10.29.2008
10.27.2008
JHE
ENGEL, JOSEPH HARRY, age 92, of Jasper, AL, passed away on October 24, 2008. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 26th at Collins Burke Funeral Home in Jasper. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss will officiate. Mr. Engel and his family owned and operated Engel's Department Store in downtown Jasper for many years. He co-founded Top Dollar Stores with his brother-in-law, J. George Mitnick, which grew to a chain of 250 retail stores in eleven states. Mr. Engel has been associated with Crowne Partners for the past few years. Mr. Engel served with the U.S. Army in World War II, entering as a Private at Ft. McClellan, Anniston, AL in 1942, and discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1945. Mr. Engel loved his hometown of Jasper, AL and was very active in civic affairs throughout his life. He was a past president of the Jasper Kiwanis Club and a member for over 50 years, a past chairman of the Jasper Area United Way Campaign, and a member of the Masonic Lodge for over 60 years. He was also a member of Temple Emanu-El in Jasper and served as Secretary/Treasurer for over 65 years. Mr. Engel was preceded in death by his loving wife, Reva Levy Engel, parents, Ike Z. and Fannie Engel, brother-in-law, J. George Mitnick, all of Jasper, brother, Ben Engel and his wife, Frankie Engel of Birmingham, and brother, Bob Engel, of Omaha, NE. He is survived by his daughter, Ilene Engel and son-in-law, Bob Arotsky, of Washington D.C., son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Lisa Engel; and three special granddaughters, Andrea, Marci and Ilana, all of Birmingham. He is also survived by his sisters, Lillie Buchstane and Willine Mitnick of Jasper; sister-in-law, Renee Engel of Omaha, NE; and many loving nieces and nephews. The family is grateful to his compassionate caregivers: Barbara Maxwell, Susie Williams, Beatrice Mosley, Christy Bobo, Dorothy Brown, and Aleta Gardner. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Reva Levy Engel Fund of the Birmingham Jewish Foundation, PO Box 130219, Birmingham, AL 35213 or to the Walker Area Community Foundation, PO Box 171, Jasper, AL 35502.
I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Engel for 3 years. He was a very kind a generous man, always thinking of others. I use to take Mr. Engel home every afternoon. He still came to work even at 90 years of age!! He didn't get there til 3, but he still came in everyday. I would walk with him to the passenger's side and help him get in my car and buckle him in. I don't know how he got in and out of my car, but he did. He was a great person and loved by all. He will be greatly missed!!
I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Engel for 3 years. He was a very kind a generous man, always thinking of others. I use to take Mr. Engel home every afternoon. He still came to work even at 90 years of age!! He didn't get there til 3, but he still came in everyday. I would walk with him to the passenger's side and help him get in my car and buckle him in. I don't know how he got in and out of my car, but he did. He was a great person and loved by all. He will be greatly missed!!
Two Months
I can't believe Olivia is already two months old! The past two months have flown by. She is such a good baby. She has the best personality and is so laid back. She never really cries only when she is getting really hungry and here lately she will start to whine when I am trying to burp her. It's kind of funny. She loves bath time AND she sleeps throught the night!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! She has always been a good sleeper. She was only getting up once. I would change her and feed her and she would go back to sleep. I think she started sleeping through the night at around 4 weeks. She is so active and alert. She has been so alert ever since she was born. People always tell us how alert she is. She is smiling a lot now, cooing and kicking those little legs. She is the sweetest thing!! Here are a few pictures. I took these last weekend.
This is an older picture of her during bath time. She loves it!
After church last Sunday. I just loved this little sweater dress!
Mommy & Olivia
Laughing at Daddy
She has dimples!
I LOVE YOU OLIVIA!!!
10.22.2008
To do list
This is in no particular order.
- Clean and organize our spare/tanning bedroom
- Find a comforter for the spare bedroom
- Work in Olivia's baby book
- Make her hands and feet imprints
- Find Olivia a Christmas dress ---ASAP
- Find a photographer for Family pictures and Olivia's 3 month pictures---ASAP
- Bring out my Fall/Winter clothes
- Hang a few pictures
- Put pictures in albums
- Try to start buying a few Christmas gifts
- Help more at church
- Become more efficient
- Clean the garage
- Find a job closer to home
- Work on my tan :)
- Loose 5-10lbs
- Tone Up
- Be a better wife
- Be a better mom
10.21.2008
August 25, 2008
So…I thought I would finally take the time to post about my labor and delivery experience while it is still pretty fresh in my memory, like I could really forget. I guess you could forget little things, but anyway…I didn’t tell every little thing, some things I did, but not everything, and there’s no yucky details. If you really want to know, just ask and I will share.
So I go to my regularly scheduled weekly appointment Monday August 25 and my appointment was later than usual and the office was busier than usual. My appointment was at 10, but I get there early to try to hurry and get to work. Yes…working and almost 39 weeks pregnant! It was a yuck day that day, mostly because of Hurricane Faye. I get to the doctor’s office and wait and wait and wait. It was taking forever. I was just talking with a few people in the office that I knew. Finally I got called back and did the usual finger prick and pee in the cup. Back out front til there was a room ready. I don’t think I saw Dr. Edwards til 10:30 or 11 and I had been there since about 9. When I finally saw him and he checked me he said, “Wow…you’ve been contracting!” I had dilated to 3cm after being 1cm for over a month and I had also thinned out considerably. And my blood pressure was a little high and I was pretty swollen. He asked me if I could go on to the hospital and I was completely shocked!! I totally wasn’t expecting that. I mean I felt fine. I was even going to go to work. I wasn’t in any pain or anything. The whole time I had been thinking he was just going to tell me he would see me the foll0wing week and I would be over 40 weeks and miserable. But no, he told me basically what I wanted to hear and I couldn’t believe it and was questioning him. He told me to go get my bags and head to the hospital. He would go ahead and call and let them know that I was on my way. So I put my clothes back on and call Chad. He didn’t answer!! I called him again and Ashleigh (she goes to our church and works with Dr. Aswell who also goes to our church) answered on speaker phone. He was at the dentist and I had no clue! I told him that he was sending me to the hospital and all 3 couldn’t believe it! I make a trip to the bank and then head home to finish packing my stuff.
We head to the hospital after making one stop at Arby’s for Chad to get some lunch. I can remember feeling so nervous and anxious about what would take place in the next couple of hours. Would I be in a lot of pain? Could I handle it? Would I have to have a C-Section? Wonder what she will look like? I’M GOING TO BE A MOM????
We made it the hospital around 12:30-1:00 with my parents not to far behind us. We found the nurses station and they take us into the room where everything took place. Right away they made me take all my clothes off and put on the lovely gowns, get in the bed, ask a thousand questions, draw my blood and start iv fluids. The nurse checked me and I was still at 3cm. Then they started the potocin. I think around 3pm Dr. Cynthia Jones, the on call doctor came by and broke my water. I think that was the order. That is probably the weirdest thing ever. I was like this huge stream of warm water gushing out of you. It was crazy. I remember kind of laughing about how it felt and it would just come harder. It didn’t take to long for me to get uncomfortable. I just felt really sharp pains in the lower half of my stomach and pressure in my bottom, almost like I was fixing to let out a lot of gas. It didn’t take too much of that for me to want the epidural! I had to finish the iv fluids before they could give it to me, but they went ahead and let the anesthesiologist know. I remember taking some kind of medicine like pepto to coat my stomach before taking the epidural and that made me sick. I only got sick one other time and I think it was after I had the epidural. I am so glad of all mornings I didn’t eat breakfast. That could’ve been a lot worse. So I was finally able to get the epidural and it is probably the best thing ever. I was really nervous about getting it, but it wasn’t bad at all. It almost like you and your body know that you really want it so you will do whatever it takes to get it. I actually felt relief to sit up on the edge of the bed. So I curl my back up like a shrimp to take the epidural and remember him tapping my back to find the right place. It was taking a little while and he asked me if I was having any back spasms. I said no, I didn’t think so. I started to get nervous that something was going wrong. He just asked me to curl up as much as possible. He kept tapping around and finally found it. It did hurt for just a few minutes, but it really wasn’t that bad. Then he used like an entire roll of tape on my back to make sure it wouldn’t come out. I was fine with that. I didn’t want it to come out either! Now this ended up being the only that Chad didn’t get to watch. He watched everything even the doctor breaking my water and when I got my catheter. He was a little aggravated at the doctor when he didn’t get to watch him put the epidural in, but he got over it and just stood in front of me and held my hand. I think I did about squeeze it off when it was getting the epidural. So after getting the epidural everything was great! I basically laid in the bed and talked to everybody and my nurses. All of my nurses were wonderful! They were all fairly young and so nice. Around 8pm I was at 10cm with just a little bit of cervix left. The nurse told me that we could start practice pushes and move that cervix out of the way. We did that for about an hour. It really wasn’t bad. I remember her laughing at me, because in between contractions I would just lay there and play with my hair. I kept saying, “I can’t believe I am doing this?” Around 9pm the nurse called the doctor and I pushed a couple of times for her. They started getting everything ready, putting the cloth on me and at 9:19pm Olivia was born! It felt like such a relief when she came out. It was an amazing feeling seeing her for the first time. I couldn’t believe that was our baby and that I actually had her! She was beautiful!! She weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 19 ½ inches long.
She is the best baby! I don’t think she could be any better. She is so laid back and easy going. We are so in LOVE with HER.
So I go to my regularly scheduled weekly appointment Monday August 25 and my appointment was later than usual and the office was busier than usual. My appointment was at 10, but I get there early to try to hurry and get to work. Yes…working and almost 39 weeks pregnant! It was a yuck day that day, mostly because of Hurricane Faye. I get to the doctor’s office and wait and wait and wait. It was taking forever. I was just talking with a few people in the office that I knew. Finally I got called back and did the usual finger prick and pee in the cup. Back out front til there was a room ready. I don’t think I saw Dr. Edwards til 10:30 or 11 and I had been there since about 9. When I finally saw him and he checked me he said, “Wow…you’ve been contracting!” I had dilated to 3cm after being 1cm for over a month and I had also thinned out considerably. And my blood pressure was a little high and I was pretty swollen. He asked me if I could go on to the hospital and I was completely shocked!! I totally wasn’t expecting that. I mean I felt fine. I was even going to go to work. I wasn’t in any pain or anything. The whole time I had been thinking he was just going to tell me he would see me the foll0wing week and I would be over 40 weeks and miserable. But no, he told me basically what I wanted to hear and I couldn’t believe it and was questioning him. He told me to go get my bags and head to the hospital. He would go ahead and call and let them know that I was on my way. So I put my clothes back on and call Chad. He didn’t answer!! I called him again and Ashleigh (she goes to our church and works with Dr. Aswell who also goes to our church) answered on speaker phone. He was at the dentist and I had no clue! I told him that he was sending me to the hospital and all 3 couldn’t believe it! I make a trip to the bank and then head home to finish packing my stuff.
We head to the hospital after making one stop at Arby’s for Chad to get some lunch. I can remember feeling so nervous and anxious about what would take place in the next couple of hours. Would I be in a lot of pain? Could I handle it? Would I have to have a C-Section? Wonder what she will look like? I’M GOING TO BE A MOM????
We made it the hospital around 12:30-1:00 with my parents not to far behind us. We found the nurses station and they take us into the room where everything took place. Right away they made me take all my clothes off and put on the lovely gowns, get in the bed, ask a thousand questions, draw my blood and start iv fluids. The nurse checked me and I was still at 3cm. Then they started the potocin. I think around 3pm Dr. Cynthia Jones, the on call doctor came by and broke my water. I think that was the order. That is probably the weirdest thing ever. I was like this huge stream of warm water gushing out of you. It was crazy. I remember kind of laughing about how it felt and it would just come harder. It didn’t take to long for me to get uncomfortable. I just felt really sharp pains in the lower half of my stomach and pressure in my bottom, almost like I was fixing to let out a lot of gas. It didn’t take too much of that for me to want the epidural! I had to finish the iv fluids before they could give it to me, but they went ahead and let the anesthesiologist know. I remember taking some kind of medicine like pepto to coat my stomach before taking the epidural and that made me sick. I only got sick one other time and I think it was after I had the epidural. I am so glad of all mornings I didn’t eat breakfast. That could’ve been a lot worse. So I was finally able to get the epidural and it is probably the best thing ever. I was really nervous about getting it, but it wasn’t bad at all. It almost like you and your body know that you really want it so you will do whatever it takes to get it. I actually felt relief to sit up on the edge of the bed. So I curl my back up like a shrimp to take the epidural and remember him tapping my back to find the right place. It was taking a little while and he asked me if I was having any back spasms. I said no, I didn’t think so. I started to get nervous that something was going wrong. He just asked me to curl up as much as possible. He kept tapping around and finally found it. It did hurt for just a few minutes, but it really wasn’t that bad. Then he used like an entire roll of tape on my back to make sure it wouldn’t come out. I was fine with that. I didn’t want it to come out either! Now this ended up being the only that Chad didn’t get to watch. He watched everything even the doctor breaking my water and when I got my catheter. He was a little aggravated at the doctor when he didn’t get to watch him put the epidural in, but he got over it and just stood in front of me and held my hand. I think I did about squeeze it off when it was getting the epidural. So after getting the epidural everything was great! I basically laid in the bed and talked to everybody and my nurses. All of my nurses were wonderful! They were all fairly young and so nice. Around 8pm I was at 10cm with just a little bit of cervix left. The nurse told me that we could start practice pushes and move that cervix out of the way. We did that for about an hour. It really wasn’t bad. I remember her laughing at me, because in between contractions I would just lay there and play with my hair. I kept saying, “I can’t believe I am doing this?” Around 9pm the nurse called the doctor and I pushed a couple of times for her. They started getting everything ready, putting the cloth on me and at 9:19pm Olivia was born! It felt like such a relief when she came out. It was an amazing feeling seeing her for the first time. I couldn’t believe that was our baby and that I actually had her! She was beautiful!! She weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 19 ½ inches long.
She is the best baby! I don’t think she could be any better. She is so laid back and easy going. We are so in LOVE with HER.
10.16.2008
Fireproof
Last Saturday night our Sunday school class went out to eat and went to the movie Fireproof. I had heard it was a really good movie. I think I was a little surprised at how good it actually was. It really makes you took a look at your marriage from the man and woman's perspective. I don't want to give to many details if you haven't seen the movie yet, but I REALLY think every couple should go and see it.
Here's a link to the trailer.
To end this post I want to say Thank You to my husband! He is a wonderful Husband and Father!! I have been so amazed of how he is with Olivia. I knew he would be good, just not this good! He helps me so much, I don't know what I would do without him. I think a baby really does change your relationship. I love Chad more than ever and it just keeps growing!!
Here's a link to the trailer.
To end this post I want to say Thank You to my husband! He is a wonderful Husband and Father!! I have been so amazed of how he is with Olivia. I knew he would be good, just not this good! He helps me so much, I don't know what I would do without him. I think a baby really does change your relationship. I love Chad more than ever and it just keeps growing!!
10.15.2008
I need you like a hurricane
"Hurricane" by Jimmy Needham
I have built a city here
Half with pride and half with fear
Just wanted a safer place to hide
I don't want to be safe tonight
CHORUS
I need You like a hurricane
Thunder crashing, wind and rain
To tear my walls down
I'm only Yours now
I need you like a burning flame
A wild fire untamed
To burn these walls down
I'm only Yours now
I'm only Yours now
I am Yours and You are mine
You know far better than I
And if destruction's what I need
Then I'll receive it Lord from Thee
Yes, I will receive it Lord from Thee
(Chorus)
And it's Your eye in the storm
Watching over me
And it's Your eye in the storm
Wanting only good for me
And if You are the war
Let me be the casualty
Til I'm Yours alone
I am only Yours
I am Yours alone, Lord
I have a little radio that I listen to at work and I hear this song at least 3 times a day. It has become one of my favorites. Sometimes when I listen to songs I am not "really listening" you know...I am not really listening to the words and what they mean. One day when I was driving down the road and this song came on I really paid attention and it got me thinking. I need God to be like a hurricane in my life. Thunder crashing wind a rain to tear my walls down. I am saying I am here God, do with me as you please! I need You! Then the verse says I am yours and you are mine you know far better than I and if destruction's what I need then I'll receive it Lord from Thee. Sometimes I think that is something I really struggle with. Knowing that God is in control of my life and he is going to take care of everything. He knows far better than I! Why is it so hard for me to just let go and let God?
I have built a city here
Half with pride and half with fear
Just wanted a safer place to hide
I don't want to be safe tonight
CHORUS
I need You like a hurricane
Thunder crashing, wind and rain
To tear my walls down
I'm only Yours now
I need you like a burning flame
A wild fire untamed
To burn these walls down
I'm only Yours now
I'm only Yours now
I am Yours and You are mine
You know far better than I
And if destruction's what I need
Then I'll receive it Lord from Thee
Yes, I will receive it Lord from Thee
(Chorus)
And it's Your eye in the storm
Watching over me
And it's Your eye in the storm
Wanting only good for me
And if You are the war
Let me be the casualty
Til I'm Yours alone
I am only Yours
I am Yours alone, Lord
I have a little radio that I listen to at work and I hear this song at least 3 times a day. It has become one of my favorites. Sometimes when I listen to songs I am not "really listening" you know...I am not really listening to the words and what they mean. One day when I was driving down the road and this song came on I really paid attention and it got me thinking. I need God to be like a hurricane in my life. Thunder crashing wind a rain to tear my walls down. I am saying I am here God, do with me as you please! I need You! Then the verse says I am yours and you are mine you know far better than I and if destruction's what I need then I'll receive it Lord from Thee. Sometimes I think that is something I really struggle with. Knowing that God is in control of my life and he is going to take care of everything. He knows far better than I! Why is it so hard for me to just let go and let God?
10.14.2008
Hmm...
I am starting to get the hang of this blogging thing. Now I just need to make the time to post more often. I promise to update soon!
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