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Thursday, August 20, 2009

11 Months of Kaedyn.... Our Monkey

In 20 days ... my baby, my Monkey, is turning ONE YEARS OLD... this year has gone by so fast and he's changed SO MUCH in the year it's amazing!! I have to admit that things were very different between Calahan and Noah... I mean going from a 8lbs baby to a 1lb baby is HUGE... then Nathan came along at 3lbs and then another 8lb baby comes along after 12 years of having a "normal" baby and having two preemies inbetween who took their time growing and learning.... it seems like he's been on the fast track to learn everything. He is such an amazing little boy though, I couldn't have asked for a better baby. I mean sure, the first 3 months were hell, and I suddenly understood by Mother's eat their young, but after we stopped breast feeding and he started to get satisfied (because I wasn't getting the pig enough) and he got over the colic and needing to be in my arms 24/7 ... it started to get amazing... and it has been amazing. I can't even say "I can't wait until he walks and talks.." because I CAN WAIT... he's my last baby and he's growing up so fast, so forgive my super sentimental walk down memory lane....

1 Month Old ...
October 9th thru ....

2 Months Old
Nov 9th til....

3 Months Old
Dec 9th til...

4 Months Old
Jan 9th til...

A couple videos...

5 Months Old
Feb 9th til...

6 months old
March 9 til...

7 Months Old
April 9 til...

Jumping and LAUGHHHHHHHing...

Going Going Going... no where...

Giggle Box

8 Months Old
May 9 til....

And two videos

9 Months Old

June 9 til ...

10 Months Old
July 9 to...

And a video

11 Months Old August 9 to now

He's starting to walk!!!

Dennis Go Blog!

GUESS WHAT!!!

My husband is FINALLY breaking down and taking my suggestion, and starting a BLOG!! YAY!!!

Pampered to Professional

I helped him set it up tonight, so there is only one entry but if you all don't mine - PLEASE go show him some love and follow him!!

If you didn't know, he's been going to culinary school and he'll be sharing lots of food type stuff in his blog :)

Check him out PLEASE & Thank you!!!

Writers Workshop: My Name is... And I'm a....

Drop by Mama Kat's and join in the fun!

So I decided to confess.......... Have you ever seen the World of Warcraft commercial... with Ozzy? Or William Shatner.... or Mr. T... or Van Damme??? Well, I guess that I have to join the WowAA Club....

My name is Annissa.... And I am a Mage

I get to visit very pretty places .....

Ride my kick ass horse named Willow (I have other horses then just her, 7 to be exact, at the moment)

I meet interesting....ah.... creatures......

I also get to cast kick ass magic spells, create portals to other places for fast travel - and a lot of fun stuff! Not to mention, she has a sexy dress!!

Because I finally got her (after a year of playing - cuz I don't have a whole lot of time to) to a lvl 55 and so I recently got to create my legendary Dark Knight ... don't ask me what she does yet, but she seems pretty cool!

Fallon is my druid, she also is pretty spectacular! She gets to turn into a bear, a cat, a walrus/seal type thing for swimming and a cheetah for running fast! She gets to ride around on a tiger too! ROCK ON!!

Tinkerwinks is my bad little gnome warlock.... the big blue guy behind her is her best friend, we call him Fussy ... she's very short, but she hopes her pink hair makes up for it in noticability! She's on the good side, but so so bad!

Then there is my Shaman .... she gets to toss up totems of healing and fire and other stuff ... she's still a baby along with my other toons....

But I also play a little on the BAD side...... it's fun to be BAD once in awhile. And ya know what... she's the prettiest bad guy on the block! I mean who wants to be a Troll, or Undead, etc when you can be a BLOOD ELF! Teehee....

So there you have it....... my name is Annissa and I'm one of those weird people who play World of Warcraft! (and hey - if any of you want to play, let me know - I'll send you a free 10 day trial! -wink-) LOLOLOL...

Things I Love Thrusday....

I love my husband....

And my family.... all 4 boys...

They are NOT the best family photos but they are the most recent. I want to get some nice ones done sometime soon, but we'll see ... I think we might take a trip to the park to do our family photos, the kids 2009-2010 school photos and all of that. Since we're homeschooling, we get to take the photos ourselves :)

It's been awhile since I was on, and it was an excuse to show off my family.

A Thousand Words Thursday: Photography Up North

We went on a trip up north (Northern WI/MN) during the summer, in the middle of July. Since I haven't been on and sharing, I thought I would share this for my return (er, apparently first) A Thousand Word Thursday.... Anyway - we stopped in Two Harbors (after visiting my Godmother) and showed Dennis the big lake... Lake Superior that is. He hadn't ever been that far north, so it was nice ... the first photo the boat on the side, see all the birds chasing it? LOL...

(yes these are rail road tracks going into the lake.... hummmmm)

FUNDRAISING ........

We are currently running a fundraiser for our kids, Nathan and Noah - who both have different rare genetic disorders. Please take a moment and read about them! We are trying to raise money for some things insurance doesn't cover, and to get to a conference next summer (2016) if we can. We are focusing on two things right now, both costing over $5,000. If you can donate, wonderful, every dollar counts and is greatly appreciated. Please click the link and check out our FUNDRAISER.. You can read their stories more by clicking on the page links above... You can also read more about what is going on with them at MY UNIQUE FLOWERS the blog where I do medical updates for them.

Me – Annissa Rae (or Nissa Rae) …SINGLE MOMMY now ... spent 22 years married to two people, but that's over now... usually go by “Mommy” around here….or "Nonna" ... I am a writer, photographer, and my family is my world. I play SIMS and World of Warcraft. I fight daily with chronic pain and illness (Fibro/CFS, Diabetes, Degenerative Disc Disease)

Calahan Joseph – 23 – aka Moody Teen, Cal & Cal-Joe, He's my art, anime, game playing, orca, car loving son who has been through a lot for his young age. Currently he is engaged to Tina Marie (25). She is honestly the light in Calahan's eyes. She reminds me a lot of me, actually. I do like her a lot. She's getting out of a tough situation which included abuse on her ex's end. It was a situation where she had to make the choice to keep her daughter safe and not have her with her. She loves her baby and cries from missing her, but she knows she's in the right place right now.

Noah Alexander – 17 – aka "The boy who lived," Dolittle, No-No & Naughty. My stubborn, strong willed, micro preemie, rare genetic disorder, animal loving, Doctor Who, Minecraft, Dino loving Aspie MIRACLE man. He is also called Sasquatch these days.

Nathan Patrick – 12 – Buggy, Boo-boo, Tator, Tator-Tot, Nay-Nay, & Nater-Tator, "Paco" if you want to get his attention. My tiny little guy who has a growth disorder. He was my Blues Clues obsessed, Dino loving, YouTube watching, Minecraft playing, Autistic AMAZING fun loving boy. Today he is more into Roblox, Zelda & Mario Smash Brothers. He also loves cuddles! But now that he's in Jr. High he really wants to be more "normal" and less "little kid."

Kaedyn Phillip Russell – 10 – Bubba, Bubba-Rocks, Bubby, Monkey, Mookey, Kae-Kae, Big Budda Baby, Thumper, The Hobbit … He is the comic relief of the crew, the most emotional, mini-mommy, mini-chef, amazingly smart - math wiz ....he amazes us with his intelligentsia!! 2018/2019 he went to a school for the first time without Nathan in a long time - and that was hard for him. There were also other issues like bullying and something happened that scared him. It was to the point he was locking himself in the bathroom to not go. Realizing this was an issue, we took the chance, pulled him and now he's at home, doing online school. He already has such bad anxiety it's hard.

Kale (25) is our son from another mother. He is Elly's Daddy. Married to Brook (19)

We have three granddaughters... Claire-Bear (6) and Elly (4). I am Nonna and DB is Popi! We have been in Clairah's life since she was 18 months old and Elly's since before she was born. Now we have another little one to add to our clan. Miss Wednezday (1) is Tina's daughter. She is currently with Tina's family where she is safe, loved and adored. This is where she's staying right now.

DB – my SOON-TO-BE EX husband, my kids Dad, aka Dennis... I thought he truly was the love of my life, apparently not, or if he was - it's over. Our marriage wasn't perfect, but I thought it was amazing most the time. He's a trained Chef, and computer geek. Currently going to school for an IT Security Degree. We've been married TWELVE YEARS!! Almost together for 13 years. He is the only Dad that Cal and Noah have really known. He now lives in TX.

The Princess - DB's daughter from a previous relationship, my younger two boys half sister. She is 14. She lives with her Mom.

OUR FURRY FAMILY MEMBERS

Alyvia - my Black Cat ... aka "Livvy" or "Livvy-Lou"

Katy - Tabby/Tortie (I call her Katie too but Bubba likes Katy) Her actual name is Katheryn

Ely Mae (or Elly Mae, or Ellie Mae) - Mom & Step Dad's Dog

Jaxson - Boxer Shepard Dog, Adopted by my Mom & Russ (but he's totally my dog)

They also have cats: Bella, CeeCee, and Callie Joe. Along with Dude.

Other Key Players in our life ...

Mom & Russ (my Mom & Step-Dad) ... I will refer to Russ as my "Dad" a lot too ... so if I say "Mom & Dad" I'm usually referring to Russ.

*JO* and her honey *A* ... we just met not to long ago but Jo and I have connected on a very unique level!

Ashley - my cousin/sister ... Zach's her man, she has three girls, Autumn (step-daughter), Alycia & Harley Quinn and just had her first little boy Jameson (on 8-4-18, he share's Elly's birthday now!)

Heather - my sister (Irish Twin) ... her Mom was my Mom's best friend, she died and so my Mom adopted Heather. ... lives in Georgia currently - with her hubby Jeremy (my brother-in-law)

*J* ... my best friend. *P* is her husband. They have two girls *S* is the same age as Noah, an *Jo* is a year younger. They lost their son (my nephew) Jackson at 31 weeks in the pregnancy, after 9 years of infertility. He was born with his wings on 12.31.16.

*S* and I go back a long ways, we've been through a lot. We recently reconnected and I'm so happy about it. We were apart for awhile...

Sam is my sister-in-law, she has my niece Myra (9). She's definitely one of my best friends. And Myra is also DB & my Goddaughter. We're super honored about that.

I have more gals I consider best friends. Cathy is probably my best friend I've known the longest - we are also very much like sisters, which I feel with all my really good friends. Cathy and I don't need to talk every day but our love for each other is epic. There is Lisa & Missy ... I've been friends with each of them since 1999.

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