Sunday

The weekends have been hard for me lately.  Stephen has been spending a lot of time at the hospital on the weekends and I have been missing him so much!  Sunday, he was going to stay home with us for the majority of the day and I was so excited!  I woke up feeling pretty sick, so Stephen took Stephen to get donuts for breakfast and I took a bunch of medicine and a hot bath.  I was feeling a little better by the time they got home and we were all playing in the living room when Stephen's mom called.

His grandma was back in the hospital and not doing well at all.  She has been sick since the beginning of October and we had planned to take a weekend trip to see her when we got back from Destin, but then Steve got sick so we didn't get to go.  Since things with Steve were touch and go and things changed so quickly with him, Stephen didn't want to leave and be so far away if something happened to his dad.  But, now that Steve is doing much better, Stephen decided he should go see his grandma.  He called Marci and asked her to go with him and he let our house around 10:30 am.

I knew he needed to go see his grandma and I am so happy Steve is doing better so he felt comfortable leaving town, but I was just so sad to see him go.  I wished we could have gone with him, but they were coming home Monday and I couldn't miss another day of work.

But you know what the great thing about having kids is?  Even though they are a ton of work and at the end of the day I am exhausted, they bring you so much joy!!  Our Sunday ended up being a great day because I got to spend it with my little boy who brings me so much happiness!!!

After Stephen left, we did some coloring.  Stephen learned that he could stack his markers and thought that was so cool!











We ate lunch (you can see Stephen still has a little on his mouth) and then went into the living room to play some more.   Stephen was covering up his puppy with his little blankie and would then pat him on the back.  It was so cute and sweet!













Stephen took a nap and then we went to the park when he woke up.  Our weather has been crazy lately.  Earlier this week, one night the low was 38 degrees and we had to turn our heater on.  Sunday is was 80 degrees and we were in shorts!

He was cleaning up all of the leaves on this landing and handing them to me one by one.





He did so good at the park and doesn't make me as nervous.  This particular park I used to have to follow him around the entire thing (as in down the tubes, etc.) because there are just too many places where he could get hurt.  But today, he did so good and I could just stand and watch him.  He could also climb up this slide which he always wants to do, but has never been able to.



We left the park and went grocery shopping and then came home and played outside.  He loves his scooter and is really good at it.



When I was looking at that picture it hit me just how big he really is.  It seems like just yesterday he was this tiny baby.





And that was our Sunday.  Stephen had a good visit with his grandma and as much as we missed him, I am so glad he went to see her.  They are not really sure what all is going on with her, but hopefully they will get some answers soon.  She is in a lot of pain and having a really hard time so if you wouldn't mind praying for her, I would greatly appreciate it.