Finding Humor in Illness

Last Thursday, at about 1:30am, we woke up to Kyle calling for Daddy. I went into his room and laid down next to him for a couple minutes. As I was getting up, he asked me for some water. I figured as long as I was filling the cup, I could limit how much water he actually would get.

As I went to get him water, he suddenly sat up in bed and (as if it were in slow motion) I could hear what was about to happen. The lights were still off, so I couldn’t see, but I didn’t really need to. That sound is unmistakable. And the next thing I knew…he had gotten sick all over his bed, his sheets, his comforter, his pajamas, etc.

When it Rains…

You know you live in Arizona when rain is the main topic on the news for three days straight. Granted, it’s been pretty severe. Lots of flooding all over the state, cars getting stuck in “rivers,” power outages, all sorts of damage.

With everything that was going on all over the valley and the state, I thought I’d share what our own yard looked like after all this rain.

We Have Kids (Plural)

That still seems crazy to say. Kids. More than one. Plural. Multiple children. It may be a little while before that starts to sound normal and natural.

Recently, we had one of Mommy's friends come over and take pictures of the kids. Both of them. She's quite the photographer and we wanted to share some of the pictures with you all.

Happy Birthday, Dennis

Your family loves you and misses you still….five years later.

 

Kaitlyn Marie

Finally! It’s about time! And with all that, they’re already old pictures. You want to see new pictures. I’m afraid I just can’t do that quite yet. You’ve got to go through “the process.”

So, here are some of the pictures from the hospital from when we finally got to welcome Baby Katie into our world. If you don’t have an old picture of Kyle to compare to, I’ll have to post a couple pics of the two of them from their first couple weeks so you can see how much they look alike.

Thanksgiving 2009

I know what you’re thinking. What a tease! Sure, I finally put up some pictures, but Kaitlyn is still in Mommy’s belly! What’s up with that?!

Look on the bright side. If I’m posting pictures of any kind, it shows that I’m just that much closer to posting the pictures of Kaitlyn. In the meantime, enjoy some pics of our first Thanksgiving dinner at our new house.

Pigeon Noises

I know. You’re wondering where the pictures are of the new baby. I feel your pain. Unfortunately, they’re on the other computer and I’m writing from this computer. What can I say. It’s one of those “wrong computer at the right time” kind of things. I’m sure you’ve been there before, yourself.

But, at the very least, I wanted to just send out a quick update to let everyone know that Kaitlyn has started cooing a little bit. It is, of course, quite adorable. She gets a cute little smile and then makes a little cooing noise.