Louisiana Governor calls for a day of prayer

I think we will all be praying for the victims of hurricane Katrina for quite some time. The devistation is just mind boggling. I dread to hear what the final death toll will be. I fear its way higher than the 100 the news is reporting. Two of the women from Skyla's birth board are unaccounted for and were in some of the hardest hit areas and I am praying for them and their families. on Chip's birth board all of my friends are accounted for but two of the ladies have family members that are missing. One of which is a 7 months pregnant woman.

If you can spare the cash there are people who need so much right now so please donate what you can spare.
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp

Such a sad time :(

She thinks she is grown

Yesterday at 5 months and 1 day old she started getting up on her hands and knees. I figure crawling is in the near future. (Chip crawled at 4.5 months.. thankfully Skyla hasn't been quite so speedy) Oh and diaper changes are getting difficult. Soon as I get the diaper off she rolls off and starts scooting away. Oh and now when she eats her baby food she jerks the spoon away from me and tries to feed herself, and she's getting good at it.

My baby is growing up so fast!!!

I am trying to appreciate and enjoy every day because it goes too fast.

Prayers for all in Katrina's path

I am so worried about everyone around Louisianna and Mississippi and even some parts of Florida are still getting severe winds and flooding.

Being a NC resident for all but 7 months of my life I have weathered quite a few Hurricanes and know how freightening and devistating they can be. I know the property damage is going to be up there because of the strength of this hurricane and the low lieing nature of the area it's hitting. Property can be replaced though .. I am really praying that there will be little to no lives lost.

There are several women on Skyla's birth board that live within an hour of NO and they have babies her age (one woman has twins) and I am so worried about them since they weren't able to evacuate.

Everyone needs to start thinking what they can start donating .. can goods, bottles of water, toiletries, clothes, blood, money .. I know the Red Cross will be ramping up to help everyone effected by this hurricane.

The blogging world is both happy and crushed all by the same blow.

Have wonderful time off Getupgrrl. Without Getupgrrl I would have probably never been inspired to start this blog.

In a blogging funk

Please forgive me for being a crappy blogger. I am just in a funk and haven't been very interesting lately. I do want to post one thing and see if my readers can help me with something.

There is an important petition going around that I would really love for all my readers to sign and pass around. This is very important to me. Thanks for taking a few minutes of your time for signing it if you do!!!


It's a petition for the Presidential Proclomation of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.

Here's the ">link. The links not working so here's the url .. just copy and paste it http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/557217746?ltl=1123900412

Reading through the list it gives me the chills because most of the signers are female and I wonder just how many have experienced the loss of a baby either through miscarriage, stillbirth, or SIDS. I figured I could count on my readers since so many of you have suffered loss(es) like myself to sign this petition. Sign it and spread the word.