April 2009

I know it's been awhile since I've wrote anything and I have to say I was avoiding it. When I write in here I spend time thinking about what has happened in our lives since I wrote last and I didn't want to think about anything this time. So here I am finally writing, Zander is watching Franklin and Madison is saying on the floor playing with her music toy and I'm wondering how much time they'll give me to reflect.
We've had another death in the family - this time on Chris side, his Grandma Tyson passed away. She had been in the lodge for about a year now and we knew it was coming but even though you know it's coming it's hard to prepare yourself for when it does come. Chris took the news really hard, it was during the day and he came home to tell me and both kids luckily were sleeping. He picked up this ceramic dog that we got from her and just sat in a chair and cried for awhile. When we dated I never would have guessed this side of him. When Melanie passed away I got to see a side of Chris that I never knew existed, his soft, emotional side, a side that is reserved for deaths. So this is the third death for us in the past year and I'm hoping the last for quite awhile. The last time we visited Grandma Tyson we took the kids with us and after about 15 minutes of getting no response we were about to leave when she opened her eyes. We got about 10 minutes with her where Madison got to lay beside her and hold her finger and Zander got to talk to her and give her kisses. It was a perfect last visit and a perfect way to remember her as she loved to see her great grandkids.
Easter has come and gone, we spent a day at Melissa's house for Rawson easter and then a day at the hall for Epp easter. Zander had a blast both days and Madison was held and entertained both days so she was happy as could be.
I'm now cast free! It's been about 2 weeks and I'm starting to walk sort of normal. I still have a limp and can only walk short amounts or I have to use my crutches again, but it feels amazing to walk and I welcome each stab of pain as it is a means to independence! I think Chris is enjoying it as well as he no longer is in charge of all the laundry:)
So now we're all able to go outside together and play! We had a couple of nice days although today it's back to being cold and windy. Madison loves the stroller and for now is content to sit and watch. Zander fo course loves to run and is very good at stopping to wait for limpy (me) to catch up to him. We've put out the hot tub again and Zander can't wait to go swimming, although he's going to have to wait for the wind to stop. Yesterday Madison wiggled herself half way across the living room to get to a toy she wanted! She can't figure out how to get her tummy off the floor so she goes like a snake on her belly! but in the end she got what she wanted so I guess whatever workd. So now we spend our days outside if it's nice, so I hope we have some more good weather coming our way!