Happy Birthday Grandma Great

I thought of you
with love today,
But that is nothing new.
I thought of about you yesterday
And each day before that too.
I think of you in silence,
I often speak your name.
All I have are memories,
And pictures in a frame.
Your memory is my keepsake
With which I will never part.
God has you in His keeping,
But I have you in my heart.

The picture Madi colored for Grandma and the letter she wanted me to write, she said, "Dear Grandma, I love you and I hope you have good days. I hope you had good sleep last night. I will always be your little princess. I hope you have a good Christmas. I love you to the moon and back. Love, Madisyn"

Balloons for Grandma Great

Sending them off to heaven

On the way to Grandma

Happy Birthday Grandma, we miss you more than words can say. We sent you some balloons up to heaven today but I'm sure you already know that; Madi thinks that they should be there by now:) You should be here celebrating with us but I'm sure the celebration in heaven is more amazing than we could ever imagine. We love you.

Happy 18th Birthday to my baby sister!

Doug and I with Kaci on her 2 month birthday:)
I'm one day late getting this up but I just wanted to wish my baby sister a very Happy Birthday!!! Can't believe she's 18! Love you little sis!

Zoo Boo & Pumpkins too!

Grace trying to eat her pumpkin (and anything else she can get her hands on!)
Goof ball, the kid WILL NOT leave her eyes open for a picture!
Daddy & Madi scooping out the "guts"

Waiting in line for the carousel

Dorothy and the not so Cowardly Lion

Our little family this year

And us last year-we have grown by 1 and my belly has shrunk a little too!

Madi and Daddy 2010

Madi and Daddy 2009

Tonight we took the girls to Zoo Boo and as usual it was so much fun. We were eating dinner when we got home and Madi said, "Mommy, that you for taking me to Zoo Boo tonight." She had a blast and got some great candy! We came home and worked on some pumpkins, I forgot to get a picture of Madi's (or should I say Daddy's) finished product, it's a princess castle. And tomorrow is finally the main event, Trick-or-Treating!!!

Jeff

Madisyn just informed Dave and I that her boyfriend's name is Jeff. Dave asked her if Jeff knew that her daddy had alot of guns. She said that he did, "he goes hunting all the time.":) She said that since there is a storm coming that Jeff had to spend the night here and that he would leave after lunch time tomorrow. Then she proceeds to tell us that they were kissing! Where does this kid get this stuff??? We'll just hope that her boyfriends remain imaginary for a very long time:)

All in a week???

Miss Grace enjoying "real" food-she loves her bananas
This has nothing to do with Grace being 9 months old but it's worth including it anyway. Dave has had quite a week-he went in last Friday morning with a sore throat and was diagnosed with Strep Throat. By Friday night he had a huge lump on the underside of his neck/chin and was having trouble breathing so he went to the emergency room around midnight. By around 3am they were admitting him to ICU (and I was panicking). They got him on some aggressive antibiotics, steroids and pain meds and moved him to a regular floor on Saturday morning sometime and he was diagnosed with epiglotitis. He came home on Sunday morning and went to work on Monday, woke up Tuesday morning and the swelling was back so went back to the hospital, had a CAT scan and they decided he had developed an abscess due to infection from Strep Throat so he was scheduled for surgery Tuesday night to drain the abscess. He was able to come home Tuesday night and went to work Wednesday afternoon. Needless to say, it's been an exhausting week!

Yesterday our little Gracie girl turned 9 months old! So crazy how fast the time has gone. Grace had her check-up today and weighs 20 lbs. 10 oz (Madi was 24 lbs. 7oz) and is 29 1/4 inches long (Madi was 29). Grace gets into EVERYTHING. She is crawling all over the place and pulls herself up to standing and is a little climber! She says, mama, dada, Bear, yum yum, ma (Madi), waves (and says) bye-bye and barks & pants like a dog-it is adorable!

We are looking forward to a weekend of Halloween activities so be watching for pics-I'll give you a hint for our costumes..."There's no place like home."

It's been a while...

Daddy and his girls.

Man do I love these two little cuties!

Grace is now climbing on EVERYTHING!

And standing!

Madi still LOVES school and started Sunday school as well, she just can't get enough of it:)

Hard to believe it's been almost a month since I last posted anything and even harder to believe that Grandma Reed has been gone for almost a month already. Doesn't seem like we've been up to much lately yet I always feel like we're busy. Dave started his new job on the 4th of October so he's been working some long days as he gets in the swing of things there. Madi is still loving school and looks forward to Tuesdays, Thursdays and now Sundays for Sunday school. Grace is our little wild child; she is so much different than Madi was. Grace is adventerous and gets into EVERYTHING and climbs on EVERYTHING. She keeps me on my toes big time. Next week she will be 9 months old!! We're looking forward to some fun Halloween activities coming up in the next couple weeks so more exciting posts will come then:)

Loved you yesterday, Love you still, Always have, Always will

My girls with their Great Grandma Reed who got her angel wings September 22, 2010

"Oh I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us from somewhere up above
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
To show us how to live
To teach us how to give
To guide us with a light of love"

We miss you already. So blessed to have been part of your life and have you as part of ours, so lucky to have our very own angel watching over us in heaven. We love you more than words can say.