My baby has a boo-boo...

Matt had arthroscopic knee surgery for a torn Meniscus on Jan. 22. Just about 2 weeks after me having a tonsillectomy. We are recovering together. So for the next week it is Xbox for him (poor guy I know), and lots of homework to get ahead on.

Grandma Time...

How can you thank someone enough for living your life for you for 2 weeks? No really any ideas...cause I really gotta thank my mom for doing that for me. I had no idea how down and out of it I would be after having a tonsillectomy...yikes, it hurt. The good thing was the kids did not suffer one bit...in fact they hit the jack-pot with Grandma in town. Grandma didn't waste a second with my little people, she took them so many fun places...library story times, mall events, out to the movies, build-a-bear for some spoiling, and other places I'm sure (I really couldn't be sure what they were up to I was, for lack of a better word, unconscious in my bed!). If that wasn't enough, Matt had his surgery while she was in town too...she had to deal with 2 invalids and take care of 3 kiddos. In a really weird way it was great to have my Mom and Brock have so much time with just the two of them (Calee and Gavin still had school Mon.-Fri.), they are quite connected to each other...and I am glad they had that time. The following pictures are from my Mom's camera...I wasn't present for any of the fun:(. Next trip she is going to have to deal with me as a tag-a-long, I hate missing a minute of the kids lives!

At the school...Calee had a classroom play the day of Matt's surgery. So while Matt and I were at the hospital, Grandma was enjoying Calee staring in Pandora's Jar...Calee was Pandora. Once Calee's play was over Grandma was leaving the school, and saw Gavin in the art room and had to take a picture. He thought it was pretty cool to see his Grandma in passing!

Grandma and Brock went to quite a few story times at the library and at Pottery barn kids too. He had so much fun with his personal assistant.

Obviously Calee and Gavin got away with more than I would let them. They are WAY too big to be in a shopping cart...but of coarse life is more fun with Grandma.

Brock's 2nd Birthday...

Brock turned 2 on Jan. 19, 2009. Such a fun day!! Brock loved being king for the day (in actuality it wasn't much different from any other day...that kid is treated like royalty everyday). He is such a happy fella. The theme for his party was of coarse "Choo-Choo" trains. Grandma was the one who got everything ready...as I was still recovering from the tonsillectomy. Grandma did a great job...she made the cutest train cake, put Brock in his favorite shirt (the train shirt...of coarse), and made sure Brock was all smiles all day. It's hard to believe our baby is 2 now, these past 2 years have been amazing and we are so happy to have been blessed with such an amazing spirit to be in our family.





Cake Time
Brock was so into his special song, he was dancing and singing the whole time! He blew out his candles with such determination!

Brock playing "choo-choo", before he takes a bite.

I love this picture!!

Family picture on Brock's special day.

Some special moments with Grandma

We are so happy to have Grandma here to share in Brock's 2nd Birthday. Brock sure loves his Grandma and I'm pretty sure she feels the same way.

Time for presents

Brock was so happy with his birthday loot! He opened every present and was thrilled with what was inside.

Time for a birthday bath

Look at that smile! He sure had a great day!

Thanks Grandma!!

Tomorrow I get my tonsils out (darn things should have been taken out when I was a kid!), so Grandma came to help while I am drugged up! The kids are so excited to have her here. Here are some pics of the kids and Grandma playing a game together...I know the kids will be well taken care of and probably wont notice I'm in bed all the time. Thanks Grandma/Mom/personal assistant/taxi driver/teacher/cook/saint!