Stories

Today Owen told Papa and I that "on my way home from work ...on the freeway... there was a man with a snake on his head... I saw him far away while he was doing this(he mimes someone stopping traffic) he was way up there on the freeway but i saw him and he had a snake but it was all part of his costume..."

Then at dinner "I saw a rainbow elephant once...when my daddy(not sure why he chose to say daddy unless he was trying to separate fact from fiction in some way)my DADDY(serious look at me) took me to the zoo in a far away place... it was a real colorful one and that elephant walked right up to me and squirted his trunk right at ME"

Owen you are great and I love being your Mama!

BOY OH BOY!!

Dear sprout,
Your a boy!!! A son, a little brother , a nephew, a grandson and a great grand son!!! We are so excited for boy number two!

Sickness

Dear Owen,
I took you to the Dr. today, because after 5 days of fever and complete lethargy you told us your ear hurt. You have been laying on us and doing noting that is normal for you. We have been living on children's fever reducer and relying on the littlest of joys to get us through-even if that is in the form of an tiny Pepsi can-and letting you take my temperature, playing wii game and watching so much tv all of our brains are rotting...



The Dr. was supposed to help us feel better. Instead it made things worse... you had a really bad ear wax build up so they couldn't see if the ear was infected or not. They proceeded to use a poky tool to try and clean it-but that hurt you-so they got the water plain device out and that was a total disaster. They tried to do it while I held you but you kicked and screamed in pain...then they tried to have another nurse(the kind that you see on old movies who works at the mental hospital and holds the big men down) help but at that point you were so scared your face held nothing but terror and I broke down and joined in the sobbing. I called an end to the trying for today and got some drops that may help drain things and numb the pain...we go back tomorrow.
Owen today was bad-well the past 5 days have been-but tomorrow is a new day and His mercies are new each morning so tonight I pray that things will go easy tomorrow and we will finally get you on the road to healing.

Comunity Sponsored Agriculture

We are members of the Minto island growers CSA. Essentially that means that they grow lovely organic local produce from May until November and we enjoy it. being a part of this has been so worth it this year for me to not have to worry about a garden in the midst of pregnancy related illness. In the spring the offerings were small but as the summer progresses we have seen more and more variety and quantity(the quality never wavers).
I seriously don't know how we will eat all of these tomatoes...

Visisting Great Grandpa

After we left the Lake on Saturday morning we went to visit M.G's grandpa in Spokane. We all had a nice time chatting about our visit to the lake and hearing about Grandpas happenings. But Owen had the most fun when he discovered the chair that "gives you a ride"



Wooohooo this chair is fun...


Saying good bye to Great Grandpa(who is in his own moving chair coincidentally)

saying good bye to the chair..."see you next time chair"

Priest Lake 2010

Every year in August we go to Priest Lake in Idaho with M.G's family. There is something magical about this place for me. Maybe it is because M.G proposed to me there or maybe its just the lakes peaceful natural beauty, or it could be watching Owen grow up in the same tradition M.G grew up in every summer on this very same lake. Whatever it is I love it there and am extremely grateful to M.G's family for letting us come along every year.

One of Owens faves the lake side sand box.


This year Owen was fearless about jumping into the lake(into waiting arms) he would just fling his little body off the dock over and over again until he was shivering and blue lipped.






Owen watching from the dock as I save his papa (who is floating in this little floaty) from going too far out to lake



M.G's cousin John took us out on his boat for a fun ride around the lake. He did swivels and bumps for Owens sake but it was fun(and a little scary)for all of us. Owen loved it!




Owen and Uncle Daniel had fun together in the paddle boat. They went on adventures to the nearby water spring and played basket ball-from the paddle boat-which was funny to watch, and they even came to the swimmers rescue when we got too far out in deep water and needed a tow back to the shallows.


I haven't done any research on the matter but I honestly think this may be the most scenic sand box around. Owen loves the proximity to the water and the plethora of toys for building cities. We all had fun helping him make good use of it.

We had such a lovely time together at the lake this year. Owen is so much fun to play with and to watch as he finally grasps the wonders around him in this beautiful place.

Letter to the Sprout

Dear tiny baby living inside my belly,
Having you on board has been a whole new experience for me. I have been sick, had about a million food aversions(ok lets face it I only like about 5 things to eat right now and everything else is out), I have this new uber sensitive gag reflex thats triggered by smells, seeing something undesireable, thinking about food I dont like, crying or coughing. My skin is plagued with teenage-esk acne, and my hair is not growing nearly as fast and glorious as I remember it growing last time. Basically this is the most opposite experience I could have from carrying your soon to be big brother around.

I don't mind though-I mean It is the last thing from fun-but feeling you move around in there and hearing your tiny little speedy heart beat makes it worth it. I know that you will be your very own person, that you wont be exactly like your brother, that you might not even be a boy...and I will love you who ever you are. You are already so very dear to me I am getting really excited to find out what kind of baby you will be. I know that I am in no way ready to be mother of two but I think it will grow on me and that its not something you can truly prepare for.

In just two or three weeks we will find out if you are a boy or a girl...we didn't do this with your brother...we waited until he was born... but with you I cant wait to know! So we will find out and give you a name and I will feel like I know you just a little bit more than I do today. Every one-except me-is convinced that you are a girl your G.G and Grammy and one good friend of mine even refer to you as a girl when they talk about you... soon we will see and we will all be excited no matter what!
That's pretty much all I have for you right now sprout. Keep growing and moving and I will see you soon.
Love Mama