In God's Hands - the safest place to be and believe

We are praying for a big miracle for a little person.

A couple of months ago we were told that my older brother and his wife were having their third child. About a week and a half ago, they went and had an ultrasound that told them that there was no amniotic fluid around the baby, either no kidneys or kidney failure and as a result lungs would not develop. Everything else about the baby seems fine arms, legs, brain, heart beat...They just went to Darmouth for a second opinion and 4D ultrasound which gave them the same word. Apparently there is nothing medically that they can do at this point. Despite doctor's "advice" to abort the baby, my brother & his wife have chosen to let God make the decisions in this baby's life. They know the Lord's will may be to take this baby home, but they are praying for a miracle. She's now about 23 weeks along. Please pray with me for Randy and Marcia and for their baby. That God would give them grace to go through this season and perhaps even give them a big miracle for this tiny person. Thanks.

Coby's....a sneek peek

Well, today we took a stroll down the cool, damp, autumn flecked street to our old stompin' ground (the former Coffee Cabin - my old job and the old dream of friends) which is now Coby's. It's a cafe that is part of the college and intended it seems for students mostly...Clearly there was a lot of money involved in the opening of this place, whereas The Coffee Cabin was constructed with a lot of heart and soul and the talents of many (also a lot of money I'm sure, just different vision perhaps). Coby's has definitely a more city than country or woodsy feel. Any colored interior painted wall has been painted stark white. The rustic old wood floors have been replaced with wood laminate. The textures and colors of arm chairs that inspired talking over tea and colorado raspberry bars, have been tossed aside by a brown couch love seat trio corner awaiting a group of noisy guys to watch a game on the large plasma screen TV overhead. There are two large plasma's on the wall...currently, one playing HGTV, one CNN....for this reason I may have to go there more ;) The barista (whatever you want to call the cappuccino machine) is larger than ours was, there is a fine tea company being displayed, multiple coffee pumps ready with a variety of blends. The walls are bare but there is local art work on the way.

The menu is merely on a white board and is very basic as ours was in the beginning: b'fast sandwiches, subs, drinks, bagels, etcs...We'll see if the people of the town demand more selection from them too. We both ate full size subs each with a pickle, a bag of chips and a drink of choice (ie. FUZE, bottled water, soda, coffee, etc.) for $10.78. Not too bad actually.

There is free wi-fi. There are numerous shelves displaying gear from the college (hats, mugs, shot glasses, post cards, etc.) There is also shelving for the sale of items handmade ( I think by local artisans.) All of the tables and chairs are new, coordinating and very nice.

The bathrooms are re-wallpapered and re-tiled (maybe it was linoleum.) Yes, I checked the bathrooms and even the kitchen looked very open and new...Their hours seem ambitious as ours were at first.

Time will tell if this becomes a hot-spot at least for college kids. I think it's nice, it's new, fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the sense of home that the Coffee Cabin had. The workers were nice, but no where did I see mention of being able to hear the "joke of the day" for $1 (maybe that's the one thing I don't miss! :) I hope it does well simply because this town needs ( heck I need!) somewhere local to just go and hang out. I miss walking down the street just to say hi to friends and co-workers who were there and knew your name (like Cheers)...well, my name was known because I worked there...Jeremy sincerely TRIED to know everyone's name but usually only remembered the first letter of a name or a name that sort of rhymed with it: "Hey Jim! It is Jim right?" "No Tim." or "Hey Marcie!" "No it's Maria..." Anyway, I wish the Coffee Cabin was still here, but since it's not I'll wish Coby's well. We need something around here.

Something I've noticed.

When you post your favorite blogs in the right side bar of this blog it notifies you of new blogs obviously. If you click on the title of the blog page instead of the one entry it's better because you will be able to view the whole blog in it's entirity. The reason I said this is I used to just click the one entry, but then realized if anyone was like me yesterday posting 3 blogs in one day, I might have missed some along the way...you might miss mine...you don't have to read them, but I do have new pictures...Why do I feel like an egomaniac writing this? Read my blogs, look at my kids!!!!!.... :P Sorry. That's all.

Thanks to Tabolt...

I have had a sewing machine for years, as I think I mentioned in an earlier blog. Amanda finally taught me at least how to thread it and make it work...I don't know how to make it work well, as I constantly get the strings tangled in the machine and unthreaded, but I have made one good thing that makes me feel like my house feels a bit more country antiquey...farm house'ish. I made this pillow as my 3rd project, the first was a pin cushion, the second a small pillow for Cailen's doll and this was my 3rd. My pillow for Cailen's rocking chair. I am a bit proud of it, so I thought I'd share. I wish I had more time away from my little girls to try to make some other cool stuff. My sewing creativity is on hold for now.

Riley in the swing of things...

Riley loves when I do arm curls to bring her up to my face and kiss her over and over again. She thinks it's hysterical. I think it's funny that she thinks it's funny. She also finds goofy things that Cailen does pretty funny, which I love. She's finally warming up to the swing which is a nice alternative to the bouncer which I feel she is already getting tired of...well, at times anyway. She loves to munch her hands, her toys, her sleeves, her bib...whatever she can munch. She can roll from her back to her belly practically the instant I lay her on her back and then she gets SO mad that she's laying on her belly. Kinda funny. I'm mostly tracking milestones in this note, just for my own records...sorry if this was boring. Oh, and Riley also loves to hold my hand or play with my fingers, I love it.