Our adventure has begun! We're in the process of choosing a realtor to list our house, and we'll be spending a week in Illinois trying to find a "new" home. We're really looking forward to our trip to Bloomington-Normal, getting to see the area, and deciding where we'd like to live.
Last weekend went to Indiana, the place which will always be home to us, and were able to spend time with our families there over the holiday. Our move will actually be taking us a little farther away from our families, but still within a day's drive.
Annah is now 7 months old and still growing faster than we can believe! She now says, "Ma ma," and makes a lot of other noises that are sounding closer and closer to words. She can get up on "all fours" and rock back and forth, and scoots around very easily. When she sees any kind of paper within reach, she immediately gets a hold of it, crumples it and sticks it in her mouth. Annah loves playing "peek-a-boo" and banging things together to make noise. She even likes to play the piano! She's also been introduced to fruit within the past week and seems to enjoy it. And, now she actually listens and looks at pictures instead of trying to chew on books when someone reads to her. There are new adventures with Annah every day.
Saturday, Taryn performed in Celebrate Music, which was a concert including nine graduates of Churubusco High School who have gone on to be music majors in college. The performance included two solos by each performer, as well as group numbers. Those performing were and the schools they attend(ed) were: Lori Baughman - Wheaton College, Melissa Baughman - Cedarville University, Rachael Byrne - Indiana University & IPFW, Carmen Fitzpatrick - IPFW, Jennifer Gross - Ball State University, Joel Kenemore - Indiana University, Taryn Lopshire - Capital University, Alissa McDowell - IPFW, Chris Mettert - Ball State University. The event was produced by Harold Norman, with proceeds going to the Turtletown Players and to support VH1-Save the Music as Jennifer Gross' cause in her competition for Miss Indiana. It was a fun time, went together very well, and the audience gave great reviews--at least to the performers!
Friday, June 1, 2001
Thursday, May 31, 2001
May Moments
Just a few photos from the past month...
Annah's sitter, Sandy, likes to give her lots of choices of toys. We try this sometimes at home too. She's getting a growing collection.
We might need to start teaching her how to brush...?
Peek-a-boo!
Annah loves to play with her reflection in the mirror on our den door.
And, you might say she has great "taste" in music...?
It's time to start chewing...
Mmm...my first cracker...
Just hanging around with cousins Wilson and Charles at Grandpa and Grandma Lopshire's house...
Saturday, May 19, 2001
Jeremy's 26th
A birthday celebration at Don Pablo's with Andy and Julie
"Me llamo Dumbo!" -- ??
Nice hat Dad.
Wednesday, May 16, 2001
2 weddings, 2 teeth, and talking
First of all, we want to send out a big, Congratulations to Matt & Sheli Lopshire on their marriage May 5! We were able to be home in Indiana to celebrate with them.
Also that weekend we had our family pictures and Annah's 6 month pictures taken. Watch for them to be posted sometime in the near future!
This past weekend we made the trek to Toledo for another wedding. Congratulations Niki and Russ Wight!! It was such a beautiful ceremony! We wish both couples the best for long and happy marriages!
Sunday the 13th was our own first wedding anniversary, as well as my first Mothers' Day. We celebrated by watching our wedding video, looking through the wedding pictures and spending the day with Annah. It seems like longer than a year, but it has been a pretty eventful one!
Annah popped her second tooth through on the 12th. Then, Sunday she started babbling some new sounds, including, "Ba ba ba ba ba," and "La l a la la la," which turned into, "Da da da da da...!" She has now eaten and liked carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, and green beans. Potatoes are next and then we try fruit!!
This weekend is Jeremy's 26th birthday! Wow, he's getting old! ;)
Also that weekend we had our family pictures and Annah's 6 month pictures taken. Watch for them to be posted sometime in the near future!
This past weekend we made the trek to Toledo for another wedding. Congratulations Niki and Russ Wight!! It was such a beautiful ceremony! We wish both couples the best for long and happy marriages!
Sunday the 13th was our own first wedding anniversary, as well as my first Mothers' Day. We celebrated by watching our wedding video, looking through the wedding pictures and spending the day with Annah. It seems like longer than a year, but it has been a pretty eventful one!
Annah popped her second tooth through on the 12th. Then, Sunday she started babbling some new sounds, including, "Ba ba ba ba ba," and "La l a la la la," which turned into, "Da da da da da...!" She has now eaten and liked carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, and green beans. Potatoes are next and then we try fruit!!
This weekend is Jeremy's 26th birthday! Wow, he's getting old! ;)
Thursday, May 3, 2001
A BIG CHANGE!!
Well, how to say this... We're moving to Illinois!! Jeremy has accepted a position as a Health Service Business Analyst for Policyholder and Agency Systems at SF Corporate Office in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois!! His first day will be July 9th! SO! We have an unfathomable amount of things to do in the next few weeks, including selling the house we just bought 8 months ago, finding a new place to live, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera! We are very excited about this opportunity! At least at first, I will be able to stay at home with Annah, which is an answer to prayer that we thank and praise God for allowing!
One of the things that makes this adventure bittersweet is moving away from all of the wonderful friends we have made here in Ohio over the past 6 years. We really love this area and everyone we know here. It will be very hard to leave. But, we refuse to say, "Goodbye," and we hope to be back sometimes to visit. It's about a 6 1/2 hour drive between Columbus and Bloomington, so we hope some of you all will come visit us too! We plan to keep in close contact with all of you!
Along those lines, we plan to keep the website up and running, since now we'll have even more people to miss across the miles! However, I will obviously not remain employed by Capital University in order to have the space on their server. So, we are in the process of finding a new "home" for our website too! We'll be sure to update you when it moves.
If we don't already have your e-mail address, make sure we get it so we can let you know when and where we move the site. We'll try to keep you posted during the next few weeks, but we anticipate being in quite a "whirlwind" state of mind as we make this move so quickly! We would appreciate it if you could keep us in your prayers that things will go smoothly. E-mail us or sign our guestbook.
One of the things that makes this adventure bittersweet is moving away from all of the wonderful friends we have made here in Ohio over the past 6 years. We really love this area and everyone we know here. It will be very hard to leave. But, we refuse to say, "Goodbye," and we hope to be back sometimes to visit. It's about a 6 1/2 hour drive between Columbus and Bloomington, so we hope some of you all will come visit us too! We plan to keep in close contact with all of you!
Along those lines, we plan to keep the website up and running, since now we'll have even more people to miss across the miles! However, I will obviously not remain employed by Capital University in order to have the space on their server. So, we are in the process of finding a new "home" for our website too! We'll be sure to update you when it moves.
If we don't already have your e-mail address, make sure we get it so we can let you know when and where we move the site. We'll try to keep you posted during the next few weeks, but we anticipate being in quite a "whirlwind" state of mind as we make this move so quickly! We would appreciate it if you could keep us in your prayers that things will go smoothly. E-mail us or sign our guestbook.
Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Tooth!
It's so hard to believe Annah is six months old now! She popped through her first tooth last week!!! It appeared on Friday, and she wasn't even fussy or crabby about it coming through! She's still not quite crawling, but is really getting around by rolling tummy to back to tummy to back over and over, and by scooting herself around on her tummy. It's time to get everything up off the floor--oh boy!
Monday, April 30, 2001
Sunday, April 29, 2001
Growing Girl
I'm having so much fun growing!
"Pick me up! I wanna give you a hug!"
"Rice cereal, hmmm..."
"Pllltttt!"
hanging out with the Easter bunny
Monday, April 23, 2001
Carrots!
On Saturday, Jeremy took Annah to the pediatrician for her 6 month check-up. She now weighs 15 pounds, 11 ounces and is 27 inches tall! (Jeremy noted that she is almost half as tall as her mommy already! Ha ha ha.) Dr. H. was happy to learn that Annah can sit all by herself too.
Annah experienced her first vegetable meal yesterday--carrots, yum! She must have really liked them, because she ate the whole jar!
We attended the contemporary service at RUMC again yesterday, and also went to the Homebuilders Sunday School class afterward. We enjoyed meeting some new couples, and look forward to becoming more involved with a new church family.
We apologize for not being able to add any new pictures for over a month now. Our home computer is still not up and running. We hope to have it back in a few weeks, and will try to get some new pictures up then if not before. You may be surprised to see how much Annah has grown and changed! She just keeps getting sweeter--we think! :)
Monday, April 16, 2001
Easter in Ohio
Annah's first Easter was not exactly what we expected it to be. She caught her first cold on Thursday, and about the time we should have been leaving for Indiana on Friday, she had a fever of 102.5°. By talking to Jeremy, Annah's regular doctor's partner thought it sounded like Annah might have an ear infection, and he prescribed some antibiotics and ear drops, and told us to take Annah to see Dr. Heinmiller in the morning. So, we weren't able to go home to Indiana.
Dr. Heinmiller said Annah's ears were "crystal clean" and that she just has a cold--no ear infection. We thought it would be better for us to stay at home so Annah could rest and feel better. So, we didn't get to celebrate Easter with all of our relatives and friends in Indiana. It was disappointing for everyone. Annah is starting to feel better.
Her temperature has been down since Saturday, but she still has the sneezes and stuffy nose. She tried oatmeal cereal this weekend too, and it did not agree with her tummy at all! Poor little girl!