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Saturday, May 9, 2009

1-2-3 Strikes Your Out At The Ol' Ball Game

It's that time of year again! We have been enjoying t-ball practices and games. We are playing (well, Isaac is playing) through the YMCA and we really like it. The coaches are great and so encouraging with the kids. And the kids all get to have several chances with the coach pitching the ball to them before they have to hit it off of the tee. And they make sure that each kid hits the ball and gets to run...no outs! I love it. The pictures below are of Isaac's first game. He is #15.

prayer before the game

waiting on the bench

Go Isaac!

I love this...he was running from 1st to 2nd base and was not going to go any further until the kid on 2nd moved over. He's pointing and telling them to run to 3rd.

This is what Josiah does during the practices and games. He and this little girl catch bugs. And there are plenty to catch.

He also talks her into playing chase. I laugh at how Josiah can get older kids to play with him. Today I told him that there was a little girl that might like to play with him. He said, "No, she is too little. I want to play with a bigger kid."

Olivia also likes to look for bugs. There are some really slow flying bugs here called Love bugs. Even Olivia can catch them.

Hunting a Love bug.

I don't have pictures of today's game, but Isaac made a home run and was awarded with the game ball. He was absolutely thrilled! He was given the ball and didn't even know why. We had to tell him that he made a home run. Ha!

Friday, May 8, 2009

Welcome To The Club

Welcome to our new secret club. That's what it kind of feels like. :) It was fun to see how many responses I received to be added to the blog as a reader. Now we'll see how many stick around. **Wink Wink**

I made the blog private because of the little people in the photo. I'd rather keep them safe than worry about who could be reading this without me knowing. So thanks for following!

Just so you know, I couldn't get onto my own blog this morning. I forgot to add myself. The blog originally started under Jay's name, so everything is still under his email. I guess I need to fix that.

I'll leave you with a thought from Josiah: "Mommy, did God make my hair lellow (yellow) because I like the color lellow so much?" "I bet he did, Baby. Let's just hope that green doesn't become your favorite color."

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Sigh Of Relief

Olivia is doing great. She had a good ole time playing with all of the doctor stuff and meeting another little girl who was also having tubes put in her ears. All was well until the scary looking anesthesiologist picked her up to take her to the back. :( But the good thing is that not one tear left Mommy's eyes. hahaha

Olivia's doctor did end up having to remove her adenoids because they were so big that they were blocking her passageway and not allowing her to breathe properly. And he said that the fluid in her ears was more like jello than liquid. Poor baby.

When she woke up (and that happened immediately), she was not a happy camper. She was in a lot of pain, but Jay and I also think that she was just really hungry. The nurse went to get her a popsicle, but she didn't come back with enough. (If you know our kids, then you know that food is very, very important!!) So, she got a refill and that seemed to calm her down.

When we got home, she scarfed down a banana and went right to sleep. Sweet girl. I hope this makes things so much better for her.

Thank you all for your prayers. You just don't know how much your encouragement meant/means to us.

enjoying some applesauce after her nap

She loves to say "cheese!" You can see her bandage still on her left ankle, and some other thingamajigs stuck to her chest. The nurses didn't take them off at the surgery center. They left that for me to do. Now I know why! It hurt!