Another Long, Busy Weekend

We had so much to do this weekend...I can't believe it went by so fast and with no big problems. On Saturday, all three of us were going to go to the UK vs Mississippi State football game. We parked at my friends house that lives right across from the stadium, saving us at least 20 bucks for parking. My friend Julie, the ginger, who I absolutely adore, volunteered to watch Anna during the game. Yes, I have great friends. Thanks Julie again for watching Anna!!!! Well the game was awful and we lost by way too much. But this was Wes' first UK football game and we had great seats, fifty yard line, 32 rows up. After the game, we picked up Anna and went back to Nicholasville. My parents stopped by to pick up Anna for the night. Wes and I then went to dinner with my friend David for his birthday....mmmmm Red Lobster! And then to a local pool hall to shoot some balls around the table. Well at least the boys shot pool, while us girls played some erotic photo hunt. Then on Sunday I went to pick up Anna and go to my cousin's baby shower in Danville. Congrats to Kandace and Craig...I can't wait to meet your little guy (although you won't tell us what you are naming him)! Thus it is now Sunday night and I am tired. Hopefully Anna sleeps good tonight! Oh yeah, today is also my friends due date...she hasn't called so I am guessing that Baby Noe is not ready to come out and play yet! Maybe sometime this week...until then Hang In There Marissa!!!

R.I.P. Demi

Such a sad day. I absolutely hate Thursdays anyway....I have to drive Wes' truck to work, traffic is always the worst this day of the week, I don't get to see Anna when I get home (she is at her grandparents for the night) and I have to wake up early on Friday mornings and be at work at 7:30....So the day just sucks as a whole. Well today my brother came into town and when we got off work we went to Danville to eat dinner with my parents. This made me excited because I would get to see Anna this evening. Well when we got to my parents house, my mom told me that there had been an accident. I immediately thought of Anna, but I was holding her and she perfectly fine. Then I thought maybe she had pooped on my father because he was in the shower. Then I looked at my mom and she was crying and said that Demi, one of our dogs, had been chasing a squirrel this morning and got hit by a car. My mom said she died instantly and didn't even yelp. The car didn't even stop!!!! This breaks my heart. Demi was the first dog that I ever got on my own. When I moved out of parents house, my dad said that I couldn't take Demi because then Reggie, the other dog, would be lonely. Really he had just grown attatched to Demi. She was such a good dog and will be truely missed. My dad went and buried her in my meadow this afternoon. I am still crying. Below is a picture of my nephew Zay and Demi (it was the only digital pic I could find of her).



Demi Cash ( March 15, 2001 - October 25, 2007)

Video Attempt

So here is my attempt at putting up a video of Anna Banana. My fingers and crossed and I hope it works!!

So it took two attempts, but it worked!! Enjoy!!

Pumpkin Carving

So this past weekend was way busy. My sister, her husband and their two boys came down from Indiana on Saturday to hang out. My house was not ready for the wrath of two growing boys! The day after they left, I was going into the guest bedroom and looked at the door handle and door...there was a little chocolate handprint and chocolate stripes all over. Just a little wipe and they were gone. Another really fun thing to do is jumping on the couch. It's okay...it needs to be broken in for Anna (which we will hopefully have paid off when she breaks them) So here is a picture of Anna and her two cousins from my side of the family (Baby Cash will be appearing in pictures in May 2008) Sawyer doesn't like to get too close!

On Sunday, we went out to my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Duane's house for a Pumpkin Carving Party. I love seeing all my family together. The cousins are more spread out, but 5 of us were there. Let me just tell you that it is never dull on the Belcher side of the family. All the great- grandkids carved pumpkins and everyone won a prize for their pumpkin. Anna won Most School Spirit for hers. Let me tell you that a 3 month old can really carve a pumpkin! (I think Wes had more fun than anyone else!) Great family, great food and great fun!

Anna's UK pumpkin in the middle and all the carvers, plus Marla and Wes.

Big Pumpkin, Medium Pumpkin and Baby Pumpkin

Last Sunday, we went to Boyd's Orchards in Versailles to look at all the pumpkins and to pick out Anna's very first pumpkin. Wes, being the mood killer that he is, had to point out that Anna is too young to even draw on a pumpkin, let alone carve one out. She will not remember ever going to the pumpkin patch, but this is not the point. The point is to start traditions. I will remember Anna's first pumpkin patch experience. At the orchard they had this really cute height checker...you can't see the top of it (because Anna is way short) but it said "I was this tall in the Fall 2007"
Granted Wes was right and Anna fell asleep on the way to the orchard and was asleep for most of the visit, but I still had fun. They had lots of crafts, apple cider, apple cider donuts and pumpkin donuts. Maybe next year Anna will be walking around and enjoy it more and be able to go down the slides and hayride in the years after that. So much to look forward to!

Introductions

So I am jumping on the bandwagon and starting a blog. Don't know anyone who will read this (except for Marissa and maybe Lane), but you never know.

So a little introduction to who we are. Wes is from South Central Kentucky, Glasgow, and currently works at a factory in Nicholasville. He spent 6 years in the Navy and has absolutely no plans of ever going back in. I, Jessika, am from Central Indiana, Cicero, but moved down in 1999 to attend the University of Kentucky. It took me about 7 years, yes I had a 3 year break, to get my degree in Sociology....and what do I do with it now? Nothing. I have been working at a car dealership in Lexington for the last 3 1/2 years. They just keep moving me around...as of today I have been relocated to all 4 buildings on the complex in the past year (and I was gone for 10 weeks on maternity leave). We live together in Nicholasville, we are not married and don't forsee it in the near future. It works right now and we like to stick to things that work. Why try to fix something when it's not broken? My father has dubbed our household "The House of Sin", but he will eventually get over it because we gave him his first granddaughter. Which brings us to Miss Anna Clarke Cummings.

Anna is just over 3 months old now and is a happy, healthy baby. She is our miracle. She had a pretty rough start, being born with gastroschisis (which is an abdominal wall defect) and had to have surgery when she was just 2 hours old. She spent 13 days in the NICU (not bad considering they told us she would be in there for 2 to 8 weeks) and we finally got to bring her home! She brings us so much joy and happiness. She was born July 12, 2007 at 12:11pm, weighing in at 5 lbs 12 oz. and 16 inches long (she's a shorty) She just recently started filling out and is beginning to get rolls on the legs, I just love it!

Oh yeah! I almost forgot the ruler of the house: Fat Pete. This pic was when we first got him back in May. He is now 5 months old and weighs a whooping 4 lbs. Being a puppy still, he is into everything. He just can't stand not to have the attention on him and he will tell you by chomping on your toes, but everybody loves Fat Pete!!