An Unexpected Visit

Last week, we made a trip to NY to attend Seth's Papa's funeral. Seth loved his Papa so much and has lots of great memories with him. We were very glad that we saw him this spring and he was able to visit with both of the kids. He will definitely be missed but we have great joy that we will see him again one day.

The actual driving part was a nightmare. Is it just me or is 81 getting worse? Maybe it is partly because we have kids now and it never fails, once one of them falls asleep we come to a complete standstill and it wakes them up. Jack has never slept good in the car but Ella has always done great, until this trip. She is getting 2 bottom teeth and she was a wee bit cranky. Thank goodness for our new van which made it bearable at least. On the other hand, since babies need to stop to nurse that means we got to do some shopping and I was able to find brand new summer clothes for the kids for $1.99! Oh, and I also got to read a book to Seth and then read a library book to myself when it was quiet soooo, I guess it wasn't a complete nightmare! ;-)

During his 15 minute catnap

Speaking of Jack, he had a pretty bad accident towards the end of the week. He got his right index finger crushed and lacerated in the stroller's hinge. It definitely needed emergency care. He had it glued shut or so we thought. Yesterday, we noticed that the glue had come off and that his cut was not shut at all. A trip to the pediatrician confirmed that since it was such a jagged, swollen cut glue could never keep it together. He says it will heal fine but it will just take a while and we need to be extra careful that it doesn't become infected. We did learn that Jack has a very high pain tolerance and earned the patient of the year from the emergency doctor. I also found out that our stroller has a recall on that part with over 100 reported cases of injuries including some amputations. My replacement part should be on it's way to us soon and we are praising God that it wasn't any worse than it was.

Our zoo plans got put on hold because his accident happened that morning. We did however, take a trip to the mall earlier in the week specifically so, Jack could go on his first carousel ride. I think he liked it!

Jack got a manly horse!

We also hung out on my parent's deck every day.

We drank iced coffee, chatted and read...it was lovely!

Ella relieved some teeth pressure or...

lounged in the hammock!

Jack got to go in the sprinkler with his cousins and to the pool with his Gammy.

A very generous family gave us a bike trailer that they were not using anymore.

We cleaned it up before we came home and now it is ready for our upcoming beach trip!