Today Tyler had her first backyard batting practice to get ready for the upcoming T-ball season. She had great aim but was pretty timid until Scott told her to get the mad at the ball. And then she was awesome!
By the way, Tyler's head coach is none other than ... her dad!
On Friday, we journeyed into New Orleans to go to the Audubon Zoo. Scott felt like hardly anything had changed since he used to go as a kid and he told all the kids about his favorites: the sun bears, climbing "Monkey Hill", eating sticks of fresh taffy.
The kids had a great time and we had fun too because it was basically a complaint-free day. It was good to get away from Gulfport as a family and take a little breather together and enjoy the beautiful weather we've had lately.
The above is the title of the article documenting Eben's miracle birth in Human Pathology, a medical journal. The article focuses on the placenta and is chock-full of medical jargon but it's still exciting to see in print. A sucessful abdominal pregnancy is rare enough but even more rare is the opportunity to examine the placenta. Usually the placenta is left in the mom because removing it is very dangerous since it typically is attached to necessary organs. In my case, the placenta was attached to my right fallopian tube and ovary which were also removed. So, the chance to examine the placenta was a pathologist dream come true.
If anyone is interested, here's the article. Beware there's a fun (read: disgusting) photo of my placenta, fallopian tube and ovary lying on a counter - ugh!
This is a great time to live here! The weather is beautiful and how's 74 degrees for the last day of February? When we were in Princeton, it was this time of year that I really felt the winter blues start to hit - so tired of the cold and knowing there was still so much of it left to endure.
Secondly, I just have to tell this story. On Sunday, our church celebrated the 69th anniversary of our oldest couple, Mr. and Mrs. Loposser (their son, grandkids and great-grandkids all attend Handsboro too). This Sunday I was sitting right to the side of them and when Scott announced their anniversary I could see them reach out to hold eachother's hands. They looked at eachother and smiled. It was just the sweetest thing to see them still touch and look at eachother like that after so many years. If I'm still alive then (I'd be 90 years old!), I so hope Scott is still with me and we'll reach out for eachother while sitting together in church.
Check out my dad's blog because he's written a bit about the fact that Eben's story has finally appeared in a medical journal. Rather than write about it myself, I'll just refer you to him. Read his post from February 25.
http://www.the-greener-grass.blogspot.com
We're improving with every kid - when Tyler rolled over for the first time, we totally missed it. With Eben, we saw it but didn't document it. With Tate, I could tell it was coming and had the camera ready ....
Today Scott fulfilled a dream he's had since we knew we were moving to coastal Mississippi ... he bought a canoe! He found a used canoe about an hour from here and went to pick it up today. He's mostly planning on using it for fishing expeditions into "Back Bay" which runs about a block north of us. The kids are really excited to join in on these trips.
