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quiltedmama	She looks like her Mama! So sweet! See you soon, baby!
memento_mori	Aww, she's adorable. :)
stevenbraman	Cute little girl.
bbeasley	Beautiful!! :)
sirtarin	=D
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fullofgrace	she's bigger than i was expecting!
eternalsunshine	especially being Steven's daughter and after James...
chessman	Carys Virginia, by the way.
stupidugly	She's so pretty!!! :) I can't wait to see her!!!
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God is really really wonderful...

12-03-08 12:44pm CST

...and a lot of people in my life reflect that.

Thanks to my wonderful wife for bearing and raising my chldren. She is amazing and wonderful and I love her. she is my greatest blessing, truly far above rubies :-)

Thanks to Faithlyn and James, who are probably under more stress through this than I am. They are outstanding young people (they have and amazing mommy ;-) and I love them immensely.

Thanks to my parents for changing plans and taking care of me and my family.

Thanks to my mother-in-law for working like crazy to rush out here, and for taking wonderful care of Jensie so I could rest.
Thanks to my father-in-law for spending hours at the copy machine to facilitate it. And he didn't even get to come out and see the baby yet.

Thanks to Andrew and Rebecca for rushing out to help (and for TONS of help getting ready for the baby). That act like they're just paying us back, but they continue to go well above and beyond the call of duty and show true, loving friendship.

Thanks to The Moyers for rearranging everything to come out and help with recovery and stuff :-) Oh, and for being all-around awesome family!

Thanks to my brother and sister-in-law for turning a vacation visit into a chance to help get ready.

Thanks to my Marine Corps Corporal brother, whose pin-on I couldn't get to, for calls and support, and for wanting to be here.

Thanks to Mary for helping out whenever she comes through.

Thanks to my co-workers, who have filled in the gaps and proven I'm overpaid by making sure no mission falls by the wayside while I'm gone.

Thanks to our church family, here, a f ar, and nev er ev en m et for prayer, well-wishes, and offers and delivery of help, and for rejoicing with us.

Nearly forgot the one that most surprised me, and actually inspired this post, our OB, Dr. Dent Williams, who took great care of Jensie, especially during the spinal block. He knew it was very scary for her and made sure to support her through it even though I couldn't be in there.

God is truly wonderful, and I'm thankful for my new daughter, and the blessed life into which she enters.


quiltedmama	Are we ever going to get to see a picture of this baby??? Just one... please!
71lespaulcustom	Sounds like someone is quite content!
chessman	You obviously didn't mean her. Pictures will come as soon as I get them developed ;-)
sirtarin	=)
bbeasley	God is good isn't He?!
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Welcome, Carys

12-02-08 05:56pm CST

Carys was born today at 14:38. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, was 20 inches long, and had a head circumference of 13.75. She and mommy are doing well and she's eating like a champ. Her sugars are doing OK and Jensie's blood pressure seems to be coming down. Thanks for your prayers! :-) (BTW 1, 2, and 4 worked out as requested, God had a different plan for 3.)


chessman	I will ensure pictures get postedd on here in the not too distant future. If you are the chosen vessel whereby this disssemination takes place, make sure you post a comment/link :-)
bama_amy	congrats!
memento_mori	congratulations. :)
deusvitae	Congratulations!
bbeasley	Congrats! Can't wait to see pictures! I'm glad they're both doing well.
curlie	Congratulations! :)
jhagan	Congratulations again... I am happy to hear that all are well!
71lespaulcustom	Woo-hoo!
stevenbraman	Congratulations from Australia
dragonwriter	Impatience seems to run deep in the Chetelat family ;-) Couldn't wait to get a jump on life.
private_rike	Yay for babies!
quiltedmama	You'd think the tendency to procrastinate would balance that out ;)
sirtarin	Congratulations! =D
mommabear	She's so adorable! Can't wait to see her again and give her lots of kisses! :) You were a champ and I know Jensie appreciates the way you take care of her and your family. You know you can always call on us if you need a thing. Congratulations. :)
mommabear	PS - I'm trying to find the cable to Andrew's camera so I can get pics up. I'll let you know when that happens.... :-/
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There was one thing God didn't make.

11-18-08 08:20pm CST

Me: Umm, what was that?
Faithlyn: Him :-)
Because when there was just nothing He was there.

Wish some adults could grasp that


private_rike	Put her in a room with a bunch of philosophy majors and things would get extremely violent.
quiltedmama	Isn't it amazing how much they can understand?!
dragonwriter	She definitely has a lot of her namesake :-)
mountaingirl	Go Faithlyn! reminds me of her aunt Mikey @3! ;)
sirtarin	Nice. :)
sirtorin	=)
eternalsunshine	Adults just make everything so much more complicated than necessary.
quiltedmama	Thanks for the bonnet, Uncle Stevie!
polaramy	I came over early in the week to see if there had been any #3 updates that your wife had been too busy to post, and I'm still giggling about the CDO thing. Poor Scott's been having to put up with my worst today - the very careful arrangement of things that are supposed to be random-looking. Christmas lights are a chore. I can't stand for there to be big gaps, but I don't want an obvious pattern either. I don't like the nets because you can see the net shape. He's learned to let me do the indoor lights, and pause the kids every so often to let me redistribute the ornaments. I tried to make a patchwork quilt once and had to create an algorithm for randomly choosing the order of fabrics to ensure variation and no repetition of patterns. :) I am looking forward to viewing the holiday Monk episode that came on last night.
bbeasley	Congratulations on your little girl!!!
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Stolen from Reader's Digest

11-09-08 05:04pm CST

I have CDO. It's like OCD except with the letters in alphabetical order, like they're supposed to be.

My OCDs include always stepping over a sidewalk line with my left foor, counting my steps (highly not recommended in concert with other activities I engage in,) flexing my knees as if walking whilst sitting still, and even counting those steps. Also, if I'm in a parking lot, I extend the lines and treat them like the aforementioned sidewalk lines. Also, I will make weird noises with my mouth. Sometimes it's rolling an "r", making little spitting noises, puffing out just the front part of my upper lip. Every time I make the effort and stop doing one, another one pops up and starts annoying me and everyone around me. Here's hoping one day I get on a kick to compulsively neaten my house.
Who else has OCDs?


stevenbraman	I don't want to go there, but I will say that when I used to run all the time I would count my steps. Of course part of that was interval training, as I would vary my speed every so many steps. However, I would almost always count as I ran unless I was running with someone else or would go on a prayer run.
sirtarin	Hehehe. :)
deusvitae	Is that an offer to write? :D
dragonwriter	I can name at least one more of yours... sorting your magic cards into perfectly neat, alphabetized, casting costed stacks whilst the table whereat you're sitting is stacked high with clutter from your aforementioned un-neat house. ;-) As for mine... I can't think of any. Maybe my wife can offer some of mine up that are so ingrained for me to notice...
quiltedmama	So... how many steps in your last race? Just wondering ;)
quiltedmama	I too have a tendency to count things, but it's more of an idle thing than a compulsion, and I can stop myself. I wonder what a compulsively cleaning Steve would be like- scary!
sirtorin	Heh. =)
sirtarin	Well, that sort of conversation isn't too uncommon with us. Perhaps once a month, or so. Maybe a bit less. I'm not sure. =)
dragonwriter	My wife alerts me that I may have one of these things after all... the inability to let wounds on my hands heal. Every time I have a cut on my hand (even if it is stitched up) I end up pulling it open absent-mindedly with my teeth. No idea why.
sirtorin	Yes! =)
mountaingirl	I love you too!
memento_mori	Thank you, I am glad that at least one person approves of it. :-D
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