Rangers game

much family news

Wow, where do I start? Well lets see, my brother Mathew came down for Easter, and we all had a great visit with him. Dani loves her Uncle Mat, she sits on his lap and is entertained by his antics. He went home on Wednesday, and on Thursday night on his way to the movies with a friend, had a motorcycle accident. We still aren't sure how it happened but he has a few fractures in his pelvis, vertebrae and leg. He is having good days and bad days accord my parents ( they flew up to Portland right away) today is a good day, Praise the Lord! He is looking at several weeks of recovery,and my Dad will be staying with him until he is fully recovered. My mom will probably come back this week.
Sarah has been weird, vague GI symptoms for several weeks, and it has finally landed her in the hospital with dehydration and severe bowel pain. Her doctor in my opinion dropped the ball on this by waiting until it was so severe before doing anything, but tomorrow AM she will have a colonoscopy to see if she has ulcerating colitis. I pray it is not as this is a lifelong disease. However, if it is we will manage it with diet and medications.
Lots of prayer requests! Dani and I are doing great at least, and she is such a joy. Here are some picks to cheer everyone up.

Birthday party!

Dani had a great birthday party. We visited with family, and had yummy food, cake and brownies. Dani had a homemade carrot cake with whip cream and cream cheese frosting. She enjoyed opening her presents and playing with her new toys! Thanks everyone for helping out!!!

Dani sporting a new outfit from Grama Cathy, my mom and her birthday cupcakes from Aunt Sandy, Dani and "Tony the Pony" and opening a present from G.G. Ma! ( my Grama)

Almost one year old!

I CANNOT believe how fast time flies!! My baby is almost one!! We have had such a great time with her. She is so fun to hang out with, and just lights up the room when she enters it. She is actually using some signs now, like 'soft", "more" "ouch or hurt" "milk" "all done" and "toilet". She answered the phone and brought it to me yesterday. She walks all over the place. She eats people food. Its crazy! She has her birthday part next week, and her one year checkup at a new doctors office. Wow!

Chickens and other new stuff

The chicks have arrived! We have Rose and Donna, a Rhode Island Red and Rhode Island Red cross ( any Dr. Who fans out there recognize their namesakes?)and Dolly, an Aracuana who is named after Dolly Parton because of her beautiful blonde feathers. Dolly is the most docile, and Donna is the fiestiest, she has even challenged one of the cats already. I think they are about 3 weeks old, not sure though. I am going to keep them inside until the temps outside are around 70. So hopefully not too long and they can go out in their coop during the day. Dani loves them!! She petted them yesterday, looked up and signed "soft". How cute! Tuffy is driven mad by them, I hope he can get over it soon.

More sewing attempts

Here are some more of my creations for Dani and Sarah. Training pants, with a waterproof layer and an absorbent flannel soaker. Also Sarah's Christmas present was pillows with UT applique. It was the first time I had tried applique, I think they turned out great!