Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.
The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Contest...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Egg baby, missing tooth and more...
Baby Lucille
Little Mama
Yesterday while eating breakfast Maddie lost her fourth tooth. Boy, does she have a serious gap now! She looks pretty darn cute though. Tuesday night Maddie got to get dressed up in her recital costume for her group and individual pictures. She LOVED being all dressed up in her costume.
Lost tooth number 4
So cute...
Fletcher is doing well. Yesterday when the nurse practitioner was assessing him she heard some 'crackles' in his lungs which is indicative of pneumonia. She started him on antibiotics in hopes of trying to head it off at the pass. Today he was sleepy so I just held him the whole time I was with him. He fell asleep in my arms which is a rare thing for him. I enjoyed every moment of it!
Sleepy boy
We would also like to thank whoever sent us the anonymous gift in the mail today. You know who you are even if we don't and we truly appreciate your generosity! May the Lord bless you as you have blessed us!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Crazy, busy week...
Maddie & Baby Shelby
On Thursday Maddie and I went to the Orr Family Farm for the Kindergarten field trip. It was awfully cold and windy, but we still had a lot of fun. We rode a train, went on a hayride, played on the totally cool playground, made butter and ate it on a cracker!
First you gotta shake it...
Then you gotta put it on a cracker and eat it! Umm good cracker!
Today was my niece Kylie's 15th birthday. She had a party at the gym where she takes cheer leading. She came to our house before the party and I did her hair and a little bit of make-up. She looked so pretty and was so excited to be pampered! Since the party was at the gym the kids were able to jump on the trampoline and do some tumbling on the mats. Maddie had a blast!
Kayleigh, Maddie & Kylie
This is all that was left of Maddie within the first two minutes of walking in to the gym!
She is gonna sleep good tonight!
Fletcher is doing really well this week. We found out last week that one of his medications for bone pain had been discontinued while he was in the hospital in January. Maybe that's why he's been so grumpy lately! Anyway, he's been on it for the last four days and we can tell a big difference in his attitude. He's happy again! We are so grateful for happy days! Today was a beautiful day so we went for a walk outside! Fletcher wasn't a big fan of the great outdoors so we came back in and walked the halls like we normally do. He had a lot of fun.
Isn't he precious?
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Small group...
Craig & Jeff
Wendy & Tyler
Craig & Kayleigh
Maddie & Hannah
Friday, April 11, 2008
Busy, busy, busy...
Monday, April 7, 2008
That Maddie...
The receptionist at TCC gave this to Maddie and on the bottom of it she wrote 'He cares'. I didn't know she was sleeping with this little sparrow until one afternoon when she was getting ready for a nap. I asked her why and she said, 'because it's special, Miss Maureen gave it to me.' 'Nuff said.
Then there was this...a James Avery box. It contained a velvet bag that a sweet little silver baby ring was in. This also is quite special to her too, because she was a baby after all and it is a baby ring.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Fletcher favorites...
I've been thinking a lot lately about all the out of the ordinary things that Fletcher just LOVES! You know how you hear stories about how kids play with the box the toy came in more than the toy? Well, Fletcher is a creature of his environment and his playground is a hospital bed, so the things he plays with will seem odd to most of you but they're a ton of fun to him! Besides many people these are a few of his favorite things...
Empty saline tube
Pulley name tag
Face mask
10 ml syringe
My cell phone
My sunglasses
Fletcher chews constantly on these pink saline tubes, which I think is great because he grinds his teeth so the chewing helps with that. As for the pulley name tag, Fletcher reaches out to anyone who has a name tag and wants to pull on it. When he was in the hospital last time one of his nurses made him his very own name tag along with his own pulley clip! I can't tell you how long he's been pulling name tags and we NEVER thought to make him his own! DUH! Thanks, Jenny! Fletcher also loves to pull masks off of nurses, RTs, etc it's just a given that he wants to take their masks off. Craig spends every evening with Fletcher and he comes up with the most creative things to make Fletcher laugh. Craig came up with a game that the two of them play with a syringe, Fletcher puts it in his mouth and pulls the plunger out, then puts the empty tube on his thumb, then puts it in his other hand and somehow gets it on that thumb, then he switches hands one more time. I think that shows just how smart he is! Fletcher also loves my sunglasses and my cell phone. Every morning when he sees me the first thing he does is reach out so he can take my glasses off the top of my head. One of my favorite things is to just hold Fletcher. When we sit in the rocking chair I ask him if he wants to listen to music on my phone and he always grins, which means yes! So, I rock him and he holds the phone and listens to my blue toothed tunes! That way we're both doing one of our favorite things! Fletcher also likes a few ordinary things, too. He loves to be read to, he likes to watch DVD's and he is never without a lovey! He sleeps with a lovey covering his face, as soon as he starts to get tired he does his sleepy mouth and holds the lovey close to his mouth. Too precious!
Books...
DVD's
his lovey