My Health and Family

I have my bad days and good days. Lately I have been having muscle and joint soreness which I talk to the doctors about and they all say that is strange but don't really want to do a whole lot about. My stomach is fine and healing and the way it is going will be healed in maybe 2-3 weeks. I will just have a nice huge scar on my belly and my bellybutton is now off-centered by about 1 inch to my left. It looks crazy being that far over but beauty is pain. That is what I will have to keep telling myself. They asked if I wanted a skin graph and I thought it might be a good idea until they told me that I was going to have to supply the skin from my own hip. I thought that it would have been from a corpse and I asked the doctor if I might be able to get some African American skin and he didn't think that was funny. I didn't even smile when I saw his face I just acted serious. I figured if I am going to have a big scar I might as well make it look interesting, right? Am I right? Right? Right? Am I right? (Groundhogs Day) I have been trying to get around the house, I had all the kids the other day when Bethany went to work and Taylar was very helpful. I still am not suppose to pick up James so Taylar was picking him up for me and taking him where I needed him. She is such a sweetie. Jordynn prays everyday that I will go to the hostable (hospital) and get better. My kids are cute on most days that I am not irritated at them. My patience is and has been on a short fuse and I am just glad that children are so forgiving, Bethany too. Barking orders from a chair can get really annoying I am sure and she has only yelled at me a couple times in the 2 months I have been home. Hopefully I can put some pictures up soon of our growing children and the new me. I have lost 40 pounds in 3 months. Bethany says I look like a little boy that walks like an old man.

Long Time Gone

I know that I haven't written since October and everyone is wondering if we are don't blogging well the answer is no, for now. Bethany, the kids and I were in Oregon from November to January for the most part visiting family. Especially Bethany's dad who is going through another go of cancer. Who seems to be doing really well since November. Then I January I got a perforated bowel and spent all of February in the Hospital and am still in the recovery stage. Bethany is working full time and we are having family and friends take care of us since I can't pick up James yet. He is twice the weight I can lift, and if faster than I am in a foot race. Well I am hoping to be able to inform anyone who might still look at this and read it of what is going on with us.

Killer

This weekend has been Bethany's weekend to work. Today (Sunday) I got the kids ready and took them to church. We were moved to a new building and so we can't walk to our church anymore we have to drive 4 miles. On the way, a white cat runs out in front of me and I hit the brakes, say the only one word I always say in those type of situations, and tag this cat. I wouldn't say that I am a cat hater, but I sure don't love them. Taylar is like..." Oh no! What did you do?" I thought I was busted for say a bad word but then realized that she meant, "What did you hit?" I probably should have told her nothing and made her mad at me for saying a bad word, because when I told her I hit a cat she was so mad at me. It was the longest 3 miles I have ever driven. I was trying to tell her that I had no choice and I even tried to stop but she wouldn't have it. Mostly because of my behavior towards the cat that was left here by the previous home owners. I wasn't nice to it. Taylar is quicker to forgive than to forget. Although today I didn't think she would.

Taylar and Jordynn With Their New Poses

Does every kid, after a picture, come running so they can see it? "Let me see, let me see!" It is so funny now when Taylar and Jordynn do it.

The Growth of James

James is going to be 4 months on the 19th. Eight days! I can't believe how fast time flies. He is pushing 20 lbs. and is our growler. If he is fed, changed and rested he will sit in his chair or swing and just growl for hours. It is so cute and funny. He smiles all the time now and we have just been getting him to laugh in the last week. Taylar and Jordynn constantly want to hold, feed, rock, burp and kiss him. If Taylar doesn't have her face right in front of his then there is something wrong. Tonight I changed his diaper, which he loves, he could be screaming his head off and as soon as you lay him down for a diaper change he stops. Tonight he pulled a really slow Homer Simpson. I changed his diaper and he (slowly) spun in a circle on the floor. It was funny. He was a kicker in Bethany's belly and still just kicks like crazy. He slams his heals on the floor all the time and you would think he would cry but he doesn't. He does cry when you surprise him. He gets that big lower lip out and frowns for a while and then just starts crying his little heart out. We love him so much. It is weird thinking we went 4 years without having a baby in our lives. He is so cute.

Parent/Teacher Conference

I went to Taylar's class today and met with the teacher and she told me that Taylar knows all her colors, capital and lower case letters and is a very good writer. Which was no surprise to me because we have been working with her and making sure she is no dummy. I get home and tell her that she is in trouble cause of what her teacher told me and her face was priceless. She was like, (I will try the best I can in words) Oh no! what did I do that I forgot and am now getting in trouble for. Then she had to have seen the twinkle in my eye and starts cracking up. It was really funny. We all had a good laugh about it. And speaking of laughs. Taylar has really bad eczema (dry skin) and I was putting some Eucerin (lotion) on her legs and she ripped one right in my face. I was like "you couldn't warn me?" And she was just laughing. Two days later I was laying down with her on a sunday afternoon ready to take a nap and she just starts giggling. I tried to ignore it so she will go to sleep. She is still giggling. I finally ask her what she is laughing at and she says, "It was so funny when I tooted in your face." I had to tell her that it wasn't funny at all and that just made her laugh more. I don't know what I am going to do with this girl. Hopefully when she is 16 and dating I can get her back.

The Morrisons

We had some friends staying an hour away in Pocatello over Labor Day weekend and they gave us a call to come hang out. So we canceled our plans to going to the zoo and headed down to let the kids have fun at the park while we caught up on old times. We went to a park and had a picnic and played a little Bocce and just had a really good time. It was a nice surprise and wonderful to see them. Thanks for calling us! We should have taken a picture of your whole family. That's what I get for getting the camera out last minute.