TREMORS!
Well, I guess it officially takes a natural phenomenon for me to post on our blog nowadays! For those who don't live nearby and didn't feel the tremors, the midwest experience a 5.2 earthquake at about 4:30 this morning. The epicenter of the quake was about 120 miles east of our location and, yes, it literally shook me out of my sleep! As I lay there a snoozin' I was suddenly awakened by a very loud rumble. I jumped out of bed, checked the crib-- Sadie was fine. Next I ran to William's room thinking maybe he woke up early and may have knocked something over. Sure enough it wasn't my two-year-old rocking the house!! My mom, also startled by the event, ran to William's room, too! After about 15-20 seconds or so it was over. That's when my mom and I said to each other, "Do you think that was an earthquake?" And, sure it enough, it was! Thankfully each of my babies were just fine, but needless to say everyone was awake and stayed that way! Oh well, I guess that means early naps for all of us today! Thank you for your protection, Lord!
GOING PRIVATE
Now about my 'blogging procrastination'. Lately I've been toying with whether or not to make our family blog private. While I love making new friends and the idea of knowing that an old friend/acquaintance could happen upon our blog-- we've decided to go private, at least for the next year as we are overseas. My friends and dear readers, there is so much more I want to share about our lives that at this time and, for good reasons, I just can't. So, if you'd like to join us on our overseas adventure--and we'd LOVE it if you would-- PLEASE e-mail me at jamie@thefrenchfamily.org or leave a comment. If you do, I'll be sure to send you a personal invitation. It doesn't matter if we're old or new friends, Internet buddies, or you've read our blog and never left a comment--it doesn't matter-- just drop me a line and I'll add you to 'the list'. We'd love to have your join us and look forward to hearing from you! And, by the way, I promise I'll update more frequently! :)
HAVE YOU EVER GOOGLED...
Before I go, a quick question: Have you ever had to google this ? Well, I did this past week after William woke up from his nap looking like this:
Yes, Will had found a container of Vaseline and rubbed it in his hair. After a good laugh and a photo shoot, I realized that getting this jelly out of his hair wasn't going to be a piece of cake. After looking at this site, I was a little depressed! Needless to say, after rubbing a good bit of baby oil in his hair (I know it sounds crazy!)...
Three washings with Dawn dishwashing soap (he loved this part)...
And an ice cream sandwich...
William's hair was Vaseline-free and as soft as I can remember. Shoo! Never a dull moment! I hope you never experience this, but if you do I hope this helps!
I'll leave you with some other recent pics-- Enjoy! And again, PLEASE join us as we go private! Just leave a comment or e-mail me at jamie@thefrenchfamily.org As a fantastic blogger once said (Rachel!), your comments are like Christmas morning to me! It's true!! :):)
Love in Christ,
Jamie
America's next...
American Idol!?!
I don't know...it looks like we have some competition!
Yep, better start reaching for those high notes!
Checking out elephants at the zoo!
Sweet One-Sock Sadie!
Have a great day everyone!
OH MY! Just as I was about to post this...another small quake! CRAZY!!! I think that's my cue!
7 comments:
Thanks for blogging. Your little sis/aunt katie loves to read it everyday at work. I'm one of the people that check your blog all the time. Its great to see whats going with my neice and nephew. We are going to miss you very much when you head out to Korea. I am going to treasure every moment while you are all here. You guys are the greatest. I love you guys very much.
Love,
Aunt Katie/ little sis
Awww! Thanks for the sweet comment, Katie! Seriously. YOU ARE THE BEST! We are going to miss our time with you, too. Who else am I going to bust a gut laughing about spilled soda and a backpack with...uh, well you know!?! lol
Love you!!
Your photos made me laugh. I am an American Idol fan myself. However, I would not dare to try singing along. So maybe the Vaseline thing was William just trying to find his idol look? Please include us in your private blog. I love to catch up this way.
Ha! Vicki, I think you may be on to something. Will definitely had a 'rocker' look going during his Vaseline experience. Although, if Will wants to find his idol style again, I hope it's with hair gel-- at least that washes out with regular shampoo! :):)
Take care and I'll most certainly send you an invite to the new blog! As you know, I enjoy catching up with yours, too-- especially one of your most recent posts that focused on an everyday magical moment!
Hey girl! Wow - earthquakes huh? Between you and Vicki you all make me miss LA something fierce! :-) Please please include us in your "private invitation" list! We love hearing about you!
That's funny - just tonight we were reminiscing about our kids' antics when they were toddlers - Caleb got into a tub of Crisco, Clarissa got into suntan lotion, etc. Good job getting photos, mom!
Love you!
Sally-
Of course you're in, girlfriend! Thanks for your interest. I'll have to keep Clarissa's story in mind as summer is just around the corner! :)
Hope you're dong well!
Jamie! I miss you so much ... and so does everyone at News 14! I hope you are doing well in Korea! I'm so glad to see that your home sold so fast! You are right, God is so good! Much love from good old NC! Hopefully we will meet up at a base soon :)
Love,
Corey
If you get a chance, drop me a line at c_coop@hotmail.com
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