Checkup # .....ummm.....??

Nathanael had his seventeenhundreth appt. on Wednesday. He is a big 10.7 lbs :). The doc upped his pepcid and gave me some suggestions for his bad pooper. Interesting, I know! We talked about his baby smurf belly button. He has a hernia, which should go away within a year, or so. Nothing to get excited about! After a quick once-over he deemed him healthy, once again :). See ya in another month *sigh*.

Playdate with the Prusinowski kiddos

We had a surprise playdate yesterday. An old church friend, Heather, had some last min VBS things to do so her kiddos came to play with my kiddos. Our kids have been friends since birth. We used to all attend the same church. I love their family :).

Last August I took a couple group photos of the kids....

And a couple on their latest visit.....

What a riot!!

A Day of Exciting, Yet Unrelated Events

Nathanael smiled for the first time. A great big, toothless grin. Sweet, sweet boy.

Lily has her first loose tooth. Bottom, middle, just a wiggling away.

Playdate with Mary, Tobi and Abi. Yippee, adult conversation (and really good convo, at that!).

Super yummy bean dip with chips (courtesy of Mary).

Received first proof that medicals bills are being paid. Woot! Woot!

Found some new and old friends on FB. (wow, my life is sad, lol).

All children asleep and heading to bed before 8pm.

Over and out...........

Our Medically Eventful Day

Today started like any other Sunday....church, lunch, play at Pop's house. I was inside the house when I looked up to see Todd running towards the house, with Alex in his arms, wiping his face. Right away, I knew, this couldn't be good.

Apparently a game of "you can't get me" turned into, "watch how hard I can run into the camper without looking". Yep, that's right. Alex ran smack, right into the camper, so hard it knocked him off his feet. He fell backwards and hit his head on the concrete.

Looking like a scene from Carrie, the two enter Pop's house. Now, having some medical knowledge helped me remain calm, since I knew that head wounds, even the smallest ones bleed like a bugger. I had a look and determined that it was going to be a trip to urgent care for the big man.

For the next hour there was a lot of crying....all the way to the hospital, during the examination, while having his blood pressure and temperature taken. Once they numbed the "gash" with some fancy, long-named medication all was well. He even managed to carry on a conversation with the doctor.

The doc put in two stitches, shaky hands and all. Alex was a really big boy and just sat there while she did so. He thanked the doctor and told everyone goodbye.

After every traumatic event follows the relieve my guilt token Walmart trip. The event has to be pretty traumatic to allow for an "anything you want" toy. This was such an event. He chose a Disney Cars Mac truck with three race cars, a hot wheels car and a pack of motorcycle stickers.



Once back at Pop's, all was forgotten. Alex was soon jumping and running around like usual. Kids!!! He is settled into bed now, with a little tylenol, just incase. He has only come out of his room once to say it hurts (which really mean, I don't want to go to bed because he hasn't complained all day).

I think Alex's incident may have been a test to see how prepared I was for what was about to happen at dinner. While dining at the local Steak 'N' Shake, a woman runs in and yells "does anyone know CPR? There is a woman out here who is not breathing". I was like, you gotta be kidding me. I look around and realize, it's me...the one and only, who knows CPR. Out I venture.... Now, thankfully the woman was breathing and had a good strong, regular pulse...but she would OUT COLD!!! Apparently she had tripped, fell flat on her face and was not responding. I stayed until the cops and paramedics arrived. The woman gained consciousness, called for her family but never opened her eyes. Her teeth were all smashed in and her lips were cut. Quickly, they wisked her away via ambulance.

Sigh. What a day. A day to count my blessings.

At 2am

everyone but moi is asleep

the A/C is still running constantly

pretzels taste really good

there is nothing on TV worth watching

there is a moth flying around the kitchen light

the hours of storm warnings have gotten old

Todd someone is snoring

there are too many lights on

my cat is wondering why I am still up

and so am I

Baby Meets Baby

While in hospital, I met Lisa, Ryan, Sophia and Ethan. They are members at FBCA, Lisa and Ryan are in our Sunday school class. While chatting we realized that we had a few things in common. From those commonalities a friendship has grown.

Yesterday we had our first playdate/meet and greet. The kids and I ventured out to Lonedell to play and meet the new baby, Josiah, born 6/13. Lisa and I have spent a great deal of time lately talking about our interesting third pregnancies. Each story is unique, yet equally full of challenges and surprises.

As we drove up the gravel driveway to their home I was struck with a peaceful feeling. The house is a little ways from the road, just enough that you have to be intentionally looking for it. It is surrounded by many God-made and people-made gardens. The first to greet us were the cats, lazing in the heat.

Within mins of the kiddos meeting, they were splashing in the pool. It was soooo hot out!

After the pool, they all headed inside and investigated each and every toy!

I was looking forward to getting my hands on the new baby. He was sound asleep when we got there. And since you don't wake a sleeping baby, we left well enough alone. I had to sneak a peak though. There he was, all sweet looking, sleeping on Lisa's bed.

And then he woke....

Ok, well he woke long enough to eat, then went back to sleep :).



I thought from the photos I had seen online that the babies would look a lot alike. I don't think I realized how much Nathanael had grown until we lied the babies beside each other.

Lily grabbed the camera and took this picture of Sophia. It is so cute, I had to post it.

Lily and Ethan tested the rocking horse....

Thankfully, it held them!

It was a great day. I think everyone had a good time. I thoroughly enjoyed the adult conversation. Lily and Alex played hard. It was a quiet ride home....





I am thankful for Lisa. Thankful to have a friend that truly understands what my life is like right now. Thankful that God put us together at a time when we needed each other! Thankful that in her crazy life she had time to have us over for a day of fun.

~Kelly

8 years!

Worth celebrating!!!

~Kelly