Broken Arm & Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins!
Andrew was thoroughly grossed out and wanted nothing to do with it until the carving began.
And of course Davis didn't mind at all... we carved them pretty early and in fact they are trash already but I'm glad we did them the day BEFORE Davis broke his arm!

Andrew finally becoming interested.

It was fun to watch Sydni carve nearly the entire thing by herself.

Pleased with his dragon! (Thanks Daddy!)

Here they are... Pictures of the broken bone experience!

A first for our entire family including mom & dad!

In the ER about 2 hrs after the extreme jumping on the bed experience. It's amazing what some pain meds and the spongebob movie can do for a kid in the pediatric ER!

First night of a long week in a splint.

Excited to get the splint off and a cast on!

Finally! A much lighter and more mobile arm... but still no PE allowed at school.

It should come off in 3 weeks.

2 years???!!!

Today is the 2nd anniversary of my mom's death.

Some days it seems like yesterday and other days it seems SOOOO long ago. Today has been a mixture of both. I had an OB appointment today so of course I wanted to call her, something that still happens pretty frequently. It's been just so hard to adjust not being able to call her. My whole life I have always been able to call her whenever I wanted.

I miss her. All of her. The fun, silly, obnoxious friend (dont' know where I get that). The serious, in your face Mom. The oversensitive, annoying lady. The over bearing grandma who loved her grandbabies more than anything... this one is probably the hardest for me right now. It's hard to see my babies miss their Mimi so much. And soon there will be a second baby she never got to meet... two kids with no pictures with their Mimi. It just doesn't seem fair during times like this. I pray that I've done a good job of taking pictures and making albums so they will have the opportunity to know her the best they can.

The last time I got to say goodbye in person and give her a hug.The beautiful day that we had a memorial service for her in Newport/Balboa.The harbor cruise was one of her favorite things to do, so that's what we did...We even went out past the jetty and saw the sea lions. This was the poem we handed out to everyone that had a picture of my mom on it. I found this poem in her stuff a couple days after she died. I posted this 2 yrs ago, but here it is again.

I AM FREE

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free.

I'm following the path God has laid you see.

I took His hand when I heard Him call.

I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day.

To laugh, to love, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way.

I found that peace at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void,

Then fill it with remembered joys.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss.

O yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow.

I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.

My life's been full, I savored much.

Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief.

Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.

Lift up your hearts and peace to Thee.

God wanted me now; He set me free! Author Unknown

I love and miss you Mom!

October!

I wanted to say "October already?!" But I can't believe it the 17th already and yet another month has passed since posting. I hated turning over the calander to this month. I didn't want to do it. The 2 year anniversary of my mom's death is on the 25th. I'm not looking forward to that day.
But we did start the month off great. Miles' grandpa had been in Salina at a reunion so we went and picked him up. He stayed with us for almost 5 days before flying back to San Diego.

Lincoln probably enjoyed his great-grandpa the most, maybe because of all the kids he is the one who got to spend the most time with him. This was their morning routine...

He waited patiently every morning for his shave and hair combing... SO CUTE!!!

He went looking for grandpa for a few mornings after he left.

The kids tried on their costumes... shhhhh... don't tell anyone!

Andrew and Lincoln took grandpa to feed the "ducks" (geese really) by the river.

Lincoln was pretty excited to just chase them, he wasn't scared at all.

On another note...

Andrew has been seeing a developemental pediatrician and he will be seeing a child psychologist in December for further testing for ASD (autism spectrum disorder), like Asperger's Syndrome. He is enjoying pre-school and has retained EVERYTHING! It's kind of scarey, but also very encouraging. We had no doubts about how smart he was!

One day while he was "watching a movie" in our bedroom he found the camera... I found almost 50 pictures on it, mostly of him, his feet, the tv, the cats, and our neighbors house from the window. Here is one of his self portraits!

We are fast approaching the birth of our Baby Girl, who apparently has a name...

Amelia Louise!! (but it is not written on the birth certificate yet)

Hopefully I will get another post done before she is born so she will get a post all to herself!!