Until tomorrow, night night!

More later…..the battery is going out on the car internet thing.  I’ll share more pics and more about this weekend later.  We are all very sad and already miss him terribly.

Just got back from a wedding.  It was great that we had a few hours of no rain so we could get outside and get some pictures in.  Two crazy things happened while we were out and about.  One of the girls lost her I Phone down the sewer and then one of the guests that was hanging out with us while we were doing pictures ran through the City Garden fountain, slipped and fell face first into one of the pool/fountains.  He was wet and cold!  Sorry, no photos.  I had just caught the tail end of that trip with my own eyes, no camera.  He was a good sport about it.

So sleepy and I’m sure the boys will be joining me sometime tonight, so I must get to bed.

Today we had a friend over and he is turning 4 & having a pirate birthday party this Saturday.  I did this for his mom & for his present.  He’s so cute!

After those pictures, E wanted to do some pictures.  Dang that baby is cute and I love that we were able to do these outside.

These two BFF’s were born on the same day and have played together a whole bunch since then.  We decided to update the picture we have of them, so this is the best we could do with 6 year old boys.  It’s not bad!  They were being so silly before this picture.

Night!  I must sleep!

We ended up having to get a hospital bed for Papa to help with his breathing.  We can’t lower the rail, because we are afraid one of them would fall to the floor if they got in the crack.  The rail is not stopping them from holding hands like they have done for the past 74+ years.  I keep taking pictures of their hands because I think that it is too cute that they still hold hands all the time.  The love they have for eachother is so strong.  They really are like one person.  They are so connected.  Mema broke her arm and had to be in the hospital over night and Papa’s health declined a lot.  We got her out of the hospital sooner because we knew it would help him and it did.  He’s still not doing very well at all, but he’s had some good moments since she got home.

It’s been a really hard week!  Wednesday Mema fell and broke her arm.  Papa fell 3 times last week and his health has declined A LOT.  It’s SO sad watching one of the kindest, strongest man I’ve ever known go down so fast.  Byron and I have really pulled together and are doing EVERYTHING for them.  And ya know, it’s OK.  That is so not what I thought before they moved it.  They are like our kids and we just do things because we need to care for them and we love them.

Anyway, I’ve been very tired which is why I have not posted anything.  I will again when I have some time to edit.  Things are going to get worse, I think.  OH, but I finally cried ‘Uncle’ and we have some help.  Today was the first day we had someone here.  Byron and I got to go out for a quick lunch.  That was nice AND she did our laundry!  I can’t believe how much laundry we have now that we have Mema & Papa too.

Thanks to all my friends and family that have given us SO much support, food, love and encouragement.  We could not have made it this far without all of you.  Love you all!

Reilly with her lovey!  That poor giraffe doesn’t have a neck anymore.  That’s a lot of love.

She’s too cute, huh?!

Just to catch you up to speed on what’s been going on…..

A couple of weeks ago Mema went off on me which caused a fight and tension for a little while.  I think we are all past that right now.  Friday was quite eventful.  Papa fell early on Friday and hurt his shoulder.  Thankfully he did not break anything.  He is sore.   Then later in the evening I discovered Mema drank 1/2 bottle milk of magnesia.  Off we went to the ER.  Who knew that was such a bad thing, but I guess a lot is worse when you are 94 with conjestive heart failure.  Anyway, I was there from 7p until 1:30am.  Then Saturday she started calling me early to come take her home.  Her mind is not well, so she didn’t think anyone had been in to take care of her.  They did not bring her food until almost lunch time.  I’m not sure what happened at St. John’s this weekend.  When Papa was there things could not have been better.  Everyone was nice and on top of things.  This weekend was a different story.  Anyway, I had to hang out with her to keep her in the hospital until they came in and saw us.  We were glad she didn’t have to stay another night.  They would have kicked her out.

Well, backing up a little bit, I talked to Byron about 9pm and he said Papa’s shoulder was looking worse and swelling up.  For a while we thought he would join us at the hospital.  It was a little funny.

Things are harder than they were in the beginning.  I guess the honeymoon is over, but I still would not kick them out.  We just need to keep adjusting.

We put a patio in last week.  I love it.  When everything is finished I’ll have to post a picture of it.  Anyway, no more mud in the back adn that makes me very happy!

Little behind in editing, but finally finished this session from the 12th.  I’ll try and get a sneak peek up from this past weekend and a beautiful 4 month old that I get to meet this weekend.

It’s been a tough week with Mema & Papa.  They are just not feeling well (mostly Papa).  He’s still VERY sick.  It’s taking a toll on all of us.  I don’t get to leave the house much (just to drive the boys to and from school, OH, and to run by Mc Donalds for my coke fix).  Kind of a big change for me and the boys.

I am SICK of the cold!!!!  Come on spring!

Here’s Papa waiting to do his eye exam for his license.  Yes, I took him.  He knew we were going to be moving him to St. Louis and his license expired on his birthday (January 17th).  Byron thought I was crazy when I told him I was going to take Papa to get his license.  I knew he needed to have that since he was losing everything else.  I did call and make sure he had a chance.  I also talked to Papa to make sure he would not be too sad if he was not able to get it.  Anyway, Friday morning we set out to get this done since we were leaving for St. Louis Sunday morning.  This was the last chance to get it.  He passed the eye exam with flying colors and then the lady asked me if I thought he would be up for the driving test.  Now, even though Papa is 95 he actually is a really safe driver, so I said yes.  He was so cute not wanting to use his oxygen during the test.  He thought they might not give him his license if he wore it.  Anyway, off they went.

Here comes Papa back from the test.

Check out the smile on his face.  He PASSED!!!  I was so proud of him.  Really, less than 3 weeks before I went to stay with him hospice didn’t think he would make it to the weekend and here we were getting his license.

Here he is getting his picture for his license!  How cute is he?!

I love the smile on his face here.  His actual license will come in the mail, but here’s his certificate.  No, we will not be letting him drive, but here he is with his license.  Really, this is the sweetest man EVER!  I really love him.

OK so after we did this I asked if we could go through McDonald’s to get me a coke before heading back to his house.  He, of course, let me.  I asked if he wanted anything and he asked for a burger.  I have no clue when his last burger had been, but he has not been able to eat solid food like a burger for a while.  He enjoyed that burger and I enjoyed watching him eat it.  Boy, we had a great day!