CRAZY true story

Last week I heard one of the most bizarre stories, and since I am still thinking about it at least once a day, I feel I need to share it with all of you.  My friend, Mimi, heard this story from a woman who had heard the story from another woman who was friends with the woman I speak of.  Did you get that? Not that it really matters but I felt I needed to quote my source.

So this woman, lets call her Jane, came into work all upset that she had to put her animal down the night before at the vet's office. She had loved her pet as if it were her own child.

Now Jane did not have your typical household pet. She had a pet python. That's right. She adored her pet python. How anyone acts lovingly towards a python is beyond me but somehow it produced in her the same fuzzy feelings most of us would get from cuddling with a sweet pup or kitten. And what is more shocking is that not only did she care for and love this animal-- she had it sleep in her bed! Can you believe it?

Would you want THIS sleeping in your bed???

So of course all the people at work expressed their condolences and then asked her why she needed to put the animal down. Jane then recounted that she took the python to the vet after observing some very strange behavior for several days. She first noticed that the animal (I wish I had its name) had stopped eating. He would not touch anything she left for him. She dismissed it hoping his appetite would come back. But then she noticed one night that the python was stretching itself out in the bed rather than lying in its usual coiled position. The following night he seemed to have stretched himself out even more right alongside of her. She was then concerned that something was terribly wrong with him so she took him to the vet.

Jane shared with the vet about the python's lack of appetite and the vet then asked if the pet was allowed to roam free. When she replied that the animal even slept in her bed at night, he asked her if it slept coiled. She then told him that was the other strange thing, that he was now stretching out to sleep. At this response the vet told her that she needed to put the animal down immediately. The poor woman was distraught and asked what was wrong with her beloved pet. The vet replied, "He is preparing to eat you."

I would love to hear your reaction to this story. Are you laughing? Horrified? In shock? Not surprised?
This story seems to produce all kinds of responses so I am curious what yours will  be!

Road Trip!

While Tim was on a business trip earlier this month (his last one might I add--hooray!!), I was blessed to be able to take a road trip with Micah, Nancy, and Sarah Grossman to visit my dear prego friend, Mimi (their daughter/sister), and her wonderful hubby, Greg, in Ohio. I definitely could have done without the 9 hour car rides, especially driving through the blizzard that Friday, but the long ride was so worth it. 

I was so proud of Micah for the way he handled being stuck in the car that long! He barely complained the whole ride. It certainly helped that I bought a portable DVD player the day before the trip. Micah could have cared less about videos before this trip so I wasn't even sure it would be helpful. Turns out he loved the Elmo/A-Z video I brought and now I can't get through a day without him asking to watch "Elmo? A?" Too funny. 

It was a wonderful relaxing weekend just hanging out together like the good old days. I'm not even sure what we did during my time there...we just enjoyed each other's company.  :) Micah was a very content boy, happily playing with household items (especially the broom), chasing after their cats (can't say they enjoyed that too much), and listening to countless readings of the few books I brought with us.  I'm so glad I was able to visit and be with Mimi during her pregnancy. The next time I see her will be in April for her baby shower and she will only have one month to go! So exciting! 

Micah really liked giving Sarah kisses

Belly shot!

family

chillin' with Elmo in the car

Blizzard SnapShots

Thought I should post some photos from our blizzard week here in Phoenixville for those of you who did not have the pleasure of being snowed in. The first round of snow came last Friday with about 2 feet of snow, which we came home to on Monday night (Tim was in VT with no snowfall and I was in Ohio with about 8 inches). The second round of snow came Tuesday night through Wednesday, bringing close to another 2 feet of snow. It really was insane. 

Tim got quite a workout shoveling out the cars and walkways...4 times. Poor guy. Micah and I stayed inside most of the time as it wasn't very easy for a little person to get around out there. He did enjoy walking down the barricaded sidewalks and taking a ride in the sled down the street. 

We are hoping and praying for a slow melt with this snow-- otherwise, we could be seeing a lot of water in our basement!

Enjoying Round 1--Tuesday

Round 2-- Wednesday

Tim hard at work

Micah enjoyed walking down our barricaded sidewalk.

the homemade cookies were a hit.

our 8 ft. pile of snow--Thursday

view out back door--collapsed awning. booooo.

Reminiscing

On my birthday Tim suggested we visit our engagement spot. We had just finished a delicious thai lunch nearby and we had free babysitting so it was a perfect opporunity. It took us quite some time to determine the exact location since he proposed right off a trail at Gring's Mill in winter time. Everything was looking the same after a while! It was a fun challenge and brought back all the emotions we felt on that Christmas eve 5 years ago. We laughed about how I had insisted we enter the park from a different entrance which left Tim unsure of the location he had prepared for the proposal (he had only been there once before and only knew how to get there from the way my brother had taken him earlier that day). Fortunately we did make our way there, after about a 1/2 hour walk! 

We knew we had found our spot when we saw the old barn up on the hill and the tree limb that stretched over a clearing in the woods. Tim proposed to me on a wooden swing that he hung from that tree. Underneath the swing he had carved our names and the date. He chose the swing because there is a scene just like it in "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken," one of my favorite movies that he had watched with me that summer.

Such a wonderful memory to revisit 5 years later and to reflect on all that has happened since that day!

What more could a birthday girl ask for?

Thanks Mom and Dad.

Micah @ 18 Months

• Measurements: 90% in height, 25% in weight--I wonder if he will play basketball when he gets older...
• Things that excite him: cars, trucks, buses, animals, music, instruments, slides, balls, Elmo
• Favorite  Toys: tool set, mega blocks, choo choos, puzzles, books, little people, tent
• Security Object:  Taggies blanket and Taggies pillow (he loves his "tags" just like his mommy did when she was a little girl)
• Favorite Songs: Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald, ABCs, Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara-Anne (Beach Boys), African Playground (this CD is the best!), and really anything with a strong beat.
• Words that Describe Me: enthusiastic, social, energetic, silly, adventurous, curious
• Recent Developments: jumping in puddles, coloring, giving kisses (to anyone who wants one), matching/naming shapes and animals, listening to several books in one sitting, running away when asked to do something he doesn't want to, playing the piano nicely instead of banging.