He was so excited with all the celebrating that he decided to perform for us by taking his first real steps. He took 3 in a row and was sooo proud of himself. It's crazy how quickly they get "so big"!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Drew's 1st birthday and 1st steps...
He was so excited with all the celebrating that he decided to perform for us by taking his first real steps. He took 3 in a row and was sooo proud of himself. It's crazy how quickly they get "so big"!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
2010 in a few paragraphs...
This year has been a combination of so many events, emotions and experiences! Here's a list of some of the things that have happened to us in 2010...
Our third baby boy, Andrew Glover, was born in January. He then spent the next 10 days in the hospital where he was intubated and had all sorts of tests run. He had a tear (tare?) in one of his lungs that took a while to heal, but now all is well. He is sunshine in our home! He is forever smiling and laughing even in between throwing up when he's sick. I call him my little "glove" inspired by his middle name but mostly because he's such an intimate part of who I am.
William was on his first little league team with Benjamin, and David got to be their coach. It really was one of the sweetest things to see him out there with all the kids teaching them how to play and cheering them on. ALL of the moms had crushes on David and were constantly telling me how lucky I am to have such a kind, patient husband. I remember one game in particular where a little boy was too tired to run the bases so David scooped him up in his arms and ran to each base with him in his arms. It was so sweet, everyone cheered!
William started saying his t's and ch's which has made it so much easier for him to communicate. It has been amazing to see how hard he works on a daily basis and, almost, never complains.
He also started kindergarten in a "normal" school. He is doing well but we are very blessed to have an amazing aide there to help him.
Benjamin has blossomed so much because of becoming a big brother again. He LOVES Drew and always wants to carry him around and show him cool things. He can make the baby laugh like no one else.
I have started to learn to like exercising. I go hiking 3 times a week with some friends from church, and now I just started a boot camp class...but I'm not so sure how much I love that one. I could barely get out of bed this morning.
At the end of the summer we moved from Indio, CA to Glendale, AZ. This was a huge deal because up until this offer (for David's work) there was nooooo way that I was willing to move. The idea of uprooting Will from all of his therapists and moving away from friends who felt like family...not to mention that David had built up his facility and was doing really well, was not even an option to me. Then he got this email about a facility in AZ and for some crazy reason we both felt like we needed to check it out. The whole time I kept hoping that something would stop it from happening. That we'd stop feeling pulled here, but it never went away and so about 1 month after getting the email...we were here.
Life has been a bit upside down, but it's starting to feel more like home and it has been soooo nice to be by David's family. The boys love their cousins and so it's great to be able to see them more often!
I have to say that this last year has been both wonderful and a bit scary! We added one of the sweetest spirits to our home and have been so blessed as a family for that, but there have definitely been there share of struggles.
Such is life, right!
Here's to enjoying the good more fully, and handling the bad more gracefully in 2011!
Love to you all!
Our third baby boy, Andrew Glover, was born in January. He then spent the next 10 days in the hospital where he was intubated and had all sorts of tests run. He had a tear (tare?) in one of his lungs that took a while to heal, but now all is well. He is sunshine in our home! He is forever smiling and laughing even in between throwing up when he's sick. I call him my little "glove" inspired by his middle name but mostly because he's such an intimate part of who I am.
William was on his first little league team with Benjamin, and David got to be their coach. It really was one of the sweetest things to see him out there with all the kids teaching them how to play and cheering them on. ALL of the moms had crushes on David and were constantly telling me how lucky I am to have such a kind, patient husband. I remember one game in particular where a little boy was too tired to run the bases so David scooped him up in his arms and ran to each base with him in his arms. It was so sweet, everyone cheered!
William started saying his t's and ch's which has made it so much easier for him to communicate. It has been amazing to see how hard he works on a daily basis and, almost, never complains.
He also started kindergarten in a "normal" school. He is doing well but we are very blessed to have an amazing aide there to help him.
Benjamin has blossomed so much because of becoming a big brother again. He LOVES Drew and always wants to carry him around and show him cool things. He can make the baby laugh like no one else.
I have started to learn to like exercising. I go hiking 3 times a week with some friends from church, and now I just started a boot camp class...but I'm not so sure how much I love that one. I could barely get out of bed this morning.
At the end of the summer we moved from Indio, CA to Glendale, AZ. This was a huge deal because up until this offer (for David's work) there was nooooo way that I was willing to move. The idea of uprooting Will from all of his therapists and moving away from friends who felt like family...not to mention that David had built up his facility and was doing really well, was not even an option to me. Then he got this email about a facility in AZ and for some crazy reason we both felt like we needed to check it out. The whole time I kept hoping that something would stop it from happening. That we'd stop feeling pulled here, but it never went away and so about 1 month after getting the email...we were here.
Life has been a bit upside down, but it's starting to feel more like home and it has been soooo nice to be by David's family. The boys love their cousins and so it's great to be able to see them more often!
I have to say that this last year has been both wonderful and a bit scary! We added one of the sweetest spirits to our home and have been so blessed as a family for that, but there have definitely been there share of struggles.
Such is life, right!
Here's to enjoying the good more fully, and handling the bad more gracefully in 2011!
Love to you all!
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