Sleepy

Alton came and got Justin the other day because he wanted to show him Orin, who was asleep on the stairs. I wish all my kids slept like him. When he's tired, he knows he's tired and he wants to sleep.

So strange

Teya sleep walks. I don't know how many of you know that. Last night she came into my room carrying her pillow and blanket. She walked over to my dresser with her pillow and tried to open my drawer. I asked her what she was doing and she said she was trying to put the blanket away. I told her that she was holding a pillow and that neither the blanket or pillow belonged in my drawer. She got a little agitated, but continued to try and open the drawer. I kept telling her it didn't go in there and she just kept getting mad. Then she layed down at the end of my bed. I told her to go get in bed. She made some whining noises and then got up. She started to walk out without her stuff and I told her to grab her pillow and blanket. She walked back over to my dresser and grabbed a piece of paper off of it and started to leave. Justin and I burst out laughing. I tried to tell her that wasn't her pillow and she just started to get more agitated. Finally she did get her stuff and go back to bed.

The next day she never remembers what she did. Whenever she sleep walks she's difficult to deal with. She gets mad easily and won't listen. Whenever we tell her the next day about what she did she laughs about it and can't belive how strange she acted.

It's so weird how our brains work!

I'm getting older...

Happy Birthday to me!

Recovery

I was surprised when five days after my surgery I got to take off the bandage and found this underneath (with stitches still in it of course). I was not expecting the incision to be so big. I was also not expecting it to be located where it is. I'm really hoping that it won't leave a big nasty scar. The tendons are still really tight and I can't open my hand all the way. I work on it everyday but it's going to take some time. I'm hoping that sometime in the next six years I will actually feel back to normal again.

For Miranda...

Meadow asked me to put up a post to let you all know (especially Miranda) that she made it through the surgery and all went well (though she feels like she is barely alive). She will post more as soon as she is feeling up to it.

Thank you all for your love, prayers, and support!

Justin

Tick, tick, tick

Time flies by so fast.
As I walked up to preschool to pick up Orin yesterday and he came running towards me I thought, how can this be? I remember so vividly as if it were yesterday Eadie being in his same place. Eadie was the one running towards me and telling me all about her day at preschool.
Sitting here now, I just want to cry thinking of how fast my babies are growing up. How can Teya possibly be going into young women's this year? How can Eadie possibly be in first grade and growing more and more independent? How can Orin already be in preschool? And how can my baby not be a baby anymore, but a toddler?
I am reminded over and over again that you just have to cherish every moment.
Time flies by so fast!

Orin's first day of preschool

Today is Orin's first day of preschool. I don't think I've ever seen him as excited for something his whole life as he was to start school. We went on Monday to the open house and his teacher gave him a school bag that has his name on it. He was so happy to have a bag for school like the girls do.