A New Normal

We survived this difficult week. Thank you so much to everyone for the visits, calls, prayers, flowers, food, etc. It has been very hard on my husband and his sisters, but all of your sweet gestures made it much easier. So thank you.
   We are trying to get back to a sense of normal around here. Hopefully that will happen soon. Today, Ed and I are leaving to go to Macon for the weekend to host a Home and Garden Shower for Kacie and John. Looking forward to a relaxing good time. When we come back on Sunday, some of our closest friends are having a couple's baby shower for us! Very excited about that.
   Adelyn is scheduled to make her arrival on February 28th, unless she decides to come sooner. That means we only have a little over 3 weeks. WHOA! Exciting but a little scary! Ready to get my hands on her and start really getting a NEW sense of what our normal will be from now on.
    This post has been all over the place. Will try to make it more exciting from now on. I will leave you with a picture of the cutest 8 year old I know....just to liven up the post some! :)

 

Funeral Arrangements

Mr. Ed passed away on Friday night around 9:30pm. Funeral Arrangements are as follows:

Monday 6-8pm Visitation at Baker Funeral Home
Tuesday 2:00pm- Funeral at Mount Olive Church

Thanks to everyone for the prayers, calls, food and thoughts. We appreciate it very much.

                                                               Edward W Norman Sr
                                                              Dec 4, 1941- Jan 28, 2011

WE HAVE TREES!

Our bare naked yard, that once recently resembled an open field, now looks like an actual yard!! These are pictures from Ed and my daddy's cell phones, but I think they are beautiful!

Now, I just hope they all survive transplant and live! :) Live trees, LIVE!!

Never a Dull Moment

     Last night at around 11pm, Mr Ed (Ed's Dad) was taken to the ER for jaw pain and shortness of breath. He had a small heart attack and is now in ICU at CRMC. He is stable and hopefully will be discharged sometime tomorrow if all remains well. He is such a strong man and has been through so much. Please continue to pray for him and his healing.
    On a completely different (and lighter) note, we are having some landscaping done on the house today that I am super excited about. I am working, and not there to supervise, but hopefully when I come home, our yard will be transformed. We are having some large (around 30 feet) Live Oak Trees moved into the yard with a HUGE tree spade. I will be sure to post pictures when I get the chance to take some, however I am working all weekend so I won't see any daylight until at least Monday. Look for pictures around then.
   I am working a 12 hour day today and the next 2 days, with only about 2.5 hours of sleep last night and 1.5 hours the night before. Pray for me....and my patients. Thanks!

Baby Shower- Jan. 22, 2011

I had a baby shower last Saturday! It was hosted by my sister, SIL, and all of my best friends from throughout my life. Unfortunately, no one reminded me to get a hostess picture. :( It was given by Rene', Megan, Crystal, Jessica, Kacie and Georgette. It was so much fun and I got lots of necessities and really cute clothes for Adelyn! Here are some pics from that day...

Thank you sooooo much to the hostesses and everyone that came! The food was delicious, the company even better! :)

Let's Try This Again!

I'm BACK!! At the not so gentle urging of my favorite red-headed sister-in-law, I decided to give blogging another try. With the fast approaching arrival of our new baby girl, Adelyn, I decided members of her fan club that live far away might could use this as a way to see her little face more often! :) So...here I am.
  I will not even begin to try to update you on all that has happened in our lives since my last post! We would be here all day! I will just say that there have been a lot of great additions to our family in just the last few months including this little guy...

Meet Presley James Warfield!! Born November 12, 2010! This precious little bundle belongs to my sister, Rene' and her husband Patrick. He and our baby girl will be the best of friends. Around 15 weeks apart in age, they are going to have so much fun together.
   
      Shortly after his arrival, we got another new family member!

Remember that red headed sister in law I mentioned, this would be her!! Megan married my little brother Zach on December 18, 2010 and officially became a Presley! You should check out her blog to keep up with their new exciting life in Hoover, Alabama!

    Next up, we are awaiting the arrival of Adelyn Jules Norman. She is due to arrive sometime around the end of February or first of March! We cannot wait to see her little face in real life, until then....here is a preview to hold you over.

I will do my best to be a more faithful blogger and keep you up to date on our lives! With Megan's gentle reminders, I am sure I will do better than I have been! :)

More News from The Norman's

Well, lots has happened since my last post. All is still well with my health reports, I go for my 6 week surgical follow up this Wednesday and I expect that all will go well. On March 4 (my 26th birthday) at about 11 pm, Mr. Ed (Ed's dad) had a stroke. He has been in CCU in Thomasville since that time. He has right sided paralysis and is unable to speak more than a few words. He is having some trouble swallowing and has a feeding tube in place. He is getting lots of therapy, speech, physical and occupational, to regain some of his function. It will be a very long time before we know exactly what the lasting effects are going to be. We are praying for significant recovery of his independance and speech. He was moved yesterday into a regular bed and out of the unit. We are hoping that the window in the room will help him to readjust his time schedules. His sleeping patterns had gotten out of whack in the CCU. Our next step is to try to get him into the Inpatient Rehab Center at Archibold. It will be a few more days before they can evaluate him and determine if he is strong enough to be a candidate for this type of intensive reab. Pray that he gets accepted into this center, as the more therapy he gets, the more likely he is to regain function. I plan to keep updating this as much as possible to keep those interested in the loop. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts through our MANY recent trials and tribulations!