"The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together."
--Erma Bombeck
"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."
--Mother Teresa

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Saturday

I totally stacked off on Friday. Shame on me! I was having a hard time coming up with a picture for that day since we really didn't do much. Friday is our "recovery day." We have so much going on during the week and when Friday rolls around we just lounge around and don't accomplish much. I think Friday's are quickly becoming one of my favorite days! I will admit that I am liking having something to do each day. We aren't crazy busy, but we have enough to do to keep us on a good schedule. If we had more lazy days, then I think I'd go crazy! So, on to Saturday. Since Geoff didn't have to go in for work til the evening, we decided to head over to the Teddy Bear Clinic at the hospital. They do it once a year for kids. Kids can bring their favorite stuffed animal and the nurses do a check-up, height and weight, give shots, stitches, x-rays, casts, brush teeth....all sorts of stuff. Emily had a good time...except for when she ran into the man dressed as an elephant. She isn't a huge fan of costumes...and that totally freaked her out. And let's just say that she wasn't quiet about her feelings. Everyone in the building could hear her screaming. It was pretty embarassing! She got over it eventually and we were able to enjoy ourselves. I love this idea! I think it is so important for kids to see that the hospital isn't a scary place and that the nurses are so nice! We also enjoyed getting to see some of Abby's nurses in a friendlier setting. Abby wasn't thrilled to be there around all the stethoscopes, though.


This is our very favorite nurse that took care of Abby. She still remembers us and gives Emily big hugs everytime we see her. She tries to give Abby hugs...but she's not interested yet. We just love her! I always felt better when she was there taking care of my sweet baby.

Can you see the cast on Abby's kitty's tail. Pretty funny!
Emily got to prep her elephant for surgery and put him to sleep.

They also checked his blood pressure and heart rate.

It was a fun activity and I'm so glad we went. We are trying really hard to do more things like this instead of just sitting at home being bored.


After the hospital, we headed over to my parents house to celebrate my dad's birthday. One of my brother's and his family came down to celebrate with us. This picture is of Emily, Grandpa, and her cousin, Olivia.



It turned out to be a fun day and the kids were exhausted when we got home. I love that!! It means that I get to put them to bed extra early!!!

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