Flying Lessons

Raea had her first flying lessons. Complete with aviator log book and her first official logged time.

She went by herself because I wasn't allowed to go inside.

Spring Pictures

It is so nice they go to the same preschool, so I can get a picture of the them together. I hope Larissa is going to be okay next year when Ethan goes to kindergarten.

Spring

This was a great spring break. It was so relaxing, but yet plenty to do. I completely understand the need for spring break, and now feel rejuvenated to finish.

Every kid had one special day to do whatever they wanted. Ethan wanted to go shopping and go to McDonald. Raea wanted to go the zoo. Larissa wanted to just play at a different McDonald's. And Herston wanted to go to the castle to play and eat pizza.

This was Raea's day at the zoo.

Spring Break

This Momma is so ready for a good break. Remember when they were little?

Herston's Surgery

I thought the surgical hat was so cute. I think he remembered it from last time, so it never stayed on long.

The children's hospital knew how to entertain him before taking him into surgery.

Right after surgery, he was admitted to the ICU. He was having a hard time keeping his oxygen up. The nurses rushed the room a couple of times in the middle of the night, so neither one of us got any sleep. The next day he wouldn't let me put him down, and he finally feel asleep in my arms.

So, this probably isn't the magic surgery. He won't breath so loud, and he will hopefully get less lung infections, but he still won't be able to swallow any liquids. We still have a long road, but his developmental pediatrician was impressed. Our next stop is to the pediatric geneticists.

A special shout out to the prayer warriors in Louisanna, family support in Arizona, caring family in Kentucky, and a persistant sister in Oklahoma.

Welcome to March

Last week the kids begged to play in the sprinklers, and then begged me to hold them to warm them up.

Not quite time, but almost.

Rockin' R Ranch

So I find myself going on a lot of fieldtrips with Ethan and Larissa's preschool classes. (Herston gets to tag a long.)

This time Ethan's class went to Rockin' R Ranch. He tried so hard to get that rope to work. Maybe next time.

I remember going all the time when out of town guests would come and visit us as new transplants. I loved singing Ghost Rider.

I do love Arizona.

Mental Prep

Herston's first juice box



I have always said that I wanted "3 kids, maybe 4." For a while after Larissa, I thought I was done. I was like a tweenager; I constantly doodled 2011, the year all my kids would be in kindergarten. That was the year I even started grad school.

Then visions of Disneyland ran through my head. Our family would not be even! In making the decision, I noticed that every time I read the scriptures I would randomly turn to a passage about the "last born".

I needed Herston. I needed him to remind me of faith. I needed him to teach me about miracles.

Everytime Herston goes in for a medical procedure, they find something wrong. Unfortunately, there is also always complications.

His next surgery is March 8, and I can't stop my mind from wandering to think about the surgery. I have been warned that this is a very complicated, long surgery, and he will require hospitalization afterwards.

I think the mental prep for this surgery is much worse than the bowel preps in the past.

Happy Valentine's Day...Always

News

For the first time in six years, I will be working the day shift (and just two times a week). It is about time.

Just this morning, Raea didn't want to wake me up, so she took care of her siblings. Herston was out of his crib and in his high chair eating breakfast. The other three were sitting on their stools eating cereal.