Cryfest at Hobby Lobby

Well here we are. It's been almost 3 months since my last post and a lot has happened. Nothing really earth shattering, which has been extremely nice. But in the grand scheme of things we have been very busy! Robert is an 14 month old, walking, running, screaming, kind of talking, size 18-24 months wearing boy. He absolutely loves his sister, and loves pulling her hair. He loves his daddy, loves to give hugs, and slowly learning where his nose is on his face. Sadly, I'm the bad mama who gives him his allergy meds, deals with his nasty diaper rash, and makes him take a bath when he'd rather play outside. But he still can run up to me and reach out his arms and give the best hugs. He is such a sweet, handsome boy and I can't imagine him not in our little family. Here he is on picture day. Is he not adorable?!?!

Web and I worked out the kinks on having a child with a broken leg and a one year old who is jumping everywhere. Mainly you just each take a kid and pass each other in the hall! But Caroline being the smart child she is helped us by telling Robert not to jump on her special bones. I look forward to the day that Robert knows what that means and maybe just maybe we can hang out as a family of 4 on our next break! We took Caroline to Omaha in October for her annual clinic appointments and we received an EXCELLENT report! I told many friends that on our drive home Friday I literally felt like the weight of the world was not on our shoulders. That for the 1st time, I feel like we are finally doing things right. It was also our 1st time to be in Omaha without a cast! This was HUGE! The infamous Dr. E told us that Caroline had his poster child legs and he couldn't be more proud of her. Now I am sure he tells many families this, but it was so good to hear. He commented on how awesome her hip still looked and how her legs are super straight! Needless to say we were overjoyed! Here is a picture of Caroline with Dr. E and some of our awesome friends. As you can see, Caroline did not want to be in the picture, she wanted to play!

She is literally running out of Dr. E's arms! He couldn't be more proud! So. Why the cryfest at Hobby Lobby? Well our awesome nanny sent me a picture of Caroline this morning at her Tippy Toes class. Nothing unusual at all, she regularly sends me pictures or texts with updates. She knows I constantly worry, but that I try to put up a good front! Tippy Toes is her dance class that she goes to once a week. I sat in the parking lot, stared at the picture and the tears just started flooding my face. It was this week last year, that Caroline broke her right femur at church and Dr. E squeezed us in his schedule and she was having another rodding surgery. It was this week last year that she was 2 and still not able to walk. Now look at her! She is not only walking without the help of an aide, but she is DANCING! Like full on dancing. It is such a wonderful site. Yes, we have seen her dance before but for some reason today just really touched my heart. I have met some mothers recently that have been going through so much more than I can ever possibly imagine. And their faith and love in God has made them into a stronger mom than I could ever be. If I could have half their faith and love I'd be a lucky person. So as I'm sitting in the parking lot at Hobby Lobby, I think of all my friends and family these last few years that have been my rock, my sounding board when I just needed to vomit my fears and concerns, my shoulders, aka phone calls, when I just wanted to cry and I didn't care to hear their opinions and they respected that wholeheartedly. They just let me be me. Web and I are blessed beyond a shadow of a doubt to have the support system we have. So what did I do after my cryfest? I laughed my butt off at myself! I mean the person next to me probably thought to call the cops and have me committed! I even talked to one of my best friends, on the phone, in Hobby Lobby and didn't even tell her about it because I honestly couldn't believe it myself! In case you're wondering what is this pic that triggered such craziness? Here it is. And trust me I have much better pictures and videos of Caroline dancing but this one today made me the most proud.

Thank you all for catching up with our little family. Love to all!