Max's 1st Birthday

Sunday was Max's first birthday party. It was held at an upper floor at an ice skating rink where you could watch the skaters below. There were many steps up to this floor with no elevator for Tommy's wheelchair. Asking for help in getting Tommy & wheelchair up the stairs. It was like pulling teeth.




Once up at the party I took some time to relax before talking to anyone. Mark didn’t want to go to this party, so I told him to do whatever he wanted to just to make it kind of fun. As I relax and look up, here is my son at the bar drinking a beer. “Mark, Get your mother one too!” was about the only thing I could say. No, he's not 21 yet.







Max was adorable. He was very good for a someone who needed a nap
You could tell he was so tired. Unlike G, Max doesn't talk, but he walked everywhere all the time and did enjoy some ice time.


This is the quilt/gift I made for Max. I even sew his name into it. I made 2 pink Easter quilts too, one for G and one for her friend Grace.

ERIK

I’ve tried many times to write something, but this is extremely difficult. My sister Connie and her husband Fritz, lost his son Erik, 26 yesterday morning. Erik was asleep in a chair in his living room with his dog next to him and was overcome by smoke both he and his dog lives were claimed.

I feel the loss of a loved one, particularly someone who should out live you, is the most difficult occurrences to tolerate. The grief that will follow is not something that can be understood nor learned, because grief does not come from our minds but from our hearts. Grief is the price we pay for love; the more intense we have loved the more intense we’ll grieve.

My heart goes out to my sister, Fritz and their families.

Michelle's Gift

This is the gift I made for my niece, Michelle. I used pictures of her two daughters for the cover, front and back. The inside is a picture of her two girls together and another of her and her husband. I think it turned out really cute and it was so easy to make. My mother stopped by and I showed it to her. She loved it. So for mother's day I'm going to get my mother boxes to hold all her family history papers in. One box will be relatives pictures all over on it, another of just her children, one of grandchildren glued all over and a fourth of great grandchild. It makes me happy to have a mother's day idea early. Hooray for today!

Happy Birthday Michelle

This is my niece Michelle and her daughter Amelia. Today is Michelle 27th birthday. She is only 11 days younger then Laura. Michelle was born she was only 3lbs. 3oz. so tiny. Having Michelle lay next to Laura 6lbs. 12oz. made Laura look like a moose of the a child. Everyone thought Laura was months older then Michelle.
Amelia (3yrs) came over and spent the day with me. We worked on making her mother a birthday gift. But didn't get it done. To be continued on Thursday.

What a weekend!

Trying to catch a turkey with your bare hands is very hard. They know how to fly, they are not like chickens.

I don’t think sticking your head out a bathroom window and making turkey noises actually counts as "calling turkeys".

Should I ever try to turkey hunt, I am not listening to the pros on how to dress in camo & hide in a blind. I’m going hunting dressed as a hog farmer and hang around pig sh!t.

G is looking more and more like her father everyday. Still has her mother's hair and eyes.

Should you send your husband and Son-in-law out to pick up a pizza and they call & say they’ll be a few minutes late for a neighbor has a few cows that have gotten lose; remember that there could be close to hundred cows lose. They might be out rounding up cows for a much longer period of time. Cold pizza is easily microwaveable.

During the ultrasound, your grandchild can sometimes look like a baby bear or an alien, but it’s nice to know that everything is alright and that’s normal.

Moving pigs from one place to another is hard work. Pigs have no problem moving you around. If you want to get out of doing pig work, volunteer to put G down for her afternoon nap. Did I say farm work can really wear you out?

It’s amazing that G has such a large vocabulary and understands so much. Not only would she wave and say “bye-bye” as someone headed out the door, but she put her hands on her head and saying “hat on” to remind them to wear their hat.


When a little girl does NOT want to walk, she won’t! She will quickly also just refuse to stand up on her own two feet too. Is she stubborn or just a little girl who knows what she wants out of life?

It's over the river and through the woods to G's house

I am so happy to be going to see my Granddaughter. Did you know that while I am there visiting, I don't let G's happy little feet touch the floor? I carry that child everywhere. Maybe this is why it's taking longer to walk.
My husband wants to try calling turkeys while we are there. Mark thinks he going to catch one with his bare hands.

Tomorrow when we arrive at Laura's, it'll be Thomas 21 birthday!! I was told over and over that there was no way he would ever live to be an adult. Hooray!! The doctors don't know everything now do they?