I'll post more details, pictures, etc., soon, but I had to get this information out. We now have a GIRL!!!!!
We're dealing with a little post traumatic stress right now and really trying to let it all sink in. After the delivery, she just kept announcing to the the whole room (while she kept hitting me in the chest I might add) that we have a daughter.
So Brooke Carolan Bishop arrived on Mar. 19th at 9:15 p.m. She weighed a healthy 8 lbs. 9 oz. and is 19 inches long. She has a very short crop of blonde hair and blue eyes. She definetly looks like a Bishop baby, just with the other kind of plumbing.
Mom and baby are doing great and we hope will be home from the hospital soon. Stay posted for all the adventures that the 5 Bishop Brothers +1 Sister are able to conjure!
Friday, March 20, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
A Quick Post to Answer All Your Inquiries
Greetings to all! We just wanted to make a quick post to let people know there is still no baby, but we are thinking it will be soon. I did get incredibly itchy (which happened with Jace if you remember) so they tested my liver, and I am fine. I guess since I had my gallbladder out last February that helps with liver functioning. The liver takes over and does better when it does not have a sick organ to rely on. I guess the itchiness has been a result of slightly elevated bile levels, but still in the normal range so no harm to the baby. This is a huge relief, as I certainly did not want to be induced if at all possible! SO the wait continues, but I have been contracting and at my doctor’s appointment last Friday, I was well on my way! We may be able to welcome a new, nameless one very soon.
Many have asked if it is a boy or a girl. We do not find out, but we have a pretty big hunch that it is a boy. I am really fine with either! Actually a boy would be very welcomed as I have all the necessities for a little slugger! Boy number 6 must be left unnamed, though! Mitch and I read list after list and are still left unsure. Perhaps we will have to meet him to know what to name him.
The weather has been delightful so we have enjoyed bike rides, walks, and park days. Mitch took them bowling on President’s Day and the boys LOVED it! I stayed home with Jace and Coop as 9 month pregnant women have no grace on the alley floor! Last weekend we went and saw the North Las Vegas model airplanes fly and how cool that was! My boys stood lined up at the chain link fence ogling the retired air force guys as they played with their beautiful and very expensive toys! Too funny!! Some things never change—boys and toys forever more!
Well we wish you all well and Mitch hopes to post soon on the details of the new arrival! Oh and the stories we will have to tell about how Cooper deals with a new baby sister or brother! We fear for the life of the defenseless one. Perhaps the baby will have to live on the washing machine. One of my kids had to do that—can’t remember now which one, but…. Probably should have written that in the baby book. You know I have so many good intentions!
Many have asked if it is a boy or a girl. We do not find out, but we have a pretty big hunch that it is a boy. I am really fine with either! Actually a boy would be very welcomed as I have all the necessities for a little slugger! Boy number 6 must be left unnamed, though! Mitch and I read list after list and are still left unsure. Perhaps we will have to meet him to know what to name him.
The weather has been delightful so we have enjoyed bike rides, walks, and park days. Mitch took them bowling on President’s Day and the boys LOVED it! I stayed home with Jace and Coop as 9 month pregnant women have no grace on the alley floor! Last weekend we went and saw the North Las Vegas model airplanes fly and how cool that was! My boys stood lined up at the chain link fence ogling the retired air force guys as they played with their beautiful and very expensive toys! Too funny!! Some things never change—boys and toys forever more!
Well we wish you all well and Mitch hopes to post soon on the details of the new arrival! Oh and the stories we will have to tell about how Cooper deals with a new baby sister or brother! We fear for the life of the defenseless one. Perhaps the baby will have to live on the washing machine. One of my kids had to do that—can’t remember now which one, but…. Probably should have written that in the baby book. You know I have so many good intentions!
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Busy Boys and More
February 8, 2009
Well I realized I have done no updating on the crazy shenanigans of five little boys so I decided to sit down and post on the blog today!
We are trying to come up for air every once in a while, but it seems like this will be impossible from now until the unborn baby is 25! It does not matter how much I try to plan and anticipate craziness, all my preparations are foiled and another curve ball is sent our way. It really is fine with me, though. Life is NEVER DULL!
Aiden has earned his bobcat award and is working tirelessly on his wolf badge! He LOVES scouts and can not wait until Thursday evenings. We had the blue and gold banquet last week where he had a chance to dance his traditional Samoan dance. I had to miss it because I was home with Gager, but everyone said Aiden was quite the ham. I wonder from where he gets that?
School is going well and he just finished up his first report on Jupiter! He loved learning about the great gas giant and loved even more working with his dad on the model! I am sure it does not surprise you, with Mitch at the helm with his creative genius, the project was museum worthy! Aiden was so thrilled to go to school and share his knowledge with his friends. He has three little friends in his class who love learning and school as well and they talk about animals, planets, and the like while on the playground and at lunch. It is better than potty humor which is the typical topic at the second grade lunch table! He did ask me the other day, though, if I thought he was a geek because he liked to learn! No Way, Buddy!
Grey is doing well too. He has been having legitimate anxiety attacks and nightmares about fires because of the emphasis on the fire drills at school. He fears fire, and gets all worked up about the potential fire drills that may or may not occur. He did master a drill the other day which we must celebrate because he is way too young to have panic attacks! He had a melt down here at the house too when while cleaning the oven in the self-cleaning mode, the debris caught on fire! Of course, he had to witness that. Poor kid! I do feel genuinely bad for him, but I also have no idea how to alleviate his fears!
Gage has been feeling a little under the weather! We even had to cancel preschool on Tuesday due to the Rotavirus. He picked it up at a birthday party last weekend. He actually has had a mild case of it, but I still have been doing laundry every day- sometimes four loads each day. I Lysol and Clorox Clean-Up every surface in the house. I really do not want the Coops to get it. Our little neighbor also got it, and he had to be put in the hospital to be put on an IV because he was so dehydrated! So horrible!
We did have preschool on Thursday, though because I thought he was just fine. At 5:00 that night, he did toss his cookies just as we were trying to go to the Blue and Gold Banquet! Again, wash the rugs in the bathroom and the shower curtain—how is that the sickness reaches everything within a 3 feet diameter? I am grateful though that it did not get on the carpet! I love tile and the fact that he is almost 5, therefore, far better at getting to the bathroom even if it does not make it in the toilet!
He had a great time with preschool in any event. He loves it when we host. We learned all about our body parts! He got to play Twister with his friends, got to put letter stickers all over his different body parts, and practiced his writing in rice! What more could a young guy want?
Jace loves it when I teach as well! When I teach, he gets to go to school too! He, unfortunately, got the virus last night so I am home with him today. He keeps telling me that he is not sick, and he needs to go to Sunbeams! I am sure the other moms are grateful that he is not with the other sunbeams! Jace also loves books and asks me to snuggle with his each day and read books. He may be my earliest reader yet! Speaking of snuggling….Jace has begun the wonderful stage where he climbs into our bed while we are sleeping and joins us in our bed because he is cold! Oh how Mitch and I hate this stage. We can not wait for warmer nights. When those come, he does not wake up in the middle of the night to find Daddy’s body heat. Mitch will welcome that most of all!
Cooper is still not talking much! Oh it is so frustrating for me. I hate the grunt and point stage! I, of course, make him sign, but he initiates so few of the signs. I know that it will come, but I hope it comes sooner than later. He is great at making demands even if his manner is not appropriate. Try telling his four older brothers to not give him what he wants when he yells at them and points to what he wants! We are all learning a lesson in Baby Communication 101!
Well I picked up two more tutoring students so I am up to 7! I only tell good friends yes, but there are a few who I just can’t turn down. The boys want to do sports, but seeing that I tutor everyday after school, it makes it tough! Hopefully I can figure something out! I have goals—that is the first step!
Mitch is OK too. Work has its good days and bad. He has way too much to do and not nearly the time to focus on it all. It will all smooth out, I’m sure, but it makes for some stressful days. He is glad to come home to Indian Rain Ct. where it is calm—now that is saying something!
And our last piece of news is that we got a new car! Yes, we had to since as soon as the baby arrives (Yes, we will welcome the little one next month.), we would have grown out of our van. Gage and I were the saddest to say goodbye to the van. Gage cried half the way home. The dealings with the dealership were pretty painless. We got a 07 Suburban for $23,700. After taxes, etc. it was just over $25,000. We cannot complain about that! It is beautiful and has only 20,000 miles on it! I am not quite used to it yet, but I am getting better. I freak a little with reversing it, but I have figured out how to get between the while lines while parking. I think parallel parking is next, but I am not holding my breath that I will master that any time soon. The SUV is gargantuan!
That’s it for us right now. Think healthy, calmer days for the Bishops!
Well I realized I have done no updating on the crazy shenanigans of five little boys so I decided to sit down and post on the blog today!
We are trying to come up for air every once in a while, but it seems like this will be impossible from now until the unborn baby is 25! It does not matter how much I try to plan and anticipate craziness, all my preparations are foiled and another curve ball is sent our way. It really is fine with me, though. Life is NEVER DULL!
Aiden has earned his bobcat award and is working tirelessly on his wolf badge! He LOVES scouts and can not wait until Thursday evenings. We had the blue and gold banquet last week where he had a chance to dance his traditional Samoan dance. I had to miss it because I was home with Gager, but everyone said Aiden was quite the ham. I wonder from where he gets that?
School is going well and he just finished up his first report on Jupiter! He loved learning about the great gas giant and loved even more working with his dad on the model! I am sure it does not surprise you, with Mitch at the helm with his creative genius, the project was museum worthy! Aiden was so thrilled to go to school and share his knowledge with his friends. He has three little friends in his class who love learning and school as well and they talk about animals, planets, and the like while on the playground and at lunch. It is better than potty humor which is the typical topic at the second grade lunch table! He did ask me the other day, though, if I thought he was a geek because he liked to learn! No Way, Buddy!
Grey is doing well too. He has been having legitimate anxiety attacks and nightmares about fires because of the emphasis on the fire drills at school. He fears fire, and gets all worked up about the potential fire drills that may or may not occur. He did master a drill the other day which we must celebrate because he is way too young to have panic attacks! He had a melt down here at the house too when while cleaning the oven in the self-cleaning mode, the debris caught on fire! Of course, he had to witness that. Poor kid! I do feel genuinely bad for him, but I also have no idea how to alleviate his fears!
Gage has been feeling a little under the weather! We even had to cancel preschool on Tuesday due to the Rotavirus. He picked it up at a birthday party last weekend. He actually has had a mild case of it, but I still have been doing laundry every day- sometimes four loads each day. I Lysol and Clorox Clean-Up every surface in the house. I really do not want the Coops to get it. Our little neighbor also got it, and he had to be put in the hospital to be put on an IV because he was so dehydrated! So horrible!
We did have preschool on Thursday, though because I thought he was just fine. At 5:00 that night, he did toss his cookies just as we were trying to go to the Blue and Gold Banquet! Again, wash the rugs in the bathroom and the shower curtain—how is that the sickness reaches everything within a 3 feet diameter? I am grateful though that it did not get on the carpet! I love tile and the fact that he is almost 5, therefore, far better at getting to the bathroom even if it does not make it in the toilet!
He had a great time with preschool in any event. He loves it when we host. We learned all about our body parts! He got to play Twister with his friends, got to put letter stickers all over his different body parts, and practiced his writing in rice! What more could a young guy want?
Jace loves it when I teach as well! When I teach, he gets to go to school too! He, unfortunately, got the virus last night so I am home with him today. He keeps telling me that he is not sick, and he needs to go to Sunbeams! I am sure the other moms are grateful that he is not with the other sunbeams! Jace also loves books and asks me to snuggle with his each day and read books. He may be my earliest reader yet! Speaking of snuggling….Jace has begun the wonderful stage where he climbs into our bed while we are sleeping and joins us in our bed because he is cold! Oh how Mitch and I hate this stage. We can not wait for warmer nights. When those come, he does not wake up in the middle of the night to find Daddy’s body heat. Mitch will welcome that most of all!
Cooper is still not talking much! Oh it is so frustrating for me. I hate the grunt and point stage! I, of course, make him sign, but he initiates so few of the signs. I know that it will come, but I hope it comes sooner than later. He is great at making demands even if his manner is not appropriate. Try telling his four older brothers to not give him what he wants when he yells at them and points to what he wants! We are all learning a lesson in Baby Communication 101!
Well I picked up two more tutoring students so I am up to 7! I only tell good friends yes, but there are a few who I just can’t turn down. The boys want to do sports, but seeing that I tutor everyday after school, it makes it tough! Hopefully I can figure something out! I have goals—that is the first step!
Mitch is OK too. Work has its good days and bad. He has way too much to do and not nearly the time to focus on it all. It will all smooth out, I’m sure, but it makes for some stressful days. He is glad to come home to Indian Rain Ct. where it is calm—now that is saying something!
And our last piece of news is that we got a new car! Yes, we had to since as soon as the baby arrives (Yes, we will welcome the little one next month.), we would have grown out of our van. Gage and I were the saddest to say goodbye to the van. Gage cried half the way home. The dealings with the dealership were pretty painless. We got a 07 Suburban for $23,700. After taxes, etc. it was just over $25,000. We cannot complain about that! It is beautiful and has only 20,000 miles on it! I am not quite used to it yet, but I am getting better. I freak a little with reversing it, but I have figured out how to get between the while lines while parking. I think parallel parking is next, but I am not holding my breath that I will master that any time soon. The SUV is gargantuan!
That’s it for us right now. Think healthy, calmer days for the Bishops!
Saturday, December 27, 2008
OK - I only think my truck is as cool as the one in the last post.
This is what my truck looks like - still. Thanks to thieves that only break a few things that are not noticeable to the naked eye.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Well...
Truck's back. Final cost: $850. No signs of damage. I have aged a lifetime in the week that this ordeal has taken from me. Oh well. The family is safe. We're healthy. We're warm this Christmas and there is food in the pantry.
Merry Christmas to you all (including all you random web stalkers out there). We your family (thanks for reading, Mom) and your friends wish you a wonderful day commemorating our Savior's birth.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
EUREKA!
Just a quick update. North Las Vegas Police found my truck near Craig and Clayton. It was out of gas and the battery was dead (the punks didn't shut it off after they ran it out of gas). NLVPD had it towed to a yard. This all happened on SUNDAY evening! I first found out on Monday afternoon from my insurance. They called to get some information and mentioned that it was good news that my car had been recovered. I said that was the first I had heard that. I still have never received a call from Metro or any other police on my car. You know, it only cost me an extra $100 since I didn't get my car until Tues. Had I gone down on Sunday or Monday, it would have been a lot cheaper.
I have since gone to the tow yard twice (apparently everyone should carry wads of cash just in case you have to get your car out of impound). So $245 later and some effort of my brother-in-law, Derek, and me, my truck is now at the dealership. It didn't look too bad. The door lock is busted and so is the ignition. Other than that and all my stuff in the glove box and console being strewn all over the place, it was pretty clean.
So it is back. We'll find out how much it will cost to fix. Hopefully I don't have to make a claim, because in the long run, that will cost me more money. Thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers!
I have since gone to the tow yard twice (apparently everyone should carry wads of cash just in case you have to get your car out of impound). So $245 later and some effort of my brother-in-law, Derek, and me, my truck is now at the dealership. It didn't look too bad. The door lock is busted and so is the ignition. Other than that and all my stuff in the glove box and console being strewn all over the place, it was pretty clean.
So it is back. We'll find out how much it will cost to fix. Hopefully I don't have to make a claim, because in the long run, that will cost me more money. Thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Have you seen me?
This is a picture of a 2007 Chevy Silverado. No it is not a picture of my 2007 Chevy Silverado. I can't take a picture of my 2007 Chevy Silverado. Do you want to know why?
That's because when I walked out of my house on Sunday morning to go to meetings, I couldn't find my 2007 Chevy Silverado. How do you misplace a half-ton pick you ask? Exactly. That's when it dawned on me that someone else must have decided they wanted my 2007 Chevy Silverado for their own. That's right, it took exactly 4.5 seconds to go through all the questions in my head - Did I leave it at work and have Kim pick me up? Did my brothers borrow it? NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!!!
Some jerkface didn't care that I waited for years to get a truck. That we patiently paid off the mini-van before I ventured out to even look at trucks. That I am a solitary man that works very hard to support his wife and five almost six kids, and that I don't have 2007 Chevy Silverados growing on trees to just hand out (unlike my mom's lemon tree that has quite the abundance).
So if you are cruising the town and spot a Blue Granite (yup you guessed it) 2007 Chevy Silverado with Nevada plates 030 TTX - pummel whomever you see driving it into a pulp and then call me. We'll ask questions later.
Friday, December 05, 2008
Santa Claus
The 2008 Santa Ordeal
Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, Jolly Old Saint Nick...
As one reads this list of names, most people typically think of a jolly man who spreads love and selfless giving to boys and girls throughout the world. If you are between the ages of 1 and 3, however, this man undoubtedly fills one's eyes with tears and an anxiety attack literally bubbles to the surface as one's parents stand from afar and repeatedly say, "It's OK. It's Santa."
Along with these phrases that are intended to bring comfort, parents make a reference to something on Santa's person or talk about how he will bring you presents to your house in the middle of the night while you sleep. Like that's supposed to work! When is a large, strange man in a red suit and unnatural beard ever going to bring comfort to a small child? And sneaking into your house to bring you "presents"-- sounds criminal for sure. We tell our children repeatedly to not talk to strangers or accept gifts from people we do not know, and here we are again, contradicting ourselves.
I bring this commentary up because we just had Santa pictures done again at Mitch's work. This year, we had two in tears. At first, Jace was fine and sidled up next to Santa, but as I sat Cooper on Santa's lap, Cooper instantly broke out into a chorus of tears; I laughed. This sparked insecurity in Jace as well; the tears began to fall silently as he sat there with a frown firmly frozen on his cute little face. And, furthermore, Grey (who incidentally is in Kindergarten) spoke with some hesitation prior to arriving at Mitch's work. Even in the parking lot he informed me that he was not sure if he wanted to talk to him and knew for sure he would not sit on his lap.
As the photographer was taking the picture, she said to me, you may sit with the boys if you would like. Oh, I laughed literally and said, "No way. This is funny." She looked back at me and her expression said, "You thoughtless, uncaring mother. How could you laugh at your children's discomfort." That lady either has no children or just a few--certainly not 5 with one on the way. Over the years Mitch and I reflected on how all of the children cried when they saw Santa. I thought too that the "Santas" must hate being Santa for that very reason.
To all I say- Happy getting pictures with Santa!
Mitch (Santa), Kim and Aiden - we had to keep the bink in and not let Aiden see Mitch to keep him from crying
Bishop Boys 2006
Christmastyme 2005
2004
2002 - Asher Belanger with Aiden
2001 - This is not a Santa photo, but it is Aiden dressed as a baby girl for a Christmas program. He loved the hair bow.
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