Broken Lily

This is Lily in the recovery room right after surgery. Her hair was a huge rat nest after several days of sweaty fevers and laying on her back. Peter was her constant companion. He snuggled and consoled her, carried her to the potty and combed all the tangles out without any pain. Such a good daddy.

Coming home from the hospital the first time, with still a broken arm, Lily lay in my lap on the floor. She was wearing a diaper and told me she needed to go potty. Since we were still 10 min from home and she was in lots of pain I told her to go in her diaper. The next thing I knew I was feeling awfully warm. I was sure that everything would be soaked. But when we got out of the car Lily and the floor were dry the only thing wet was my bum and Lily's diaper was a little damp. Peter is certain that I just peed my pants and blamed it on Lily.

This is her home from the hospital still broken. She was in lots of pain and was very sleepy.



This is Lily in the hospital bed after a very long night in 2 ER's waiting for some kind of results. Her arm is in a plaster splint wrapped in ace wrap. The other hand has an IV and the board is just keeping it secure.

Lily 3 days after surgery was feeling much like herself and getting rather wiggly. I am very surprised how fast after the surgery and the pain was under control she was back to normal. She was very brave and so sweet during this whole process. I wish she had not gone through any of the ER ordeals but we did get a very good surgeon and her arm is now on the mend.

This was Lily painting her bird house 2 days before the accident. Hopefully after all the long weeks of casts and trauma this cute little arm will be seen again.

Lily broke 2 pieces off the end of the humorous bone in her right elbow. This caused the radius and ulna to detach and separate the whole joint. Because of so much manipulation in the ER the broken pieces had rotated making a difficult surgery even harder. The surgeon was able to find the broken pieces by using live xray and a 2 inch incision over the joint. The pieces were put back on and the whole joint was put back together and held in place with 2 pins. She is now in a partial cast wrapped with ace bandage wrap that she is to wear for 4 weeks. She will then go back to the hospital (as long as all looks well) and be put to sleep again to remove the pins and stitches. Then they will tell us what to expect after that. It has defiantly been an eventful month.

Its a BOY!!!

We are so excited to announce that baby bird is a BOY!! We are so very excited to know what he is now!! Its crazy to think we are having a boy! It makes it so much more fun and real!! Now we are just getting ideas for the nursery and picking out a ton of fun clothes for his arrival! This is a video of baby bird waving his hand on the right side(of the screen) like crazy and kicking mommy a ton!! He is such a wiggle worm and lets mommy know he is their all the time!!

April

Matt and Dallas up against Carsten and I.  The cars are only made for kid size people.
Our pre-game Easter lineup.  At this point they didn't know I had hidden any eggs.  They just thought we needed to find our baskets for the well-known bunny to use the next morning.


Hello family!  I thought I'd post some recent pictures from us.  Everything is growing like crazy here.  The grass, the garden, the kids, and my belly.  I won't post any pictures of the latter.  We have had a busy and fun April.  We even pulled out the croquet set, thanks Amy and Peter!  Just think 4 rowdy munchkins with wooden sticks.  We had a great time.  I had a few less plants in the back yard thanks to Dallas' beating, but it was a good, competitive game.  James and I only have a couple weeks left of course work!!!  Just a few more meals of oatmeal for dinner and breakfast, just a few more overnight homework sessions!  Can you tell I'm excited?

Spring in Kentucky

This is a little of what we have been up to the last few weeks.

We had a great Easter with gorgeous weather. We have been playing outside every day and the weather just keeps getting better. Maren had her 2nd birthday. I made her a red rabbit carrot cake and she loved it. I got my hair cut and am still getting used to the bangs. I haven't had any since I was about 8. Marie has been entertaining us all with her seal like moves all over the floor. She is such a happy sweet baby.

Thunder is Saturday so there is still time to hit the road before the big show if anyone wants to come.

Visitors Welcome

It is April again. Which means Derby Days in Louisville. We always have lots of fun watching Thunder and the Air Show. There are many other activities like concerts, hot air balloons, marathons and much much more all leading up to the big race on May 1. We would love to have any and all of you come join us for some fun. The derby museum has been redone as well so everything is ready and waiting for some visitors. We are only 8 hours from Springfield so it is very dueable for a long weekend trip and it is easy interstate all the way. I know you all want to come.



If you can't make it this month there is lots to do year round including museums, ball games, caveing, 6 Flags, the zoo and the Temple.... So keep us in mind when you find yourself with time off. We wont be back home until July and I am missing family like crazy. Hope you all are enjoying Spring as much as we are.

shaving cream

They had so much fun with the Parents as Teachers coordinator Bobbie.  They were searching for the laminated picture under the shaving cream.  Carsten had a fox and Dallas had a bear.  Pretty easy clean up too.

Baby Bird

Its been so much fun going to the DR about every week and having an ultra sound! Its fun to see the baby go from a little deformed gummy bear to a little baby with arms, fingers, hands and little toes I can not wait to kiss!! I'm so excited to go to Missouri next week and see mom and dad and show them our new little one:)

6 weeks


7 weeks


9 1/2 weeks


I can not believe the Lord has blessed us with such an angel! I'm a little mad at my Dr who was so kind to let me see our baby almost every week make me wate 10 more weeks to see our baby bird again!! LOL He should not have spoiled us so!!