Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Last Day of September
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Kayla got her cast off!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Ella's Birthday Party
The Birthday Girl!
Katelyn and Eva :)
Alayna signing Kayla's cast
Pretty Mya
Sweet Jillian
Naptime for Dennis and Baby Geoffrey
Ella is a miracle, she came at a very difficult time in our family, right after we lost Rachel's dad, my Uncle Bob, from pancreatic cancer. His loss was so hard on our family, he was an awesome person and the best uncle and I miss him so much. We needed little Ella, and when she was born, they found a very large hole in her heart and the prognosis was not good. The doctors were sure it was just a matter of time before she would need surgery to repair it. Never once did that little girl ever show any outer signs that she had a major defect in her heart, she was so cute and so chubby and every test showed the hole getting smaller every year! The hole is still there but she still continues to amaze her doctors and at six, has never needed any surgery or treatment for it. I pray that it will close completely one day. Ella, I am so proud of you and I love you so much!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Hurricane Ike
Eva and I have been watching the storm in Texas all evening on CNN. She is so sweet and is so worried about everyone down there too. My twin sisters, Sheryl and Sue, and my big brother Daniel (King Dan as Eva says) live near the Gulf and near the eye of the hurricane that is hitting Texas right now. I have lots of nieces and nephews too that I am so worried about. My dad has been giving me updates all day on how everyone is doing, they have all evacuated and headed north. It's so hard to be so far away from them anyways, but especially now. I hope that the hurricane weakens soon and doesn't cause too much damage. Eva misses Ashley and Alex and was very worried about them tonight. She just couldn't get away from the news on TV tonight and kept running to tell me everything she heard. It's just very hard to watch and hear that it might get really bad by tomorrow morning.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Some more pictures from the past week
Baby Shane Sitting
Kayla's New Grill
We've had a lot of fun this week with birthday parties and new toys and school and dance class starting! And Kayla has just two more weeks with her cast on, but it was so funny, at dinner the other day Eva told her she was going to get it off soon, and Kayla said, "No! I love my cast, I don't want to walk!" I think someone likes being carried around and waited on :) And Eva got a new MP3 player for her birthday, so it's been Miley and the Jonas Brothers all weekend at home. We've also enjoyed babysitting for our friend Sarah who just had a baby in June, the girls LOVE baby Shane so much. It's so nice to see them so caring and gentle with him, we love it when he comes over.
Birthday Pictures!
Last week on Eva's birthday, it was Kayla's half birthday too. We celebrated a little for Kayla too, it was very cute and she felt big like Eva :) Eva turned eight and Kayla's two and a half now. For their birthdays they both wanted Playmobil. We have more Playmobil than we know what to do with, but it's their favorite and they can spend hours playing (fighting) with their sets. I bought Kayla a miniature Noah's Ark that is magnetic so hopefully that will help her to keep it all in one spot. For Eva's birthday, she got a pirate ship and a treasure chest. Eva celebrates her birthday all week long, I swear, with all of our family throwing her a party almost every single day when they see her! She's a lucky little girl...here are some pictures from her party at my mom's house last Wednesday.