Double Ouchy!

Just thought I'd put in a note that even though I thought Isaac wouldn't lose the nail on his finger...I was wrong! Last night shortly after I put him to bed he came out crying and holding up his hand. His nail was just barely hanging on. I was thinking about posting a picture of it but decided since I was so grossed out by it and it was my kid, I wouldn't put others through that. Yuck! So after a little surgical removal last night and another touch up this morning it is completely gone. He won't keep a bandaid on it, but I don't think there's anything left to snag so hopefully we're okay now. Also, last night I was able to feel the little point of Nathan's first tooth. So that was a little exciting too.

Ouchy

I definitely have a little boy. This week Isaac managed to give Rebekah a bloody lip and today he smashed his finger in the door. Blood everywhere. Fortunately it's looking much better now that the tears are all gone (although it's still pretty sensitive). It doesn't look like it's broken and because it bled so much I don't think he'll completely lose the nail. It's a good thing my mom (the former ER nurse)is still on consult.
It's been a pretty good week. Last Friday Dwayne got off work early and thanks to Unkie Jots babysitting we got to use a gift certificate to go out to dinner at Dillon's. We'd never been there before and it was really nice. Great service. We were seated right when we got there and the food came out almost as quick as we ordered it. We had an appetizer, main dish, and even a brownie smothered in ice cream for dessert and were still back in an hour. It was great to be able to get away even for just a little bit. I can't remember the last time we got to do that...maybe our anniversary?
Now we're starting the countdown till when school starts. Two weeks starting Monday. Oh and another happening of note I guess would be that I think Nathan is finally going to cut his first tooth. I noticed today he's starting to get a little blister on his bottom gum so shouldn't be long! Only took 10 months.=)

Nathan's latest

I caught Nathan doing this yesterday!

Jeff Foster Music

I just got an email today from Jeff Foster. We've known him and his wife for a few years now from church. They are both very talented. He just came back from Denver where they now live to graduate as a DO from Midwestern here in May. I think it's just amazing that they have enough time in their lives (him being a doctor and her teaching music lessons as she not only plays the cello, but the piano and who knows what else, plus have two small kids) to not only record but write music as well. I thought I would try and put up one of the videos from his website along with a link to Jefffostermusic.com. We'll see how this works as I've never done it before. Hope you enjoy it!

Our Fourth

For the fourth of July we had a fun time swimming the day away. We did so much that Isaac didn't even make it to the fireworks that evening. It turned out to be okay though. We ended up watching them in the street really late. We usually watch them from the Peoria sports complex on top of Dwayne's parent's roof, but we decided not to with the storm. We didn't think there would even be any fireworks because of the winds, but they did have them. They just started them late and then they seemed to be lower than usual (or else the bushes have gotten higher). It was okay though, we just went where we could see them.

I guess it doesn't matter what you do for Rebekah though. We just couldn't get her the right amount of fireworks. Saturday was too much and since I went and got her halfway through the show this time "there wasn't enough". I told her, "Oh well you get what you get!"

I put some photos of us swimming and the video is of Rebekah "flying". It looks a little scary, but she loved it.

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Happy Fourth of July!

Hope everyone has a Happy Fourth. We already got to see some fireworks last Saturday. Neal and Colleen (Abby's parents) invited us to come over to their house so that we could walk over to Deer Valley park right across the street from them to see the fireworks display they have every year. Yeah we were wondering why they'd do it so early since the fourth is on a Friday, but I guess they don't like to compete with all the city displays on the actual day so they do it the Saturday before. It was actually really nice. It wasn't as crowded as some of the bigger displays, and it was still pretty impressive and lasted a long time. Afterwards instead of fighting the crowds to leave we just walked back to the house and watched a movie for an hour then left without having any trouble. I would definitely do it again.