28 Week Picture

November/December 2011 Pictures

I've been really slow about getting pictures up this fall. Sorry. Here are a few highlights from the last 2 months.

Joey's Birthday Breakfast Pancakes

 Yummy, Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream Cake

 Sleeping Soundly with Spidey safely tucked in with his Spidey Blanket

 The kids enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with friends, Abby and Sam.

 One of the many turkeys Joey colored for Thanksgiving

The boys made edible Hanakkias this year. I hear they were yummy! 

Finding the Needle in Joey's Foot

Joey had an exciting afternoon yesterday. I guess waiting to vacuum the living room didn't pay off this time. The poor guy managed to run over a sewing needle and break about 3/4 of an inch off in his foot. I'm sure you can spot it in his x-ray below.

This was our first trip to the ER with one of the kids in over 2 years. A record for us, I'm sure! 

Joey was a real trooper through the entire ordeal. He was a little squirmy at first. The PA requested a "papoose" to restrain him, but ended up not needing it. It turns out that he's one of those kids that does better if he can see what's going on. He sat up and watched her clean his foot and give him a shot to numb it before cutting into it to get to the needle. He finally lost it when the needle from the shot was in his foot, but even then, he did better than we'd expected. He just hung on really tight to Rick while he yelled, "Oh! That really hurts!!! Mmmooooommmmy! Mmmmoooommmy!" over and over again. 

It's a little tender today, but he's doing well hobbling around the house. We're just keeping a close eye on his foot; watching for signs of infection, etc. 

Rick and I were especially thankful that it happened on a four-day weekend so the post was mostly shut down and we were in and out of the ER pretty quickly.

16 Week Photo

Sukkot 2011

We're smack in the middle of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) as I write this post. We've divided up our time between camping in the carport at home and camping at LETRA (Lake Elmer Thomas Recreational Area) on post with friends from our home fellowship, Wayne and Ceci. Here are a few pictures of our Sukkot experience.
(Once again, I discovered that I spent all of my time behind the camera. There are no pictures of me...probably just as well since my pregnancy belly looks more like weight gain than a cute baby belly. ha!)

The moon rising the first night of Sukkot

Camp sight at LETRA

The lake is right behind the tent.

Joey always has to have his picture taken when he sees the camera in use.

Josh decided to rig a pulley system up around their favorite climbing tree.

The goal was to give his little brothers a ride.

 It didn't take Caleb and Rick long before they were "helping" with the process.

 Luke was the first one up. He loved it!

 Joey got a little ride too, but he doesn't really like heights. 

So, his enjoyment was short-lived.

 Joey loves to sit by the lake with Josh. 

I think Josh likes hanging with his little buddy too.

 I found a lot of "leopards" in this same position over the weekend.

Caleb is quite the trend setter.

I think they all agreed that this was not as comfortable as the leopards make it look.

My boys!

Luke and Joey played a lot of Qwirkle.

 Wayne took the boys to the archery range and taught them how to shoot.

I gave it a try, but decided to leave it to the boys this time.

Josh snagged a jackalope for me.

Can you see the tarantula?

That's the only one I've seen this year.

I opened the back door of the van to find Joey like this.

He was trying to figure out how to dig through pillows and blankets

to find the "peppy-oni" rolls in the cooler.

Luke and Joey doing the traditional "waving of the lulav."

With the Oklahoma wind picking up last night, Luke, Joey and I 

set up a "sukkah" in the living room.

They slept in that and I slept on the couch.

Rick, Josh and Caleb braved the wind and cool temps outside.

A few pictures from football...

Caleb was number 77!

Joey loved going to see Caleb play!

Josh was good about holding Matthew, giving Nana a break for a bit.

Camp videos

I don't know why the videos are "unavailable." I'll see what I can figure out and repost. Sorry.