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July, 2008

  1. A Chip Off The Old Block

    July 25, 2008 by Tom Sepper

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  2. The House

    July 20, 2008 by Tom Sepper

    This post is a few days late. Blame Kim & Ryan though since they were on vacation and we wanted them to see the house before we posted pictures online. ;) Just kidding!

    We arrived in McKinney after a long but anxious drive from Lubbock. We locate the keys our realtor hid for us and enter the house. We sort of just look around and stare. We were really here. That didn’t last long though as we needed to unload my car and head over to Lowe’s to buy supplies for the various projects we had planned for the next few days. Tuesday night ended with us sleeping on a 3/4-the-way infated air mattress. :)

    The movers came Wednesday morning and unloaded the truck. It only took two guys three hours to unload compared to three guys taking four hours to load up the truck. Wednesday was spent positioning furniture, moving boxes to their correct rooms, unpacking/organizing the kitchen — and Monica’s “big project“.

    Thursday brought completion to our family in our new home; I drove over to my folks’ house to bring Wrigley home. My parents had been watching her for three months while we sold our house in Lubbock.

    Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were much of the same in regards to the house — unpacking and organizing. Monica’s “big project” was completed as well.

    Saturday night both sets of parents came over for a cookout and to see the new house.

    Projects completed thus far:

    • Katie Lynn’s Room Painted
    • Fan & Furniture for Tom’s Office
    • Book Cove Shelving/Storage
    • Upstairs Family Room / Game Room Shelving & Storage
    • Downstairs Closet Organization
    • Artwork for Living Room Fireplace

    Future projects:

    • Paint two remaining upstairs bedrooms
    • Upstairs Bathroom
    • Kitchen remodel
    • Master bath remodel

    Pictures:


    Front of House

     
    Backyard

     
    Tom’s Office


    Book Cove

     
    Living Room

     
    Kitchen / Eating Area

     
    Master Bedroom & Bathroom

     
    Upstairs Family Room / Game Room

     
    Katie Lynn’s Room


    Monica’s Craft Room


    Eventual Nursery (if God blesses us with more kids — this isn’t an announcement!)


    Upstairs Bathroom

     
    Views from Upstairs

    Oh yes.. there’s just one more picture we just have to share. Apparently the previous owners thought the door lock on the master bedroom wasn’t enough..


    Hmm.. now what could that have been used for?

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  3. My New Room

    July 19, 2008 by Katie Lynn

    Hello! It is me, Katie Lynn.  This is my first blog entry and I wanted to share with you my new room.  My mommy spent most of the first 3 days working on my room. She wanted it to be perfect!

    Here is the before picture..

     
    Some halfway photos..

    My room finished..

    My mommy worked really hard and I love my new room!!

    I love you mommy!!
     
    PS This is what I did while my mommy was working in my room. 

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  4. The Day After

    July 14, 2008 by Monica Sepper

    day 252…Katie Lynn was here and I was no longer pregnant.  There was such a rush of emotions.  I remember her popping out and the Doctor having to say it twice that it was a girl before I realized that I had a daughter.  I remember telling my friends that we had our baby and it was a girl.  I remember the reaction…WHAT? Seriously? You are joking!

    The day after, my precious baby was here and she was in NICU with a tube up her nose.  My thoughts, hard to hear them because they were going a million miles a minute.  All I could think about was, how do I fix her, how can I help her, what do I do?

    280…280 days was the mark, our count to our baby.  Our due date was December 4th and it was November 6th and I was no longer pregnant.  Most first time moms carry for 280 days, 40 weeks or 9 months and then some.  This was not the case for me.  As we went to visit Katie Lynn, my thoughts were “if I had carried her longer, she would have been okay” I felt like I had failed her.

    All I could think was “my goal was 37 weeks(257 days), full term and everything would be fine” 5 days short, 5 days is such a short time.  Looking back at this now, all I can think about is “Thank God she came when she did, that she was early, that she had her own time frame and that she is so strong willed”

    Katie Lynn has taught me so much and I don’t know what I would do without her. 

    Over the past 8 months I have met a lot of people through friends and have heard other stories from other mothers of their struggles and successes.  Everytime I hear or read a story of others, it makes me think.  I am so truly blessed and amazed at the hand of God.  He took care of my family and he healed my baby girl.  As many of you know, our first diagnoses was 1825 days until Katie Lynn could hope to be “normal”.  God healed her in 50 days. 

    At day 252, when I should have still been pregnant, I did not know what the future held and now at day 252 of Katie Lynn’s life in our world, I still do not know what the future holds but I know for sure that God is there and will guide us every step of the way. 

    My emotions today are much different than my emotions were just 252 days ago, today I have a beautiful healthy baby girl who makes me smile just looking at her.  I can’t imagine life without her and I never knew how much I could love her.  Katie Lynn is a miracle and she has taught me so much. 

    May God Bless you and be with you every step of the way.  We may not always see his plan or what he is trying to teach us but if we listen and follow it will work out.  There is always a reason for everything, it just takes time to realize why certain things happen.  It may take a day, a month, a year or a life time to realize why certain things happen in your life. 

     

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