HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY

New Family addition...

My brother Todd and his wife Kim just had their first baby; a girl "Kasey Lee Bunker". Isn't she cute?

MINI COOPER MANIA

Hey Sweetie! You like the Coop?

This little guy was using our back deck to sun himself recently. Soooo cute!

New Pics

Tino sent me some new pictures this morning. They are a little blurry, but better than nothing!

SANDSTORM...

It looks like special effects from the movie "The Mummy" but this is actually what Tino is dealing with right now in Iraq. Scary huh? Tino's brother Heiko can testify that these things are nasty cause I guess he got lost in one!!! NO KIDDING!! Right Heiko?

CAN YOU SMELL IT???

Can you? It's coming! It's right around the corner, it's teasing us! You know what I'm talking about?......

SPRING!!!!!!

Since I am a gardener my mouth starts salivating at the prospects of my tulips, daffodils, hybiscus, irises and crocuses popping their little heads out through the ground (sometimes even through the snow!). Don't you just LOVE the smell the ground has in the Spring? I LOVE IT!! I'm already planning on what I will be doing to the garden this year. I also decided to plant a new type of Hydrangea (my FAVORITE flowering shrub) in honor of our little Spirit we just lost. It's called "Limelight" here's a link to view: http://www.pallensmith.com/index.php?option=com_plantindex&task=view&PlantID=171 It's a beautiful plant.

I'll share some of my pictures of my garden with you

I never did show off the flowers I received from Tino for Valentine's day! 7,000+ miles away and he STILL managed to do something nice for me!!! Such a AWESOME husband!

I'm one lucky girl!

SUFI salute....

This is for the DANE COOK fans (such as I) Tino sent this picture to me so I could send it off to DANE'S website, he supports the troops serving and he likes to put the SUFI pictures on his site.

If you don't know what SUFI is than you are obviously NOT a Dane Cook fan!! LOL!!! If you can't figure it out, email me and I will explain!

For some reason this CRAPPY blogspot won't let me post the link to DANE'S site! =(

www.danecook.com

Thank goodness FEBRUARY is over

I am glad to see February 2006 gone! This month has probably been one of the hardest times in my life.

February 1st I found out that we were expecting, which was so exciting. This is about the only happy thing that happened the whole month!
February 8th my Mom moved back to VT because my Grandparents weren't doing well.
February 11th I spent the day in the Emergency room because of some bleeding, this is when I first found out something may be wrong with the pregnancy.
February 14th I spent Valentine's Day with my Hubby 7,000+ miles away from home in a unsafe place.
February 15th my beloved Grandfather Laurence Doty died.
February 17th we held funeral services for my grandfather which my Grandma couldn't attend because she was in the Hospital.
February 22 my Doctor tells me the baby stopped developing a couple of weeks ago
Febraury 23-27 I was in the Hospital again and had a procedure and have been recooping from the procedure.
February 28th TODAY would have been my Grandpa's 86th Birthday.

So that was my February! I am dealing as well as one could expect I guess. We have had lots of support from friends and family. I have relied heavily on Tino's Family and my friends because I have no family here. Everyone has been wonderful and I really appreciate that.

It's weird because I've never had to deal with anything like this before. Unless you have experienced a loss of a little person growing inside of you, you won't understand what it's like to completely and totally give all your heart, soul, hopes and dreams to something (someone) you can't even see yet!

So we are meandering through this the best we know how. All the "It was for the best" and other yadda yadda yadda is comprehendible but doesn't really make my heart feel better. I have decided to "Let go", I have no control over this and probably will never understand why so I am just letting it be.

I am recommitting myself to getting healthy and in shape, I have been told by my Doctor that my eggs are "getting old", so Being as healthy as I can before we try again is so important. I am setting my sights on training for a boxing competition so I will be training with a Boxing trainer and staying focused on fitness and working in my garden. I think I will be planting a special tree or perennial in honor of our little Spirit that wasn't ready for this World yet.

Thanks for listening to me ramble, I feel a little better even.

Love all of you
Michelle

Sad News

Most of you know already but in case not, we are letting everyone know that we lost the baby.

Thanks everyone for your care and concern.

We just wanted to let you all know.

Thanks,
Michelle and Tino