June 23, 2009
Sprinklers + Popsicles = FUN in the SUN!
Row 1: Grace Graber, Grant Graber,
Joey Lengacher, and Dylan Graber
Row 2: Savanna Graber, Lucas Hertig,
and Vance Knoblauch
Row 3: Camden Knoblauch,
Graden Hirsch, and Landen Hirsch
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
SPRINKLER PARTY!
June 23, 2009
Sprinklers + Popsicles = FUN in the SUN!
Row 1: Grace Graber, Grant Graber,
Joey Lengacher, and Dylan Graber
Row 2: Savanna Graber, Lucas Hertig,
and Vance Knoblauch
Row 3: Camden Knoblauch,
Graden Hirsch, and Landen Hirsch
TRACTOR!
Daddy stopped by with his tractor
before he went to work...
The boys loved pretending to drive
the tractor!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
ONE MONTH LATER...
I've said it a million times... TIME FLIES! Especially with two toddler boys! This past month has been busy. We've had a couple of weddings, some parties, and some schedule changes. Phil is working landscaping (which he loves!) all day, Monday through Saturday, even when it rains. Landen, Graden and I stay home and keep busy. We even mow the yard so that Daddy doesn't have to deal with it when he gets off work late. I watch two boys and one girl... here and there through the summer and will pick back up to full time in August when school gets ready to start. We enjoy it very much. They're great kids. I'm still in school - finishing up my last week of summer sessions. (Thank goodness!) It'll be a nice break before I start back up in the fall. Right now, I'm only enrolled for two classes, but I'm thinking of taking more because I got a large grant to pay for my schooling... such a blessing! I'm so thankful for so many things in my life these days!
Speaking of blessings... I'm going to be an Aunt in January! My little sister, Rachael (who I suppose isn't little, she's almost 24 already!) and Derek are expecting their first baby. I can hardly stand the wait to find out the sex of the baby is... :) Congrats you two! Babies are wonderful... and even though everyone says your lives will never be the same, they won't be... they'll be BETTER. Sure, some days take a lot of work; but one little smile or giggle or hug or "thank you, mommy" makes it all totally worth it!
Landen and Graden are doing great! Both just had back-to-back doctor visits that went WELL! I couldn't believe the relief I felt to have doctor's actually say to me that "things are looking good". Graden recovered fast and wonderfully from the tubes in his ears. They'll stay in for a few more months yet, but his ENT said that his ears weren't even slightly pink. Graden past his hearing test with flying colors. That's a huge step. He's still participating in "speech therapy" once a week, but when we went for his 18 month evaluation they told me he was "up to speed" and right where he needed to be! Ah, words a mother loves to hear! I can understand him so much better than just two short months ago and others have told me the same. Thank goodness!
Landen is getting taller every day. He talks to me like I would talk to an adult... the conversations we have just crack me up! He's into asking questions and telling me how things work. It makes me smile just thinking about it as I type. His second follow-up after having new medicines for over two months went well. So far, we're controlling his allergies and asthma symptoms well enough on our own that we won't have to go to see a specialist just yet. This is good news, because at his age things can still change. Landen has been such a trooper and can take all his medicines on his own - no compliants. That just tells me that he KNOWS they make him feel better! Ah... finally, finally!
Someone recently asked me about Graden's past... I'm not sure why that this time more than normal I had a hard time answering. I started out by simply saying, "he's lucky to be here". There are just those days when I realize that I'm not exaggerating when I say that. When telling other stories, I can make comments like "how horrible" and "it's so sad"... whenever I tell Graden's story, though, I know that I'm not just saying those words: I mean them with my whole heart. It was horrible and I never want to relive it; nor do I ever wish anyone to go through it. It's amazing to me every single day (literally) that he's here and that no one knows how he started if I don't tell them. It really makes my faith stronger for sure!
So, all in all, this past month I've been preoccupied enough that I haven't even posted pictures! Sorry for the slack. I'll get better and work on getting some pictures up in the next few days! The boys have freshly shaved heads, so they're looking pretty handsome!
Enjoy this beautiful sunny weather and some good laughs! :)
Speaking of blessings... I'm going to be an Aunt in January! My little sister, Rachael (who I suppose isn't little, she's almost 24 already!) and Derek are expecting their first baby. I can hardly stand the wait to find out the sex of the baby is... :) Congrats you two! Babies are wonderful... and even though everyone says your lives will never be the same, they won't be... they'll be BETTER. Sure, some days take a lot of work; but one little smile or giggle or hug or "thank you, mommy" makes it all totally worth it!
Landen and Graden are doing great! Both just had back-to-back doctor visits that went WELL! I couldn't believe the relief I felt to have doctor's actually say to me that "things are looking good". Graden recovered fast and wonderfully from the tubes in his ears. They'll stay in for a few more months yet, but his ENT said that his ears weren't even slightly pink. Graden past his hearing test with flying colors. That's a huge step. He's still participating in "speech therapy" once a week, but when we went for his 18 month evaluation they told me he was "up to speed" and right where he needed to be! Ah, words a mother loves to hear! I can understand him so much better than just two short months ago and others have told me the same. Thank goodness!
Landen is getting taller every day. He talks to me like I would talk to an adult... the conversations we have just crack me up! He's into asking questions and telling me how things work. It makes me smile just thinking about it as I type. His second follow-up after having new medicines for over two months went well. So far, we're controlling his allergies and asthma symptoms well enough on our own that we won't have to go to see a specialist just yet. This is good news, because at his age things can still change. Landen has been such a trooper and can take all his medicines on his own - no compliants. That just tells me that he KNOWS they make him feel better! Ah... finally, finally!
Someone recently asked me about Graden's past... I'm not sure why that this time more than normal I had a hard time answering. I started out by simply saying, "he's lucky to be here". There are just those days when I realize that I'm not exaggerating when I say that. When telling other stories, I can make comments like "how horrible" and "it's so sad"... whenever I tell Graden's story, though, I know that I'm not just saying those words: I mean them with my whole heart. It was horrible and I never want to relive it; nor do I ever wish anyone to go through it. It's amazing to me every single day (literally) that he's here and that no one knows how he started if I don't tell them. It really makes my faith stronger for sure!
So, all in all, this past month I've been preoccupied enough that I haven't even posted pictures! Sorry for the slack. I'll get better and work on getting some pictures up in the next few days! The boys have freshly shaved heads, so they're looking pretty handsome!
Enjoy this beautiful sunny weather and some good laughs! :)
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