Hey everybody,

a broken foot wasn't enough for Jacob...he had to have his appendix taken out! A couple days ago he fell down a stop and tore a ligament and has to wear and air cast and crutches. Today his stomach was hurting and he couldn't keep anything down so they took him to the ER this evening. Acute appendicitis...he is out of surgery now and doing well.

Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary to everyone!!! Congratulations Steve on you job and the move. I'm sure that you and Teresa are happy that you're closer to each other now and you're not having to travel all over the East Coast. These last couple days of heat have me reminiscing of the blizzards and ice storms from the winter :P How I would love to go sleigh riding right now!!

Too cute Clara! That boy has only begun to wear her out:) Advice to Clara from Emily & Olivia!

Happy Birthday Wishes to several family members this coming week... Olivia, Emily, Nana, & Timmy that I can think of right off, but I am missing someone...yes?

Love you all!

To clarify Amy's blog post of Thursday: She is NOT going to West Virginia THIS weekend; she is going NEXT weekend.

Awww...Amy he is so beautiful! Upon closer view of him, I don't think he looks like Clara much at all!

Amy, the pictures of Brooks and Clara are just beautiful,Poor Clara looks like she has had a hard Day, Her little Brother wore her out.LOL.

Bobbie we haven't heard from you in a while ,hope everything is ok,Are your little one's keeping you busy?Everything here is same as usual,boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brooks with a Mohawk!

The Benadryl didn't phase her. Will have to try something else. But of course, she's sound asleep after I got her up to her chair!

Clara was too tuckered out to make it through lunch...

Amy~Friday and/or Saturday is fine. Mommy is having trouble sleeping at night and then she is so tired in the day. We are going to try giving her Benadryl at night to see how she sleeps, but as of right now, I gave her Benadryl at 7 and she is still awake. May not work.

Well, we have been home from the hospital since Saturday. Things are finally starting to settle into our new version of normal. Brooks is doing pretty well. He lost a pound since he was born so now he is only 6 1/2 pounds and seems so small. We are working to get his weight up which requires feedings every 2 hours 24 hours a day - talk about exhausting!!

Clara is adapting really well. She is too young to be jealous of the baby, plus now she has both her mommy and her daddy home with her so she is still getting plenty of attention. Today she and I had mommy/daughter story time at the library and she had a blast with the other kids.

We are going to head down to WV this weekend to introduce Brooks to Great Grandma - s0 Rita, let me know if we could stop by Friday or Saturday at some point (or both)!

Given how many ways Trish has found to make blogging easy, I am going to try to be better at blogging while I am on leave.

The dream was nothing major, just an ordinary day. Mommy sleeping on the couch while daddy sat at his desk. It was nice.

Morning All from KY, It's good to hear that mom is doing better this morning, Thank you Lord.
Tell us the dream you had Trish, I like the new picture on the blog. Thanks again Rita for the updates on mom.

Love the background

Hey Trish,
What a blessing you are to the family......helping us keep connected via the blog! David will absolutely love the background! He will see it later today and respond tonight I am sure. He will be out of town part of today on business.
Rita, I hope you and Treasa (Spelling ?), are well and rested one at a time. Remember your own needs from time to time. It is hard for Caregivers to find downtime. I will pray for Helen's daughters this very day and often. If I had their address, I would send them cards from time to time. I could explain I am David's wife since I do not know them.
If any of you try the Beef Brocolli dish, serve it with rice...and maybe some won ton, it is delicious.
Emily, do you cook using the Crock Pot often? If so, I will try to send you some recipes.
Love to all of you today. May the Lord cause His face to shine upon you, May His Presence be sweet to you giving refreshment to your spirits is my prayer.
I love you,
Julie

Good Morning,
You will notice a few different things on the blog. First, the background! DAvid that is for you!
Then at the bottom of each post it will give you the option to share that post through email, twitter, facebook or another blog. Especially useful for pictures you may want to share.
Then last but not least! I had a dream about Daddy the other night, first since he died. So I changed the header picture.

Good Morning~
Mommy slept better last night than she has slept in awhile. She went to bed at 8:30 and did't wake up until 3:30 to go pee. Then she slept until after 7 this morning. She took her meds and ate yogurt and pureed fruit this morning without any problems. She also talked more this morning. I told her we'd better go to the bathroom and she said, "Yeah, we'd better." We will have to feed her small amounts at a time b/c she gets so tired and then she can't think enough to swallow. Her BP this morning is 122/67, pulse 72. She is napping now.

Good Evening from Backus Mt
Mommy hasn't slept much and has eaten even less. This evening we noticed that when she swallows, it is just her gag reflex, her tongue doesn't go to the roof of her mouth, pushing the food down. It just lays there. She was like that after her big stroke. Ya'll pray that it will improve, allowing her to eat! She hasn't talked today either. She said a few words this morning and then nothing. She was laughing, however, when she went to bed. She always laughs at night! I had to run and get groceries today and I ran into Mommy's niece, Helen Wingo's daughter. She said that she and her sister Brenda are keeping Helen and it is so hard. She has become somewhat combative and she hurts herself in the process. They had to take her to the hospital to have her heart checked out and they took pictures of all her bruises and scrapes. She said Helen told them that her girls were mean to her!!! Now, I know they aren't, so they really need prayer. Linda is not well, she has diabetes really bad and it is really taking a toll on her. Pray for them all.
Teresa is becoming quite the domestic engineer! I got boiling water and ice water to skin the peaches for her cobbler (her second one) and she said she would "shuck" the peaches. Hey, if she wants to shuck them, it's fine by me:)
I'll talk to ya'll tomorrow.

The kids are tanner , Kelsey , Adam , Corey , Emily , addy, becca, Trina , and Andy !

Thank you Rita for all the updates even it the midst of your busy schedule. We rejoice with you over the news of Vivian.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the Caregivers of your Mom.
Who are all the kids in the opening picture/swingset?
Love you!
Julie

Yes, Praise the Lord. Our Prayers are with you there on the Mt. The pictures of the kids fishing are great, looks like you had a good time also Grandpa , are you having fish for dinner or is it a catch and release.