This is TOTALLY YOU!!!
For my son Luke to read someday...love his mom
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Silly, crazy, and always making us laugh
So you started school this year. Mom works on Monday and Wednesday so you get to stay at Grandma and Grandpa Nyenhuis BOTH days!!! You have no idea how blessed you are to be able to do that! Grandma called me just after you started school and figured out that this was going to be her last year with any "baby" still at home and not in school full time. (Devon and Carson don't live close enough of they would be the youngest) and I think she is more nervous and devistated as I am. Our last year together before you too begin school full time!!! I just cannot believe that the time has already come. Your typical week is
I wish I could tell you how funny you are and the many ways that you make me laugh and smile. You are really starting to grasp the whole Jesus thing and that He is your friend and in your heart. This is the month of Jesus birthday. You talk about heaven and hell where scary monsters and satan is. I go in your room at night often and pray for you that you will have a desire to seek the Lord and keep Him close to your heart.
Great Grandma Siereveld died this week. I talked about her body and soul, and after school we went to the place she was buried so that we could talk some more. I don't know what you are thinking....You were very curious to see her laying in the coffin, hid and yet curiousity kept you going back to peek.
You are definitely growing more mature. You sing now, you are more vocal and not shy...You get sooo excited when you make a new friend. This summer you said to me "mom, aren't you so proud of me that I have this new friend?" Sometimes I feel bad b/c in the morning before you go to school I am so busy cleaning and picking up the house and laundry that your friend is the "ipad"....I hate doing it but sometimes I just have to.
I love you Luke, more than you will ever know!!!
Christmas is almost here and you are hoping to get a toy semi truck....thats pretty much it!!! proabably can't say that much longer so this year mom can still get away without dropping alot of cash!!! (beyblades, hotwheels, dirtbikes, and quads is about the bulk of it!)
- Monday: Gma and Gpas, pick up Karlie from bus at 3pm
- Tuesday: Bible study in the morning with Mom. We load up a bag with cars and ramps and you have a friend that you get to be with in nursery otherwise I have to depend on our trusty Ipad. After bible study we have lunch together every tuesday at McDonalds, just me and you. Then it is off to school. I then pick you and Karlie up after class and we have gymnastics and while Karlie is away we visit Mrs Carrie Roelofs and brysen and Jayden your buddies.
- Wed. gma and gpas again.
- Thursday: usually nothing in the morning, lounging around with mom till school
- Friday: same, nothing planned but school.
I wish I could tell you how funny you are and the many ways that you make me laugh and smile. You are really starting to grasp the whole Jesus thing and that He is your friend and in your heart. This is the month of Jesus birthday. You talk about heaven and hell where scary monsters and satan is. I go in your room at night often and pray for you that you will have a desire to seek the Lord and keep Him close to your heart.
Great Grandma Siereveld died this week. I talked about her body and soul, and after school we went to the place she was buried so that we could talk some more. I don't know what you are thinking....You were very curious to see her laying in the coffin, hid and yet curiousity kept you going back to peek.
You are definitely growing more mature. You sing now, you are more vocal and not shy...You get sooo excited when you make a new friend. This summer you said to me "mom, aren't you so proud of me that I have this new friend?" Sometimes I feel bad b/c in the morning before you go to school I am so busy cleaning and picking up the house and laundry that your friend is the "ipad"....I hate doing it but sometimes I just have to.
I love you Luke, more than you will ever know!!!
Christmas is almost here and you are hoping to get a toy semi truck....thats pretty much it!!! proabably can't say that much longer so this year mom can still get away without dropping alot of cash!!! (beyblades, hotwheels, dirtbikes, and quads is about the bulk of it!)
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Feb. 20 2008
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| Big sister Karlie! |
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| Mom's granny walked that had to come home with us for a few weeks |
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| Bruised face |
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| Very big belly, 9 pds!!! |
Luke Steven, Born February 20, 2008
This is for my son aged 4 to read and view someday from his mommy, Lisa (aged 35)
Dear Luke,
I can't even describe the roller coaster that we have been on since the day you arrived into the world the day after mine :) Karlie was born the day after dads birthday and here you come the day after mine!!! With you, we did know what we were having. Mom works at the hospital so on the day of our anniversary I had an ultrasound tech scan me and she wrote down on a piece of paper what you were and sealed it in an envelope. I went out with grandma J and the girls to a concert and they were soooo tempted to go in my car and open it. I didn't. I came home to dad and about 10:30pm we opened the envelope and the first thing we saw were trucks and hammer stickers...."About 99% sure you are having a....BOY" We were soooo happy and excited we were both crying tears... We immediately got on the phone and called everyone we knew. We never made it a surprise for people, we were too excited ourselves to keep that kind of information inside!!!
My pregnancy went great. I felt good and I got HUGE.....not my whole body, just my belly!!! I honestly do NOT know how a stomach can get that big. Grandpa Nyenhuis couldn't even stand looking at me and when I showed it to him, he would almost throw up. :)
Dad and I went out for dinner for my birthday and there was still no sign of you coming. Then around 2am I started having contractions. I was not in labor NEAR as long as I was with Karlie and for the most part dad and I thought things were going great. Until you wanted to come out. 3pm you came and unlike Karlie with 3 hours of pushing I think it took us 30 minutes. You were BIG!!!! Big for Mom!!! 9pds!!! For the most part, it went great. The nurses asked what your name was a grandma J. said Johnathan Stephen (after grandpa J and your dads real name). I immediately gave dad the evil eye and he said no, Luke Steven. I liked it spelled that way better. I have NEVER called your dad stephen. It is Steven. Sorry Grandma J, its nothing against you!!! You had to have a label on your basinette that said "bruised face" b/c your face was so black and blue from coming out nurses didn't want to worry that you weren't breathing....I think that explains the broken back and seperated pelvis!!! Your poor face probably got the brunt end of it!!! Poor thing!
I got to nurse you, Dad got to cut the umbilical cord this time! I got to keep you in my room, we had visitors....Everything went smooth until I tried to walk the next morning. Something with ME was majorly wrong. It hurt sooo bad between by bones. We found out that you separated my pelvis coming out and broke my sacrum (bottom part of back). I had to start physical therapy and have a granny walker to come home with....I needed help the first few weeks for sure! On top of that I got mastitis and had to go on antibiotics, then I had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics and got hives all over...I was miserable.....But you were a great baby. I quit breastfeeding with you and was very sad but with us, my milk NEVER came in like it did with Karlie. I think that I had too many medical issues going on that my body was in stress. After we made the switch you were a much happier little guy. I was sooooooo in love with you and loved having you in my room b/c with Karlie I never had that chance. You also should have been taken C-section but that is always in hind site....live and learn I guess. We survived. :)
Mom continued to be sick for the 1st year of your life and FINALLY in Feb. of 2009 a year after you were born they found the problem.....A huge blood clot going to my liver and 1/2 of my liver was now gone. I began a very lengthy process of testing and dr.'s, and dad and I were planning a trip to the Dominican for our first time ever and we got called into the Dr a few weeks before leaving and he said "If YOU do NOT do something in one year you will be DEAD....." He suggested that we cancel the whole trip and stay as close to a hospital as we could. If the veins in my throats (varices) ruptured, being on blood thinners due to the clot, I could hemorrhage to death and in a foreign country they would have NO CLUE what to do with me.....
Dad and I left the office bawling our eyes out. Scared and filled with fear. The next 3 years of your life mom was in and out of the hospital ALL THE TIME!!!! I feel in a way that I missed out on alot of your little life b/c I was either sick, gone in a hospital, sleeping, having surgery, traveling to hospitals for opinions and searching for answers....I was so scared and fearful that I was going to leave you behind. I had to leave you to Jackie, grandma's and grandpa's to take care of you while dad took care of mom......
We were told that the WORST thing we could ever do is get pregnant....so I knew you would be my last. I treasured every single minute with you!!!
Dear Luke,
I can't even describe the roller coaster that we have been on since the day you arrived into the world the day after mine :) Karlie was born the day after dads birthday and here you come the day after mine!!! With you, we did know what we were having. Mom works at the hospital so on the day of our anniversary I had an ultrasound tech scan me and she wrote down on a piece of paper what you were and sealed it in an envelope. I went out with grandma J and the girls to a concert and they were soooo tempted to go in my car and open it. I didn't. I came home to dad and about 10:30pm we opened the envelope and the first thing we saw were trucks and hammer stickers...."About 99% sure you are having a....BOY" We were soooo happy and excited we were both crying tears... We immediately got on the phone and called everyone we knew. We never made it a surprise for people, we were too excited ourselves to keep that kind of information inside!!!
My pregnancy went great. I felt good and I got HUGE.....not my whole body, just my belly!!! I honestly do NOT know how a stomach can get that big. Grandpa Nyenhuis couldn't even stand looking at me and when I showed it to him, he would almost throw up. :)
Dad and I went out for dinner for my birthday and there was still no sign of you coming. Then around 2am I started having contractions. I was not in labor NEAR as long as I was with Karlie and for the most part dad and I thought things were going great. Until you wanted to come out. 3pm you came and unlike Karlie with 3 hours of pushing I think it took us 30 minutes. You were BIG!!!! Big for Mom!!! 9pds!!! For the most part, it went great. The nurses asked what your name was a grandma J. said Johnathan Stephen (after grandpa J and your dads real name). I immediately gave dad the evil eye and he said no, Luke Steven. I liked it spelled that way better. I have NEVER called your dad stephen. It is Steven. Sorry Grandma J, its nothing against you!!! You had to have a label on your basinette that said "bruised face" b/c your face was so black and blue from coming out nurses didn't want to worry that you weren't breathing....I think that explains the broken back and seperated pelvis!!! Your poor face probably got the brunt end of it!!! Poor thing!
I got to nurse you, Dad got to cut the umbilical cord this time! I got to keep you in my room, we had visitors....Everything went smooth until I tried to walk the next morning. Something with ME was majorly wrong. It hurt sooo bad between by bones. We found out that you separated my pelvis coming out and broke my sacrum (bottom part of back). I had to start physical therapy and have a granny walker to come home with....I needed help the first few weeks for sure! On top of that I got mastitis and had to go on antibiotics, then I had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics and got hives all over...I was miserable.....But you were a great baby. I quit breastfeeding with you and was very sad but with us, my milk NEVER came in like it did with Karlie. I think that I had too many medical issues going on that my body was in stress. After we made the switch you were a much happier little guy. I was sooooooo in love with you and loved having you in my room b/c with Karlie I never had that chance. You also should have been taken C-section but that is always in hind site....live and learn I guess. We survived. :)
Mom continued to be sick for the 1st year of your life and FINALLY in Feb. of 2009 a year after you were born they found the problem.....A huge blood clot going to my liver and 1/2 of my liver was now gone. I began a very lengthy process of testing and dr.'s, and dad and I were planning a trip to the Dominican for our first time ever and we got called into the Dr a few weeks before leaving and he said "If YOU do NOT do something in one year you will be DEAD....." He suggested that we cancel the whole trip and stay as close to a hospital as we could. If the veins in my throats (varices) ruptured, being on blood thinners due to the clot, I could hemorrhage to death and in a foreign country they would have NO CLUE what to do with me.....
Dad and I left the office bawling our eyes out. Scared and filled with fear. The next 3 years of your life mom was in and out of the hospital ALL THE TIME!!!! I feel in a way that I missed out on alot of your little life b/c I was either sick, gone in a hospital, sleeping, having surgery, traveling to hospitals for opinions and searching for answers....I was so scared and fearful that I was going to leave you behind. I had to leave you to Jackie, grandma's and grandpa's to take care of you while dad took care of mom......
We were told that the WORST thing we could ever do is get pregnant....so I knew you would be my last. I treasured every single minute with you!!!
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