Scott's Birthday Party

It was Scott's 10th birthday and they had a party last night for him. I took a big pan of bbq'd chicken and some rolls, Cory and boys made baked potatoes and toppings and the birthday cake, Erin brought a salad. We had a nice dinner, party, presents and sang Happy Birthday while Grant played the song on the piano for us. Erin gave Scott the game Hyperdash so we played that and it was so fun. This is a picture of Scott with his new shirt, hoodie and knitted cap he got as gifts. Grandpa is just making good use of one of the boy's blankets. We had a good time and it was good for Avery and Bo to play with cousins etc.

Afternoon at the NIKU

I went with Erin to see Carli yesterday. I hadn't seen her since Christmas Eve and she really has filled out a lot since then. I just had to take a couple of pictures of Erin holding her. She's in a different room since her surgery but they all look about the same anyway. They were starting her on her feeds yesterday and Erin said she did really well with it. She's 4 1/2 lb. now and so cute. She smiles and frowns and has some facial expressions that lets you know how she is feeling. It looked like every room was full of babies yesterday and the nurses were very busy doing all of their nursing duties. I felt like I would like to help hold or rock or pat a back or something to help out with crying babies. I think I could do that without having a nursing degree - - I can hardly wait to hold Carli too. This one picture is Carli's hand - I thought it was really getting chubby looking so we took a picture of it just laying out flat on her blanket.

Play Day at Nana's

Erin went to the hospital to visit Carli and talk with the eye doctor so Bodee got to come and play with me today. These are just two of the things we played - - - there were many more that space won't allow. Love little boys!!