Something From Everyone

I'm busy making Super Hero Capes for the kids and getting ready for Busy Guy's 3rd Birthday. It's a Batman and "Robber" Birthday Extravaganza!!!

Cam: Busy finishing this quarter of school. It's been a LONG quarter to say the least...too many sick people in our family:( Next quarter will be better...class only one day a week.

Here's our SURPRISE...7 in. of new snow in March...at least the kids were happy.

Mr. P: As we were paying for our items at the party store Mr. P says, "Mom, today I threw up, it went into my mouth and then I swallowed it again." Mmmmm, nummy, the cashier actually gagged!

Cam got his sparring gear from Taekwondo out of the attic and the boys had a great time playing in it...the missing tooth looks so appropriate.

Busy Guy: Told me today he has lots of laundry to fold and I need to show him how. Too sweet...I'll get right on that!

The babies in the tub together this morning. Having a splash! Baby George weighs more than his big sister...but she can steal all the good toys.

Sis: Her language is really taking off. She calls the kitty and says Tuba's name really well. Most of the day she is babbling to us...in baby talk...well, she knows what she is saying. She is having a ball playing outside too. She stands at the door and cries if the boys are outside without her. Mr. P says she stands on the deck and hollers at them...good girl;)

Morning cartoons in Mom and Dad's bed.

Tuba: Has strep throat AGAIN! This makes 2 times for him plus my 2 times! What is up with that? His seizures are the same...maybe slightly better. We've increased a med so it will take time to see an effect.

Baby Guy: Won't let me feed him ANY food. He will eat whatever I put on his tray all by himself...makes for about 4 outfit changes a day plus a major scrub down of the chair, floor, and baby himself:)

A Year

What a change in a year. A year ago Sis was a tiny baby living at Wanna House in Ethiopia. Sometimes my heart aches for the tiny baby she was. For the time I didn't get to have with her. The time I missed while she was so small. All the growing she did and all the changes that happened in the 7 months before I met her. I'm so thankful for all the photos I do have from that time...but my mommy heart is missing the time I didn't hold her. Speak of the little angel...I hear her awake now and I'm going to get her, hold her and tell her how much I love her. Surely that will heal the aching I feel.

Poem

Cam's sister (most fun person in the world) wrote this poem about Tuba a couple of years ago. She sent it to Cam and I yesterday. Needless to say I was bawling and doing the "ugly cry"!


Tuba

Wet kisses
Sticky fingers
Easy grin
You have stolen my heart.
Grown men haven’t breached that fortress,
But with a crinkle of eye and a blossoming of round apple cheek
I became yours.


Here is Aunt Cinny with the boys last summer throwing rocks at the beach.

A Scattering of News

Sis continues to keep me busy chasing her around! Do you think she's "trying" to be helpful here in the dishwasher? It looks like she found something to nibble...Mmmm. She pulls the racks in and out slamming them loudly. I DO want/need a new dishwasher so maybe she is just helping me get one sooner.

Had a crazy time this week trying to figure out schedules for next year...kindergarten for Mr. P and pre-school for Busy Guy. We had planned to send Mr. P for full day K...but after I found out the tuition (you pay for the second half of the day) was $286.00 a month...we changed our mind. We will send him to 1/2 day for FREE:) Mr. P was bummed but then I told him he would get to have lunch with someone REALLY COOL...me of course! Busy Guy will go two days a week to pre-school. It will work out to do all the drop-off/pick-up of both boys at the same time. The schools are about 1/2 mile apart so that works well. Everyone will be home by noon for naptime....whooohooo.

Tuba's seizures have been terrible. We had two appointments last week to the neurologist. They made adjustments to the VNS and drew blood to check his med levels. He has been having a 10-20 second seizure about every 20 minutes...yes I said that correctly...that means about 70 seizures a day. We hold out hope and pray for them to once again subside. We are continually asked "what is the Doctor going to do?". There is no easy solution or the Dr. would have already fixed it. They can try different things and wait and see if it works. We see the top children's neurologists in the country and they are giving us the best treatment...it just isn't working. Cam and I are frustrated and scared. Keep praying for all of us.

And...on the light side of things...Cam and I are addicted to Facebook...so if we (you and I) aren't already friends on FB...then send me a invite. We have had a great time catching up with old friends and keeping up with family and friends around the country.

Chillin'

I'm going to take some advice from Baby George and put my feet up and relax!

I LOVE my brother!

This must be why Tuba is the only brother who's name Sis can say! So sweet. He's just thrilled to sit and feed her. Her little tongue was a lickin' like mad.

Sister Girl

I must have taken her off the table 1000 times yesterday...no need to lift weights...just lift Sis!