The Next Best Thing To Having Her In Your Own Lap!

If you thought the still pictures were good, then these will get you absoultely dancing in your chairs! Just make sure the dance is a slow number - wouldn't want you to spill your coffee!


This first number is called: TAYLOR 1:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7356552556721633041

The second is: TAYLOR 2:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1255310096332949611

Can you guess what this one is? Your right, it's: TAYLOR 3:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6748907648221717098

Moving right along - this award winner is named: TAYLOR'S HIC UPS 1:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6264203590845491295

And last but not least, in the series of internationally acclaimed motion pictures is: TAYLOR'S HIC UPS 2:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2070760724475802393

Keep those OOOHHHHs and AAAWWWWs coming along with them-there "ISN'T SHE SO CUTE!"s and who knows what will happen!

BUT, UNTIL THEN REMEMBER: GOD LOVES YOU!

Still Going Strong and Then Some!

YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THIS!

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Good Morning!


I'm on the computer! HOORAY! I can communicate with the outside world for a few minutes! So here's a quick update...


Things are fantastic! Taylor is sooooooo cute! She is a great distraction from the massive sleep depravation we are all suffering. She is such a good little girl though. Rarely does she really get upset or cry hard. She'll squawk and voice her complaints, but that usually means she just wants to be cuddled or fed. Even in the night, she never really cries. We haven't had to pace the floors with her or cast out any demonic spirits - you know the usual. She's settled into life around here pretty well. She doesn't make a huge fuss when we change her anymore and she loves bathtime, except when I take her out of the tub. And she loves to snuggle up to soft toys, clothes, and skin. She likes to cuddle up to Danny's face after he's shaved! It's sooooo cute!


She started smiling a few days ago and that has been a huge highlight for us! She makes so many funny faces like she's really trying to talk but nothing's coming out yet. Overall, the loudest noises she makes comes out the other hemisphere of her body (just like her father). I swear, she has such forceful, explosive poops that NASA could use the raw power to launch it's satellites into orbit. Hmmmm, that may have been too much information...


As for the rest of us: Danny's "burning the candle at both ends" as he's running a kid's club at a church this week with the LifeFORCE Team. Schools have the week off because of Easter (comment about the British slack education system here) and waking up with Taylor and I three or four times in the night. Today's an especially long day for him as he's at kid's club from 9am until 2pm, then he's leading our youth Bible study group at the church from 7-9 and then our last Project Gambia group comes back tonight at 1am and Danny has to pick a couple of our leaders up from Stourbridge and bring them back to Walsall. YIKES! Ruth and I are thinking about breaking one of his legs so he has to stop and rest! I think we'll have to break both legs though to get the message through!


I'm doing pretty good, just really tired. Everyday I'm more mobile, still stiff and sore but no where near as bad as it was. The stairs are no problems at all, I just don't like them. We have had a lot of company and phone calls from people (understatement of the year). We had Saturday and Sunday evening off from visitors, but we've all been too exhausted to make any phone calls, so please excuse our anti-social behaviour. But I'm sure you understand. The weather has been stupid here. Yesterday it rained, then snowed, then rained and snowed at the same time which soon turned into sleet and finished itself off in the form of hail. And plus the wind. I'm getting cabin fever here waiting for the sun to shine so we can go for a walk or for Danny to come home and take us out - even to the grocery store! If Ruth wasn't here, I'd be really going stir crazy! At least I've had a lot of laundry to keep me busy!


Ruth is doing, uh, let me just check. Hmmmm, judging by the 9 ft wide smile on her face, I think she isn't minding holding Taylor for me while I write this email. She's responding very well to the intense baby-therapy we've put her on. No, both Danny and I are so grateful to have her here! I've been having so much fun going through all the little baby outfits that people have given us with her!
Speaking of baby outfits, let me tell you about scratch mitts. First off, they're too big for her. Second, I have so many of them! I could have had a pair of twin octopuses (octopi?) and still have backup sets! And sleepers? How hard are the snaps to figure out on those things? Who designs them anyway? Mensa?


Danny and I have figured out that Taylor has a bigger wardrobe than both of us put together, a nicer set of wheels to ride around in than we do, and is more popular in three secondary schools (which is high school) and two elementary schools than we ever where in one school. She's off to an awfully good start!


Well, I should go wash myself up for the day. The midwife comes for the weekly visit today. She'll weigh Taylor so I'll have to give you the new details!


So until my next 15 minutes of freedom, take care and God Bless!

Love always,

~Alycia & Co. xoxoxoxoxo

PS - Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we took Taylor to church for the first time on Sunday. She slept most of the service (so did I...) but then woke up hungry so we spent the last part of the morning upstairs in privacy. Then she was back asleep. She didn't wake up once during a round of "Pass the Baby" after church!
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OK, NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT STUFF!

A. HORTON HEARD A WHAT? B. WHAT A BUSY DAY! C. I WONDER WHAT I CAN GET WITH THIS LOOK?
A. B. C.

D. WE ARE SO COOL! E. YUP, SHE'S MINE! F. I'M JUST SO CUTE!
D. E. F.

G. GO AHEAD, TELL ME HOW CUTE I AM!

G.

REMEMBER: GOD LOVES YOU!

Yeah, I Know - SAME-O, SAME-O, JELL-O!! WRONG - All New Views!

LOOK - IT'S AN EASTER PARADE!

JOY!

LOVE!

ALMOST AS COMFORTABLE AS DAD!

NOT AS GOOD A GRAMMA!

MAYBE THEY'LL GO AWAY IF

THEY THINK I'M ASLEEP!

THEY THINK I DON'T KNOW THEY'RE THERE!

WHICH ONE'S THE CUDDLIEST?

AND FINALLY - IN HIS OWN WORDS

(MORE OR LESS)

DAD'S NEW "CHICK" MAGNET!

There may be some of you who think that I'm giving Dan a hard time in the blogs! Believe me, nothing can be farther from the truth! Dan is a fabulous man who truly is a gift from God! Not only to say I've met him, but to actually have him as a family member is indeed a blessing! ALL his parents and mentors can be proud indeed to have a part in his life! THANK YOU DAN!

Just 4 More New Pictures! And Another 2 Today (Wed., Mar., 19)!

Click Image to Enlarge!

ALL TUCKERED OUT, BUT STILL CUTE,

CUDDLY AND FUN TO BE WITH!

MOM'S GOT THAT LOOK IN HER EYES!

Yesterday's Start Here!

SLEEPY TIME GAL!

WHO GOT TO SLEEP FIRST?

THE BEST WAY TO GET A BUSY DAD TO REST!

ANGEL ON HIS SHOULDER!

As of 9:35 AM, Wednesday, March 12th (in Saskatchewan) - IT'S A BABY! (Ignore the above Date and Time!!!)

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO! IT'S 7:30 AM (in Regina), Sunday, March 16, 2008 and She's still A BABY GIRL!!! - just a couple of days older!

BUT HERE'S SOME NEW PICTURES!

The new Family at Home!

TAYLOR WENDY DELONG

LOOK INTO MY EYES - ABRACADABRA! WHEN I SAY NOW - I MEAN NOW!

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THE REST BE OLD (BUT STILL GOOD) STUFF!

JUST THINK, IN LESS THAN 8 MONTHS:

FROM THIS:

TO THIS:

TO THIS:

AND NOW TO THIS:

TAYLOR WENDY DELONG

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Details are beginning to come in: at 06:07 AM CST (that's here in Saskatchewan), at the Manor Hospital in Walsall, West Midlands, UK, a 6lb-13oz girl named TAYLOR WENDY was brought into this world!

Alcyia enjoyed the effects of the morphine for awhile, but was soon able to hold and feed her daughter! Both are resting comfortabley now! Gramma Ruth and Dad Danny are still buzzing around, but are going to try and get some sleep in a bit. Grandpa Dave can stop pacing the floor and sit down. Grandpa Bill (that's me) has his fingertips bandaged up from where he bit his fingernails down to the quick! Everyone else can begin to get back to their normal (?) lives!

It seems to me that the only one who should be annoyed would be TAYLOR (I'm beginning to get quite attached to that name)! After all, there she was, happy, warm, and safe in her own little world, when all of a sudden - WHAM - she's yanked out into a bright, cold, noisy, hostile world! Someone takes a pair of sharp scissors and cuts what used to be her life line; someone else slaps her on the behind; she gets rubbed down with a wet cloth; she gets poked, pinched and prodded; someone sticks her tiny feet into some ink and then pushs them onto a piece of paper; then she gets wrapped up in a rough blanket; has water flicked in her face so someone can take a picture! Welcome to your new home!

If that sounds cynical, don't worry! It's just my sleep deprivation showing!

OK, SOME MORE PICTURES!

(click images to enlarge)

Go Back to theTOP OF THE PAGE for the NEW STUFF!

UPDATES WILL BE POSTED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, SO KEEP CHECKING!

Until then, Remember: GOD loves you!

A LITTLE VALIUM WITH YOUR COFFEE?

Hello everyone on this bright, clear, sunny day!

Well, it is somewhere!

In Regina, it’s cloudy and –23 C (normal enough for those who aren’t normal enough)!

This is not going to be a long, drawn out post, rather just the final deep breath before the ‘rush to the finish’!

First, just a quick note about Creatch. Poor guy was so upset about what happened, when he ‘got rid of the fur-ball’, that he’s gone back to his closet and retired from the bloging scene! However, he does send you his best wishes and will keep up on the news by reading about it on his PC!

OK, we’re into the final week, so let’s get caught up:

• teams are doing great;
• Project Gambia is doing great;
• there will be someone in next week to look at the mold.

There, we’re caught up on the everyday stuff! Now for the news! Alycia and Danny are doing just fine (as far as one can be, considering)! Danny’s mother, Ruth, will be leaving Regina on Saturday and arriving in London (and then to Wednesbury) on Monday! Not bad timing, what! Grandpa-to-be, Dave, will be following about a week or so after that. So, they are going to be having a wonderful time and that’s for sure!

For the rest of us, who won’t be there to watch (mixed reactions on that), I guess we (or at least me) will have to come down a notch and watch the NASA mission, STS123 (the shuttle Endeavour ), launch from Cape Canaveral carrying Japanese and Canadian components to the International Space Station! Rather a ho-hum second choice, don’t you think!

Alright, alright, I know – the pressure is driving me "Miss Daisy" as well, so in order to relieve the stress, let’s have a contest! I’ll call it:

IT’S A BABY ….. ?

And you enter you choice! This can be done by simply (honest, it is easy) leaving a comment! I know it’s not hard because of the ‘3’ comments on the last post, I left two (Alycia left to other)! I know there were a couple of other attempts, but don’t worry (be happy!) and try again!

So, after I leave the first comment (writer’s prerogative), it’s back to sitting on the edge of the chair and biting my finger nails until Tuesday!

But before I go, here's that picture of Aycia's brother, Tim, and nephew, Seth.

Until then, Blessings upon you and yours and remember: GOD loves you!

p.s.: It seems I got something wrong and forgot to mention something - wonder how that happened? Grandpa-to-be Dave will be going to England around March 27th. He says that will give Gramma Ruth more time with the kids and more time away from him (honest, he said that)!

You have all heard, by now, about the magnitude 5.2 Earthquake that rolled through the UK last week - from the NE in York, down through the West Midlands, and into Wales! Well. our intrepid trio SLEEP THROUGH IT! They did wake up when the alarm clock fell off the shelf onto their bed, but they went back to sleep within 10 seconds (you know your tired when ...)!

Now, I've just received an e-mail from Alycia (which is the main reason for this p.s.:) and TODAY IS DANNY'S 29TH BIRTHDAY! WAHOO! CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! LET'S HAVE A PARTY! - after all Danny has to work, but we can still give a CHEER for him! Way to Go Danny Boy! May you have many, many, many more! Be careful, take it easy, be safe - But Have Fun!

Also, the 'fixit guys' are coming today to repair/fix/redue the baby's bedroom (or at least start)! Sure do hope they "MAKE IT RIGHT!"

OH yeah, Alycia's C-section has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 12th! She says she's FRUSTRATED but not worried (after all, that's what we're for right! - my words)! Besides, it will give Ruth an extra day to settle in and get use to the warm, balmy English weather!

Well, I think that's it for now, again! So, take another, last, deep breath and we'll talk again soon enough! Until then, remember: GLY!