Weekend Wrap-up

This weekend has been full-full of fun but also boring stuff that needed to get done. We are usually tied up with kid stuff on the weekends and evenings so we are usually behind on stuff for the house. It is fine with me-when the kids leave home one day is when I will be able to focus on flower beds and decorating!

This weekend, however, I REALLY needed a new cell phone. I have been using a hand-me-down phone from Mike for years and last week the antenna fell off of it! So this weekend we took all three kids cell phone shopping and I am now the proud new owner of a cute, red Blackberry.

We also desperately neeeded to buy a king-size mattress for our new bedroom suit that is being delivered Tuesday. I am so excited for my sleigh bed!! Taking three kiddos cell phone and mattress shopping was certainly a challenge!

Sunday was full of more fun things such as church, a soccer party, and a birthday party! Here is Hope in her hat that matched her outfit! I made her wear this hat all day to get conditioned to wearing them this summer. We are joining a pool in our "backyard" this summer and I needed her to get used to wearing hats!

She also got dressed up all cute to have some cake and ice cream for her friend, Brady. He turned one last week and we celebrated with some cake and ice cream! In the above picture she looks so much like Kyle as a baby-I will have to dig out some pictures:)

This picture melts my heart. Last Sunday the boys wore ties to church and David was so proud of his tie! He looks so much like his father in this picture with the glasses, tie and serious face. He wanted to wear one again this morning to church so I will need to go tie shopping because both boys only have one to wear! HA!

Here is a picture of Hope with her baby friend, Brady. They squeal when they see each other but in this picture Hope is playing hard to get! Brady was a good role model for Hope today on how to get into that first piece of cake! I cannot believe that Hope's first birthday is on the horizon...:(

Brady using all his fingers for that first slice of cake!!

Before the party, we went to the soccer party to celebrate the end of the season. Kyle has played sports so long now that trophies no longer hold the same excitement for him. Not so for David. He was so excited for his trophy and was so proud of it! It just makes me so happy that he has the opportunity to be just like everyone else by participating in sports. I hope this will be available to him for many years to come because it provides him exercise and sports are great social opportunities! His face is not dirty, but has icing all over it! One of the moms bought adorable soccer cookies with black/white icing and David certainly enjoyed it!

Here he is getting his award from Coach Graham!

Playing with some of his teammates at the playground. It was suppose to rain today, but thankfully it held off and we had sunny, warm weather:)

David News

I just wanted to do a little update on sweet David and his little hip. Last week we noticed that David was walking and running with a limp. After watching him a day or two, we took him to his doctor. The doctor felt that it was a soft tissue bruise and prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine to reduce the pain.

Over the weekend we noticed that the medicine did not seem to help and that actually his limp was getting more pronounced. We emailed with the doctor over the weekend and Monday morning we took him to the hospital for x-rays which were negative. So today poor Mike took him back to the hospital for blood work. I know that was a hard job for Mike to hold him down, but thankfully we got the blood drawn. As of today we know that the strep test was negative and his thyroid (that we should check annually) was fine.

Because of his Down Syndrome we know he has a high pain tolerance. Couple that with his inability to clearly articulate to us what is wrong breaks my heart. He has consistently pointed to his right hip as the spot that hurts and as of this evening he has started asking us to carry him places.

Over the weekend I perused Webmd which was NOT a good thing for me to do. I am trying to rely on faith and remember that he is in the hands of The Great Physician. We are waiting on the rest of the blood work to come back tomorrow and then we will talk with his doctor about what is next. We covet your prayers and I will update as I know more:)

Little League Opening Day

Both boys played in their opening games in Little League today. We were all excited for the start of the season. David is playing on a Tball team and Kyle is playing on the 7/8 pitching machine team. Mike is David's assistant coach and is the head coach for Kyle's team. Above is David's team lining up for the National Anthem!! David is number 5:)

Playing in the "outfield!

Getting ready to bat. I have a hilarious video of his first bat that I will download later tonight. It is hilarious of him running and me screaming for him!!

Big boy Kyle watching his little brother play.

Lining up for their game. I am overall not a huge baseball fan, but I am a lunatic when my boys are playing. I cheer so hard for them and probably make a fool of myself.

Kyle played first base today and did well:)

Making a play at first. Today on the field I was astounded at how big he looked out there. I knew that he had had a huge growth spurt this year, but I did not realize how much until he was out on that field today in his size 4 1/2 cleats:)

Coach Mike! Coaching the boys' teams is truly the joy of Mike's life. He gets just as excited for the games and practices as the boys do. I love that he has a stress relief in coaching and we have some fun times at the ballfield.

Oh Davey borrowed Mrs. Teresa's camera and took pictures! He wanted me to take his picture taking a picture.

These pictures above and below should be reversed, but the exciting news is that Kyle hit a homerun!! He made it all around the bases and scored in their scrimmage! We were so excited for him:)

Okay, here is some of the drama that we have experienced over this weekend. Usually on the weekends, Mike and Kyle go to this local barber shop for haircuts. It is a real manly man kind of place and my boys love the guys that run it. With the craziness of our schedule this week, the boys went to a different place closer to home for Kyle's hair cut. Unfortunately while the gal was cutting his hair, the guard fell off of the razor and this happened:

Do you see that big gap in his hair?? I went bananas needless to say and so today after the ball games they went to their beloved barbershop and got it fixed. Kyle now looks ready for the military but thankfully he has a cute head and the gap is gone:) Below Kevin the barber is fixing the mess:)

The other drama of the weekend is that DAvid is doing this mysterious limp. We went to the doctor Friday and the doctor wanted to start with some anti-inflammatory meds in case it is a bruise or soft tissue problem. Unfortunately that has not helped too much so we will probably have Xrays Monday.

It worries me and I was so upset last night about it that I hardly slept. I was up in the wee hours reasearching on Webmd. Saw some scary stuff on there and we will all be thankful when the doctor opens back up Monday morning and we can do some scans. His limp is pronounced and he says that his hip hurts:( Please prayer warriors say a prayer for sweet Dave and I will keep you posted as we know more.