Breathe.

I continually feel like I've been holding my breath every so often all last week and this. Work is a nightmare hands down. We upgraded our software system and we are adding our Canada and UK office to it plus we are in the middle of an acquisition of another UK company and that is going on it. Not to mention it's benefits renewal and trying to negate a new 401K plan. My heart palpitations are back. Coop got a bath and haircut. Soccer is now done. Gymnastics moved to Saturdays. She got her backhandspring and her front tuck. Last Wednesday Rick ended up with a flat tire on the rental. Last Thursday night, Rick's stepdad suffered a major stroke. Words can't even describe how sweet this man is. It's been a little hectic between the car accident and hospital visits. Poor hubs is just spinning in circles. We finally got our vehicle back. It still needs work done so once a part comes in it will have to go back. My cousin had surgery as well to remove the tumor in his colon. He is in a great deal of pain and it breaks my heart.
 I'll end on a happy note, Abby was baptized this week!

Days and Days

just all run together. Rick and Abby both went back to the dr last week. Rick started his chiro and massage therapy. They put in a referral for physical therapy for Abby which we will most likely start this week. She seems to be doing ok but still complaining about the same spot on her back. Hoping to get our vehicle back the end of this week. Thursday Aidan lost a tooth AND got his stitches out!! Big day! Came to work to a nice latte this week- apparently it was Boss's day??? Cooper's Robin Hood costume arrived. Rumor has it he's not that thrilled. Abby turned 9 on Saturday. For her class party at school on Friday, she requested Krispy Kreme instead of cupcakes. Her classmates raised their hands and each said something nice to her. I could hardly hold in the tears. Amazing kids. I made her those cake batter pancakes. Holy sweetness. Her birthday party was at a place called Once Upon a Horse for horse riding and grooming. We wrapped up the day with dinner out with Grandma. Today we skipped church for some much needed sleep. Once we got up and moving I made a sausage risotto so dinner could just be re-heated after swim lessons but we opted for leftovers instead. We had Abby's last baptism class today. They practiced their testimonies. It seems as though I took almost the whole week off from running as well. I call it my running furlough due to the flannel sheets. This is our last week of soccer! As much as I cannot wait to have the extra free time I really really love watching him play.

Nine.

Wow.

If I don't tuck Aidan in right away at bedtime he comes looking for me. As I was uploading pictures to this blog last night I heard him coming only I heard a big smack instead and instantly scooped him up. We landed in the ER last night where the dr first said stapling it would be better than stitches because the hair gets in the way and then he wasn't sure if he'd glue it because his hair wasn't long enough to twirl on each side to glue it down over it. We waited 45 min for the lidocaine cotton ball to do it's work and the dr came back in to clean it up and shoot it up some more and then he decided to stitch it. All cleaned up and you can't even tell! Our boy is now on his 2nd set of stitches in his 6 short years. We took him to Krispy Kreme at 11pm for being so brave. So my grand plans for completing things off my to do list were squashed. Very little sleep and I had a brunch/wine tasting day planned with friends today so Rick was on his own with the kids which meant taking Abby to her baptism class this afternoon. I got home a little before 3pm to a text from him saying they were rear ended pretty bad. Oh my heart! I am so thankful they weren't seriously hurt. We ended up at urgent care because Rick has neck/back pain and Abby was complaining about her back. My mom pointed out that Aidan probably isn't saying he hurts because he doesn't want to see another dr after his head ordeal. What a weekend of mishaps but I am so beyond blessed they are ok. Sore and shaken up but I have them here with me to love on.

Family Photos