Peek-a-Boo!

Gavin still can't pull himself up to stand up in his crib.

But that won't stop him from peeking to see what's going on in the room. Especially since Michael is always in the room.

Gavin figured out how to pull his bumper down and now we always see him doing it. He looks and then smiles and giggles when we finally see him.

Hallowen Fun!

Halloween night we went to McCall middle school to their carnival. The kids had fun playing the games. They got a lot of candy. We went pretty late so everyone was trying to get rid if the candy. Hannah lost her candy right before we left but she got some more from the lady running the last game.

Hannah was pretty good at throwing the bean bags into the buckets.

The kids had to grab a duck and the number on the bottom was the amount of candy they received.

IT'S FINALLY HALLOWEEN!

Gavin looked sooooo cute in his doggy costume! ( Thanks Jodes) All day Hannah was pretending to be a dog because Gavin was a dog.

Isn't he adorable ?!?

He can finally sit up !

We went trick or treating at the McCall hospital. They took pictures of the kids and took them trick or treating throughout the hospital. When I put Gavin down to get his picture everyone went "ahhhh, he so cute". ( That's my baby! ) The kids got healthy treats which was a good change. They had fun.

THE HALLOWEEN FUN BEGINS!

This year Hannah dressed up as a unicorn. She wasn't totally happy with being a unicorn but the princess costume we had was too short. She was okay with it as long as she didn't have to put the head on. On Thursday we went to the library for story time and trick or treating. They sang halloween songs, read stories, and made a trick or treat bag. Then they went to the front desk and went trick or treating. The kids had fun. Gavin stayed at Lisa's house with Jason and Emma. I love him to death but sometimes it's easier doing stuff without a wiggly baby. :)

Carving pumpkins

Before I went to work a few days before Halloween I told Hannah we would carve a pumpkin when I got home. She was so excited. She reminded Lori all day that she was going to carve a pumpkin soon. So when I got home we found a face on the internet we wanted to carve and started. Hannah loves getting her hands all slimy and gooey. Then she separates the seeds from the guts and stirs the seeds like she's making a soup. I LOVE IT! We had a lot of fun.

Fun Times!

Bryson went on a walk down in the revene and ever since then Megan has wanted to go. It was a huge deal to her that Bryson went and she didn't. So Lori brought Megan home with her one day and we went on the important walk. It was really pretty. We went to the water and skipped rocks. There were some really flat rocks down there Megan didn't was the walk to end but after 45 minutes we headed home. Now Megan has been on the "walk".

Gavin is in love with adult food! He prefers adult food over baby food, and baby food over a bottle. If I eat my food while I am feeding him he throws a fit until I give him my food. I think he will be a really good eater! Mike really wants his football player so Gavin has some growing to do! :)

Fall is in the air!

I love dressing in fall colors! She looked really cute for church!

My blogs are going to be out of order a little bit. I have to catch up on my blogs. I finally brought my camera to work so I could get my pictures on my computer. Now that it is fall Hannah is wearing her coats that I love. She looks so cute in them! ( She is still wearing her 2t coats )

Hannah, Gavin, and I went looking for leaves one day and had a fun time. It was a little chilly, but I love the fall colors and the crispness in the air.

MY HUNNY IS HOME !!!!

After 6 days in the hospital Michael is home! He said the doctors were making up so many excusing trying to delay his departure but he finally made it home last night. He is so happy to be home! He didn't sleep well in the hospital because the nurses were taking his vitals all the time. ( Those of you who have had a baby understand this all to well.) Once he gets his new bed
(one that relieves pressure and rotates his a little) he will be good to go. His new bed should arrive this afternoon. Michael has to stay in bed for 2 or 3 months. He will be able to get up once in awhile. I hope things will work out during the holidays. The sucky part is I won't be able to sleep with my husband for a couple of months. :(
Before Mike went into the hopsital he was in bed for a week. He needed a hair cut then but now he REALLY needs a hair cut! He looks like a werewolf! His beard is really thick and his long hair is sticking straight up from laying in bed. I'll see if he will let me take a picture and put it on the blog. Anyway, I am just really thankful Michael is home!

How much crazier can life get !?!

Just when you think life is totally crazy, it gets worse! On Saturday we took Mike to the St. Alphonsus ER because one of his pressure sore is getting really bad. ( He has 3 pressure sores right now.) The bad one is about the size of a tennis ball and is 7 cm deep. We made a bed in the back of my car and drove him down. That was the first time he has been in my car! :) We sat in the ER for 6 hours and talked to about 5 doctors/nurses/residents. The ER was nuts! There are some pretty weird people out there! At about 1:30 am they finally took us upstairs. Once upstairs they got Mike all situated and I filled out MORE paperwork. We were finally left alone around 2:30 am.
We were told we would see a surgeon on sunday but nothing happened. Because it was the weekend nobody could do anything. Mike did get a MRI done. The MRI showed that the bone has been infected, which is bad. It slows down the healing process. On Monday we were suppose to see the surgeon in the morning but again nothing happened. We started throwing a stink because we were suppose to see a surgeon or at least the wound nurse, and as soon as we did that we saw the wound nurse and they were calling the surgeon. The wound nurse said his sore is a class 4 ulcer which is the worst class. So as of now he has not seen a surgeon. But we know he will have to have surgery to clean out the wound and if the sore is too big he will have to go to Salt Lake City so a plastic surgeon can put a skin graph over the top of the wound. He will be in the hopsital and possibly a rehab center for at least a week and a half or longer, most likely it will be longer.
Michael is doing fine. He is bored and tired of bed but he is keeping his spirits up. At least he has family around. I wish I could have stayed. It was so hard leaving him there. I'm not sure if I will end up going back. It all depends on what happens.

I want to send out a huge thanks to all the ward members up here who are helping us and supporting us! Thank you to the "secret cleaners" who snuck through an open window and cleaned my house. Thank you to Becky, Lindsay, and Camille for being willing to help with the kids. I think Hannah is going to have fun playing with your kids. Thank you Frances and Amy for coordinating help for me, and thanks in advance to Mona who is bringing Lori and I dinner tonight. All of you make the burden a lot lighter for me! I have really hard time accepting help from others but I appreciate all the help!

Only in Donnelly!!!

So I am sitting here at work updating my blog and all of a sudden I see a horse in my drive thru! Two local women (one I knew from the bank in Nampa) came to get a soda and they were on their horses. You know you live in the middle of nowhere when people ride their horses through the drive thru! LOL :)