POSTer Boy

Our visit to Helena on Saturday to visit Amie & Matt's new Baby Sam... Addie kissing her cousin Sam.
Aunt Jamie, Cousin Addie & Baby Sam.
A close look from Aunt Jamie.

More Sam

The New Sam Post
Cute Brothers
You may be wondering where Heidi was during the baby-love-fest...she was having a Captain Furious episode due to the lack of a nap. Charming...

Teaser

Just a quick note to say we enjoyed a warm(er), sunny, windless day in Helena today visiting new baby Sam and his family. His maternal Grammy was there and made us a divine dinner of Cornbread-and-bacon-stuffed pork chops, sweet potatoes, rolls, and salad with brownies for dessert! I will be feeling that all night, but it was GREAT! Amie looks great and we had fun with all 4 Posties. I will post great pix tomorrow. We arrived home to the news that my very special and darling cousin, Maren, expects her first baby in August. I am so happy for her--it makes my pregnancy better and more fun to know there's a second cousin coming, too. More tomorrow--

It Feels Like Years Since it's Been Here

It's 4:48pm and I just noticed...it's still light outside. The equinox is coming and I am rejoicing in song:

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say
It's alright
Little darling
It's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say
It's alright
Little darling
The smiles returning to the faces
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say
It's alright
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes!!!

[[Wanna hear a cool cover of this song? Click here, then press play]]

Brothers

I stole this picture from Matt's blog---it's my nephew Jake showing off his new brother Sam, and I think it's DARLING! They are both beautiful kids and I think the magic of the second (or 3rd, or 4th, etc...) baby is what happens between the siblings. It still makes my heart swell when I hear Addie and Heidi collapsing in a fit of giggles together--if there is one good thing I have ever done for them (besides marry their dad), it's giving them each other.

I have yet to get up to Helena to see my new little cutie, but I hear all is well and I can't wait!! I am so glad Matt got to stay home from work this week to be with his family--seems the least the Army could do since they are sending him away so soon.

Anyway---still under the weather here, Rich with an earache, me with horrible nausea and headache. We're sitting here groaning while our spritely daughters dance around and entertain us, feeling great. Too bad their energy isn't as contagious as the viruses we've battled this month!!! Oh, well, Life is good...

Happiest Birthday

Today is my Dad Post's 56th birthday and guess what he got? A GRANDSON! Yep, Amie (my brother Matt's wife) had her second boy today and they named him Sam. They haven't sent us a picture yet, but I felt so excited about babies today, I am posting one of my own...here's Heidi and me in April 2004. :)And here is Papa Post with Heidi on her blessing weekend in May 2004. I think it's super cool that his only biological son had a son on his birthday. Sorry, dad...we didn't get you anything NEAR as cool, but we love you & are thinking about you! Have a great day!
PS: I forgot OUR baby news--right as Amie was giving birth, I was at my first appointment with my OB and we actually heard heart tones at about 153 beats per minute, so the wee one is indeed in there, pumping away at 10 weeks along.

Instant Gratification

Ever since we watched Just Like Heaven last week I have been dying to get the soundtrack adn I forgot to look for it while we were in civilization last weekend. And then today I saw that fantastic Dove commercial with the little girls who need to learn to love themselves, with "True Colors" playing in the background, and I remembered how bad I need to download that Cyndi Lauper song. So I logged on to walmart.com's 88-cent downloads and filled up my music basket. Within 10 minutes, I had the Just like Heaven soundtrack and a bunch of singles on my computer, ready to be burned to CD. It's so SATISFYING--sometimes the internet brings me joy. Check out these heart-happy songs I got today for less than $13:

Blame It On The Moon, I Think It's Gonna Rain Today, & Thank You Stars by Katie Melua

True Colors by Cyndi Lauper

I Believe (When I Fall in Love) & You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder

Just Like Heaven soundtrack:
Just Like Heaven – Katie Melua
Just My Imagination – Pete Yorn
Lust For Life – Kay Hanley
Good Times Roll – The Cars
Ghostbusters – Bowling For Soup
Brass In Pocket – Kelis
I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Strange Invitation – Beck
Spooky – Imogen Heap
Jungle Fever – Chakachas
Bad Case Of Lovin’ You – Emerson Hart
Colors – Amos Lee
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
[plus 5 instrumentals]

I highly recommend all of the above. For a real treat, click on the Katie Melua link and go to her media center and watch the video for "Nine Million Bicycles." It is one of the best, sweetest songs I have heard in ages. If I were getting married now, it would be my wedding song.

"Freezin' Butt Cold"

First of all, a link for your surfing pleasure (have fun with this one--I think I would like the magnets they sell): sign generator

Secondly, I am still here and I even went to the temple Saturday in Billings and to church Sunday here. I keep forgetting that I am and will be exhausted for a while because I am pregnant and that's just the way it is. I always forget the unbelievable tiredness. It's as if I have a constant unisom IV drip going or something--if I can rest my head, I am out. But the sickness is fading, and Rich is feeling better, too. Soon we will be all better.

Our anniversary trip was fun. Our hotel had a temple discount, so it was only $35 (!!!) and they had a big spiral waterslide in their warm indoor pool, so we totally went swimming Friday night--a day that saw A HIGH of eleven below zero (today, is reached a toasty +17 so far). It was cool to watch the steam freeze to the window. We also stopped to buy the details for our master bath and found all the "Restore and Restyle" stuff we wanted on sale for half price at Target. And some cute spring shoes for the girls. It was great. We were gone for 25 hours and it was delightful.

I have to fix my scanner and I will post the picture of me and Heidi from the paper last week. Until then, adieu.

On This Date in History: 02/17/01

We got married in San Diego!...And it just gets better every year.

Happy Anniversary, Hunny!

JUST MARRIED

Me stealing a kiss from my niece, Melanie.

Cousin Candace, Niece Ally, and sisters Angie, Sara, & Amy look on.

The day before the wedding, we all gathered at my mom's house in Ramona, CA (east of SD). One of the favorite activities was swapping babies...here, Jill checks out Evan (Dana's baby), while Dana snuggles Liam (Willy's baby), while Willy looks on (and so does Liam's big sister, Melanie).

After our BBQ dinner the night before the wedding, Richard and I gave out silly award ribbons to our siblings to introduce them to each other and show our love for all of them. It was so fun to have all our loved ones together in one place---isn't that always the best thing about a wedding? Oh, besides the part where I got THE BEST HUSBAND EVER!

Bipolar

The hormones are getting the best of me! I was just making some juice for the girls with the radio on, and this darned song came on:

God on high

Hear my prayer

In my need

You have always been there

He is young

He's afraid

Let him rest

Heaven blessed.

Bring him home...

The summers die

One by one

How soon they fly

On and on

And I am old

And will be gone.

Bring him peace

Bring him joy

He is young

He is only a boy

You can take

You can give

Let him be

Let him live

If I die, let me die

Let him live

Bring him home.

I suppose thoughts of Matt are always just at the back of my mind, because dumb little things like hearing a song on the radio or the Fallen Heroes segment on CBS news just send me into sobs. Part of me knows he will be okay--I keep thinking, it can't possibly be God's will for Amie to raise those babies alone--but at the same time, the whole year will jus t be hard--there is no way around it.

But even earlier this morning, I was feeling elated at the news of my dear friend Lisa's engagement. I am so excited for her and can't wait to meet the man who is cool enough to be her husband. I was also feeling some left-over elation at finally finding nice, simple Laura Ashley dresses for my girls at Costco, of all places. I will save my rant for another day, but I have been so annoyed now that Addie is in "girl sizes," I am expected to dress her like a junior sleaze. I cannot believe that they make the same clothes for a five year old that they make for a 16 year old. Can't my little girl just dress like a little girl for 5 more years? I was getting ready to bust out the sewing machine, but Costco came through with lovely, classic dresses in both their sizes. Let girls be girls!