie! Then when he gets there, Addie runs to her room and puts on her princess dress and then asks her mommie for a neckalace for Katch. She then comes back to say "Katch said I was beautiful" How old are they? Too Cute-

So reading my post about losing our baby I realized that I talked about that it was just another thing to add to my "list." And then the next night our lesson in d-groups was about not making everything about us and why things happen to us and in a way -adding things to our list- And that is what I have been doing for the past year. So I am trying to change my attitude-
I also said something about having my ultrasound on the last day of the year and how ironic that was -because for the last few months all I kept thinking about and praying about was that I just needed to make it to the end of the year. That I was just so ready for it to be over. And as silly as it was I felt like a change in a number would mean changes in my attitude. I was waiting for the storms to pass not just for me but for the people around me. I know that really they never will- (Just sometimes it would be nice to have a break from the storms. )

I am trying to hold onto that life isn't about waiting for those storms to pass but learning about
dancing in the rain. And my realtionship with my heavenly father is not about me and my "list".

For all of my friends who have suffered heart ache this past year, know that I have prayed for you, cried for you and ached for you. I pray for only blessings for all of us this year and that when life does bring us those storms (and it will)that we will learn to hold each others hands and dance in the rain!

On a happier note

2010-01-20T15:04:00.000-08:00

On a happier note- you can check out my picture and the article in oklahoma magizine- I think you will have to scroll through the pages until you get to my pic!'

I was also featured on 918moms.com as the "mom on the move" last week!

http://okmag.com/online/January10.html

My Dad

2010-01-20T14:59:00.000-08:00

So as I was already feeling sad yesterday morning, when I got a call from my mom saying that she had taken my dad to the emergency room the night before with chest pain. She called me a couple hours later to tell me that it had been a heart attack. He had his cath, and they found several blockages one at 99% so theywent ahead and put in a stent. There were several other blockages along with some aneurisms which they are watching today. There was damage to the heart and indications that somehthing will happen again in the future. He was doing good when we went and saw him last night.
So if remember and can say a prayer for him that would be awesome! His name is Loran and he is in Stillwater medical center!

Our gift

2010-01-20T14:15:00.000-08:00

So after reading a dear friends blog last night and finding out that she was going through the same thing I am right now, I felt like it is time to share some news with all my dear friends, I don't blog very much because I feel silly sometimes but after reading other peoples, I know how healing they can be sometimes for the people reading them.
So here you go..
This past Christmas, CJ and I had the best present ever to give our families! You probably guessed it - we were pregnant! I took a pregnancy test (actually three and one blood test from the doctor) almost two weeks before Christmas and they were positive. It was the longest countdown until Christmas ever and I was so excited to give my present to our families. Had it all planned out in my head. When we found out we were pregnant with Katch, I sent all of your family a pink and blue balloon to be delivered to them and with the balloons was a card that said this.

Pink or Blue, which will it be
Congratulations Grandma (grandma aunt, etc.) to be

So I was going to put a pink and blue balloon in a box. In my families I was going to add a poem because that has been the trend with my family this year (my mom sent us a poem when they bought their new house, when they told us the location of their house and when my dad retired) So I made up a poem for them.

It was
a wedding, a new house, retirement for dad
what other news could anyone possibly add
well place your bets now on what it will be
because come August 15th, our family will no longer be three!

Well, without going into major details, I had been bleeding, gone to the doctor, did some blood work and scheduled my first ultrasound for December 31st. I thought how ironic it was that my ultrasound was scheduled on the last day of the year - Deep down Ihad a feeling that wasn't a good sign and I tried not to give it a second thought. (I will explain more another day.)
So on Christmas Eve, I was having horrible cramps and was bleeding alot! I think I knew what was happening but was in denial. Everytime I went to the bathroom, I had to stay awhile and cry to myself. How could this be happening and then I was thinking oh well just another thing to add to my "list" and then I kept asking God, that if I was miscarrying couldn't it wait until after Christmas. But it didn't wait. We still told our parents but instead of inflated balloons they got deflated balloons and I told them what I thought was going on.

I called my doctor on Monday morning and they told me to just keep my appointment on the 31st. So instead of getting to see our baby on the 31st and hearing the heartbeat, we saw an empty uterus.
I guess I feel like that sometimes sharing your story, is not only healing for yourself but for those who read it.
Yes, I know everything happens for a reason and people will tell me, it's Gods way of saying something was wrong with the baby. Which I understand but I don't. Because that is not always the case-most of you reading this know my best friend in the whole world and the loss of her baby-so I am struggling with that thought.

I wanted to blog and let you guys know what was going on because most of you don't know and it's not something that you just bring up in a conversation. It's also hard to open my heart in face to face conversations so I think if I start blogging my thoughts and feelings maybe I will start to heal (not just from this but alot of other things)

Catch up..

2009-09-03T18:54:00.000-07:00

Okay so not really--I just typed a long post and somehow it got erased so we will play catch up the next time. But sometimes you need something mindless and fun to do so you know that thing that was going around in facebook about the 25 tings you don't know about me. Well here you go....hope you learn something new and interesting

1. I have been to almost all 50 states (including almost every battlefield and national park) and I can count on my hand how many times I have been an airplane.
2. I learned to drive on a dirt road in a OSU orange pick-up that had three gears! Thanks grandpa - you always were the best - I love you and I miss you.
3. My senior year in college was one of the worst and best years of my life---Planned rush week (if you are Greek - you know it is one of the biggest events you do next to homecoming, which I was homecoming chair that year but stepped down),planned a wedding, worked, lost my grandpa (who I adored!), got married, lost two of my very close friends in a plane crash - R.I.P. - Jared and Pat and the other 8 men in the plane and of course went to school among other things.
4. I still to this day have to ride my brakes down a hill on my bike while everyone else flies passed me because of a bike wreck in Kindergarten which ended with me getting about 25 stitches in my head.
5. Speaking of biking, I did my first century bike ride (100 miles) at the biggest bike ride in the country "hotter than hell hundred" and found out the next week that I was pregnant!
6. I have one tattoo on my ankle and got it after telling myself if I ran a marathon I would get one and I did.
7. I am kind of a farm girl- showed sheep for several years (my dad even got us all hats that said JLZ sheep farms for Christmas one year) and I always wanted to show a steer but my dad would never buy me one.
8. speaking of JLZ, me, my brother and my sister all had the same initials.
9. I once told my brother to pull the fire alarm in a mall while we were on vacation and he did it!
10.I was a dancer for about 19 years.
11. I was one the top crop judging team in the state - I knew all the crops and their seeds.
12. One of my biggest fears is getting my teeth knocked out or losing them.
13. One of my biggest pet peeves is you are talking to someone on the phone or visiting with them and they are talking on the phone to someone else.
14. Another pet peeve, is when people tell you about something at the last minute when they knew it was going to happen and they don't tell you.
15, I had a crush on CJ way before we ever talked.
16.

okay I will finish the rest later

Wedding bouquet

2009-07-11T18:14:00.000-07:00

My baby sis called me one day, stressing about her wedding and told me about a bad dream she had. She said that as she was getting ready to walk down the aisle and they handed her a bouquet that was wrapped in halloween ribbon and had orange feathers sticking out of it. So I sent her a bouquet that day to work and tried to get it as close what she described as I could. This was the final result.

Me and my baby sister

Katch's Surgery

2009-07-11T14:59:00.000-07:00

Gave me the best smile he could!

Got to ride in a wagon out of the hospital.

After the surgery was over.

Katch getting his super powers!

Katch had to have a crown put on a tooth that wasn't formed right. We debated whether or not to have the surgery since he had to be put under but we went ahead and did it. I am glad we decided to do it because they said the tooth had already gotten worse.

My hats off to all the mom's who had to take their babies in for surgeries. This was a very minor proceudre and I was still very nervous. I am so blessed that I have had a healthy baby from day one because I didn't like this at all.

Two Peas in A Pod

2009-07-11T14:51:00.000-07:00

Katch and our next door neighbor-Emma- They are two peas in a pod-have to everything the same and together

Fathers Day

2009-07-11T14:49:00.000-07:00

katch made CJ a hat at school for Father's Day

Summer Fun

2009-07-11T09:30:00.000-07:00

Katch and his new slip and slide!

Vacation

2009-06-14T11:26:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our Orlando vacation the first week of June. My mom and my sister also joined us.

Aunt Jillianne and Katch at downtown Disney

CJ and I at Rainforest Cafe.

Since one of Katch's obsessions is motorcycles I couldn't resist letting him sit on a Harley.

After a very wet day at Universal's Island of Adventure we stopped at Jimmy Buffet's

Islands of Adventure before all the rain. Did get to take my sister on one roller coaster-the Hulk which is in the background. We were in line to ride another roller coaster-the Dueling dragons- which is awseome too- when the second storm came through and they shut the ride down.

Second day at the beach-Daytona this time and Katch finally got his feet in the water-I don't know where he gets not liking the water from-

While we were sea shell hunting-my sister found a whole clam-after smelling up the car we decided to get rid of it-

Katch would play so hard and then crash-This was the second time he fell asleep at a meal.

CJ and Katch at Cocoa beach

Hard day at the beach- asleep at dinner!

My birthday

2009-06-14T11:04:00.001-07:00

My birthday dinner!

My "bestie" Michelle

D-group

Cj with the help of my sister surprised me with a birthday party! Most of the pictures were taken with other peoples cameras but here are a few I have on my computer.

Katch's Birthday

2009-06-13T06:01:00.000-07:00

Birthday Dinner at Fox and Hound-We asked Katch what he wanted for dinner and he told us salad- We ordered him some chicken- I think he ate one piece and then ate CJ's salad. He really wanted salad!

Birthday snack at school.

Katch is sitting next to Brady-his best buddy and sometimes Brady is his cousin. They have been inseperable since they were in the baby room together.

Katch's birthday Cake turned out so cute!!

We had his party at Pump It Up and had a blast!

One of my flags

2009-05-18T19:29:00.000-07:00

A very wise doctor once said that we carry "flags" and if we don't we should. For some of us we carry many flags-and we carry them in different places-our families, our friends, etc..One of the main reasons I started this blog was to share stories of my journey as I carry my flag for injustice-(I wanted to add sites that I like especially for this cause but until I can figure out how to add them under the sites I like section I will just put some of them here)

www.isanctuary.org-a website devoted to survivors of injustice-specifically sex trafficking-the coolest thing is that you can buy jewelry made by survivors. I have ordered some stuff from this website and love it,

www.madebysurvivors.com this is another website where you can by handmade stuff-haven't ordered anything yet but I plan on it - I will let you know when I do

www.ijm.org International Justice Mission - all I can say about this organization is WOW!!! I f you haven't heard of it-you should check it out-

SO far I have read "Just Courage" written by the founder of IJM-Gary Haugen -I have also started "Terrify No More" by Gary and also ordered at the same time "Good News about Injustice"-I have had a hard time starting them-most of the time when I want to read I want to read something happy- And these are not- It is hard for me to sit in my house and think about what millions of people are going through-Any type of slavery -We talk about and teach are kids in school that we have abolished slavery-when it is very much alive-even in the United States - there was just an article in Feb. published about the FBI arresting over 500 people in a sex trafficiking operation here in the United States
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There you go-one of my "flags"-I will continue to share more

Daddy's Helper

2009-05-17T19:36:00.001-07:00

Helping Daddy in the yard!

Why he wanted to wear a stocking cap - I have no idea-He just looks too cute in it!

He was going to work with Daddy so he needed to wear his "work gloves".

Katch singing

2009-05-17T17:42:00.000-07:00

Katch singing one two buckle my shoe

Katch's Birthday

2009-05-07T15:27:00.000-07:00

So I can't beleive that my Babycakes is going to be 3 tomorrow and the fact that I am 30 today! I really don't feel that old. My how time flies- I have heard that your 30's are better than your 20's-if so I can't wait to see what is in store-My 20's brought me the two loves of my life-some of my very best friends and has brought me closer to my heavenly father-the third love of my life-

I wanted to share with in this blog that I have been working on this scrapbook for Katch called the ABC book-representing some of the things in his life the past year-they are things that I never want to forget and I want him to know someday- I don't have something for every letter yet but I wanted to share what I have so far-

A -is for "Addie"
B is for his "best buddy Brady"
C is for "Child of God"
D is for I hurt my "dinger"
E is for "Emma"
F is for "firetrucks"
G is for "guitar"
H is for"I wanna Hold you"
I is for I love you beary much
J is for "Jesus" loves you
K
L
M is for Mickey Mouse House
n
O is for outside
P is for "Papa's " Jeep
Q
R
S is for "Shrek"
T is for Katch's truck
U
V
W
X
Y is for"You're not my friend"
Z

When I have them all figured out- I will share the rest!

All Birthday Picture Proofs

2009-04-28T19:59:00.001-07:00

You can view all of Katch's birthday pictures at http://www.quinciescreations.com/ -password Daley under the proofing section.

Katch's Birthday/Easter Pictures

2009-04-27T19:10:00.000-07:00

The lady that did Katch's birthday pictures has come of them posted on her blog and they are super cute. I can't wait to see the rest of them. Check them out at http://quinciescreations.blogspot.com/. There are some of me and him together because we have taken birthday pictures together every year! Since we almost share the same birthday!

Hope you enjoy!

First Blog

2009-04-25T19:22:00.001-07:00

I have a blog! My first post and I just want to see how it looks!