Has it already been a week? I can't believe I've neglected my blog for so many days! Let's see . . . for those who are curious, we didn't really do anything on my birthday for my birthday--the lake trips last weekend were pretty much the celebration. On my birthday, I actually cleaned the bathrooms and sat around here! My mom did buy me a birthday cake even though we didn't have an actual party. Good thing, too, because if not for that birthday cake, I think Brian would have starved to death. He devoured that thing!
Tuesday, we had band practice here at our house--hope the neighbors liked the music! Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were the same ole', same ole', and Saturday we had a family outing to the courthouse for the weekly bluegrass singing. There is a group of "pickers" that play bluegrass at the courthouse every Saturday. Brian has gone up there before and played with them. This was the first time Clayton and I went with him. Clayton loved it of course and they even asked me to sing a little. Problem is I don't know a lot of bluegrass! I told them I would come prepared next time. They had some kids up there that could play just as well as the old folks--amazing musical talent.
Last night, Brian and I did a grocery haul at Wal-Mart. I have no idea if we got anything to cook for meals, but we got a ton of snack food--you could tell we were in the snacking mood when we shopped. In fact, I think I'll be having spinach dip for lunch!
I've been listening to some old Mahialia Jackson music for the last couple of days--she would have been great to see at a jazz club way back when.
The other big news is I bought a potty chair for Clayton. He is smart enough to get it, but it's going to be a logistical nightmare. He usually says "diaper" before he poo poos and he knows exactly what pee peeing is. I sat him on it this morning and we couldn't get everything in the right spot if you know what I mean--I'm glad he didn't actually pee because it would have sprayed right onto me! Ah, the joys of boys!
Gotta go for now--I need to make use of my "mommy time" while Clayton is in therapy!
Brian with Drew:
My brother (and yes, he landed!):
My dad with Clayton:
My mom with Drew:
Taylor:
Heidi:
Clayton, before his haircut. He's finally big enough for the cape!
During the haircut:
And after:
Spencer's pool party:
Clayton is obsessive about stickers. And for some reason he wants them all over his head (yes, he directed all these placements!):
And today was the Korean War Memorial Dedication. This is my grandfather. Look for more pics of this event soon.
Clayton's new activity chair arrived today. And while I was very glad to see it, I'm past the excitement of getting it. We've waited so long for it. We ordered it in NOVEMBER and it wasn't approved until MARCH. Arrives in JUNE. Nothing like speedy service . . . guess they didn't care that he had totally outgrown his feeder chair. At any rate, he seems to really like it and he sit ups so much better in it--much more appropriate!
Thanks to my hubby for putting up with me--I've wanted these pics for a while . . .glad we finally got the chance to get them.
(AND, can you tell I've learned how to use our scanner? I'm having fun with these old pics!)
And for those who will worry about this post, I'm not "depressed" any more than usual about it, just reflective. He just seems to occupy my thoughts a lot these days. On a happier note, I love this pic of him even though you can't see his face (most pictures we have of him he is wearing a mask for his eyes). You can see his strawberry blonde hair and the way the lights were that day made him look like a little angel. How strangely prophetic. The doctors were very optimistic about him before he got the staph infection. When they started laying him on his belly, he literally tried to crawl out of the bed a couple of times. One doctor said he was incredibly agile for a baby in his condition. We just knew he would survive and do well. Not so. And here I go again with the what ifs . . . . .
