Monday, December 5, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
This week in Grace-land
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| Have you heard - I'm pretty awesome!! |
1) I never knew life could change so dramatically in a blink of an eye
2) I didn't know my heart could grow so much so fast without exploding
3) Never thought I'd like that Stevie Wonder - isn't she lovely song - and dang it now if it dossn't make perfect sense!
4) Sleep is so last year but strangely I'm o.k. with it
5) Sitting and staring at God's perfection in my arms is my new hobby
5 Bonus) - never thought I'd miss a person after an hour but I totally do!!
Well this is the week Miss Grace was slated to appear and we got a month and a half jump start - bonus time!!!
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| super tiny tummy time napping while mom gets dressed |
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| First time in cloth diapers and still a little room to grow :) |
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| Happy camper moven' and graven'! |
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| Sad that the Rangers lost the world series |
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| First Halloween - I sewed her costume and it turned out a little big!! She was a watermelon cause that is what she was on the "baby compared to a food" chart we had for her for this week :) |
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| First whole "family" photo |
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| Grandpa Wampler in his Halloween costume with Miss Grace |
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
so.....
We had a baby!! I've been accused of being a baby picture hog - so here's some snaps - I'm going to try and put some video up too.....on youtube - wampinator1
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| Welcome to the world baby girl mcnabb! |
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| Reading with Dad at the hospital |
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| hallelujah |
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| Going home outfit! |
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| Hangen' with mom at home |
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| hallelujah for beautiful patio weather! |
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| Her first "blue steel" pose - no prompting needed - she's a McWamp alright! |
Friday, September 16, 2011
Why Watson is a ‘Super Guy’ not a computer – a true Man amongst Men.
Why Watson is a ‘Super Guy’ not a computer – a true Man amongst Men.
For those of you unfamiliar with Watson – I’ll explain………
Watson is an “IBM Product” capable of being a contestant on the TV show Jeopardy – Alex Trebek – answering answers with a question?! – nicknamed “Yep-erdy” by my college roommate Jon Fong (who was a daily watcher) - and famous for producing millionaire knowledge nerds who answer…..answers with questions?! …..God I love that show……
Back to the point, Watson is a super hum...sorry computer. Watson is a male. Why? Cause Watson is a boys name and boys dominate girls when it comes to being super smart.
Watson uses keywords from the question/clue/whatever, searches his 4 Terabyte storage space and produces his best match . Contextually speaking, which Watson wouldn’t understand, 4 Tera-rapture-bytes is like 4 home computer’s worth of memory now a day – all I can think about is….”that sounds doable….at least more doable than I initially thought”.
Contextual clues are lost in translation and His question, which really was an answer, in Final Jeopardy was – “What is Toronto?” – to the category of US Cities and the answer was: “Its largest airport was named for a World War II hero; it’s second largest, for a World War II battle.” You mean to tell me that Watson said Toronto when the Category was US Cities?! Since Watson is a guy – let’s look at it from a guys perspective.
I’ll leave you with this…..
Clue: ‘Defines Moral fiber and Father to the US’
Please form you answer in the form of a question.
For those of you unfamiliar with Watson – I’ll explain………
Watson is an “IBM Product” capable of being a contestant on the TV show Jeopardy – Alex Trebek – answering answers with a question?! – nicknamed “Yep-erdy” by my college roommate Jon Fong (who was a daily watcher) - and famous for producing millionaire knowledge nerds who answer…..answers with questions?! …..God I love that show……
Back to the point, Watson is a super hum...sorry computer. Watson is a male. Why? Cause Watson is a boys name and boys dominate girls when it comes to being super smart.
Watson uses keywords from the question/clue/whatever, searches his 4 Terabyte storage space and produces his best match . Contextually speaking, which Watson wouldn’t understand, 4 Tera-rapture-bytes is like 4 home computer’s worth of memory now a day – all I can think about is….”that sounds doable….at least more doable than I initially thought”.
Contextual clues are lost in translation and His question, which really was an answer, in Final Jeopardy was – “What is Toronto?” – to the category of US Cities and the answer was: “Its largest airport was named for a World War II hero; it’s second largest, for a World War II battle.” You mean to tell me that Watson said Toronto when the Category was US Cities?! Since Watson is a guy – let’s look at it from a guys perspective.
- Guy Trait #1 - He wasn’t listening. Typical in all male species.
- Guy Trait #2 - Tried to pretend he was listening by saying something stupid.
- Guy Principle # 1 – This drives Trait #1 and Trait #2…….It didn’t matter because the game was already over before the Final even stared. Why play the game if you can’t win…..or have already won?
- And finally – US magazine’s headquarters is located in Toronto…..duuuhhhhhh.
I’ll leave you with this…..
Category: ‘US Products’
Clue: ‘Defines Moral fiber and Father to the US’
Please form you answer in the form of a question.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Humbled
Well I thought once a month was good - but apparently once every two months is the average now - not good!! So since my last post in February a lot has happened, and I am excited and humbled!!
You know how when you get a new white car you start looking around and you see EVERYONE has a new white car, or you have a cold, or you want something and EVERYONE has it but you ..... Well that's how fertility is! When you can't get pregnant you band with your fellow sisters struggling in the trenches with you and you take comfort in the fact that there are others who know your pain and can sympathise with you - but then something happens - someone gets pregnant and the wolfpack is reduced by one.
I found out on February 20th that I was preggers, and I was excited but scared that I would miscarry again and waited a week and no drama, and then another and then started getting more comfortable that this time things would work out.
Although I was/am so excited about this next step I am still moved to tears and deeply deeply humbled that out of all the amazing women that are struggling with this issue that I am pregnant and not them. There are so many that are so much more worthy than I am!
I pray for my friends that are still struggling everyday with a heavy heart at how bad it sucks to be waiting on the sidelines hoping to get tapped into the game. I know that they will make such amazing mothers and I can't wait to celebrate and someday that crappy wolfpack of infertility will have no wolves!!!
And with that I present you with our first family picture with baby blueberry - who is now almost a lime!
Due date is October 31st which would mean a costume party every year - awesome!
Now that I am nearing week 11 I am getting a big more plump which is TOTALLY weird - when in the history of your life has tight pants been a good thing?!! Seriously this whole baby requires some serious rewiring of the female brain.
In news completely unrelated to me - my baby sister turned 21!!!! Josh has entered his last year in his 20's and Pete Piano Bar still rocks! We did a sister's couple trip to Pete's for Gail's 21st celebrate and it was greatness. Some poor guy sitting in front of us loving being the only guy at a bachelorette party had to stop his celebrating 3 times so he could get a picture that all approved of. And speaking of bachloerette parties there may be one coming to the Wampler house soon - stay tuned!!
You know how when you get a new white car you start looking around and you see EVERYONE has a new white car, or you have a cold, or you want something and EVERYONE has it but you ..... Well that's how fertility is! When you can't get pregnant you band with your fellow sisters struggling in the trenches with you and you take comfort in the fact that there are others who know your pain and can sympathise with you - but then something happens - someone gets pregnant and the wolfpack is reduced by one.
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| although i wouldn't mind joining this wolfpack! |
I found out on February 20th that I was preggers, and I was excited but scared that I would miscarry again and waited a week and no drama, and then another and then started getting more comfortable that this time things would work out.
Although I was/am so excited about this next step I am still moved to tears and deeply deeply humbled that out of all the amazing women that are struggling with this issue that I am pregnant and not them. There are so many that are so much more worthy than I am!
I pray for my friends that are still struggling everyday with a heavy heart at how bad it sucks to be waiting on the sidelines hoping to get tapped into the game. I know that they will make such amazing mothers and I can't wait to celebrate and someday that crappy wolfpack of infertility will have no wolves!!!
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| seriously this wolfpack needs reduction! |
And with that I present you with our first family picture with baby blueberry - who is now almost a lime!
Due date is October 31st which would mean a costume party every year - awesome!
Now that I am nearing week 11 I am getting a big more plump which is TOTALLY weird - when in the history of your life has tight pants been a good thing?!! Seriously this whole baby requires some serious rewiring of the female brain.
In news completely unrelated to me - my baby sister turned 21!!!! Josh has entered his last year in his 20's and Pete Piano Bar still rocks! We did a sister's couple trip to Pete's for Gail's 21st celebrate and it was greatness. Some poor guy sitting in front of us loving being the only guy at a bachelorette party had to stop his celebrating 3 times so he could get a picture that all approved of. And speaking of bachloerette parties there may be one coming to the Wampler house soon - stay tuned!!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
It has been weighing on my lately that life is a journey that we all start basically the exact same way and for sure end the exact same way, but somewhere in the middle is like a crazy flow chart with different paths and outcomes..... Right now in my small microcosm of late 20's early 30's friends we are on the baby path.
This is probably the craziest path that I've been on in recent years. It seems pretty damn simple - you want a baby - have sex on this day and bada bing bada boom - you're preggers. And for some, it appears that it is indeed just that simple.
On a sliding scale - the younger you are and the less you want it, the one time rule seems to work pretty well, then the older and more educated you get your chances seem to magically diminish... its kinda weird that way somehow.
The journey is strange, you are so excited about it, you talk to close girlfriends that you are trying, and they in turn confide in you that they are too - then you get even more excited because you are embarking on this magical journey with friends by your side.... but then it gets kinda funky. Friend A gets pregnant right away, Friend B that you didn't even know was trying is pregnant, but you are still waiting in the wings to get tapped into the race, and waiting and waiting.
Then you start feeling like something is wrong, maybe the math is off, maybe I'm broken, maybe God doesn't want me to have a baby, maybe I've done something wrong and I'm paying for it, maybe I'm being punished for my past, maybe having a baby is a huge big deal and I'm o.k. with not having one, we only get this amount of time to be just a couple and then its gone, enjoy the moment, we have more time to save money.......the mind games seem never ending.
I would say that most days like 92% of them I know that God has a plan for our lives, and has a awesome little one all lined up and I have to be patient and trust Him, but the other 8% I feel angry, tired, exhausted from caring so much and wondering is this the month?
I've hit a stage where I just don't wanna talk about it anymore, you're exhausted and there is nothing that can be done by talking about it, no one can fix it, no one can make it better, and retreat into sadness is what seems to be the best option.... but in isolation is deep sadness, dark places, cynicism on the whole process.
Really though talking is good, I am not an island, people have problems and some people don't, Friend B that I didn't know was trying wasn't talking about it cause it took 5 years.....
I've come to realize that at the end of the day, the end of this particular journey there is hope, a baby, and a completely different new life. And when that baby is in my arms and I stare around the room at all the other precious miracles that my sweet friends have, we'll all be back together and all this pain and frustration will melt away, and a new journey will begin. In sharing, listening, prayer we find that there is a plan, an end to the journey - never in our time but always for the best.
Inarticulate to say the least - but it is always good for me to write things out and reaffirm to myself that I am not alone, and no matter your struggles and journey - you are not alone either.
This is probably the craziest path that I've been on in recent years. It seems pretty damn simple - you want a baby - have sex on this day and bada bing bada boom - you're preggers. And for some, it appears that it is indeed just that simple.
On a sliding scale - the younger you are and the less you want it, the one time rule seems to work pretty well, then the older and more educated you get your chances seem to magically diminish... its kinda weird that way somehow.
The journey is strange, you are so excited about it, you talk to close girlfriends that you are trying, and they in turn confide in you that they are too - then you get even more excited because you are embarking on this magical journey with friends by your side.... but then it gets kinda funky. Friend A gets pregnant right away, Friend B that you didn't even know was trying is pregnant, but you are still waiting in the wings to get tapped into the race, and waiting and waiting.
Then you start feeling like something is wrong, maybe the math is off, maybe I'm broken, maybe God doesn't want me to have a baby, maybe I've done something wrong and I'm paying for it, maybe I'm being punished for my past, maybe having a baby is a huge big deal and I'm o.k. with not having one, we only get this amount of time to be just a couple and then its gone, enjoy the moment, we have more time to save money.......the mind games seem never ending.
I would say that most days like 92% of them I know that God has a plan for our lives, and has a awesome little one all lined up and I have to be patient and trust Him, but the other 8% I feel angry, tired, exhausted from caring so much and wondering is this the month?
I've hit a stage where I just don't wanna talk about it anymore, you're exhausted and there is nothing that can be done by talking about it, no one can fix it, no one can make it better, and retreat into sadness is what seems to be the best option.... but in isolation is deep sadness, dark places, cynicism on the whole process.
Really though talking is good, I am not an island, people have problems and some people don't, Friend B that I didn't know was trying wasn't talking about it cause it took 5 years.....
I've come to realize that at the end of the day, the end of this particular journey there is hope, a baby, and a completely different new life. And when that baby is in my arms and I stare around the room at all the other precious miracles that my sweet friends have, we'll all be back together and all this pain and frustration will melt away, and a new journey will begin. In sharing, listening, prayer we find that there is a plan, an end to the journey - never in our time but always for the best.
Inarticulate to say the least - but it is always good for me to write things out and reaffirm to myself that I am not alone, and no matter your struggles and journey - you are not alone either.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
All Deep and Stuff
So Josh and I watch How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM for the really cool kids) and the last few weeks have been heavy man!! Marshall lost his dad - which kinda hits everyone in the gut anyway but they had a big discussion about "last words" and how important or not important they are.....
Plus have you ever been to a funeral and they say all this great stuff about everyone and you think to yourself, "I wonder what they'll say about me when I'm gone....I better shape up and do some good stuff!" If you haven't thought that then you are better person than a good friend of mine.....ahem.
All of that to say today I sat down today and wrote my parents and in laws how much they mean to me and why.... I have done it before for my grandparents, but parents are so often taken for granted and they totally rock and are deserving of unbridled praise and adulation - especially mine!!
I have been trying to do better about letting people know how special they are to me and that if I lost someone suddenly there wouldn't be any doubt in my mind that they knew how much they meant to me.
Taking more time to make people a priority, spending more time together, stretching myself to enjoy the moment and not continuously looking for the next event are kinda my goals for this year.
Last years was to get a grip and be more fun - I think I'll keep rolling that one forward!
All of that to say - reach out and let someone know why they are so special. Don't save all the glowing gushyness for when they're gone - spread the love now man!!
Plus have you ever been to a funeral and they say all this great stuff about everyone and you think to yourself, "I wonder what they'll say about me when I'm gone....I better shape up and do some good stuff!" If you haven't thought that then you are better person than a good friend of mine.....ahem.
All of that to say today I sat down today and wrote my parents and in laws how much they mean to me and why.... I have done it before for my grandparents, but parents are so often taken for granted and they totally rock and are deserving of unbridled praise and adulation - especially mine!!
I have been trying to do better about letting people know how special they are to me and that if I lost someone suddenly there wouldn't be any doubt in my mind that they knew how much they meant to me.
Taking more time to make people a priority, spending more time together, stretching myself to enjoy the moment and not continuously looking for the next event are kinda my goals for this year.
Last years was to get a grip and be more fun - I think I'll keep rolling that one forward!
All of that to say - reach out and let someone know why they are so special. Don't save all the glowing gushyness for when they're gone - spread the love now man!!
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