Carter's 1st Birthday Celebration

Happy Birthday Carter!

I love being an Aunt!  I love having a nephew!  Its so fun to buy little boy stuff and so much fun to play with him and watch him grow up! 

A year has come and gone so fast.  We were so anxious waiting for Carter's arrival last year, its so nice to just be excited about his birthday this year!  I am very much looking forward to tomorrow's celebration!

Heard Around The House #39

Trying to get out the door this morning....

Me:  I need to give Lyla a dollar for school today so she can wear her hat.

Gary:  Why does she need a dollar?

Me:  Its Hats for Haiti day at school.

Gary:  Whose Haiti?

Me:  .....  You know... Haiti... the country....

Kindergarten Mother's Day Program

The highlight of my week was last night when I got to go with Lyla to her school for the Mother's Day program.  The kids have been practicing and were really excited about it.  Lyla told me that we had to go to school for a science project....  so it could be a big surprise. 

I felt really bad when we got there because I didn't get Lyla dressed.... She always dresses the part and after the week we had I just didn't even think about it.  :( 

I took lots of videos since Gary couldn't come:

Oh What A Week...

This week has been one for the record books!  Lets do a little recap, shall we?

Monday:
Gary had his knee surgery.  Whenever we finally left the hospital, we dropped off his prescription, I took him home, picked up Lyla, picked up his prescription, stopped at the house, got ready, then took Lyla to soccer.  After we got home and I got her a bath and to bed, I check on Gary's knee and he was bleeding through his bandages... like way more than he should have.  So I called the doctor and he said to come in to the office on Tuesday.

Tuesday:
I call work and tell them I'm going to be late.  I took Gary to the doctor and its a good thing we went in.  They drained 60ccs of blood from his knee!  But he said it felt so much better after that.  I got him home and went to work. 

Wednesday:
Lyla woke up during the night with a fever and in the morning her throat hurt.  So I called off of work (again) and took her to the doctor.  She had strep throat, so I spent the day taking care of her and Gary and trying my best to keep them separated and keep her from getting one of us sick.

Thursday:
Gary and I drove Lyla to school, then we went back to his doctor for a check up.  They drained another 70ccs of blood from his knee.  Then we went to get him signed up to start physical therapy.  I got him settled in back at home and went to work.  After work I had to pick up Lyla, run home and get her fed in 15 minutes then her and I left to go to her school for the Mother's Day program. 

Friday:
Well I made it to work on time today... only took me the whole week to do it!  Fingers crossed I can put in a full day! 

Kids of Steel - Lyla's first race

Today Lyla participated in the Pittsburgh Marathon Kids of Steel race. It's a mile long course. She's been training for it with other kids from school for a couple months now.

Gary ran it with her. You know why not run a race the weekend before knee surgery? He's gimping around now, but I know he thinks it was totally worth it to have the experience with her!

I'm so proud of Lyla for getting into this! And she's so excited about it! We are going to keep encouraging her to run & enjoy sports. It's so good for her!