Saturday, May 30, 2020

May Misc.

The month of May seemed to fly by in some ways, and seemed to drag on forever in other ways. It was kind of divided into two parts...Part One: Finishing School and Part Two: Madison's Bike Accident. We are usually focused on moving to camp as soon as school is over, but that wasn't the case this year. I will admit that I wasn't sad to see May come to an end...I was ready for June & ready to get this baby here! 
Here are some of our misc. moments from May! 
This was quite a pallet the kids made! We did spend a LOT of time together on this couch, watching movies and playing XBOX...it just is what it is right now! 
Pony was checking out the Pack-n-Play to make sure it's ready for the baby! 
The girls are lots of help in the kitchen! 
Jonah was totally fine and then all of a sudden he said he felt sick at his stomach and he was pale as a ghost...it scared us for a little bit, but thankfully he went to sleep and woke up feeling fine the next day. 


They decided to have a sleepover in the playroom upstairs one night. 
There were CONSTANTLY blankets everywhere in our house! 
The kids spent a few nights with G-Ma, so we got to relax a little. We had to run to the store once and this is what we looked like..haha! 
Madi and I have mastered homemade chocolate chip cookies! 
This is definitely a new favorite at our house! My second time to make mashed potatoes...I've conquered that skill!
"Tim the Tool-Man" style sweeping at its finest! #getsthejobdone #waybetterthanabroom
Jonah has his own system and takes his pretty little time when folding his clean laundry! 
Oh goodness, look at these cheeks!! I still have this dress...I wonder if we will have another baby girl to wear it! 
A quick-lapse, brought to you by Madi!
Lunch break outside! 
After two months of not being able to see each other, we finally let Jonah go over to Owen's house for a play date during the last week of school! It looks like they had the best time and they even got to do their very last class zoom call together from Owen's house. 
May 8th, 1996 is where it all started...wow...24 years ago! Ha! Yeah, we're not old! 
Mackenzie finally got to go to the orthodontist! Because of Covid and the office being closed, her appointment was pushed back almost 2 months. We are still hoping to get her braces off sometime this summer. I just love this sweet face! 

Brian finally was able to take Jonah for a real haircut on May 8th! We made Jonah wear this mask and he was not a fan. At all! 
 Mother's Day shoppers! 
TWENTY years ago...wow! And we're having a baby in a month...lol...now that's funny!!
 
As I've been working on transferring all of our mini DVD's into digital files on Dropbox, it has been so fun & sweet to watch video's of the kids from when they were little bitty! This video of Mackenzie dancing with G-Ma made me laugh so hard! Such sweet memories!
I took this picture on May 20th, the day of Madison's bike accident that happened later that evening...it's amazing how in a matter of minutes...seconds, really...things can go from "normal" and "good" to "terrifying" and "awful." 
Exploring an area in our neighborhood and picking flowers for Momma! 
Just a little "Swingin' In the Rain"
Brian is pretty much sleeping on the couch every night now, because I get up so many times in the night and its just easier for us to both sleep this way. Jonah has claimed this spot by Daddy on the couch too! 
Finally, on May 29th, after THREE MONTHS and endless dark roots, I got to have my hair done!! I was so, so happy to be able to do this before the baby comes! 
We ventured out on Saturday for a short time, and went to look for a recliner for our living room...we struck out and couldn't find anything that would be in stock before the baby comes, which was a big bummer. But oh well! Madison had fun riding around in a wheelchair & we made everyone wear masks.

Bird is the Word

There's no way around it...we are all getting bored and tired of being stuck at home. It's such a strange feeling to not be at Falls Creek this summer. We try to do things to break up our days and not just sit in front of the tv all day, every day, but sometimes that's hard to do. Brian decided we were going to have a family drawing party, so he found a youtube tutorial on drawing birds. Everyone drew the "same" bird on a branch and then we each had to come up with our own backgrounds. I loved how we all did something different! And just like always happens when we do the animation academy at Disney, the kids were way too critical of their own drawings...but we thought they all did amazing! 
Jonah's bird drawing looks so fun and happy! 
My bird had to have 4 eggs in her nest! =0) 
I was so impressed by Mackenzie drawing the US capitol building in the background with her bird, since the bird was sitting on a cherry blossom branch! 
And Madi's bird picture was cute & happy, just like her! 

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Life is Amazing. And then it's Awful.

Now that Madison is home and things have settled down, here's hoping for a few ordinary and mundane and routine weeks before this baby comes!! 
This quote is so, so true...it's crazy how fast things can go from amazing to awful and everything in between so quickly...and yes, it is breathtakingly beautiful! 
**But I can't handle anymore awful right now!  

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Feeling All The Love

Our friends and family showered Madison & our entire family with so much love after her accident. I was truly overwhelmed by it. I'm certain these are not all of the cards and gifts that we received...I tried to keep track of it all, but it was a lot and I'm sure I missed some. Madison got so many beautiful flowers, balloons & fun little gifts to brighten her stay in the hospital. Then when she got home, things just kept arriving, either in person or through the mail. It was very fun for her! I was blown away by the generosity of people too...so many meals and gift cards showed up, which really helped to carry us through this ordeal. This is what "being the hands and feet of Jesus" means, right here!
Our neighbors sent a bag of cookies & an Uber Eats gift card over the morning after Madison's surgery. Addi was with them during the bike ride when Madi got hurt, but she went right home when they got back and they had no idea that Madison was injured so badly. 
Our sweet friends from Joplin sent us this box that had delicious chicken noodle soup & cookies in it! 
EFBC really reached out to us and loved on Madison after she got home. Christian stopped by and brought her a Disney game, which she loves. Grace came over one day and spent some time with us, and the church sent this super cute card, signed by all of the staff members. Thankful for our church home! Our connection group brought us several meals too, which we were so grateful for.
A few of Mackenzie's friends' moms reached out...Nicole Robie brought us dinner one night while Madi was in the hospital & Kim DeSpain gave us ColdStone gift cards, which Madi was very excited about getting to use once she was feeling a little better! So nice! 
I think Madi got something in the mail every day for a couple of weeks! 
We had flowers and balloons everywhere! =0) 
Madi's sweet BFF twins sent her balloons in the hospital and cards in the mail once we got home! 
She got several cards from her classmates, which was so sweet! 
Kimberly & Troy sent us a $40 Tazikis gift card and Paul & Lou Ann sent us a $100 Chick-fil-A gift card...wow...so blown away by the generosity of people! Brian's work sent Chili's for dinner one night, a youth pastor friend of his sent a $50 DoorDash gift card, Sarah Wooten sent Madison an iTunes gift card so she could rent movies in the hospital...I mean, people are SO nice! 
Brian sent a Walmart gift card that was so nice! 
Sharon and Emma brought chicken spaghetti (Madison's request) and a whole bag of goodies for Madison!