Ty Update

Well, I've been terrible at taking pictures the last couple weeks. Here is a recent one. Ty had his two month appointment this last week and he's doing great. He weighed 11 lb 2 oz (28%) and is 23 inches (44%). He's very small but the doc says that his growing trends are excellent, he's just a little baby.
He's smiling, laughing and cooing all the time now. He always wakes up so happy. He loves to go on walks with Brian. He's been in his crib for 5 days now and doing well. He still wakes up several times but he falls asleep easily in his crib. The worst part so far, other than the sleep deprivation, is my monitor. It's TERRIBLE...tons of interference and static! I guess I'm going to have to break down and get another one but I have no idea which one to get. Any suggestions? Mine was not cheap and comes with 10 channels so I'm not sure what the issue is.
Anyway, that's the low down on little Ty so far. I'm crazy tired right now so I might be editing this later but for now I'm off for a little nap!

Our first injury of the summer

Just hours after my niece and mother-in-law left town, Morgan tripped over the hose and broke her wrist! She initially came in screaming that her head hurt, she had smacked her head into the ground, so I had Brian take her down to urgent care. She left with a head injury and came home with a broken wrist. When we saw the Orthopedist we expressed our disappointment that she had done this one week into summer vacation. He told her if she promised to be very responsible he would give her a brace instead of a cast so she can swim.
The kind of break she has is what he called a buckle break. Instead of her wrist bone cracking it buckled so it's bowed on the xray. He says it hurts like crazy but is not as susceptible to further injury as a crack is.
Funny thing about this picture is that Connor, Gail's son, tore ligaments in his hand and they both just happen to have an appt. in orthopedics on the same day only 5 minutes apart so we were able to carpool.

Kristina's Graduation!

She did it! Kristina graduated from high school on June 10, 2009. It was a nice ceremony but freezing cold. We got great parking with the use of my mother-in-laws handicap placard...thanks Sandy! She also saw us before it started so she was able to wave at us as she went up. My big beef with it was that Vintage high school does not require a ticket for the ceremony so it was PACKED and freezing (oh, did I already mention is was freezing). There were families that were literally saving three full rows of bleachers, all the way across! It was annoying and yes I got an attitude with a parent(or two). Brian wasn't there yet and I had just climbed to the very top of the bleachers with an infant in an infant seat in my arms and I wasn't about to climb back down so MOVE OVER!!
The other thing we get to look forward to five more times: our children will be one of the first to receive their diploma (Kristina was number 4)and then we get to sit through another 800 kids before it's over. IT WAS TORTURE! Don't worry, Kristina agrees; she was freezing her behind off and couldn't participate in the beach ball throwing because she was in the front row (sometimes having an A name isn't always the best). Congratulations Tina!
Oh, I forgot to mention, Brian knew the man that handed Kristina her diploma, he works in the DA's office. That was pretty cool.

Roller Coaster Junkie!

If you didn't know already, Morgan is an absolute roller coaster junkie! She has been since she was little; the wilder the ride the better. The poor girl has been waiting years to be tall enough to ride Medusa at six flags. Every year she asks if she's tall enough, we check, then every year I say,"No, maybe next year honey."
Well, look how she's grown! She was over the moon when she realized she could go. She went on with Cody and Connor because none of the younger ones would go. You go brave girl!

So happy she can go on!

There they are, second row back!

NO THANK YOU!

Morgan after the ride, as for Cody and Connor in the background,
it's just another day in the park!