Free Day

Happy Leap Day! Every four years we get a free day. So enjoy this extra day, go do something fun!

Leukemia fund raiser

My step-sister Heather is participating in a Triathlon to raise money for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society this summer (yes, I said Triathlon). She has a website to collect donations:
http://www.active.com/donate/tntne/hcramer16
If you are interested in this wonderful organization, check it out.

Its a.....

GIRL!!!!!!!!!

We found out today that we are having another girl! We are very excited and Jena can't wait to meet her new sister this summer. I scanned the ultrasound pictures but they are a little fuzzy. I'll try to get a better scan later.

Hershey Catfish Williams

This week we adopted a dog from the county animal shelter. Her name is Hershey and she is a Chocolate Lab mix. She is about 2 years old and is very sweet. Her previous owners named her Hershey and we thought that was a good name. We gave her the middle name Catfish because of our tradition of naming dogs after baseball players. Catfish is in honor of NC MLB great Catfish Hunter. It also is a nod to Georgia humorist Lewis Grizzard, who also had a dog named Catfish.

I'm a big kid now!

After weeks of begging, we finally let Jena sleep in the twin bed set up in the baby's room. We figured she wouldn't last the night, but she did! So we moved it into her room this weekend and now she has a big girl bed!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone (one day late). Jena and I had a busy couple of days getting ready for the big day. We did cards for her classmates at St John's preschool and yesterday we made a big dinner for Valentine's Day to share with Roger when he got home from the hospital. Jena especially likes the cards we picked (Sponge Bob). She saw them at the store and kept saying "Sponge Bob, Mommy!" So, those are the ones we got. She even hugged the box!

Raising a girl

While right now our biggest challenge is potty training, I have been wondering lately what it will be like raising a girl. As most of you know, we wanted a girl when I was pregnant with Jena. Since both Roger and I have older brothers (and the scars that go with that) we thought a girl first would be better for our future children. We will let you know how that works out. But I guess you don't think about actually raising a girl until you have one. There is so much to think about, from what they wear to what they watch on TV. I try so hard to show her good female role models, but that is hard when the media and TV are full of so many bad ones. Even today at the bookstore, I noticed far more books about boys than girls.



So I will tell her, like my mom told me, she can do anything. The world is a different place from when I was her age, but so many things are still the same. There is a woman running for president this year. It has been 24 years since a woman was on the ticket for a major party. I remember when it happened last, I was 10. I was surprised in the years to follow that it was not considered again. Lets hope it is not another 24 years before we see more women on the main stage of politics. I'd like to tell her that she could be president and have her believe it.

Jena Picasso

We were at an art store downtown on Saturday and Roger bought some paint. He decided it was time Jena had her first painting session (she has already mastered the medium of crayon). She had a lot of fun in her first endeavour.