Shannon's crew

[shannon]

Hi, again!  I'm Shannon.  I am a 25 year old military wife and mother to Shelby (almost 4),Alicen (almost 3), and Jamie (9 months yesterday w/ DS).  I also have two step-children from my husband's former marriage, Jessica (10 going on 19) and Aaron (9).  5 kids by 25.. I'm asking to be tortured!

This whole crew lives in Iowa.  The oldest two live with their mom about an hour away and the rest of us live in a small suburb of Des Moines.  There have been four babies with DS born to families in our town in the last year and a half.  You would thinkwe would have a heck of a support group with all of that but I hav never seen any of the other children out and about.  It's really odd.

Thank God for UnoMas!!

[heidi-ashlies_mom]

hi im heidi im 23 mother to ashlie 5 years(ds), izayah 3 1/2(non ds) and taydem19 mos.(nonds). we live in council bluffs iowa. would love to chat sometime my email is [e-mail] ashlies web page is www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ashlielucille. heidi

[Renee']

Ok Shannon,
where are your photos?

your fellow military wife
Renee'

[shannon]

 LOL..I fried my scanner and have been too lazy to get them scanned.  I promise within the next week, I will.

[shannon]

  I FINALLY added Jamie and his sisters to the photo album!  They are kinda old pictures from when Jamie was 4 or 5 months old.  I need to get more taken.  As you can tell from the pic with his sisters, Shelby is the camera hog and Ally is the shy one. Totally opposite ends of the spectrum, those two.  Makes me wonder if Jamie will be that "middle of the road" kind of kid. I hope so!!

Shannon

[shannon]

 OK, after a "guilt post" from Renee I finally got a pic of Jamie scanned. Here's my little man!!!


And here are the adoring sisters. That's Shelby, Jamie, and Alicen (who does not like to be photographed) 

[Emilysmom]

Shannon:  What adorable kids you have!!!!  
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And....I love your little quotes at the bottom of your posts.  The one about being a friend I've never met is wonderful!!


Susan

[shannon]

 Thanks!  Those pics areabout 3 or 4 months old. I desperately need to get newer ones. Jamie has changed so much in that short time.

[heidi-ashlies_mom]

ok shannon where are  the updated photos lol just kidding i love those!! its funny how curly one of your little girls hair is and the other one looks straight. how is jamies hair? where is a pic of you?? hugs heidi

[shannon]

 I stay BEHIND the camera...lol  My girls' hair always confuses everyone. Shelby's is insanely curly.  We brushed it all out once and it stood four inches out from her head!  Mine use to be the same way until I got pregnant.  Ally's is stick straight like her dad's.  I think Jamie's is going to have that straight hair, too. He and Ally are practically identical anyway. I should post one of he baby pics with his. You can't tell the difference.

Shannon

[heidi-ashlies_mom]

OK I WANT TO SEE THE BABY PIC OF JAMIE AND JAMIES DAD. MY HAIR USED TO BE COMPLETELY STRAIGHT UNTIL I HAD MY KIDS NOW I HAVE A WAVE!! YOU CAN EMAIL ME THE PIC IF YOUD LIKE I DONT KNOW IF YOU STILL HAVE MY EMAIL ITS [e-mail]. HUGS HEIDI

[Renee']

Thanks Shannon
Just need to see one of you now  ;D
Beautiful kiddos you have!!!

Renee'

[Mary_L.]

What beautifaul kids you have!   The girls look like they're great older sisters!

Mary L.

[shannon]

 Alicen is closer to Jamie than anyone besides me. We literally have to pry him away from her every once in a while.  When I was about 5 months pregnant with him, she would put her hands on my stomach and talk to him.
  Shelby just kind of accepts his presence. She wanted a cow instead of a baby. She didn't speak to me for 3 days after we brought him home.  All she would say is "Stupid baby. You're not a cow."

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Shannon,



STUPID BABY, YOU'RE NOT A COW??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I laughed till I almost cried on that one!! Kids do have a way with words, don't they??  Man, that was a good one.  I will smile the rest of the day.  BTW, you should post that on the Funny Stories board.