O Holy Night

As we hit the road for the falls we thought we were on our typical family road trip. Boy was I mistaken!! The closer we got to Wichita Falls, the harder the snow fell, the stroger the winds blew, and the more I freaked out in the car. All I kept saying was "God, Please get us there." I have precious cargo in the backseat and I dont know how much more I can take of this. Cars were skidding off the roads, people driving 10 miles an hour, and my precious hubby saying, "Babe, I got this." I did not have any doubt that he had "it', I was just so scared about the other people who may not "have it!" We finally made it in to town in about 4 hours, which is usually an hour and half trip. Thank the Lord we made it when we did because 287 shut down as soon as we got there. People were stranded on the highway for hours, some up to 12. I dont know what we would have done with 2 babies stuck in the car with all the apple juice gone and no water to make a bottle!!! God was truely looking out for us!!
Merrill and Adam and Uncle DOug had the worst night of all. Doug was stuck in the wreck on 287, and Merrill and Adam were getting stuck every 10 miles. Thanks to the Christmas Angels who rescued them, becuase Wichita Falls had shut down. Even with all of the chaos, somewhere beneath it all was a calming serene winter night. A night we will probably never see again. Even though there was no Annual Bomar Christmas Party the spirit was still there. Regardless of how old, or how scroogey you become, everyone wishes for a white Christmas at some point. And a White Christmas it was!


As the boys were snug in their bed..ie (cooper on the blow up mastress). Santa managed to make his way down the chimney in the midst of the blizzard. He filled the stockings, brought an Elmo restaurant, and several new teethers for Park, and a mound of other toys we could not even get back to Fort Worth. The boys probably wont remember this Christmas, but I will never forget it!

Its called Plagiocephaly, Look it Up!

Well We went to visit the great people at Cranial Technologies in Dallas, and Park will be getting the Doc Band January 5th. It will be worn 23 hours a day for the next month or so. He did so great, no crying, no fussing!! Parker's plagio came from being wedged in the birth canal the last trimester, so he got the short end of the stick from the beginning. Oh well, just a little cranial remolding is all we need ,and he should be back to a "normal" head shape soon. More and more babies are having asymetrical head shapes due to sleeping on their backs instead of stomachs. Back sleeping is definitely a plus to preventing SIDS, but since babies heads are still so soft it can misform their heads very quickly. Parker's was already out of whack at birth, and sleeping on his back made it worse! Nevertheless we will paint our band super cute and who knows he may even get a spot on the 2011 Plagio calendar! Watch out world Parker may be the new face of plagiocephaly!!
pics coming soon.

Waldran Family Christmas

Yesterday was our big Christmas with Nini, Papa, Mason, Aunt Mimi and Uncle Matt. I definitely do not feel so bad about going a little crazy buying at Christmas. Lets just say Nini takes the cake!! Everything from dancing PT cruisers, shopping carts, dora back packs and basketball goals, I think we got it covered. The funniest part was that Cooper is obsessed with Wow Wow Wubzy and Nini found the doll, but Cooper was scared to death of it. I guess Wow Wow needs to stay on TV! Of Course Parker and Mason are still in La La land about Christmas, but their time is coming. Sweet Mason was just as happy playing with the dogs than looking at his new light up toys! So after a day of BBQ and play houses everyone was ready for night night. Now we will just do it all over again when we get to Wichita Falls.

Oh and by the way Aunt Merrill and Uncle Dum Dum (Cooper has renamed Adam) are getting married! The Bomar girls are definitely adding a lot of boys to the family lately. We are super excited so congratulations to new beginnings!!

Just a little knot

The Waldran's are getting ready for our Waldran Family Christmas today. It will be big fun with Nini, Papa and Mason today. Can't wait to see what we get! I will post pics soon.
Some of you may know that Parker was born with a little knot on his forhead. Well as our little chunk has gotten bigger so has the knot. After we went to see our doctor she suggested that we visit the Cranial technology center in Dallas. So of course we are very on top of that, and will go to our first appointment on Tuesday. Parker will have to wear the Doc band around his head for about 5 weeks. This band is worn 23 hours a day, and applies slight pressure to help mold his head back into place. If you are curious about it check out at cranialtech.com. Chalk this next adventure up to another joy of parenting! Say a little prayer for him on Tuesday that everything will even out the little knot on his head.

Its too cold for a walk!!

Cooper loves the outside like most boys do. But on the coldest day of the year all he wanted to do was go for a walk! As I kept telling him no, its too cold he went from room to room looking for his shoes. Needless to say I was not about to get Park out in the freezing cold tempatures. So Josh graciously offered to stay inside with the baby. I bundled both of us grabbed my IPOD and we were out the door. The things we do for our kids, needless to say we had a great walk!!

My next agenda for the day is to try and work while the boys take a nap. Of course Paker is all bundled up in his bed, and Cooper is passed out on our bed. I made the biggest mistake of letting Cooper sleep in our bed from early on. Now we can not get him out of our bed. We have to wait until he is passed out on our bed and then we will carry him into his. I know that you are not suppose to sleep with your babies, and they should sleep in their own beds. I even work for the agency that eastablished that message, but what can you do when they wont fall asleep anywhere else? :)So for now Josh and I will suffer through another joy of parenting ,and give up a few more feet of our bed to let Cooper get some rest.

No Girls Allowed

Well as life begins to fall into place and our 2 boys are beginning to finally sleep I figured I would give you some updates on our family. AS most everyone knows we have 2 boys, Parker and Cooper. Parker is the baby who is all things sweet and cuddley. Cooper is our firey little almost 2 year old that runs wild, but is super lovey. He definitely is a momma's boy! But from what I've been told "Little boys sure love their mommas!" WE have had an exciting 2009 for the Waldran's. Not only do we have our crew but we have our 1st cousin Mason Waldran( 2 months older than Park)So as you have guessed it, The Waldran's are a "Boy's only" group!!

AS we jump into this holiday season I am reminded of how blessed our family is. Today especially with our annual foster kid Christmas party that is put on by the great people of the Dallas WOrld Aquarium. Even though only 75 lucky kids get to attend it was eye opener, (and that is somewhat strange for me today because I have been doing this job for a very long time.) Multiply those 75 kids by 20 and thats about how many kids are in foster care just in DFW. So, why we are with our families this Christmas they are not. Tonight I will hug my little munchkins and my hubby a little tighter.