On Monday Kadie Day moved away. Kadie was Elijah’s fellow kindergarten, bus, and play buddy. For about a year Kadie, her Grandparents, and her cousins were our neighbors.. A few hours after they left on their road trip backed to Florida to reunite with their family, Elijah was so somber and sad. On a quiet drive to Target Monday afternoon Elijah broke his silence to tell me he really missed Kadie already. In the first picture Elijah and Kadie are trying to smile but you can see Kadie is sad about her last day here. The second picture is all the children enjoying their last jump together.
Goodbye Kadie Day. We will miss you.
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YAY, Morgan arrived today for a summer visit to Indiana. We are so excited to have her here with us for the next 2 1/2 weeks. We wish she could stay longer, but we will take what we can get! Elijah and Jonah are already following her around like love sick puppies…It’s so cute to see how much they love and missed their big sister.
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Today is our big boy’s 6th birthday. All week we have been teasing Elijah that we worked it out with the “big guy above” to keep him 5 forever. To which Elijah replies, “NO, I want to be 6, sorry I can’t help getting big!” —- I don’t know if I am READY for him to be 6. Time flies by too fast. It felt like just the other day we were holding him in the hospital as he looked up at us with his big eyes, scared of his new surroundings – but feeling comforted and safe in our arms.
Now I am off to make a big BIRTHDAY breakfast and then on to preparing the cake, food, and set up the party…
Just a side note…the other day a big box arrived from FedEx for Elijah. He was so excited to get mail addressed to him only. When he opened the box he realized it was filled with a bunch of individually wrapped birthday presents (in Spiderman wrapping paper) His excitement could not be contained as he jumped up and down and all around the room. Initially we told him to wait until his birthday to open them…but that didn’t last. So over the last few days we have allowed him to open one present per day (which somehow he ends up opening more). Today he has a few more left to open and he can’t wait! Thank you Aunt Darcie and Uncle Brian for making our 6 year old smile from ear to ear over and over again!!!
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Quaid, Caleb, Ben, and Elijah are having a Daddies/Sons day at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum today. Being that they are all big Star Wars fans, they had to go check out the new Star Wars Clone Wars exhibit that just opened up at the museum. I know they are having so much fun and I cannot wait to hear Elijah tell me all about it and see the pictures I am sure Ben is taking (which I will post later). This leaves me home enjoying some alone time with Jonah. Since he is currently taking his afternoon nap, I thought I would take advantage of this quiet time to read my friends’ blogs and update our blog.
This following week Elijah is out of school on Spring break. We are all looking forward to having some special family time together! For sure we are going to take the boys to the Zoo one of the days and maybe a movie outting to see “Monsters vs Aliens” another day. Future posts with pictures will follow ; )
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God has been answering our prayers! Jonah is back to being a busy 2 year old again!! He had a follow-up appointment with his Pediatrician last Monday and she said he is looking great. All of the tests ran during the hospital stay came back good. And now he is over his cold, cough, and ear infection. Since he has been on Keppra he has not had another dropping spell or seizure. Next week we will get him checked for allergies (specifically any food allergies we should be aware of) and in about a month he will have a follow-up appointment with his Neurologist.
We are so happy with how he is doing now and we are very thankful for everyone’s prayers and help during all of this. With Spring arriving he has been so busy playing outside with his big brother. As a typical 2 year old, he cannot be contained. Ben and I are usually exhausted at the end of each day from chasing him and making sure he isn’t climbing things. Though we would definitely rather have him busy exploring and healthy (and be tired parents), than the alternative!!
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