The Parmers Have Moved: March 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Pop

Pop (Brannon's mom's husband) has recently been diagnosed with Sarcoma, a rare cancer. Sarcoma accounts for approximately 1% of all new adult cancer cases per year. We do not know a lot other than it has been classified as late-stage sarcoma. Nana and Pop are in Texas at MD Anderson to finalize the diagnosis and to (hopefully) begin the treatment phase. Hopefully we will have more information today after their appointment in Texas.

Please keep them in your prayers!!!

An Early Visit from the Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny heard that Nana and Pop probably would not be in town for Easter - so he (or she) made an early visit to their house Friday night!! The girls each got a bucket with a shovel (for the beach, of course) filled with stickers and outfits and hair clippies!! The Easter Bunny hid eggs around Nana and Pop's house and the girls had a great time finding them!

Monday, March 30, 2009

Friday night with Nana and Pop

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The kids and I went up to Nana and Pop's (Bran's mom and her husband) Friday night. Nana and Pop had bought some beads to make bracelets and necklaces!

Brooklyn hard at work making her necklace!

Pop showing Bella how to do it...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Brady and his fingers

Brady is a "finger sucker"!! There have been a few times that I have laid him in his crib and I'd come back to find him sound asleep with his fingers in his mouth. There are also times when you can literally "hear" him sucking away on his fist and/or his fingers!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sleeping Smiles

It isn't the best picture because he was swinging and the motion made it blurry - but I love it when he starts grinning while he sleeps!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

ABCs

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A -Age: 30
B - Bed size: king
C - Chore you hate: floors
D - Dad's Name: Jim
E- Essential start to your day item: shower
F - Favorite actor(s): Patrick Dempsey/Matthew McConaughey
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5' 6"
I - Instruments you play(ed): none - took piano lessons at one time
J- Occupation: Accountant
K- Kid(s): Bella, Brooklyn and Brady
L - Living arrangements: husband and 3 kids and a dog
M - Mom's name: Pauline
N- Nicknames: Bug
O - Overnight hospital stay other than giving birth: yes - broken arm and meningitis
P - Pet Peeve: lots of them
Q - Quotes you like: It is what it is.
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Jennifer, Angie and Michael
T - Time you wake up: 6:00 or earlier
U- Underwear: big
V - Vegetable you dislike: most
W - Ways you run late: children
X - X-rays you've had: some - mostly arms
Y - Yummy food you make: spaghetti
Z - Zodiac: Taurus
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Bowling

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We went bowling this past Saturday!! This was a first for the girls and the first time we've been bowling since we had kids...
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Brooklyn became disinterested pretty quickly and had more fun climbing the stairs and the rails!
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Brady was unimpressed and slept for the majority of the time!

NieNie

Stephanie and Mr. Nielson were in a plane crash in August 2008. Their flight instructor and friend, Greg, was killed as a result. Stephanie and Mr. Nielson were severely burned in the accident. They spent months in a burn unit but are now home - still recovering.

I don't remember how I happened across Stephanie's blog, The NieNie Dialogues, but I did as well as her sister's blog, cjane. CJane updated her blog faithfully regarding the Neilson's recovery and she, along with other siblings, took in her sister's children while her sister and brother-in-law recovered. I've become "hooked" to both of their blogs...Yesterday's post by Stephanie, as most of her posts do, caused tears to well up in my eyes! Have a look - but you might want to grab a tissue...Yesterday's post was titled "A Mother"...Click here to read

Monday, March 23, 2009

New Pajamas!

The girls got some new pajamas that came with tu-tus!! Bella is always more than happy to pose for the camera but Brooklyn is usually too busy to stand still....I think they wore these pajamas every night for a week (don't worry - they were washed in between)!

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p.s. - Bella is in the top picture and Brooklyn is in the bottom picture.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Pay It Forward!

I'm participating in a Pay It Forward Swap, and I need three people to sign up to play. I'm hoping to encourage my creativity! To each of these three participants, I will send out a handmade gift within the next 12 months. In turn each of these people agrees to 'Pay It Forward' and send out a handmade something to three other people....and so on....and so on. There is a lengthy sending window in that you will have 1 year to send something to your three sendees. So I'm hoping to be able to find 3 people who would like to receive something from me.

Any takers??

If you are interested, leave a comment on this post with a way that I can contact you to get your email address and mailing address.I'm so looking forward to making something just for you:).......so come on and play....please!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Just for Fun!

Anyone who really knows me - knows I LOVE LOVE purses!!!! I saw this post over at Life With My Special Ks and even though I wasn't officially tagged - I wanted to do this post!!
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1. Post a picture of the bag/purse/handbag/pocketbook {whatever you call it!} that you are carrying! Now, don't you even think about going back there to your closet and getting that cute little clutch that you carried before you had children or the last time you went out ;-) I want to see the purse that you carried today!

It looks small - but it really holds a lot! I have a Filofax planner, camera, brush, powder, lipstick, checkbook, tylenol, keys and even some mail!

2. Tell us how much it cost! Oh my, I know what you are thinking - a Southern Belle neva discusses matters of money, darlin'. Well, yes, but today we are gonna break that rule and tell! Yes, tell how much it cost. We won't judge! This is for entertainment purposes only! And if there is a story that goes along with this purse, tell it!!

$9.95

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3. Tag some other girls. It will be fun to see what everybody else posts :-)
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Lesley

Julie
Melanie

Anyone else who wants to do it!
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