Maggie Elizabeth @ 32 Weeks

Lolita Ann Jolie

Here are a few pictures of Miss Lola. She is growing so fast!! She already lost her cord and had her first bath. :( She'll be running around causing trouble with Lex in no time! :)

And our mess maker........

Raven & Lex.........

That's all for now. I'll post more when the kids let me. LOL!!

N~

Update

Dan is home (since yesterday) and recovering. Moving slow, but getting better All will be well.

Elizabeth

excuse me - it's liz, now. she is looking quite pregnant and is starting to walk funny - she had a 3d sonogram on saturday which i got to watch live on the internet. maggie is very cute - she has very chubby cheeks and a cute little nose and lots of hair. she's very talented - she can put her foot in her ear. liz and travis moved into a very nice house a couple of weeks ago - they're planning to paint the nursery lavendar this weekend.

mikel and cara are looking for a house to buy - they're very excited - what a great time to buy a house.

love to everyone

Father's Day

Happy Father's day to all the dads out there who read this blog in our family. Or have it read to them by a caregiver if you're in the "safety second" Baughn house, haha. Here's a photo of mine,  Shannon,Autumn,and Mike's dad Jim,with me on the Sky Lift in Gatlinburg. The first is the original,which had water and mildew damage and the second is after I restored it on the computer.  It's a work in progress.  The date and time are on the sign in the lower left corner.  When Mom was sick,she was talking in her sleep and said,"You go on down the road and come back and pick me up."  I wonder if she was talking to him? I still miss Dad, and I hope he's happy now that Mom is with him and that they're eternally high school sweethearts sitting on the steps at the school in the photo I once saw of them.

What This Dad is Doing on Father's Day

Since the purpose of this blog is to keep everyone informed: Dan took a tumble off his bike this a.m. -- He is doing OK, but he fractured three ribs and punctured his right lung. He went over a water bar too fast -- his foot came out of the clip, and he went over the handlebars. He sliced the visor off his helmet but apparently didn't hit his head otherwise. Astonishingly, he drove home from Green Mountain in Lakewood. His buddy Ron called me from the trail in the interim to tell me he thought Dan was injured pretty badly. So ... when Dan got home and said he was having trouble breathing, I got him in the car and took him to the ER.  He's at Littleton Hospital with a chest tube to reinflate the lung; he'll probably be there 1-3 days. He'll  be out from work for awhile because of the ribs. Extremely painful, but he's fine as long as he keeps still. I'll keep you posted.

In other news, Jake also had a bike mishap on Wednesday. A car clipped him making a right turn when he was crossing the intersection on the north side at University and Orchard, coming home from work. He had the walk sign. The car was going pretty slow, and Jake is totally OK -- just a few scrapes and bruises on his back/hip from landing on the pavement. Paramedics came to the scene and checked him out. He was not wearing a helmet, so he was very, very lucky. He took one day off from work because ... well ... wouldn't you?

Anyway,  good Father's Day all you newer and older dads, and everybody, please WEAR A FREAKIN' HELMET.

A Blessing for Lolita

May God protect you from every kind of danger.

May God give you the strength & courage to use failure as

a chance for a new start.

May you be filled with health & wholeness.

May you be blessed with prosperity

May you never be so caught up in material things that

you forget that the significance of life lies not in possessions

or money, but in love.

May you find the beauty & joy that surrounds you in God’s creation.

May you find fulfillment in whatever you choose to do.

May you use your talents & gifts to help others .

May you love unconditionally and may you be unconditionally loved.

May your happiness be unmarred by evil, spite, or maliciousness.

May your path be one of kindness & goodness.

May you be a source of light & inspiration to those you love, and may

they be the same to you.

May you be filled with wisdom & grace, with virtue &

knowledge, with patience & action.

May you be forever comforted by a strong & enduring faith.

A new Barbare has arrived!!

Well..here she is!! Lolita Ann Jolie Barbare...but you can call her 'Lola' or 'Lo' if you prefer!! 9lbs. 11oz. born around 12:40 this afternoon Sunday June 8th. Mother and baby doing fine! Three photos I took with phone and my camera to look at here, but the really good ones on Nina's camera will come soon.

I remember....

Riding on a lawnmower behind Grandpa Barbare AND Uncle Herbert. And Herbert is responsible for me making noises with my mouth, as he used to do it to entertain me.