Visiting with Paw Paw

On Sunday we went to visit my grandfather.  Many of you know he broke his hip a few weeks ago and found out while he was in the hospital that his lung cancer is back.  He is too fragile and the cancer is to far long that they didn't want to do surgery on his hip.  He is now in a very nice Hospice where they can watch him 24 hours a day. My mom and her brother and sisters are still staying nights with him.  The Hospice and people there were very nice. They even had a little area with toys where Jake could play while we visited Paw Paw.  He looked great!  Please continue to pray for him, my grandmother and aunts and uncles.  

Halloween?

Okay so I know it's not Halloween yet, but it is my favorite holiday, other than Christmas.  So, I was in the store the other day and saw those candy molds you can make and I have always wanted to try those.  I bought a Halloween candy making kit.  I know some you can't believe I posted these after making them and I don't mind if you laugh since they do look a little funny, but just remember this was my first time.  The details on them are pretty hard to do.  By the way, they are pumpkins and mummys in case you were wondering.  Also, I bought some cute iron ons and made some shirts for the kids.  (I don't know how this all got underlined. It is doing something freaky)

This is the one I made for Jake

I made these for our friends Jack and Emma

This is Ben's onesie

Be on the lookout for some past Halloween pics. from college. I have some good ones.  As soon as I figure out how to use our scanner.

Sneaky boy

Last night I was making dinner while the kids were playing in the floor. Well, Jake became rather quiet. For all you mothers out there, you know something is going on when they get quiet. I left the cupcake box from Ben's party on the dining room table. I kept calling Jake and asking him what he was doing. His response was always, "anything" or "not anything" which is his way of saying I'm not doing anything. He also kept wanting to turn on the dining room light. Obviously so he could get a better look at the cupcakes. I finally peeked around the corner and this is what I found.

You see the cupcake box is open and if you look closely, you can see red icing on his left hand.

Tada! Red icing face

Ben's 1st birthday!

August 29 was Ben's 1st birthday. We celebrated it on Sunday, August 31, 2008. It was a great day, but some important people were missing. Nana couldn't make it since she was just down here a few weeks ago and my mom was at the hospital with my grandfather. Some of you already know, but my grandfather is not doing well at all. He has had Alzheimers for several years and a few years ago was diagnosed with lung cancer. Well, Friday afternoon he fell and broke his hip in two places. When they did a scan at the hospital, they saw a large mass in his chest which was the cancer coming back. They do not want to do surgery on his hip since he is in such bad shape with the cancer. It is pretty much a waiting game at this point. I went to see him yesterday and he still does not know people, but he does talk to you and I gave him a big hug and kiss and told him I loved him and he said I love you too. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Back to Ben: We had a few good friends and family over to celebrate his Elmo themed party. He had such a good time. He was very alert and really enjoyed his cupcake. I gave it to him and turned for a second. When I turned back around, he already had half of it in his mouth. He enjoyed playing with his gifts, but Jake seems to think they are all his toys and not Ben's. I though it would be neat to see how small he was when he was born, so I put the picture above. Today we went for his 12 month checkup. He weighed 18 pounds and 2 ounces, which was the 2nd percentile. He was 28.5 inches long, which was the 13 percentile. She said he looked great and seemed to be doing really well. Ben did not like the ear exam or the shots! Who does like shots?

Papa with Ben and Jake

The Elmo cupcake cake


Our family



The cupcake before

and after

My friend Jeanette's twins Cole and Hunter

John Mayer

I had a girls night out Friday night. Gina, Krissy, Susan, Laura, and I went to see John Mayer at the new Encore Park Amphitheatre in Alpharetta. It was so neat to have a venue like that so close to home. We went out to dinner first and then to see John Mayer. Getting into the park was horrible, but once we arrived the concert was great! No signs of Jennifer Anniston. I know, I know they are on a break! :)

Fun with the girls!

Gina and Laura smiling for the camera

He put on a great show

Susan and Krissy

The Georgia Aquarium

Lee's sister Sarah drove down from Minnesota to visit us this week. Yesterday we went to the Georgia Aquarium. It was also our first time there and I was very impressed. It was so nice and the fish were amazing! I made the color different on the picture below using picnik.com to make it really bright. I thought it looked pretty neat with the colors.

The Family

Aunt Sarah and Jake coloring

Jake pointing out another fish

Sarah and Jake looking at the fish and Rays

You can't see much in this picture, but there is a funny story. Jake was touching the starfish and once he was finished, he decided to get the others looking on a little wet by splashing them. The onlookers were not too thrilled and some didn't even grin. We received some very dirty looks from one man so we walked away and laughed.


The Beluga whales were awesome! There were so interesting to watch. When they swam it seemed like they were dancing.

I love this picture. It looks like the whale came over behind Lee to pose with him.

Standing on my own two feet

After many, many weeks of pulling up to his knees, Ben has finally made it up on his feet! He pulled up on this stool in our kitchen last weekend. He is wearing a pair of Jake's old PJs. The pants kept falling down since they didn't quite fit him yet. I am definitely going to have to watch him closer than Jake. Jake didn't pull up until way after he was one. I was changing his diaper today and looked in his mouth and saw there are two more teeth coming in on the top. We are getting excited about Ben's 1st birthday party this weekend. He is still little, but he is into everything, pulling up on everything and wanting to eat adult food.