First let me say that my heart aches for the people of both Haiti and Chile who have experienced life-altering devastation in their countries. The following is not intended in any way to make light of the horror of the quakes.
Though it was incredibly devastating and sad, the earthquake in Chile has some really interesting stats... I have had conversations with several people lately about how really pretty interesting the quake was.
I looked online last night and compiled a list of the crazy things associated with the quake:
- It is the 7th biggest quake in recorded history, the largest was also in Chile, it was a 9.5 in 1960. The San Francisco quake was a 7.8
- It lasted three minutes.
- It shifted the Earth's axis by three inches and will change (shorten) the length of the days by something like 1.26 micro seconds (which is like one-millionth of a second). Apparently, the quake caused the Earth's spin to speed up.
- It caused an island off the coast of Chile to rise 2 meters.
- It was 500 times stronger than the Haiti earthquake; the Haiti quake was more concentrated, so that damage was more devastating in a smaller area, while the one in Chile was more widespread and less total destruction of areas hit.
- The tsunami waves that hit Hawaii, were not bad, and little damage occurred, it said that 8 foot waves washed up in some places, but was much less than they thought were probable.
- The quake also is said to have caused seiches(waves) on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana (4,700 miles from the epicenter).
Weight: 18lbs. 3 oz. (7th percentile)
Height: 28 1/2 inches (17th percentile)
Head Circumference: 17.32 inches (7th percentile)
He is walking, it's amazing and awesome!
He loves chicken, cheerios, apple sauce and pretty much anything mixed with rice cereal or oatmeal. Because he is in the 7th percentile for weight AND he is allergic to cow's milk and egg white, we have been pushing meat (for the protein) and we have been adding one tablespoon of olive oil to his lunch and dinner. At 14g of fat per tablespoon, we are expecting serious weight gain. Although this may be thwarted by the walking and general squirmy-ness.
He hates bananas and avocados... sad.
The other night I was giving Beau a quick bath, so I just put him in the kitchen sink.
Then I walked out of the kitchen on the way to put PJ's on him and saw this... Halleigh decided she wanted to take a bath in HER sink. hilarious.
I had this really great post going yesterday about how I have gotten the crafting bug lately, and I spent time looking through my craft idea folder, and putting links with pictures, ugh it was going to be so great. Then Beau comes along and TURNS OFF THE COMPUTER! I thought that it would have been saved as a draft, because it is suppose to do that?!?!?! No, it didn't.
This has totally taken the wind out of my blogging/ crafting sails. poop
Today is my dad's birthday. My dad is great, I really like him.
I know that everyone has to say this, at least on a genetic level, but I wouldn't be the person that I am and have the life that I do without him. In more ways than he or I even know, he has been the most influential person in my life. Not growing up with him around everyday, or even every month made me cherish the time that I had with him even more.
He is honest and expects the absolute truth from everyone. He has forced me to learn how to communicate well, no matter how stubborn I am or painful the situation may be. He loves Jesus and has passed that love onto his children, even though it took some of us longer than others to replicate. ;) He LOVES his kids and his grandkids and they love, love, LOVE DaddyO. Even though he made mistakes... he has taught me through his relationship with Taryn, what a great Christ-centered marriage looks like. And he is hilarious! What more could a girl want from a dad? Maybe a giant trust fund, that would be good. Maybe you could work on that, dad.
This weekend we had a very wonderful blanket of white stuff cover Durham and surrounding areas. We have played and enjoyed our winter thoroughly. I don't know how long it will last, I am hoping that it will be here through today, but with Durham, you never know.
Here are some pictures that I took Saturday morning while it was still snowing:
Yes, that is 7 inches of snow! I love it!
Saturday we went out trying to find something to stave off our cabin fever, and we ended up helping three people get their vehicles back on the road. When we turned onto our road, headed home, Halleigh said, "I don't want to go home, I want to keep driving around looking for people off the road to help." So sweet that she realized what was happening and so sweet that she enjoys "helping" others.
One of my goals for raising my children is that I raise children with hearts for service who honor and place the focus on Jesus with their servant's hearts. I hope that the tiny, seemingly insignificant act of pushing people back on the road helped to develop that in Halleigh. And I really hope that we continue to be good examples of this, actions speak louder than words after all!
***Note: I actually stayed in the car with the kids while Miles pushed people out. I was just the driver who pulled over. he he he
Here we are at the end of January, I thought I should give an update as to how my resolutions are going...
Here again is the list, in no particular order:
1. Make Christmas stockings, the $1 ones from Old Navy just aren't going to cut it anymore.
2. Buy new tree stand, ours is terrible and I heard that LL Bean has one that is great.
3. Make a tree skirt, ours is hideous... I hate it
4. Buy wise men for my nativity set DONE
5. Be more active and health conscience (isn't that on everyone's list?) I can't cross this off, because this is an on going goal, but I have been taking advantage of the treadmill, so this is happening!
6. Run a 5k
7. Read more than 19 books (for the last three years I have read 19 books each year)
8. Get out of debt (TMI, I know, but it had to be there) DONE (for the most part, we aren't counting student loans)
9. Research and participate in a CSA (community supported agriculture not the Confederate States of America) DONE (this one I had to do much sooner than I thought that I would... I am glad that I looked online when I did, I almost missed the deadline!)
10. Enroll Halleigh in pre-school DONE
At church a couple weeks ago I found out that New Years Resolutions most often fail by the middle of February... we'll see! Miles and I say that 2010 is our year; so far so good!
