Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tough Weeks...
The weeks since Marie turned one have been difficult. She is progressing to quickly, every week brings new things, never happy milestones. I struggle to find words when I speak out loud about all of this, how do you talk about it?
Days go by, and it's strange how normal continues to define itself. Luke mentioned that we are in this continuous mourning process. We are. First we mourned her when we discovered she was sick, then we mourned that she was loosing some skills, then we mourned that she seemed to be uncomfortable, we mourned her no longer being able to nourish herself, we mourned the loss of strength in her body, then we mourned the loss of her voice... we just loose things, bit by bit. What astounds me is this, regardless of how much we loose there is still so much left. I have discovered new things to rejoice in.
Marie does this thing, eyes wide she raises her eyebrows up, it looks like a surprised face. She gives it to Josie a lot. Marie loves to nurse, even now when she's not very good at it it is her favorite thing. I am her lovey, I love how that feels. She is still ticklish everywhere. Her forehead is ticklish, who has a ticklish forehead? Such tiny things, but they are so important. They are Marie. She is such a blessing.
My friend Sarah called yesterday, she is due to have a baby very soon. Together she and her husband have decided to do something wonderful. If they have a girl she will have the middle name Marie. I get choked up thinking about it. This is such a huge gift to Luke and Josie and I. What an amazing way to honor my girl... Of course, Sarah knows that now that I know this, if she has a boy I am never speaking to her again;)
My life has changed so much in the last year, I've been going over that a lot lately. I would not change it now though, even if I could. I have wonderful friends, wonderful family, and two beautiful girls, and Luke. I have a lot to be grateful for, I just need to be better at remembering all of it!
Days go by, and it's strange how normal continues to define itself. Luke mentioned that we are in this continuous mourning process. We are. First we mourned her when we discovered she was sick, then we mourned that she was loosing some skills, then we mourned that she seemed to be uncomfortable, we mourned her no longer being able to nourish herself, we mourned the loss of strength in her body, then we mourned the loss of her voice... we just loose things, bit by bit. What astounds me is this, regardless of how much we loose there is still so much left. I have discovered new things to rejoice in.
Marie does this thing, eyes wide she raises her eyebrows up, it looks like a surprised face. She gives it to Josie a lot. Marie loves to nurse, even now when she's not very good at it it is her favorite thing. I am her lovey, I love how that feels. She is still ticklish everywhere. Her forehead is ticklish, who has a ticklish forehead? Such tiny things, but they are so important. They are Marie. She is such a blessing.
My friend Sarah called yesterday, she is due to have a baby very soon. Together she and her husband have decided to do something wonderful. If they have a girl she will have the middle name Marie. I get choked up thinking about it. This is such a huge gift to Luke and Josie and I. What an amazing way to honor my girl... Of course, Sarah knows that now that I know this, if she has a boy I am never speaking to her again;)
My life has changed so much in the last year, I've been going over that a lot lately. I would not change it now though, even if I could. I have wonderful friends, wonderful family, and two beautiful girls, and Luke. I have a lot to be grateful for, I just need to be better at remembering all of it!
A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orcahrd white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
To which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends he will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orcahrd white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
To which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends he will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Thank you all!!!
Marie's birthday party this Saturday was amazing! It was so wonderful to have so many people come and show how much they care about her. The cakes were beautiful, made by Aunt Lois so they were extra special. I have some good photos and I'll post them as soon as I get them uploaded. My brother Mickey videoed a lot of the party.
Marie enjoyed some vanilla ice cream, and most importantly, we raised a lot of money for Eli's Angels! What an amazing gift to give in Marie's name... THANK YOU ALL! We, as a family, are so very blessed!
Marie enjoyed some vanilla ice cream, and most importantly, we raised a lot of money for Eli's Angels! What an amazing gift to give in Marie's name... THANK YOU ALL! We, as a family, are so very blessed!
Monday, March 03, 2008
My baby is 1 today!
I cannot believe how quickly the year went by... it seems only yesterday we brought our bundle home. I don't know if it's all the struggles we've faced, how amazing her spirit is, or how much I've learned, but I do know, we are so blessed to get to hold this BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!!
Saturday, March 01, 2008
I believe...
I believe that God sends us things when we need them, be it people, sunny days, a friend with margaritas. I think he knows before I know what exactly I need. It was proven to me again today when I stumbled over the lyrics of an old song I used to love... the words knocked me down. This is me, all my thoughts and feelings, put so much more eloquently than I can...
I SPOKE AS A CHILD, Todd Snider
Everyone has days
Like I'm having
Holding onto to anything that I can
To keep myself
From anything but laughing
Looking back as far as I can stand
Out my window, winter is almost over.
I can almost see the sun behind the clouds
Looking back on where I was one year ago today,
laughing at the shape I'm in now.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child.
But all I heard was how I should get ahead.
Now growing up, it ain't anything but all this indecision
With these debts and doubts and worries
Hanging over my head.
When I was a child,I spoke as a child.
I wish I could remember what I said.
I'd like to find that old-time feeling
Somewhere in between what I've become
Somewhere down the line, it must have seemed appealing,
So I suppose that it must work for some.
But I wanna go back to going crazy,
believing every word that I was told.
You know, sometimes, growing up,
I think I'm getting wiser,
And then other times, I think I'm getting old.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child.
But all I heard was how I should get ahead.
Now growing up, it ain't anything but all this indecision
With these debts and doubts and worries
Hanging over my head.
When I was a child,I spoke as a child.
I wish I could remember what I said.
When I was a child,I spoke as a child.
God, I wish I could remember what I said.
I SPOKE AS A CHILD, Todd Snider
Everyone has days
Like I'm having
Holding onto to anything that I can
To keep myself
From anything but laughing
Looking back as far as I can stand
Out my window, winter is almost over.
I can almost see the sun behind the clouds
Looking back on where I was one year ago today,
laughing at the shape I'm in now.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child.
But all I heard was how I should get ahead.
Now growing up, it ain't anything but all this indecision
With these debts and doubts and worries
Hanging over my head.
When I was a child,I spoke as a child.
I wish I could remember what I said.
I'd like to find that old-time feeling
Somewhere in between what I've become
Somewhere down the line, it must have seemed appealing,
So I suppose that it must work for some.
But I wanna go back to going crazy,
believing every word that I was told.
You know, sometimes, growing up,
I think I'm getting wiser,
And then other times, I think I'm getting old.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child.
But all I heard was how I should get ahead.
Now growing up, it ain't anything but all this indecision
With these debts and doubts and worries
Hanging over my head.
When I was a child,I spoke as a child.
I wish I could remember what I said.
When I was a child,I spoke as a child.
God, I wish I could remember what I said.
Monday, February 25, 2008
PARTY TIME!!!
Marie's 1st birthday party is planned for Saturday, March 8 at 1pm. We will be holding it in the basement of Zion Lutheran Church here in Holyoke.
We'd like to ask that instead of gifts you make a donation in Marie's name instead. Donations can be made to Eli's Angels, http://home.comcast.net/~elis_angels/, or MitoAction, http://www.mitoaction.org/index.shtml . We'll have an offering basket there that day.
I hope that many of you can make it. Marie has touched so many lives, and we want to make sure that we give her the most wonderful birthday party we can, surrounded by all the people who love her! We hope that you can join us that day!
We'd like to ask that instead of gifts you make a donation in Marie's name instead. Donations can be made to Eli's Angels, http://home.comcast.net/~elis_angels/, or MitoAction, http://www.mitoaction.org/index.shtml . We'll have an offering basket there that day.
I hope that many of you can make it. Marie has touched so many lives, and we want to make sure that we give her the most wonderful birthday party we can, surrounded by all the people who love her! We hope that you can join us that day!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Home
We're back again. It's going to take a lot to settle back into any sort of routine. Marie is still sore, still crying a lot, still wants Mommy all the time. And she should... Josie wants me to play with her constantly, I wish I had 4 arms. It's like starting over from scratch again with a newborn, it is hard, I feel like I don't know how to feed my baby anymore...
Marie's surgery went well, they tell us she's doing fantastic. I hate seeing her like this, she is sore, she is tired, she gags on her spit because she cannot swallow like she used to. I hope that we did the right thing, time will tell. Being a parent is really hard, so much harder than I would have ever guessed. I am hurting with Marie right now...
Luke and I are sort of rocked by this. Her surgery was harder on us than we thought it would be. This is only the first stop down the path with Marie, I wish that we could stop walking sometimes and just stay right here. I'm afraid of whats around the bend.
We are being as positive as we can, and so many people tell us to be, it's just hard. Reality is hard. I just want to be pissed off. I'm tired of my baby having it so rough... I hope that she heals soon, I hope that she starts smiling more, I just hate seeing her not feeling well... I hate that Josie has to go through so much with her sister... still we're lucky to be surrounded by some really amazing people. God sends me just who I need whenever I need it, God makes it hard to stay mad at him...
A Cradle Song by William Butler Yeats
The angels are stooping
Above your bed;
They weary of trooping
With the whimpering dead.
God's laughing in Heaven
To see you so good;
The Sailing Seven
Are gay with His mood.
I sigh that kiss you,
For I must own
That I shall miss you
When you have grown.
Marie's surgery went well, they tell us she's doing fantastic. I hate seeing her like this, she is sore, she is tired, she gags on her spit because she cannot swallow like she used to. I hope that we did the right thing, time will tell. Being a parent is really hard, so much harder than I would have ever guessed. I am hurting with Marie right now...
Luke and I are sort of rocked by this. Her surgery was harder on us than we thought it would be. This is only the first stop down the path with Marie, I wish that we could stop walking sometimes and just stay right here. I'm afraid of whats around the bend.
We are being as positive as we can, and so many people tell us to be, it's just hard. Reality is hard. I just want to be pissed off. I'm tired of my baby having it so rough... I hope that she heals soon, I hope that she starts smiling more, I just hate seeing her not feeling well... I hate that Josie has to go through so much with her sister... still we're lucky to be surrounded by some really amazing people. God sends me just who I need whenever I need it, God makes it hard to stay mad at him...
A Cradle Song by William Butler Yeats
The angels are stooping
Above your bed;
They weary of trooping
With the whimpering dead.
God's laughing in Heaven
To see you so good;
The Sailing Seven
Are gay with His mood.
I sigh that kiss you,
For I must own
That I shall miss you
When you have grown.
Friday, February 15, 2008
LA Ink episode featuring Mitochondrial Disease
The verse he refers to is (totally appropriate)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
A Time for Everything
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven
A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search, and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep, and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Music selection...
The current top song is Josie's favorite at the moment. We call it the Combine Song, she heard it in the combine with Daddy over the summer:) It's a little punk rock, but then, so is Josie.
Monday, February 11, 2008
I fixed the photos!!!!
Finally, and in no particular order, here are some new pictures of our girls!!!
Marie got new purple Robeez booties, she loves them and they keep her tootsies warm!
Josie is getting to be quite the artist, here is one of her recent works. They're all done on dry erase board so I've been trying to get photos of the really good ones before she erases them. Daddy is blue, I am green and have no hair, that's Josie up by the sun and Marie down by the tree. No-one ever has any arms... I'm not sure why.
Marie snuggling underneath the prayer blanket we got from Aunt Peggy's church in Estes Park. It's our favorite!
This was just the other day, they were playing hide and seek under the quilt and completely pleased with themselves.
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Our family.... this was the beginning of December...
Christmas Eve, Josie and Marie had matching black velvet dresses...
Marie and Mommy
Josie feeding Marie. She does this often and it's a huge help. Marie still doesn't really care for her bottle but she takes it better from Josie than from Luke or I.
Happy girl...
ELI'S ANGELS BOOK DRIVE
Eli's Angels Book Drive!!!!
Please help us fill our bookshelves for 2008…
We need these items for ages 10 and under
NEW Books
Children’s DVDs
Music CD's
Gift cards to bookstores to purchase books!
Eli’s Angels is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization
for children affected with a Mitochondrial or Metabolic disease.
Each month every child in our program receives a book or small gift.
Our packages bring much deserved support and smiles
as these children and their families courageously struggle with illness.
At this time there are over 138 children in Eli’s Angels!
Please visit our website at: www.ElisAngels.org
Send donations to:Eli's Angels PO BOX 423Eastlake, CO 80614-0423
For questions: akurtz1974@msn.com
Friday, February 08, 2008
Funny Things Josie Says
So we're home, and glad to be here although Josie informed me she'd have been okay staying in the hotel longer. She loves it, and says home is boring. I'm glad that she enjoys our visits to Denver, I see more of them in our future.
It's been awhile since I did my list of funny things, and I want to write it down so that I don't forget. For your reading pleasure:
This is an old one. Before Christmas Josie was sitting in the corner on a little chair with a large pile of toys. Any of you with kids know that sitting quietly in the corner is not always a good thing, who knows what they're up to. So I asked Josie what she was doing. "I'm driving to Neverland." Oh, well, what's the pile of toys for. Josie replied, as though I am the biggest idiot in the world "Well, it's kind of a long drive". Of course it is. Why didn't I think of that?
Driving home from Denver Josie held up four fingers, "I am this old". Then she held up five fingers. "Next year I'll be this old, and I'm all out of fingers." She then held up her other hand, "It's okay because I've got more (fingers)!".
My cousin Renee filled me in on this one and it cracked me up. She watched Josie during our Metabolic apt. and they went check out the glass elevator at Children's. Josie crouched down behind the glass wall, Renee asked her what she was doing. "I'm hiding" Josie said. Only at 4 years old can you be invisible behind a glass wall!
There's more that I'm forgetting now, but, she did keep us smiling through our trip!
It's been awhile since I did my list of funny things, and I want to write it down so that I don't forget. For your reading pleasure:
This is an old one. Before Christmas Josie was sitting in the corner on a little chair with a large pile of toys. Any of you with kids know that sitting quietly in the corner is not always a good thing, who knows what they're up to. So I asked Josie what she was doing. "I'm driving to Neverland." Oh, well, what's the pile of toys for. Josie replied, as though I am the biggest idiot in the world "Well, it's kind of a long drive". Of course it is. Why didn't I think of that?
Driving home from Denver Josie held up four fingers, "I am this old". Then she held up five fingers. "Next year I'll be this old, and I'm all out of fingers." She then held up her other hand, "It's okay because I've got more (fingers)!".
My cousin Renee filled me in on this one and it cracked me up. She watched Josie during our Metabolic apt. and they went check out the glass elevator at Children's. Josie crouched down behind the glass wall, Renee asked her what she was doing. "I'm hiding" Josie said. Only at 4 years old can you be invisible behind a glass wall!
There's more that I'm forgetting now, but, she did keep us smiling through our trip!
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Gearing up for a long week!
I wanted to post quickly tonight, we're just getting ready to head for Denver tommorow afternoon. We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Express, and Luke and I will both have our cell phones.
Josie is excited, she really had fun last time we went to an appointment at Childrens, and my Mom is coming to stay and help us out Monday thru Tuesday. We also are going to have dinner with my friend Britt on Tuesday night and we're looking forward to that.
All in all, we're just getting ready. I'll have a lot to update you all on when we get home I'm sure. Right now the plan is to be home Wednesday evening, and I'll update the CaringBridge site then. Much Love- Shan
HOPE
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the
words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Emily Dickenson
Josie is excited, she really had fun last time we went to an appointment at Childrens, and my Mom is coming to stay and help us out Monday thru Tuesday. We also are going to have dinner with my friend Britt on Tuesday night and we're looking forward to that.
All in all, we're just getting ready. I'll have a lot to update you all on when we get home I'm sure. Right now the plan is to be home Wednesday evening, and I'll update the CaringBridge site then. Much Love- Shan
HOPE
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the
words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Emily Dickenson
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Rock me...
Ah, I think this is my new theme song. Rocking my baby seems to be about all I do, but I'm being careful to treasure this time. It is so nice when she is snuggly, all the crying I could do without.
I wanted to let everyone know I updated the CaringBridge site... Until later, Shan
Daffodils - a poem by by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
I wanted to let everyone know I updated the CaringBridge site... Until later, Shan
Daffodils - a poem by by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
THANK YOU!!!!
Luke and I are so touched by the overwhelming amount of support we have received in the last few days. Everyone is just so wonderful, I get all teary every time I think about how much everyone has done for us!
Thank you for the meals, I cannot tell you what a relief it is not to have to worry about what we'll have for dinner. To not have to worry about finding time to cook is a blessing. Marie is still having pain, which translates into crying fits and all I can do is hold her, almost all day. To have one less worry is such a relief. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the Women of Zion and the other's I know that have helped. You are all wonderful, Luke and I are deeply grateful.
Josie is enjoying all of this too. Thank you very much to Don and Jan for their gift of "tea party supplies" to Josie. It was wonderful of you to think of her. Also, Rita K- Josie said while eating your meatballs, "Max's Grandma made these? Max's Grandma is a beautiful cook".
We are just humbled by how much everyone has jumped to do for us, we are grateful. I hope that soon the doctors can help Marie to feel better (her surgery will help they tell me), and I look forward to having my arms free again.... It is so wonderful to have so many care for us when we need it though, thank you!
Thank you for the meals, I cannot tell you what a relief it is not to have to worry about what we'll have for dinner. To not have to worry about finding time to cook is a blessing. Marie is still having pain, which translates into crying fits and all I can do is hold her, almost all day. To have one less worry is such a relief. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the Women of Zion and the other's I know that have helped. You are all wonderful, Luke and I are deeply grateful.
Josie is enjoying all of this too. Thank you very much to Don and Jan for their gift of "tea party supplies" to Josie. It was wonderful of you to think of her. Also, Rita K- Josie said while eating your meatballs, "Max's Grandma made these? Max's Grandma is a beautiful cook".
We are just humbled by how much everyone has jumped to do for us, we are grateful. I hope that soon the doctors can help Marie to feel better (her surgery will help they tell me), and I look forward to having my arms free again.... It is so wonderful to have so many care for us when we need it though, thank you!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Help
Luke and I had mentioned that I would post this here. I don't want to detract from Josie's birthday post below (so please read that!) but we have hit a point where we have to accept that life has changed and we can no-longer pretend to be completely normal.
Marie is progressing, she is having a lot of pain now and we're working with the doctors to correct that (to read up on specifically what's new with Marie please go to the CaringBridge site). That said, I spend almost all my time holding her and on bad days that's all I do. I am struggling to find time to clean and make dinner and so I'm asking for help. This is difficult since I have the fault of being a little proud, and also, those who know me well can attest, I am a complete control freak. Ask Luke about it, he'll be glad to share stories on how crazy I can be.
Anyway, I know that there are a lot of you who have offered to help, and I'm always at a loss for what to say when asked. I am listing things here, please don't feel pressured to do anything, but if you'd like to help, this is what we need:
*casseroles for the freezer (on bad days this will help me so much!)
*someone willing to come play with the girls a few hours (on call) so that I can clean the house (this is on hold until Luke finishes the bathroom, I'm on a cleaning strike until then)
*when Luke starts farming again someone to take Josie to ballet at the Peereless at 4pm on Monday afternoons.
I'll probably have to add to this as time goes on, taking care of Marie takes up a lot of time and I know in the future it will only take more. I try to spend my free time with Josie, so I'm a little strapped.
Thank you so much to everyone who's helped us out so far, and to those who have offered (sorry I'm always at a loss when you ask me in person!)!
Much Love- Shan
Marie is progressing, she is having a lot of pain now and we're working with the doctors to correct that (to read up on specifically what's new with Marie please go to the CaringBridge site). That said, I spend almost all my time holding her and on bad days that's all I do. I am struggling to find time to clean and make dinner and so I'm asking for help. This is difficult since I have the fault of being a little proud, and also, those who know me well can attest, I am a complete control freak. Ask Luke about it, he'll be glad to share stories on how crazy I can be.
Anyway, I know that there are a lot of you who have offered to help, and I'm always at a loss for what to say when asked. I am listing things here, please don't feel pressured to do anything, but if you'd like to help, this is what we need:
*casseroles for the freezer (on bad days this will help me so much!)
*someone willing to come play with the girls a few hours (on call) so that I can clean the house (this is on hold until Luke finishes the bathroom, I'm on a cleaning strike until then)
*when Luke starts farming again someone to take Josie to ballet at the Peereless at 4pm on Monday afternoons.
I'll probably have to add to this as time goes on, taking care of Marie takes up a lot of time and I know in the future it will only take more. I try to spend my free time with Josie, so I'm a little strapped.
Thank you so much to everyone who's helped us out so far, and to those who have offered (sorry I'm always at a loss when you ask me in person!)!
Much Love- Shan
4 years old...
Josie's birthday was awesome. She had her party on Saturday night at Schmidt's. She loved that we had pizza, and her cake looked wonderful (it was white and pink with tiny pink and yellow roses and a picture of Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty on it, I have pics but of course I still haven't fixed my computer so I can't post them yet). Anyway, she had a blast.
Everyone completely spoiled her, we are really lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends. She got to name a few things: a gift "ther-trif-ic-kit" to Inklings Book Store, a Little Spout Cabbage Patch Doll that went to church with us Sunday morning, a really beautiful necklace with a busy bee on it, just like Josie. She also got tons of coloring books, a big floor coloring/painting mat with Barbie from her friends Brittney and Kayla. I have to say "friends" because now that Josie is grown up and 4 she informed me that she doesn't need babysitters anymore.
Sunday morning the entire church sang happy birthday to Josie, then afterwards we got Chinese food and her Grandma Judy came from Greeley. Her Aunt Stacey and Uncle Glendon were already here with cousin Gavin, and together with Papa Steve we had a nice afternoon. Josie got a leap-pad from Grandma J that she loves, and I think we'll use her birthday money to buy a few more books when we're in Denver next week (back to Children's, hooray!).
All in all it was a really good weekend, Marie did good at the party and yesterday afternoon (Sunday morning was really rough for her though). I cannot believe my baby girl is 4! She tells me next week she'll be 5 and she'd really like another pizza party!
Everyone completely spoiled her, we are really lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends. She got to name a few things: a gift "ther-trif-ic-kit" to Inklings Book Store, a Little Spout Cabbage Patch Doll that went to church with us Sunday morning, a really beautiful necklace with a busy bee on it, just like Josie. She also got tons of coloring books, a big floor coloring/painting mat with Barbie from her friends Brittney and Kayla. I have to say "friends" because now that Josie is grown up and 4 she informed me that she doesn't need babysitters anymore.
Sunday morning the entire church sang happy birthday to Josie, then afterwards we got Chinese food and her Grandma Judy came from Greeley. Her Aunt Stacey and Uncle Glendon were already here with cousin Gavin, and together with Papa Steve we had a nice afternoon. Josie got a leap-pad from Grandma J that she loves, and I think we'll use her birthday money to buy a few more books when we're in Denver next week (back to Children's, hooray!).
All in all it was a really good weekend, Marie did good at the party and yesterday afternoon (Sunday morning was really rough for her though). I cannot believe my baby girl is 4! She tells me next week she'll be 5 and she'd really like another pizza party!
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