The Poling Family Curse

So I've been gathering dates in order to properly present the Poling Family Curse.

Here goes: the first born of the Poling family parent is destined to be born in the month of the Poling parent's birthday.

It starts with Walt (born in June) and his firstborn Linda, who was also born in June. Then Linda's firstborn Monica was also born in June. And, lo and behold, Monica's due date for her firstborn is also in June!

Next Stan. His firstborn Robert shares his birth month: October. And then Robert's firstborn, Genevieve, was also born in October. More on this later.

Next Wendy Poling Anderson, who was born in April. Her firstborn, Carson, was also born in April.

Molly and Carly are the only exception. How they were able to escape the curse, we may never know.

I (Wendy Lee) had hoped to escape the curse. Genevieve's due date was September 25. My mother-in-law informed me about the curse about 2 weeks before my due date, but then added "But I'm sure she won't be born in October!" Yep, it was funny then. Until she was a week overdue, and I went into labor with her right at midnight on October 1. The curse lives!

Amarillo Poling blog

Hey everyone,
We have a blog for Genny, Rob and I now. Check it out sometime!
http://thelandofpoling.blogspot.com/
love you all,
W

Pharoah, Pharoah

This is a picture of Wendy buying me a tie for Christmas. She had to fly all the way to London to shop at Harrod's for me, but hey, I'm worth it.

Actually, I'm stepping up in my challenge to post something on the blog and this was the funniest picture I had. I took a picture of the flowers I planted but they just didn't look very flashy. It took me two whole days, I'm sore all over and I got two strange insect bites on my wrist. A lot of work for very little flash!

Funny stories about Mother - One time she washed and dried an adult wool sweater and it came out of the dryer about the size of a baby size one. She just kept holding it up and laughing. She wasn't upset - just thought it was funny. I like to remember her laughing.

Love to you all! Linda

News from Irving

So, this past weekend, Bryon and I created this poem for our parents:

Get ready to giggle.
Get ready to laugh.
Because next June,
there’ll be a baby Pfaff!

Boy or Girl?
We still don’t know.
The news will be out
when Monica shows!

Will she have Monica’s eyes?
Will he be blond like Bryon?
No doubt about it,
There'll be some cryin’!

So postpone your summer
plans next year.
When the weather turns hot,
Your grandkid will be here!


So, we aren't the next Robert Frost, but I think we got our point across! June 11th is the official due date. We are really excited, although I feel nausea about 75% of the day right now. I would post our sonogram, but really, they all look the same. (only ours is MUCH cuter than anyone else's EVER!)

"Fight Night"

I thought I would share this article with everyone - we were presented with the check from "Fight Night" and the grand total was $130,000. They just handed us a handwritten check like it was no big deal - crazy!

http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?articleID=070728_4_D11_Fight11346

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Great day for the Pfaff Family!!

In Denver today, OSHA released their report on the zoo concerning Ashlee's death (Bryon's sister). The zoo was cited with 1 "serious" violation, and several other violations. Basically, OSHA found the zoo to be at fault, verifying what we knew all along. I spoke to Bryon's mom today, and she sounded better than she had since that horrible day in February. Healing can now begin as we all can move on.

Check out some of the local Denver news at http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=74732 if you get a chance. (Meredith--will you teach me how to do link within a post?)