Sweet Dreams

Loving on each other8-)



Kind of reminiscent of their first time cuddling together:

Wildwood Farm

My most favorite fall outing is going to Wildwood Farm. It is absolutel gorgeous out there, and is just such a special place. I am so thankful that we live in an area that isn't completely commercialized and that my kids can experience things like this. We so rarely get to do fun things as a family, so this outing seemed especially fun. Matt is always working and is so busy, sometimes it feels as though we are living entirely separate lives within the same house:-( But today we got to share this adventure with him and it was so fun:-)

Grandma's Birthday

The kids were so excited to make paintings and a cake for Grandma's birthday. We called throughout the day to see if she was home, Sam kept asking me to check again. We brought the cake that the kids and I decorated over, and Sam was saying how Grandma could eat it "like I ate my Thomas cake" so she did:-) It was too funny:-)
We love you grandma!!!

Team work and craft time

They worked together to creat this cute little bee (which of course Sophia pulled all the pieces off!)




A work in progress: they were just these tiny little foam squares that you stuck on


Team Work!!!:-) Love it

The kids are really into crafts lately. It is interesting to watch how much more that they can do, even compared to a month or two ago:-)

Apples!!!

At our church there is a wonderful program called MPact, Mpact essentially is the Christian version of Girl Scouts. But MPact also hosts a class called Rainbows. Rainbows is for 3-5yr old boys and girls. Sam loves to go. He enjoys so much the teacher, who is absolutely amazing with her class. We love you Miss Melody.:-)
The Rainbows went on a field trip today to the Red Apple Farm. We had 19 kids! It was so much fun. Many of the kids had older siblings that joined us, and they paired up with the smaller kids. It was so cute to see 6-8yr olds watching out for the younger kids.


The cutest kids on my planet


This is Dabney and Sophia. Dabney did such a wonderful job with the littler kids. I was really impressed.


Sophia, Dabney and Hailee-Jo


One of many attempts at a group shot


Ava (our niece) and Sophia


Sam's perfect pumpkin


Look Mom I found my pumpkin


On the prowl for the best pumpkin


My little cutie on the hayride (or the "haybale" ride as some of the kids were calling it)


The whole crew on the hayride, minus me of course. With this whole back injury I am missing out on lots of fun stuff with my kiddos

IVIG friday:-(

I must say that this friday was one of the worst IVIG days EVER!!! It was a fiasco from start to finish. It was a terribly long day. We got there and they called in an anesthesiologist to start his IV. It was literally a bloody mess. I ended up going home (less than 5 minutes away) since my friend was there to change my bloody clothes, and get a clean outfit for Sam. RIDICULOUS, we both had to have wardrobe changes after a doc starts an IV.
Next the crazy medicine was NOT there for hours. We were supposed to start at 8am, and the medication didn't arrive until almost 1pm. Needless to say it certainly was a long day. I think just the tension and stress of the day made my back just throb.
Each time we have the IVIG they check Sam's liver enzyme levels. One of the side effects of the IVIG is that it can elevate the liver enzymes, which it has been doing. It has always been mild, but this time some had been slightly worse, and some slightly better. I am thankful that some of the levels are better, and praying that they will all get better.
In GOOD news Sam weighs 35lb 8oz!!! He has been doing really well in the last two weeks or so with eating! It is so wonderful to have him eating well, and feeling hungry and having a desire to eat without having any negative side effects. He has been on the protonix for a few weeks now and it seems to be doing very well to help him:-)
I have only one pic that I took. My little sister gave SAm a Nintendo DS and he thinks it is the coolest thing ever, I cringe to see him use it. But I guess occasionally is ok.

Last weekend

Last weekend was initially going to be rebuild the chimney day, but due to some concerns regarding this the plan was changed and it turned out to be an electrical day. Thankfully we had three of our cousins and Matt's dad Vaughn to help out. They got a lot accomplished and we are so thankful for their help. My cousin Tim came up for the day as well. The kids and I also got visit and hang out with him which was nice. Thanks Joel, Andrew, Vaughn and Tim, we appreciate your help very much!!!

Preschool BULLY!!! REALLY????

Uggh so discouraged for poor Sammy. He had complained about one specific kid twice now so I said someting to the teacher about it. She said that this particular kid was pretty much a one to one (meaning there is someone watching just him becasue he is such a handful) but that they would pay special attention to him. Well unfortunately Sammy came home and has now said that the kid hit him! So now I kind of don't know what to do. I already told Sam to ask the child to keep his hands to himself, if he doesn't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all, etc etc. But the physical stuff really bugs me. I will mention it again wednesday but I don;t really know what to tell him to do if it happens again???