My Jonathan!!

 Jonathan on his first day of Preschool. He loves it! He asks every day if it is a school day. He is getting so big and handsome.

 Jonathan rides his trike to Violin every week. He is doing a fabulous job. He is more patient than me and makes me proud! Grandma-Chelle helped me out with practicing after surgery. I learned some very good tips. Thanks Grandma!

Sweet David

 Sweet, sweet David. He loves trains.

He was keen on shaving his face, but changed his mind after he had shaving cream on. I guess he liked the short white beard look.

Matching!

More Grandma-Chelle outfits!!

Sand box

Grandma-Chelle bought the boys a sand box, and it has made many many hours of fun!

Caleb's first month

 Jonathan absolutely adores Caleb. He is always asking about him and trying to make him smile and touching his soft hair (which Caleb loves). Caleb is a very smiley baby. He is already doing a social smile and he almost never cries. He doesn't like his carseat and pretty much cries every time we go somewhere. He is truly a magical baby. He has been only waking up twice at night and goes right back to sleep. Of course, that could change any day, but I'm loving it now!

 Caleb doesn''t really like his baths that much, but he is getting so he doesn't scream the whole time.

 The boys think they have to kiss everyone including each other on the lips.

Birthday

My poor niece had to have her birthday the day after I went into the hospital. It was probably her worst birthday ever, but she was such a good sport.  My mom did manage to make a cake, so that was remarkable. It was a stressful day for everyone (so I heard.) I spent the day sleeping in the ICU.

Stroke

Delivery was awesome, and I was feeling like a million bucks when three days after Caleb was born I had a stroke. The world started spinning, and I thought it would just pass, but it didn't. I had Caleb in a diaper on the floor, and I was taking pictures. I laid down and shut my eyes and everything started spinning even faster. I realized I needed help. (I was home alone while everyone went to church.) I crawled to the kitchen. Everything felt like it was upside down or sideways. I knocked my phone off the counter and in a blur of spinning called Edmund. (That was the first miracle: being able to see well enough to call Edmund.) I said I needed help. My mom came home and tried to get me to bed, but I just started throwing up all over the floor and couldn't move. I don't really remember too much after that. I know Edmund came home and some how got me into bed. My mom took care of Caleb, and I nursed him lying on my side. I started throwing up again after a while and Dad and Edmund carried me to the car. I couldn't really walk because everything was sideways. They have me an MRI in the hospital and said I was having a stroke. I spent 3 days in the ICU. They were worried my brain was going to start swelling, but it didn't! A month later and I am almost normal! (I still get tired easily and I can't walk too far without feeling like I'm going to fall asleep.) My mom was a total Angel. She was Caleb's mom and then his nurse when I came home. I was able to pump milk in the hospital, so I kept up my milk. That poor baby! He is probably the most sweetest, good nurtured, cutest little guy in the whole world! These are the pictures I took just before my stroke. Poor baby was left laying on the floor in his diaper until my mom came home from church.