Our computer is still not working. We bought a harddrive, but it won't work. Trust me when I say this is a HUGE source of frustration for Ian and Shelley. We do have an external harddrive where most of our photos are saved, so Shelley is going to use a USB cable to hook that up to her netbook and try to upload some photos on here.
Sorry for all the problems....to all three of you who still read the blog.
Ian bought a new hard drive and will hopefully get it installed into the PC tower soon. Do you know what that means? Hopefully it means Christmas photos coming soon! How sad is that that it's February and we haven't been able to post Christmas photos yet?
Thanks to Ethan for coming up and watching the Super Bowl with us! Since we don't have hardly any family that live in the same state (including Ethan!) sometimes we get a little lonely. So it's wonderful when we can hang out with friends and family. Ironic side note, we were thinking about our friends and we realized that the majority of our friends are related to each other! Some are siblings of each other, cousins or step-siblings of each other. Maybe one day Jude or Daphne will marry into one of those families and we'll be related to them, too!
Gateway mailed our computer back to us. It worked the first day...and now it's doing the same thing AGAIN. So we are back to using internet on our phones and netbook. This really stinks! We are very much regretting ever buying this computer!! And we didn't buy any of the Best Buy protection plans, so they can't help us either.
Life isn't fair sometimes.
But if you've ever read "The Lottery" in your Lit classes then you already know life isn't fair.
What have we learned? If you buy something at Best Buy, get the protection plan. And don't buy a Gateway.
So until we can get it fixed...all the photos are stuck on our external hard drive and can't get posted here...
Shortly after the last post (dated Dec 16, 2009) our home computer crashed, taking everything with it that wasn't backed up. After Shelley stopped bawling, she realized she only lost a few photos. Whew! As you know, Shelley loves her photos - savors them like the best steak in the world. So the thought of losing any was gut-wrenching.
The computer was mailed to Gateway Support Center and we just got it back this week. We're back in business! Well, sorta. The computer is blank. So we've got the long process of downloading all the photos back into the PC. And then have no fear, Shelley will post up all the photos you missed out on the last month and a half!
We've missed you, oh computer...
On a crisp Saturday morning, Daphne and Shelley were enjoying time in the new front porch. Shelley was taking her "after photos" of the decor and Daphne said, "Take my photo!" Then she grabbed her baby (aka the stuffed Christmas tree) and posed. Daphne is simply adorable!
Then she started to act funny and wanted Shelley to take photos of her funny faces, just like they do on Yo Gabba Gabba. And yes, she really is wearing Princess top PJ's with Giraffe bottom PJ's. She picked it out herself and said she looked like a Princess. And she wanted her hair in piggy tails.
And then we have the second smile... Ophelia's smile as she begs to come inside!
Daphne and William invented a new game called "1, 2, 3, GO!" They would stand against the far wall (next to the TV cabinet) yell out "1, 2, 3, GO!" and then run as fast as they can and crash into Aunt Leah (or Mom in William's case). Jude pretended to play along, but he couldn't keep up with the big kids. 
Everyone was loving it! Including Leah!
