Happens of the past week

We did have Molly this past week but for some reason I didn't get any pictures. She is cooing and smiling so cute. Sweet baby girl we all just love her.
Audy is quite proud of his tulips. This is the first year they have all bloomed together. We are having such a beautiful spring

Another rainy weekend!! James had drill this past weekend and we wanted to do something fun with the kids. We met at the bowling alley and were going to go bowling. Katie and Audy went in to checkout the "smoke" and she said, it was AWFUL. We have to keep an eye on that because of Dawson's asthma. Well the skating rink was right next door so we went in to check it out. From 10 a.m. until noon is "kids music" and there was another mom and little girl and a group of skaters and just us. I knew better than try to roller skate when I am having trouble with my knee so we sort of cheated;-)

Bryson and Jessalyn were like Bambi at first. Them long legs just didn't know what direction to go. Didn't take them long to get and idea.


Katie was too funny...it had been years since she had been on skates!

Jessalyn had enough about an hour later so we put her skates on Dawson! He'll have it mastered before those two do!

Isn't he adorable in his CARS shirt and shoes!!

Last weekend the weather was yucky so we went and picked up the kids and took them to Mickey D's for play and ice cream. There were a couple of big boys playing with Bryson and all of a sudden we heard the racket up in the play area and looked up and Dawson had the boy "pinned" to the ground with a huge smile. I was laughing so hard trying to tell Dawson to let the boy up! Then having to apolgize to the boy because that is the way his daddy plays rough house with them. The boy was so sweet and saw it funny..phew!

Molly and the Doctor

Today Molly had her 2month checkup with our family doctor. We all go to the same doctor whom we just love. Anyways, Molly and I had a little time today and ended it with meeting mommy at the doctors office. I went in Skip's place (lucky guy) and it was NOT fun. The checkup was good. She weighs in 10#1oz. 22"long. She has her mommy's sensitive skin so she has a few patches there and there. Doc wasn't too worried about it. Anyways after the nurse left the 3 of us, Molly butt naked with mommy holding her with a receiving blanket around her the next thing we noticed Molly was "peeing" yep no diaper and all over mommy. Jessica and I had the biggest laugh while Molly is looking at us like "are you nuts". We got her cleaned up as well as mommy and Doc came in. After the good report two nurses came in with 5 syringes for her shots. Jessica held her up by her head and the two nurses counted to three and shot her! Oh my heart broke as I saw them tears come out of those eyes and the scream. It took between Jess and I almost 20 minutes to get her calmed down.
We are so thankful she is handling her acid reflex quite well and doc figures by the time she is sitting up it will be behind her. Doc thinks she is the cutest thing ever, and so do I!

Please pray for Skip. About a year and half ago Skip began to have some back problems. They got worse throughout the year and Christmas 06 he was down with his back for several weeks. Just last night he shared with us that he was having some more problems especially with his toes and leg going numb. It hasn't helped matters that he has slept on the couch because Molly is asleep in her boppy in the corner of sectional. I told him last night, honey you need not to sleep on the couch anymore! Well this morning his back gave out on him. Jessica had to take him to the doctor for 2 shots and doc ordered him a MRI for Friday. He will have the results on Monday.

We took a meal over to Andrew and Melissa's house yesterday afternoon. What was nice is I got to see Claire as well. She is growing up and I can't believe she is 7 months already. Solona is doing really good. She went to the doctor on Monday and her weight was up a little 4#140z and the doctor was pleased. She is still struggling with her nursing but everyday is a better day. Mel looked so wonderful and happy being a mommy.
From there we went to see Molly. Boy was she heavy after holding Lani. She is doing so much better each day. Mommy has her on a schedule now that she knows her needs and she is adapting to it very well. Of course Papa and Nana messed it up a little yesterday.
We got to visit with Skip when he came in from work. It looks like he is up for a department transfer. For those of you that don't know it but Skip works for Greenville Newspaper in Marketing and Advertisising. He has been in retail for about 4 years and is ready for a break. This deptartment handles the automotive sales ads.
Jessica will begin working in about 2 weeks from home. She is a wise girl said, she will believe it when she signs the dotted line! The company that she left when she had Molly, New Home Finders has cut back through out the USA but the magazine Senior Living is doing well and that is the magazine she'll be working on. It is about 20 hours a week.
Audy is doing well with his job. We thank the Lord each day for the job. It's about 75%less stress than the other job he had for years. It looks like he might be working all weekend because they have a large amount of mail expected in. The overtime will be used wisely. We have several projects we are working on and it will be nice to get them done.
My job with Books Are Fun is spread out this spring. It is not as busy as it is in the fall. That is fine with me! For the next 3 days I will be in Spartenburg at the Regional hospital. It's busy there but more like steady.
Katie and her family is doing well. She is busy with her homeschooling and trying to keep Bryson on schedule to be finished with school June 1. She still amazes me how she juggles it all. She will be schooling Jessalyn for kindergarten in the fall.
We are really proud of her for the good job she is doing it shows!
Well that catches you up with the family....

I'd like you to meet Mia Solona Sims Kohler

Andrew and Melissa are now the parents of a beautiful little girl. Mia Solona (this means my sunshine) was 5#7oz. They came home from the hospital this afternoon.
Dave and Rhonda are half way caught up with us now! Claire is now 7mo. old.

Our Families Easter Saturday

I never take it for granted that our children have decided to raise their families in Greenville, South Carolina, we count our blessings! We have alot of family get togethers throughout the year but this was our first real event with Molly. Her first Easter. Along with the other 3 children she will growup knowing that Jesus loves her and died on the cross for her as HE has for all of us. We PRAISE God HE HAS RISEN and will return for us someday. We are proud of our children and the paths they have chosen to raise their children for the Lord. Neither of them are perfect by any means but their hearts are headed in the right direction. My heart sings with joy when I think about their soulmates they have chosen. When we met James they were teenagers and now in their mid thrities ;-) and Jessica came into our lives as a teenager as well and now her and Skip are in their late and mid twenties. It's been such a privledge to watch them all growup together and now parents themselves.

A "TRUE PADILLA PORTRAIT" I would put the one of Skip and Jess on here but Jessica would ring my neck....sorry maybe next time around!

The Padilla's were trying to get some decent shots of the kids and this was about the best they could do!

These 4 children are our sunshine! We could be living a very boring life without their imput in life! We praise God everyday for them.

Molly loves Jessalyn and Dawson because they will sit there and talk to her She gave them a few smiles.


I got this "real" USARMY issued hamick for James and as you can see he has put it to good use.

Molly's first time in a dress....she was so sweet and cute

Instead of filling the kids up with candy I bought them what they would enjoy having. Bryson and new bionical figure, Jessalyn a double feature of The Little Princess and The Secret Garden, Dawson a Thomas Train DVD and CARS shirt, Molly a Baby Einsten CD

FIRST DAY OF SPRING

Well "according" to the calander winter is behind us and spring is here. I said, I'd take some pictures but that won't happen until probably tomorrow or Saturday. We have had some stormy weather.
Audy has been getting off an hour earlier each day. The mail run has been slow. One of the workers said that they usually have a slow period and then boom the mail takes them into the weekend. So we have decided to just enjoy the extra time.
I have taken up spring cleaning. I started in one room and moving to the second one this morning. I figure better now than later because something always hinders my good intentions.
After much thought and prayer I have resigned from American Greetings. With the gas prices it wasn't really cost effective. I took the job before the prices went over 3.00 gal. I will keep my other job with Books Are Fun for now.
Well today the Sims will be grandparents again. Melissa is scheduled for C-section at 2p.m. this afternoon. We are going down to the hospital this afternoon so maybe I will have some pictures to post. Her name is Mia Solona (my sunshine) "LANI" is what they will call her.

Here it is Sunday night and I am so thankful to have the week behind me. The hightlight of the week was yesterday. I had already planned on watching Molly for most of the day and evening as Skip and Jessica prepared a couples baby shower for her sister last night. Katie called me that morning and said, Jessalyn wanted to come over to Nana's house and didn't want to run errands with them. So I had my two girls and we had such a fun time. When Papa came home from work (overtime!!) they played a couple of games while I fed Molly.
Molly is getting so big. She has started smiling and cute as a button. She is coming over tomorrow so I will post some pictures then. I also want to post some pictures showing you spring has come to Greenville. The pear and cherry trees are in full bloom. So there is pink and white everywhere. As always in March, it's WINDY. I am sure you heard about the tornado that touched down in Altanta!!
Let me tell you a testimony that was told in Sunday School this morning. There was this husband and wife that were downtown Atlanta taking in some sightseeing when they came upon these two little boys offering to shine your shoes for a small price. They felt lead to give these little boys some money and a tract when it started pouring hail. They ran for shelter in this 3x6 space (exit entrance and couldn't get into the building) and found the two little boys joined them. While in the shelter they heard "the truck noise" (tornado touching down). The man wrapped his coat around the four of them to shelter them from the storm. When it was all over he turned around and right behind him the area was covered with metal and debris. It gives me the chills writing this story. Isn't it awesome how God takes care of us and shelters us in time of a storm. What an awesome God we have!

IT'S MONDAY!

I am back from the beach after a wonderful weekend with some girl friends. We ALL had the same thought in mind, TO DO NOTHING and that is exactly what we did. On the drive Friday there it was horrible. Rained and flooded. We took the chance and went to see the house they are renting (right next door to ours) in Sept. It was one of those WOW houses! The hallway on the first floor (which is actually the second floor because the houses sit up on huge stakes due to the ocean) is wide and long enough to have a bowling game!! It has 3 stories and on the top floor is a huge game room with a pool table. They do need that much room with their 5 families. There will be alot of foot traffic between houses!!!
The hour ahead was an adjustment wasn't it! We didn't get home until after 7pm and of course Nana had to go see Molly! I am so amazed she is a total different baby. Mommy and daddy looked so rested and so excited about some new things she is doing for them. She did smile for me too. I will be going over to Katie's later on and see my other munchkins before I have to go to Spartenburg for an Event at the Deaf and Blind School.

NANA'S LITTLE LOVE BUG

Molly is feeling so much better since they got her on Zantac twice a day. I went over when I got done with work and we had some Molly and Nana time. Mom and Dad needed a good nap so we took a ride over to see Auntie Rhonda. It was nice to get together as we hardly ever see each other these days. With 5 grandchildren and one on her way between us we are very busy grandma's.

MARCH

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET TO DO ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MARCH. SORRY MY SNOW FRIENDS!

BACK TO THE BOOKS!

Yesterday I began my first day back to Books Are Fun. It was TORTURE! Seeing all the new things and knowing the budget is tight! Oh well, in time I can buy again.
My boss Gaye gave me my schedule for March and we are going to alot of new places I hadn't been before so it shall be even more fun, new places and new people.
I had a text message from Skip after Molly's doctors appt. and doc gave her some zantac for acid reflex. Skip said, she was horribly fussy so I said, I would be over as soon as I finished work. When we had talked earlier in the day I told him to put her in their snugglie (front pack) and keep her close to you for a few days. When I got there they were moving furniture and Molly was in her snugglie up against mommy. She had already had a dose of her med's and she looked so peaceful. The whole time we were there she slept better than ever. Skip jokely said, please mom and dad stay the night and sleep on the couch! She is so good for her Nana. I texted him this a.m. and haven't heard back from him but I am sure they had a better night! So just maybe this med will give her some relief.
Today I am OFF and for the first time in weeks I have no place to go! I must admitt I am a little sore after packing up the books yesterday. Give me a few more times and it'll be better. I am doing American Greetings tomorrow and only have a few hours this week with them.
I am getting away this weekend (providing Molly is doing better). My friend Diane invited me to go to Mrytle Beach for the weekend with her mom and sister for a Girls Weekend. A friend of hers from work offered her a condo free of charge for the week but she didn't have the time to take off for a week so how about a weekend. Audy found out he has to work this weekend anyways. Skip was a little paniced when he found out I was going to be gone AND Katie and the kids are going to North Carolina for the weekend......he will have to keep Papa busy with Molly if he needs some extra arms.

MOLLY

You moms out there please pray for Skip and Jessica. Molly has had a case of severe colic and they have tried everything. They decided to take her to the doctor this a.m. and haven't heard back from them. I honestly think doc is going to tell them, to be patient and it will get better. I went and got her yesterday for the day so that Jess could get some things done and get a nap in. She was good for me and had her fussy periods but over all she was good. I did find that if I put her on her tummy after burping her real good she sleep much better. Jess has done alot of research on her formula and etc...I think it'll work but will take a few more days. They are such good parents and want to know what Molly is trying to tell them.

GREENVILLE NEWS

When Audy got his new job after being laid off for 2 1/2 months we knew we would have to look into another car for him. He works about 20 minutes away instead of 10 min. as before. Our faithful blue neon has way over 100,000 miles on it and Audy has been babying the clutch for several years, making it last. We knew we would have to come up with some dependable transportation. We also knew after being laid off and our savings crunched we weren't in a position to pay too much for a used car. We began to pray about it and one day Skip said, "dad they are auctioning off a 1995 Ford Escort Wagon at work. It has 80,000 miles and only been used around town and one person driver". They went and looked at it and it was in really good condition. The back seat looked brand new! So he put a bid in for 1250.00 and guess what......yep he got it. We are very thankful for God's blessing. He is getting ready to make some phone calls about hauling is faithful neon away and from what we understand he will get 500.00 for it. With that we will put it towards a new break job and etc...on the Ford. So now our neighbors think he works for GREENVILLE NEWS.

From Play Dough to a Jungle Baby

Isn't she getting big! We had so much fun with her. She gives the sweetest smiles for her Nana.

We got to spend time with Molly on Friday evening while mommy and daddy attended a birthday party. This is how we found Molly under a jungle gym.
She is getting so big. She was 3 weeks old that Friday.

PLAY DOUGH

After his nap while the kids and I were playing play dough he curled up with his Papa

When we began to play this is the "BEFORE" picture

Bryson is working hard on his project

Can you guess the character she is dressed up for?

Snow White! The apple is from the wicked Step Mom

Bryson created Larry and Bob from Veggie Tales.

OIL CHANGE

I am sitting in the "Customer Service Lobby" at Toyota waiting for them to change the oil. Behind me is old fashion popcorn popping, coffee, big flat screen TV AND comptures lined up with internet! You guessed where I am sitting, at the computer. Getting your oil changed has come along ways! Today Katie is doing her Dolia trainning. For those of you who don't know what a "Dolia" is, it's the old fashion word from our days called a "labor coach". Helping the birthing mom concentrate on her wonderful pains of birthing a baby. It's an all day course today and tomorrow. So the boys and I took Jessalyn to school and they are with me watching a cartoon.
I went to Skip's client yesterday about some new hearing aids. She was so sweet and so helpful. When she did the hearing test she was so amazed with how I could hear with barely any hearing in each ear! I told her sometimes I wonder too! Skip had been telling her about me for about 3 years and she kept encouraging me to come and see her. I have had such bad experiences with them hearing aid shops that I have ordered from a company by mail for about 15 years. Both of my hearing aids are much needed to be replaced so we thought we would be fair and give her a try. The first thing I noticed was, her office was bare nesseity. I am not against having a nice office and all but not at my expense! Hearing aids are very very pricey. Her business is to reach the local community with the best prices of the same hearing aid you get on the other side of town for thousands and I mean THOUSANDS of dollars MORE! We immediently had a "connection.....see what we come up with next week. The one thing that thrilled my heart was how much she loved Skip! She couldn't praise him enough for his hard work! Good job Skippy!
We got a "help" call from Skip as we were leaving, Jessica locked herself out of the house so her and Molly were stuck in the van. I happen to have a spare key so Papa and Nana came to the rescue....do you think we minded!! We had some sweet Molly time.

Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)

This morning I woke up with my heart very heavy. I am forever reminded of my weakness in "dwelling" upon the things that are heavy on my heart and not taking them to the Lord. As I began to pray about those things God reminded me of one of my favorite verses.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

I am thankful I have a mighty God who does know the plan for not only my life but for my family and friends whom I faithfully pray for.
I am thankful that a number of years ago I made the desicison to surrender my LIFE to Christ. By doing that I knew I needed to know Jesus personally. To know HIM personally I had to acknowledge that I was a sinner, Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. I needed to ask God for forgiveness of my sins, IJohn 1:9-10 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrightetousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his work is not in us. I have acknowledge my sins and asked forgiveness and understand that Romans 3:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 10:9,10&13
because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confessand is saved.
After asking Christ into my life I was changed forever. As I said at the beginning my weakness sometimes is my faith in HIM and wanting to do things myself. I am so thankful myself doesn't save me but my Lord does.

Please Pray for ELAINE

Years ago when I was little we had a family that lived across the street from us and their names where the Woody's. Gerald and Ruth were the mom and dad and their kids were Ronnie and Elaine. They were 6 and 4 years older than me and Elaine took care of me and my sister Tracy alot. Our families became very good friends and remained close even up to this day. When I was about 14 Elaine came to live with us and go to Beauty College. During that time she became my big sister and my parents "favorite Red head". She learned her beauty lessons quite well at all of ours expenses! While living with us she met her wonderful husband Gary and they had two sons. Ryan who is Katie's age 33 and Russell 31 (close to Skip's age). In 1982 she was diagnoised with breast cancer and has beat it up to now. I am asking special prayer for her as they found some cancer on the liver. They say the cancer doesn't usually start on the liver but somewhere else. They are doing a bone scan on Friday to find out where the cancer is located. After crying together long distance (she's in California) she admitted she has peace about it all and was ready to "fight". This month has been a very trying time for her as they put her mama in a home. She is a wonderful mom and trying to be there for her sons as well as her faithful best friend, Gary and then her dad who is dealing with Ruth. Please pray that she can beat this cancer and get on with whatever the Lord has for her.

In my box on the right where I have Friends and Family blog is Skip's blog. He has posted some pictures. I am sure once he get's things in order he will be more faithful to posting. So just click it and it will take you to his blog.

A Day With Nana

It is hard to believe that Molly will be two weeks old tomorrow. After several rough evenings with a colicy baby I asked Skip and Jess if Molly could come and spend a few hours with me. Jessica was so sweet about it and they knew she was in good hands. After feeding her and packing her little bag we were off to go and spend a little time with Aunt Katie and her cousins. They waited a long time for Molly to be able to come over. Jessalyn is so in love with her and Katie and I think they are going to be very close.
I was trying to burp Molly and Maggie was having a fit because she couldn't understand why that "thing" was crying. She jumped into my lap to smell her hand.





She is a little doll.....so good for her Nana.

No new pictures at this point. I did get up early yesterday morning and head over to see Molly. She had a real fussy day on Sunday and gave Mommy and Daddy a run....
We had some snuggle time and she kept her eyes on Nana for awhile. After her feeding I swaddled her with her passy and put her in her swing. She was very content not being held UNTIL her daddy walked in the door. As soon as she heard his voice she started making her noises. Just as I thought, he washed his hands and was heading to her swing to pick her up! Jess and I had just talked about Miss Molly "controlling" her daddy! We had a good laugh and when she realized he wasn't coming she headed off to sleep.
After leaving Skip and Jess's house I headed over to Katie's for afternoon Nana duty. She had some grocery shopping to do and wanted to do it without her 3 kids. I can't blame her! Well her husband called her on her way out and found out she didn't have the kids! He sways her in getting side tracked and going to lunch with him. So two hours later she barely got anything done! That was okay with me because I had a good time with the kids. We watched a movie and then Jessalyn and Nana spent some time coloring.
Those are the days I like, being useful!
Today I am off to my 3 stores with my boss. We are taking down the Valentine's and putting up Easter. And on my way home I am going to squeeze a few minutes to see Molly.

DAWSON

The other night Jessalyn came and told Katie what Dawson was doing and this is what we found! We are going to have to keep an eye on him in the future when Molly is sleeping in her bed which not long ago was his. It was so funny to hear Skip tell the story about the other night when Katie was feeding Molly he was sitting on the footstool in front of where she was, patiently watching this baby drink from a bottle that was just like the one mommy recently took away and she makes the mistake of saying, "you want a babba?". All of a sudden he goes to grab the bottle from Molly and Mommy scolls him and it went down hill after that! We all laughed so hard. Poor little guy, life just isn't fair!

Mommy and Daddy's First Week with Molly Anna

On Friday night Papa and Nana babysat Molly while Skip and Jess went out for belated Valentine's. Aunt Katie came over too so she could have baby time without her kids or anyone else. We really had a nice Family Night.

Aunt Katie showing Mommy and Daddy how to bathe Molly until her belly button cord falls off. She did so good and only whimmered a little bit. We were all quite proud

"Hum, Mommy don't I smell so good"

Molly and her "Luvies" This is her favorite sleeping boppy

Daddy and his baby girl

Mommy and Daddy and Molly (they are so content)

What Molly was doing while Mommy and Daddy were catching up on much needed sleep

Lucy in her favorite spot while Mommy and Daddy catch up on some much needed sleep and Nana holds the Fort. Lucy has done really good since she has been their baby for 4 years. Every now and then she comes and sniffs to check her out. I think she has finally realized this "thing" has come to stay. It is kind of funny but when Molly get's mad (rarely) she runs and hides and then comes back and checks things out.

One Week Ago Today

It was one week ago today that Audy and I became grandparents to our #4 Molly Anna Newman. In someways it is quite overwhelming as we go to the top of the line beginning with Bryson who is 7. He is our reminder of my mom and dad. It was because of his upcoming birth that mom decided to do chemo. After she found out she had colon cancer Katie found out she was preg. Mom wanted to live to see her first greatgrand child and she did. Jessalyn is 5 and she also reminds us of mom and dad because she is mama's namesake JESS-for Jessie LYNN after Nana and MAE was Jessie Mae. Mom would have enjoyed this little girl but she would have stole her Papa Wayne's heart forsure! Dawson is 2-1/2 and he would have been mom's little buddy because he's such a tease. After a long day at work mom would be sitting in her chair reading the newspaper and Katie would come and "steal" her house shoe right off her foot! I can see Dawson doing that! Then there is Molly....she has stolen all of our hearts! Mom and dad would have loved her too and would have agreed she looks just like Katie and Skip as babies!!! Thank you LORD for our 4 wonderful little people. It's our prayer that they grow up to love you Lord and serve you with all their hearts. And that we have an opportunity to be a part of their lives for many years! Thank you Katie and Skip for blessing your mom and dad (of course James and Jessica too;-)

I can't hardly believe she is almost a week old already! After staying with the kids for a couple of nights I actually went home last night and was back here early this morning. Right now they are at the doctors getting an updated blood test on her jaundance so I thought I would tell you about the blessings of her delivery.
Well since they had that fire next door Jessica hadn't been able to sleep very well so on Thursday after having contractions off and on we got ahold of the doctor and I took her in that afternoon. Well of course they contractions stopped and he checked her and she was no where near showing signs of laboring. She told him about her not sleeping so he ordered her some sleeping pills. WELL that night she took one and an hour later 11:30p.m. she woke up to this horrible pain. She was like "what in the world!". I got a phone call from Skip sometime after midnight with a voice of lack of sleep and like "here we go again". They were 5min apart regularly. We got in touch with Katie and we all agreed she needed to head to the hospital. All of our thoughts were, they would send her home to labor and none of us prepared for anything. We all got to the hospital and she was still doing wonderful breathing out each pain and all. Well the shocker was when the doc checked her she was 8 cen.!!!!! I about croaked! They knew they had a baby coming on their hands but NO ROOM IN THE INN....they put her in the recovery room where they put the c-sections mom's in. Doc came back asked her if she wanted her eperideral and she said, YES! By this time she was 9cen....and they had no birthing room. (I am stressed thinking about it all over again!)She got a room....oops lost that room! By this time she's had her ep so she's doing good and it is now 7a.m. So to make a LOOOONG story short they held her off until she got her room about NOON!!! The nurses prepared her for delivery and doc was in between deliveries and a c-section after Molly....And then because they ran out of ROOMS for the rest of her stay she had to stay in the laboring room until 10p.m that night. It was a ZOO......sooooo for their inconvience they were presented with a SUITE for a room!!!! When I walked in I thought I was in a docotrs apartment of some sort!!! It had a livingroom, small dining area and a huge bedroom!!!
The whole labor and birth experience was drawn out but honestly Jess did a wonderful job and Skip was awesome as well! We are now blessed with a beautiful baby girl.
When I came in this morning they all looked rested and are ALL in love!

4 DAYS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING!

My goodness how the time has passed me by already! I thought I would post some tibits of what's going on around here before Molly is up, which will be soon.
I still have the whole story of the day she was born to share and I promise I will share those wonderful blessings real soon!
On Sunday when they were doing Molly's final checkup they found out she had jaundace which is not uncommon in newborns. They really thought she wasn't going to get to come home that night but I am telling you they had the most awesome nurse named Elle who literally moved mountains for them. I wouldn't be suprised "if" and "when" they ever have another baby girl they don't name her Elle because they had an awesome Elle in labor as well. We finally got them home about 7:30p.m. with Katie's little family and some precious friends waiting to Welcome the Newman's home. I heard Skip telling a friend yesterday about Jessalyn saying to Aunt Jess within the 30 seconds they walked in the door, "Aunt Jess I washed my hands can I hold her?". That little girl was the most excited little thing. She had told her mom she wanted to wear her "Big Sister" shirt (from Dawson's birth). We had the best time visiting.
She didn't do too bad that first night but I must say last night (Monday) was wonderful. Skip and Jess have been so wonderful in tending to their baby girl while Nana has had the priviledge of sitting on the sidelines cheering them on.
The jaundace is under control and the doctor says she is very healthy and we are all Praising God for that news. Thank you dear friends and family who have held us high in your prayers.
Until later....
p.s. Audy had a wonderfu)l first day at his job...God blessed us again, medical starts in 30 days.....TO GOD BE THE GLORY (thank you my special friend who has faithfully reminded me that......

MOLLY ANNA NEWMAN

Molly Anna Newman arrived this afternoon around 3p.m. She weighed 8#1oz 21"
Mommy, Daddy and Molly are doing wonderful. I have many blessings to share but at this point we have been up almost 2 days and little sleep. I couldn't go to bed without announcing the wonderful blessing of God's little child.....

UPDATE

Jessica finally heard from the doctor about 3p.m. and said for her to come to the office. Skippy had to go back to work to finish out his day so I end up taking her to her doctors appt. Her contractions actually stopped about 1p.m. but we really thought she had progressed. After they checked her in she came back to the lobby and got me because the ultrasound techican was going to do an ultrasound. They got a new piece of equipment in and she got permisson from the doctor to "play" with the machine. It took 3-D pictures and it was so cool. We watched her play with her toes and make funny and mean faces to the camera. We could see the rolls on her and they est. her to be close to 8 1/2lbs. She was so adorable. The doctor checked her and she shows no signs of labor after all. The doc did give her some medication to help her sleep as she hasn't been able to sleep well since the fire.
Before I forget I want to let you know that Audy starts at PSI on Monday morning from 7am.-3p.m. I am so excited for him as he gets to do what he loves best learn new equipment and be a techican.

NO BABY

We aren't sure if it's "false" labor or if she is in the real thing. We are waiting for a call back from the doctor. She is defiently progressing. After we know what the doctor says we are going to go and do some walking at the mall. She is feeling pretty good with contractions still roughly 10 min apart. Skippy is home for lunch putting together Molly's papasan swing. I will keep you posted as I can.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKIPPY

Today is Skip's 29th birthday. I spent the day working with American Greetings and Audy sat with Jessica today and helped out where he was needed. I am heading to bed but at this time Jessica is in labor 7-10min a part. So I should get some rest while it is possible. We all know it could be a very short night or it could be a long one. Them first time babies do their own thing!
Will post soon as possible

VEGGIE TALE'S

Auntie Rhonda gave the kids some Veggie Tale's shirts and I dropped them off one night. Bryson wasn't home so that's why he's not in the picture. Sissy's favorite color is pink so she was happy. And she is just like her Nana and Mama, she had another set of pj's on and she went up stairs and changed them to match her shirt with some pj bottoms! Dawson on the other hand wanted his shirt on even over his blanket sleeper pj's. When it was time to go to bed he wouldn't take it off!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA

Well today is two wonderful events. One is Jessica's birthday and my mom's 7th anniversary with the Lord. Today was a very sad day for Skip and Jessica's neighbors. They were woken up quite early say 5ish with their house in flames. I am not sure the details on how Skip and Jess were woken up, maybe with sirens and etc. They had to take Lucy (their golden retreiver) and sit in the van while they watched these poor people loose their entire posessions. When Audy answered the phone around 6ish Skip first sentence was "no we're not in labor". They got back into their house in time to quickly wash up and get ready for her doctors appt.
Please pray for this family, Carlos and Helena. Skip and Jess went and got a couple of dozen of donuts and offered them shelter from the rain in their home and they declined but they know Skip and Jess will be there when they need something. They had several little miniture pincher dogs (like our Sadie). They were lost in the fire as well. The sad thing is 5 firemen were injured and because of that the firemen had to neglect putting out the fire to be able to pull their men out from a fallen roof. Thank God for his protection of their lives.
Well Skip and Jess did make it to her doctors appt. Miss Molly continues to be toasty and connected to her mama. If she doesn't come on her own this week she will be forced to evacuate her cocoon early next week. Jess still looks wonderful and shows no sign of labor ahead. The email I got this a.m was she was resting and Skippy took the day off and went back to bed! I can't say I blame him.

IT'S FEBRUARY

It's amazing how fast the year 2008 is going with January behind us. As most of you know February is a sweet month with Valentine's Day in 13 days but also it's Jessica birthday 4th and Skip's 6th and several good friends birthdays as well. It is also when Molly will be arriving. My mom will be home with the Lord 7 years on Monday and dad 6 years on the 24th. I look at those as happy times because they are in a better place!!
I have lots of news and I will begin with ME. I started training for American Greetings and really enjoyed it. I have a large section in Ingel's grocery store, Dollar Tree and Rite Aid. These 3 store will keep me busy for awhile.
I am handing this over to Audy to share HIS NEWS:
I had a good visit with a company called PSI Group Inc. which is a subsidiary of Pitney Bowes. This facility sorts large quantities of mail and prints a five or eleven digit barcode on the bottom of the envelope which is used by the Post Office to identify the zip the mail is to be sent to. They process 1 million to 1.5 million pieces of mail a day. The sorting machines, computers, printers, and packing units are what I will be repairing. The facility works 24/7 and has 3 shifts. I will be one of 5 technicians to be onsite to repair and do maintenance on the equipment. I think I will be starting on mids or 3rd shift. Looking forward to going back to work. Though the last couple of months off have been very restful and enjoyable.
His interview was at 11a.m. and when I hadn't heard from him about 1pm. I was getting rather worried. He finally called me about 1:30 to tell me he was on his way to the hospital to take a DRUG TEST for the job! I was in shock as he only had one interview! Well when he set up the interview he mentioned to the secretary that he summitted his resume on the web for the job. She hadn't gotten around to printing it out yet. For him to come in and fill out an application. They had 24 hour notice to review his reume so they knew the background and the experience he had to offer before he even walked through the door. One of the PLUS to this interview he recognized one of the printers they used and happen to mention he worked on them at his last job. The guy told him they had to "send that printer out to be repaired". The benifits are wonderful too. He will get 2 1/2 weeks paid vacation and good medical benifits. So OUR prayer warriors out there keep us in your prayers that he really does get this job. We have asked God to close doors that he doesn't want to be opened. He closed that door on that management position in Greenville. He got an email yesterday that they hired another manager for the position.