Anthony Archives
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Chris's graduation and Daniel's blessing
April 2010
Daniel grew so much this month. Once he got off the bililights at the end of March, he really started to fill out. His weight at the end of the month was 10 lbs. 8 oz. He started to smile, which is so stinkin' cute. We took him to church for the first time, and he sleeps right through it. Does that mean he is going to be a High Priest when grows up?
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Bathtime
Monday, March 22, 2010
Delivery Date!
I was taken to my room and was hooked up to Pitocin. The contractions were not bad. Soon, they found that my contractions were coming too closely together, so they took me off the Pitocin. About 4 hours later, they put me back on Pitocin because my contractions were irregular. I then started to get really uncomfortable and asked for an epidural. Oh, blessed epidural! The next few hours were fine and I was able to rest a little. About 1 pm, I started experiencing horrible back pain and pressure. It turns out that my epidural needed a battery change and I did not recieve a dose for about an hour. Once it kicked in again, I felt much better. I only had to push for almost two hours, which was my favorite part. At 4:16 pm (15 hours later) Daniel made his appearance. He was absolutely perfect! Childbirth is a true miracle!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Daniel Ryan Anthony
Daniel Ryan Anthony was born on March 12 at 16:16 (4:16pm) weighing in at 7 lb. 1 oz. and 21 inches long.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Any Day Now
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
A loved Coach, Aunt and Mother Gets a Deserved Honor
Chris's Aunt died in October 2008 and was recently given the honor of being entered into the Illinois Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame.
“Judy Elder liked to talk about how many of her tennis players’ pictures were hanging on the walls of Crystal Lake Central for academic honors.
Her interest in the person as well as the athlete, and her passion for tennis made her an iconic and beloved figure in her 31 years coaching the girls teams and 21 years leading the boys teams for the Tigers.
“She loved her kids,” said Jessica Fetzner, tennis coach at Prairie Ridge and Elder’s daughter.
“She would do anything to help them out and grow as people and tennis players,” Fetzner said.
In a fitting tribute, both mother and daughter were honored Tuesday by the Illinois High School Tennis Coaches Association. The association named Fetzner the Girls Head Coach of the Year; Elder was posthumously inducted into the Illinois Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame.” -- Hall inducts CLC’s Elder
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
3 Months of Busyness
On November 6, Chris officially lost his job at the church. He has not worked since. He has applied to about 100 different jobs, but only had about 10 interviews in 3 months. It has been a very humbling experience to have the church help us out with food and other bills. I truly believe in the welfare program. What an inspired program! Katina has worked as much as possible, taking on any extra hours she can get.
For Thanksgiving, we went to Idaho to spend with Katina's family. It was good to see the whole family and laugh together. Our 6-year old nephew did the cutest thing when we were up there. He shot out the yard light with a BB gun. He got in lots of trouble by his parents, but the power company thought it was hilarious.
In December, Chris and Katina discovered the wonderful newfamilysearch.org where they prepared many ancestors for temple work. They also spent nearly a week in Idaho for Christmas. Chris and Katina did not do much but lounge around and watch TV. It was wonderful. She will post pictures later.
In January, Katina started falling asleep at work and felt really tired. During her doctor's appointment, they discoverd she was anemic and prescribed iron pills. This made the morning sickness worse. Yesterday she finally found relief when they prescribed an anti-nausea medication.
More updates in a few days.