More Pillow Talk

So if you read the original Pillow Talk post then you know that Marc Pensyl really likes his pillows when he sleeps. We went to a wedding this past weekend (more to come on that!) and luckily the hotel we stayed in had a plethora of pillows on the bed because this is how Marc slept:

Yes, you counted correctly - Marc is sleeping with five pillows. Luckily there was still one left that I managed to snag for myself.

On the second night of our stay Marc bent his leg in the middle of the night and managed to knee me right in the tush. It was a rough way to be awoken, let me tell you. He woke up when it happened and said, "Oooh sorry sweetie!" and I grunted something in response, but in my head I was thinking "We're in a king sized bed. How on earth did you manage to knee me?" I posed this question to Marc in the morning and he informed me that I was (allegedly) hogging the covers and he was "forced" to scoot over to the middle of the bed in order to utilize the covers. According to Marc it was my fault that he kneed me since he was forced to be so close to me due to the cover situation.

What a bunch of hogwash.

Pillow Talk

I can assure you that this post is not heading in the direction that you think it is.

There have been a few times this summer I've woken up in the middle of the night to find Marc and I sharing a pillow...always my pillow. Sometimes I think this is beyond adorable. Sometimes I wish he'd move over.

Two weeks ago I was sleeping peacefully in the middle of the night when all of a sudden my head dropped down about three inches. It was a startling way to wake up. I was less than pleased. I quickly realized that my pillow had been pulled out from under my head. Who would do this?! My loving husband who, in his sleep, had taken my pillow. I tend to be a very angry person when my sleep is interrupted (in my defense, I get very little of it and cherish the time I get). I reached over and grabbed a  fistful of my pillow and yanked it back. No luck. I was at a weird angle and Marc apparently has a very heavy head. I propped myself up on my elbow to get better leverage and yanked again. Success. Except Marc woke up.

Marc: "Hey! Oh I took your pillow. Where is mine?"
Sara: "I don't know"
Marc: "Oh I'm holding it".

Marc had been hugging his pillow. The best part is Marc hardly remembered this series of events (if Marc is even remotely sleepy he is incapable of remembering anything you say to him/he says to you). The next evening we walked to the mailbox and he goes "Why did you yell at me this morning?" I responded, "You took my pillow." Marc: "*laughs* Oh yeah, that was funny. I don't think I responded.

Then last week happened. At 3:41am I wake up to:

Marc: *whisper yelling* "Sara. Sara!"
Sara: "What?"
Marc: "Do you know where my pillow is?"
Sara: "If it's not under your head then I'm fresh out of ideas. Don't take mine."
Marc: *looks on floor*, *looks at torso* (to see if he was hugging it again), *looks on floor again* "Got it!*

Luckily we were able to fall back asleep, each with a pillow, until the alarm went off a few hours later.

We Have (Another) Nephew!

Drayke Elliott Newman joined the family on August 15, 2011 at 4:16pm. He weighed 8lbs 2oz and was 21.25 inches long!
We're so excited for Marci and Nate as they begin life as a family of three! We can't wait to see them again and meet Drayke! Until then, we're sending lots of hugs and love across the miles until we can snuggle in person!

Lily Through the Years

Five years ago today at 5:45 in the morning Lily was born. Just a tiny little lump of a dachshund. She's made me the happiest pup mom in the world for the past five years! It was just Lily and I for the first year and a bit of her life, then Marc joined our lives...then Tucker. We have the best family ever full of fur and snoogles and love!

This is Lily the day she was born - August 12, 2006

Lily at 12 days old

Lily at 23 days old

Lily's first few weeks home

When she really conks out she sleeps on her back

First bath! Lily secretly loves having a bath

Her first stuffed animal...which one is Lily?!

Reading really relaxes her

First tennis ball (it was the size of a golf ball)

4th birthday present

Teeny little Lily footprint at the beach

In the ocean

Serious Lily

5!

A Blupload

A pictorial walk through recent events in the life of the Pensyls:

 Our main man Jalin - it was so great to get to spend a week with him in the Dominican again this year! He's 11 now so it's important that he was being cool and hanging out with friends, but I was required to give a hug goodbye every day and we were able to catch a few special quiet moments throughout the week. I was showing him pictures of Marc, the dogs, and the house on my phone and then took this picture and made it my background to show him. He then took my phone and within 7 seconds of being handed the phone he had managed to turn off airplane mode and place a call to Marc. Needless to say I ended the call before it connected so I wouldn't have a phone bill through the roof.

 Marc's speedometer hit 123456789.0 so we took a picture. The stress from about 123456786 to 123456788.9 was insane. This isn't something you can re-create!

 We went to Nazareth in June and stopped by Calandra's. Marc raves about Calandra's cheese so we finally stopped and bought some. The guy working there used to live in Altoona and knew where Port Matilda was! How wild! Marc was one happy guy when he was eating that cheese!

 This is how Tucker sleeps. What a goofball. It's hard to tell from this angle, but his one paw sticks straight up. It's like he's always waiting to ask a question.

 Abigail came to stay with Gram and Gramps ("Pa") for a week and we painted nails.

She does good work.

We found this delicious new recipe in the July issue of "Real Simple" magazine - Gemelli pasta with goat cheese and basil oil. So good. Seriously. Invite yourself over for dinner and request this dish!

Is This What We Look Like?

We love the time we get to spend with our "old" youth group gang. Luckily, college boys are always hungry so I can usually entice them with a meal. I fear that they think we only each pizza or pasta, but Marc is a vegetarian and pizza or pasta is meatless and can feed a crowd. I also need to remember that they're 20 and probably don't care what I'm feeding them since it's not Ramen.

Anyway - Jake, Andrew, and AC came over the other week and drew this picture on the whiteboard:

A few thoughts:
1. I'm better looking than I thought. I have less hair though.
2. Marc is drawn how Jake used to draw stick figures when he was a kid.
3. Yes, Marc is labeled as "Masc". This is how he appears in Jake's phone beause T9 finished it incorrectly for him like four years ago and he never fixed it.
4. Lily looks like a snail
5. Tucker (Tooker - said with a Scottish accent) looks like part dog/part T-rex. Also, his tail is supposed to be a muscular arm. It kind of looks like poop.

Oddly, this drawing warmed my heart. I sure do love those guys.

Funny Things Marc Says and Other Tidbits

"It just can't all be lollipops and googly goos!"

"Perspertation"

When I pointed that I thought he had used the wrong word he said, "No I didn't. It's when you sweat and then go out in the rain so you get all wet and then it doesn't look like you were sweating."

Ah yes. Of course.

We enjoyed some unexpected time together this morning running errands and then stopped by the Waffle Shop for brunch. I really do like it there, I just hate how you smell like it afterwards.

Yesterday morning at breakfast I took one look at Marc and knew he'd be well hydrated for the day:

That'd be chocolate hemp milk, water, apple juice, and mint tea. In his defense, the apple juice was mine...I pushed it closer to him to enhance the humor factor of the photo.

I'm about to go embark on a mission of tagging all of my remaining Dominican Republic pictures. Only 600. Should be done in a jif. I began dreaming about the DR again this past week, spent some time looking at plane tickets. Marc says I talk about it so much that I should just go live down there for a year. I told him I would, but I was married and had to stay. He said he was giving me permission to go. Part of me suspects he was saying this so he could get the bed to himself with the dogs. I think the three of them are up to something...

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with our friends Mark and Becky and their kiddos the other night. We love the time we spend with them. Not only does Becky make amazing food, but we love experiencing their family dynamics and "being part of the gang"! The highlight of my week was laying on the trampoline on my back with four year old Eden sitting on top of me listing off something (I wasn't entirely sure what was being listed, a list of rules of some sort). I loved watching her wave her arms around, her facial expressions, her losing count of what number item she was on and asking me so I could help her start at the right spot. I realized somewhere around item seven that I was truly relaxed. Yes, there was chaos occurring all around, but I was truly relaxed. My only job in life at that moment was to listen to Eden and make her feel like she was the most important thing in my life at that moment! My life tends to be hectic (I bring it on myself) so experiencing that fleeting moment of wonderfulness boosted me for the rest of the week! I also loved watching Marc throw the football with Shane and Judah and giving tiny little Tristan piggyback rides!

Malea comes home in 18 days (I'm not counting today, it's almost over). The Pensyls are super stoked about this. We love Malea and can't wait to see her!

I flew to Michigan last weekend for my dear friend Megan's bridal shower. It was a hub-bub of activity, but it was wonderful to spend those precious few hours with two dear friends who know me inside and out, tell it to me straight, and laugh at/with me. The man she is marrying is truly hand picked by God for her. I am so excited for their marriage! As a disclaimer: I really, really, really liked Abe even before he began cooking me wonderful meals and handing me a glass of wine every time I went over.

Me, Megan, and Desiree

More to come soon...