More Chickenpox!

Poor guy!! His case was not a mild one after all. In fact it seems to be a bit worse than Morgan's. He is a trooper though...aside from being up most of the night because of the itching, he has been pretty happy through it all. Especially if he's being held. Mom's not getting a whole lot done, but at least it gives him some comfort.

Now it's his turn to get oatmeal baths. They are supposed to help with the itching...we'll see. We have heard of several others in our ward that have gotten them. Oops, I guess we started an epidemic after all!

Morgan is so intent on wanting to take care of him while he doesn't feel good. She has asked to hold him about 6 times today, once after she kicked him in the face and made him cry! He calms down instanty when she touches him

Signing Time

This is my plug for Signing Time, videos meant to teach children how to use sign language to communicate. We KNOW that teaching Morgan to sign was a huge plus in her learning to talk and to make it so she has virtually skipped the terrible twos. Baby Roy signed earlier than her...the video shows his 1st sign, milk (opening and closing the fist), which he did one day before he turned 9 months old. Now he signs dog, milk, mama, more, cookie, and cracker. Signing does NOT stunt speech, it helps it...we love these videos and encourage those whose children are having difficulty with speech to start teaching them sign through these videos. Even those that don't have difficulties can benefit...it's a 2nd language! Roy and I enjoy learning the signs as well. I hope to have a link to the website soon, but until then you can find out more about it at signingtime.com.

Roy's Passion

Other than his wife and kids of course, Roy's passion is airplanes!! He grew up around them and around family members that are pilots. Although he isn't flying much currently, he too is a true blue through and through pilot. I know it's hard for him to be around them so much and not get to fly, but we feel very fortunate that he is doing something he loves.

These are pictures of our plane. It is a Cessna 172. The first is it's condition when we got it, and the second is some of the progress that has been made on it



This is the plane that Roy is working on currently to give us some cash to finish up our plane. It's a DC3, which is a WWII freight plane. That is him standing under the left prop. He's enjoying working on it!

Cinder and Chickenpox

We decided that we wanted a dog and found the perfect one on freecycle. She's a 5 month old lab/retriever mix. Still young enough for the change not to be too hard on her and yet she has had a little bit of training already. She adjusted well to her new 'country' home and is already protective of the whole family. She's a great dog! We asked Morgan what she wanted to name her and she said "Cinderella!" We thought it was just a little too undoglike, so we shortened it to Cinder. But Morgan likes to call her "Rella".:-)




The day after we got Cinder I noticed a spot behind Morgan's ear and didn't think much of it until the next day when they were all over. Needless to say they were chickenpox and she proceeded to get more over the next few days. She did very well considering...her main issue was the itching, mostly on her back and tummy. As you can see they are very concentrated on her face, but luckily she hasn't done too much scratching on those ones. We think baby Roy has a real mild case now. He just has a few spots that are blistering. Hopefully it stays mild. We are worried about the nursery and the day care at the gym. Hopefully we didn't start an outbreak!

Us

I'll start our blog by updating everyone on what's going on in our lives. Roy and I have expanded our family to 4...we have a 2 year old girl, Morgan, and a one year old boy, Roy.

We live in St. David, Arizona, which is about 45 minutes south of Tucson. We really enjoy the small town life...everything is beautiful and peaceful here. No, we do not get nearly as hot as Phoenix. Summers and winters are both generally very mild and the weather here is very ideal for us.

I'm a busy mommy and enjoy taking the kids to the gym, playing in our recently grown grass in the backyard and doing all other mom things. Roy and I recently started a buy and sell airplane business. So far we have only bought:-). Roy is working on fixing up "the plane" and doing odd and end jobs at the airport until we can get it ready to sell.

Roy is an amazing man!! His recovery from our airplane accident 4 years ago has been nothing short of a miracle. He still sees double and has no peripheral vision. Despite these handicaps he performs task at least as good as before, but probably even better because he is so determined not to let them affect the things he does. He has piloted a plane once since the accident and the person he flew with was quite impressed. The possibilites are still there that at some point he may fly more regularly. We do have hopes of some day owning our own plane and being able to fly wherever we want, whenever we want. But until then we are enjoying life as it is now, and taking things one day at a time!