Karen trimmed Suzee's hair today.
Blackberry vines growing from outside, through the walls right by the kitchen sink (at my parents house).
Suzee playing peek-a-boo with her favorite purple purse.
Me at my home away from home.
Me just before I left the hospital last Tuesday.
My mind still hasn't figured out that my body can't keep up. We attended the 24th of July festivities on Saturday. I thought I would be fine. Most of the kids rode on the float in the parade, but I didn't get any pictures because Jay and I watched from the van.
We set up our camp chairs on the EAC football field and had an awesome BBQ beef dinner. I didn't even make it through dinner and had to lay down. I forgot to bring a blanket, but Jay's and my camp chairs came with small pillows. I put one under my head and one under my stomach, and spent the rest of the night laying in the grass.
The weather was wonderful, which is a miracle. Traditionally it rains on every 24th of July celebration. We were very lightly sprinkled on as we walked into the stadium, but that was the end of it.
Suzee chewed on this pop top forever.
Ryan Innes did a small concert before the fireworks show, which was really nice.
Papa and Patty finished their duties serving food and sat with us to watch the fireworks. Suzee was so fun to listen to during the fireworks show. She would see one shooting up and yell "Color, color, color" until everyone around her guessed what color it was going to be. James covered his ears and asked me a thousand times if it was over yet.
Suzee eating Papa's homemade chocolate ice cream.
And Jonathan and Bob messing around. I don't get smiles out of Bob very often.
One girl at the office was going away to school,
and another had a birthday.
Suzee has always loved the water, but both she and James are getting really brave.
Emma and Suzee
Abbey, James (with his black eye) and Brook
Suzee floating on her back. Love the puddle jumpers.
2 Accidents 5 days apart. Both involving the 4-wheeler with Bob driving. The first one got James a bloody nose. The second one was a swollen eye that James said looked like a marble. It has since turned into a black eye.
My mom and Aunt Sherri put all the baby clothes in the closet that used to not be a closet. It was an empty cupboard where the stove pipe used to go up to the roof. My dad built shelves and put some flooring in, and it's wonderful.
Last Saturday we took an afternoon trip to the Gila River.
The water was only about a foot deep in most places, but the kids loved it.
After they swam, we had a picnic with sandwiches, chips and frog-eye salad.
They've been begging to go back ever since.
Especially James who said "Thank you, mom, for my surprise of taking me to the lake."
Suzee would rather have been in the pool where the water is warmer.
I am on strict bed rest now, so next time we go, it will be with 2 more little boys.
And he didn't stop to tell us something had happened. I was wondering if it had just been someone driving down the road. After a few hours, I called the city utilities department, and they told me that one of their drivers had had an accident.
Wednesday they came and gave me a shiny new garbage can, but they haven't fixed the mailbox yet.
