My Pink Pony

Carys received this pink pony chair for Christmas from her Aunt Tami and cousins Teige, Rourke and Macyn. Today is the first day we brought it out of her room to sit in while watching one of her movies. She would bounce in it and the bounced herself right out of it. I guess this pony has a new home.

Today Tim left for 7 nights in Pennsylvania. We will try to do daily postings so that daddy doesn't get home sick. We miss you honey!!

Just Tuesday

My new tool bench like daddy's when he was little.

Carys and I have had a very relaxing day today. We have been playing and eating, playing and eating, and playing and eating. It's only 2:00 in the afternoon. In between our playing and eating I have been doing laundry. Tim is leaving for Pennsylvania for 7 days and he needs some clean clothes to take. Carys loves to help me fold laundry. She pulls out what I need to fold. I hope she remains helpful!! While daddy is working hard in Pennsylvania, Carys and I are planning on visiting our friends in Ubly. We haven't seen them since the very beginning of January. I'm excited to see how much Taylor has grown and I love to watch the girls play together. Christine and I have talked about taking the girls to get their photos taken. Last time we did that the photos were...well lets just say...less than flattering.

Today we also had an appointment with our hearing impaird teacher consultant, Carlene, to learn more ASL. Carys is signing more, eat, all done/finished and bye. I'm so glad that we are all learning sign. As many of you know her hearing is in the normal range, but there is no guarantee that it will remain there. Therefore, it's very, very important we learn another method of communication as a safety net. I'm really enjoying learning sign, not to mention being amazed at a 13 month old using sign. Next time Carlene comes we are going to learn "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" or "You are My Sunshine". I'm so excited!

I also like to chew on this toy.

Animal Show

Saturday we attended Reese's 3rd birthday party. At the party a man came with some animals for the kids to learn about and to touch. Some of the animals that he brought were a tree frog, lizard, gecko, guinea pig, chinchilla, white rat snake, mouse and pigeons. The man told intersting facts about each animal and then he took the animal to each child so that they could feel it. Carys sat in the half circle with all of her cousins and other little kids watching the animal show. The final animal that was presented was the white rat snake. As you can see, Tim held the snake and it wrapped itself around Carys and him. Carys didn't mind one bit. She touched most of the animals and was a good observer of the show.

Uncle Geri with the tree frog

Carys touching a pigeon


Reese holding the white rat snake

My 2nd Valentine's Day

This is a picture from Carys' 1st Valentines Day! She was still in the hospital and would be for almost one more month. A hospital volunteer made this dress, which was easy to put on despite all the wires and tubes, the hat and the booties...

...and her she is for her 2nd Valentines Day. Carys got to spend dinner with her Grandma Barb and Grandpa Greg. I planned a romantic evening for Tim and I (I think it was romantic) since last year our dinner was Wendy's in the hospital cafeteria. The best part of last Valentine's Day was being with our baby girl!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Today was Tim's 29th birthday. When he came home he opened the long awaited birthday gift. The night before I was asking him what he thought we got him for his birthday. He said what he thought it shouldn't be. Well, lets just say his gift was what he thought it shouldn't be. When he opened his gift he started laughing and was apologizing. My husband is the hardest person in the world to buy for. We got him an IPod so that he could listen to music and watch movies no matter where he was. He claims that he really doesn't know much about IPod's. After dinner and cake he did some researching on the internet to learn more about IPod's. He isn't sure if he's going to keep it or not. This is how gift giving goes with my husband.
On Saturday we are getting together with my husbands siblings to celebrate his birthday and his brother-in-law, Geri's birthday. One of his other brother-in-laws has the same IPod that Tim got for his birthday and Tim hopes to play around with that one to help his decide to keep or return it. If any IPod owner's read this post, feel free to make any comments about IPod's.
Earlier in the week Tim was in a car accident. He was driving his second car, the good ole' reliable Taurus. During his lunch break he went to get gas at Meijer. He was stopped at the stop sign there, waiting to return to work, when BAM! A truck lost control and slammed into the driver's side of his car. Luckily, Tim wasn't hurt, but the Taurus is now in need of two new doors. It turns out that the other car's breaks went out. Tim has been in so many accidents in this car and he hasn't been hurt in any of them. God is watching over him that's for sure!!

Mom, why?

Because I can Carys!!