Look who loves.....

Look who loves to eat rice cereal....our sweet girl!!!!

Last week I decided to go ahead and start Collins on rice cereal. I feel like she is really ready to start veggies and fruit, but it is recommended to wait until 6 months. She's almost there, can you believe it....so we started rice cereal last Tuesday night. She loves it!! It's hard to believe we are already at this stage and it's truly exciting to start new things with her.

Happy sweet girl trying cereal for the first time!!

She's like a little bird when she sees the spoon headed her way:)

She knows exactly what to do.

Her BIG brother LOVES to help with feeding her. At first it was a little scary because he accidentally choked her to death..HA, so we had to give him a quick lesson on not shoving the spoon down her throat. She absolutely adores him. He usually gives her a couple spoonfuls and then hands the rest over to me. I just love to see them interacting together. It just warms my heart. I can't wait until next month to start yummy foods....until next time:)

Broken Leg Update Part II

Well remember in the last post I said nothing will stop this tough guy?!!?

Well, last Friday I was sitting in the living room playing with Collins and all of a sudden Walker says, "Look Mommy I can walk"....oh my goodness my heart stopped beating for at least 5 seconds while I watched him walk across the living room. I just couldn't believe it...his smile was big as can be...he was so proud of himself. The doctor told us he might eventually try and walk, but not to encourage it. I did get his first steps as a "walking Mummy" on video...now we can't stop him...he's on the go constantly.

He started T-ball last week. 

We can't wait for him to be able to truly practice with his team.

Watching his team run the bases.

This part breaks my heart because I want so badly for him to be out there with his friends running around.

Daddy going over how to be a collegiate baseball player just like him:):)

And guess who came to visit us for a few days.......JULES!!

That's right, one of our favorite people in the whole entire world! Walker was so excited to see her and we definitely did not like saying our "byes" to her today. Jules, thank you for coming to visit and helping us with your sweet grand babies:) We love you and can't wait for you to come back and watch a T-ball game. Next time you have to stay longer that's a command.....HA!

Enjoying the beautiful warm sunshine!

We love you Jules!!

Flying his super cool T-Rex kite!

That's right...hitting the baseball with a broken leg!

Can you believe it??!!

More hitting and catching!

He has no idea how happy this makes his Daddy:)

Enjoying a Saturday afternoon with his sweet buddies Grady & Grace!

His friends have been so good to him. 

We are so lucky to be surrounded by such awesome friends!! 

He loves to swing...so lets compromise...Daddy will you help me:)

He also goes down the swirl slide with a broken leg....I just hold my breath:)

Broken Leg Update Part I

Well, we are on Week 4, Day 3 of our normal little crazy life. Walker is so close to the finish line we can hardly stand it. The big day is set for Thursday, March 28th and it just doesn't seem like it will get here fast enough. I'm so ready to have a normal life again and not worry about Walker and his cast. I can tell you one thing we have a tough little cookie on our hands. He has done everything and anything he has wanted to do the last four weeks...nothing, I mean nothing has stopped him. I'm so unbelievably proud of him and I can't wait for the day to show him pictures and tell him how brave and tough he was throughout this whole ordeal.  I guess I'm most excited about him being a kid again and being able to do the simple things in life we take for granted each and every day.

We are really missing Moppy these days!!!

I just wanted to remind her how much we love her and how much we appreciated all of her help while she was here. 

Walker is still having visitors come and check on him.

We were sooooo excited to have Mrs. Jung (his K-3 teacher) and Marisa come visit and play last week!

Thank you so much- it was a lot of fun!! You all are so special to us!!

Look at this sweet boy!

We are still watching A LOT of TV, playing with Lego's, reading, coloring and playing with dinosaurs in the floor. Thank goodness for warmer weather this past weekend...we were able to get outside.

We also love when we receive surprises in the mail!

Thank you Jules for sending me this super cool dry erase board!

Thank you to Mrs. Pam for sending me the game Simon and all my other goodies!

And she was so sweet to send Daddy & Mommy a gift card to have a dinner/date night...I mean how super thoughtful was that....Thank you, Thank you!!

This little girl is keeping every one smiling!!!

She loves her brother so much!!

After Walker's last doctors appointment we stopped by his school to see all of his friends!

They were soooooooo excited to see him. It was so sweet to be able to see and listen to their sweet little conversations with Walker. They loved seeing him and especially being able to sign his cast. We can't wait for him to be back at school...LOL!

We wheeled over to one of our favorite places last week....Fuzzy Peach! 

Yummy....just what the doctor ordered!!

Walker says, Thank you!!

I can't tell you how lucky we have been over the last two and half weeks with all of the calls, texts, emails, cards, gifts and visitors since Walker broke his leg. I hope one day he will realize exactly how lucky he is to have so many people love him. His sweet little friends at school have made cards for him twice now and his teacher is coming over twice a week to keep me up to speed with class work. My heart is so full with all of the love everyone has shown us and I thank ALL of you from the bottom of my heart!!!!! It's hard to believe Monday will be 3 weeks. I will update you on his progress next week and please pray his little femur is healing properly.

Walker playing with his best bud Owen!

Walker and Weezie came by to play and sign his cast!

Thanks guys for the super cool coloring book! 

Sweet Grace making sure her buddy is feeling okay.

She was so concerned about him.

Ella and Oliver came over and brought Walker yummy cupcakes!

Dominic stopped in and brought Walker one of his favorite things- Batman:)

Grady and Walker playing a game in the floor!

PS- don't you just love the mess...ha!

Look who signed Walker's cast- sweet Ribbie:)

Walker's teacher signing his cast!

Walker gets so excited when he knows she's coming over:)

Happy 5 Months!!

Happy 5 Months Old sweet girl!! 

I know I know I always say this, but time's a flying....well in my defense February was a short month:).  She is such a sweet girl and so loving. She really has turned a corner and she's enjoying anyone and everyone. She loves to watch her brother and all of his friends. She's also very interested in Ribbie. When Ribbie barks Collins just laughs and laughs. She also LOVES her Daddy. When he walks in a room she can't wait until he speaks to her...it's just the sweetest thing. She is a pro at rolling from her stomach to back. She is showing no interest in rolling from her back to front. She is becoming more interested in her feet. It's only a matter of time until her feet go in her mouth:) She can't keep toys out of her mouth and boy is she drooling a lot these days.  

"Some bunny loves you"!!

Thanks Jules for the cute sleeper:)

Hanging out with her boyfriend Brady!

Teaching him a little thing or two about rolling over:) Brady could care less:)

Collins LOVES Ribbie!

She watches her and gets so excited when she gets near her.

She loved playing with our Valentine's Day balloons.

Moppy enjoyed helping her knock them around:)

His #1 fan....she loves him so much and he loves her to pieces!!

Our Little Mummy!!

On Saturday, February 16, 2013 around 5pm our normal little world changed drastically right before our own eyes. We had just gotten home from a gymnastics birthday party. Patrick and I were rushing around trying to get the kids ready for dinner and bed time. We were going out to celebrate one of our dear friends birthdays. The babysitter would be arriving in about 2 hours and a lot needed to be done before she came over. It had just started to snow (yes, snow at the beach) beautiful huge flakes...no worries nothing was sticking it was just pretty watching it fall. Patrick was in the kitchen and I was in the living room with the kids. Patrick says, "Hey buddy, run and look out the front door its snowing". Little did we know what was getting ready to happen. Walker ran to the front door and on his way back one foot was on the hardwood floor and one foot on the rug. The rug moved and Walker slipped at the front door and fell down. At first we thought it was a pulled muscle, but he gradually got worse. We let him sleep on it and he didn't sleep a wink all night. We decided to take him in the next morning for an x-ray. Sure enough he has a spiral fracture of the left femur. These type of injuries usually occur only with blunt force trauma (car accident).

This is what he refers to as a "dance party".

He loves to take all the cushions off the couch and jump on them in the middle of the floor. He was doing this Saturday morning before we left for the party. PS- he dressed himself for the morning- no he should not be dressed like it was 90 degrees:):)

Here is the crime scene.....HA! 

See the mean old rug:(

I never thought in a million years it could be so easy to end up like this.....

The next morning sitting waiting for a x-ray to tell us what was wrong with his left leg.

Doesn't he look soooooo happy? Poor guy was so miserable.

After waiting at the ER for 1.5 hours here he is resting in his hospital room on the pediatric floor.

Sweet boy was so brave and such a trooper. The only time he cried was when they put his IV in his little hand. He never once complained of pain and throughout this whole process never had any pain medicine. Can you believe it....I would be begging for pain meds. He had his nurses wrapped around his finger.

On Monday, February 17th, 2013 into the OR he went to sedate him while they placed a "Spica Cast" on him. He has a cast that goes from his foot all the way past his belly button. I can't stress how proud I am of this little brave guy. He has not complained once throughout this. He will wear the cast for at least 4 weeks and hopefully no more than 6 weeks.

Monday, February 17, 2013 we left the hospital to finally come home.

Check out his super cool new wheels:)

Riding in the backseat on the way home.

He can't sit in his car seat, so he has to lay across the backseat.  We were able to wrap the seat belt around his belly. The doctor said not to worry much, because he is very well protected. 

First thing he wanted to do was hold his baby sister...such a sweet boy!!!

My heart is complete!!

We do a lot of this...playing games.

He wasn't quite sure about signing his cast. He's finally letting everyone sign it. He loves it and we will be able to keep it to show him all the names of his family and friends who came to visit him. We also can't thank Moppy enough for yet again coming to save the day. Moppy has been here for 2 weeks helping out any way she can. We love you Moppy and thank you thank you for all of your help. It sure makes a difference when you are here with us!!!