Poor Baby

Here is Miles on his last day of nursing.



Even though Miles looks pretty sad, the weaning has gone really well. He is taking a bottle well on most days. Aunt Hanna is here to help us this week, so that has been a HUGE blessing for our family while Miles adjusts.

Miles' Baby Dedication

Miles was dedicated to the Lord this last Sunday at church.

Our Little Tea Pot

After eating lunch today, Cooper had a song in his heart! (and we actually caught it on video...)

Picture Tag!

Kim tagged me.

The rules are...

1. Go to where you store your digital photo folders & open the 4th folder.

2. Go to the 4th picture and post it.

3. Explain the picture.

4. Tag an additional 4 people.

This is one of the pictures we took for Miles' 6 month pictures.

I am tagging Sarah T., Lisa M., Gina R., and Jessica W.

Maggie and the Jungle

Today at lunch, out of the blue, Cooper said, "When Maggie is a big boy, she gets to go to the jungle. With me. Maggie and I will go to the jungle together. She will be Adam, and I will be Eve."

Interesting.

Husband of the Year Award

My husband should get "Husband of the Year Award" for the past week. Wow - what a week. Honestly, even before this week, Nate has just been really, really helping me. He has always enjoyed cooking, but he has been really just taking over in the kitchen to help feed our family. He is helping pick up and clean - he is really amazing. This past few days, he has been the Chief Operations Officer of our home as well as the Chief Executive Officer. And when you have a two-year-old and a 7-month-old, those jobs are not quite as glamorous as they sound. :)

Nate is an amazing man. I am so blessed that he is my husband.

Seeing Daylight

After four very tough days, Carey and I were able to get an appointment in Springfield to deal with the headaches. After evaluation, our physician recommended and completed a blood patch. While we've only been back for a number of hours, it appears to have had an immediate impact and Carey is feeling much better (as long as she's not thinking of the numerous needles that have been in her spinal column in the last few days...). The doctors expect she will have moderate back pain in the coming days, but in eighty percent of patches, the headaches do not return.  

Thanks to all who have prayed, watched the boys and blessed us with encouraging words. 

Quick Update

I don't know about my spinal tap yet. I am hoping that my MRI tape makes it to Dr. Wong today for his review. We will schedule the spinal tap as soon as he has seen the tape. Stay tuned. Thanks for praying!

Cracking Me Up

Cooper has been cracking me up this morning. First, the trash man came to pick up our trash. The trash man coming is a major event in our house. We get to see Mr. Allen (yes - we know the trash man's name!) come to pick up the trash at Stephen's Pharmacy every Friday morning. This is one of Cooper's highlights. This morning, however, was a bit traumatic. For the first time, Cooper realized that the trash man is actually taking our trash away. He was very disturbed. He cried and said, "He needs to put our trash back in the trash can!" I tried to explain that the trash man was taking it to the dump, but I don't think we connected on that one yet. Oh well...

We are working on some catechisms with Cooper, and one of them, I say, "Who made you?" and Cooper is supposed to reply, "God made me." He is doing really well with that one, but when I asked him today, he replied, "Hank made me. Hank is a very good and kind engine." Hmm...I guess we're not quite there yet.

At lunch, Cooper held up one of his chicken strips and said, "This is Mary. She is watching for the wise men....can I eat Mary?"

Chavez

Chavez is the newest member of our family. Miles got a new monkey from Nana for Christmas, and we determined that his name is Chavez.

Today, Cooper built a lawn mower out of legos. I love how creative this little guy can be with his legos! THANK YOU Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Wade for sharing your legos!