Where Is The Humility?

While my sister Rhonda was here, she and Colby were sitting at the piano playing. Colby was showing off his playing abilities (which consists of twinkle, twinkle little star) and then he stopped at one point and said, "this is the part where you say good job". Is there a such thing as over praising your kids? I think Colby needs to eat a slice of humble pie and we need to find a happy medium. He is just a crack up!

Como Say What?

Joshua has a unique, two-toned cry. It is like his cry is hitting two different notes at the same time. Well, the pediatrician suggested Joshua see a Specialist. Today was the day to see the specialist. They put a scope through his nose to look at his throat. Oh my! Poor little Joshua. Good thing he is too young to be permanently mentally damaged for life! The Doc didn't see anything constricting his airway or anything serious. Phew! But he did say he saw some mucous and some, as he phrased it, "screamers callous". He says you see it mostly in 2 year olds from screaming and in singers. Okay, so how does a newborn have something like this??? He said that it could have just been the mucous broken up instead of callouses. Ok. Basically it is nothing to worry about and is nothing serious and will go away. They want to see him again in 4 months just to make sure all is well. So, curious as I was about what he said, I came home and looked up "screamers callous" on the internet and found absolutely nothing! I tried to find something about his unusual cry and found nothing! So what is it??? Did the Specialist have his own lingo? While I do appreciate them and the work they did for my sweet little baby, I can't help but say...."Como, say what???" So my question is.......has anyone heard of this before?? Or does our Joshua have some completely rare, but actually cool cry? Oh baby Joshua we love you and your two-toned cry! And your daddy is right, you are going to make an awesome lead singer when you are older!

Carson Is A Big 2 Year Old!

So I have to get caught up on some summer activities. First being Carson's birthday. We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's with Nate's family and Cars got to share his birthday with his cousin Julia. (they are just 2 days apart) Carson LOVES Cars and Lightening McQueen (or as he calls him "Ightning"), so guess what kind of cake he got?? One of my favorite things to do is make birthday cakes. I LOVE birthdays!

What Happened To July??

I need to play some catch up. I attended the H* Family reunion in WA. This is my mom's side of the fam, so it was strange to be at a reunion without her. We had a great time, though! Here are some pics that my sister took from the festivities.

The E*/S* fam, minus my men.

Rhonda and Zeke (I love this picture!)

My dad, Uncle Doug and Uncle Richard

Here we are checking out the talent show

Nae even sang in the talent show and did a fabulous job! That tree in the background is the family tree. My mom had 10 siblings. That makes for one BIG tree!

My brothers, Mark (left) and Cory (right). They are a crack up!

I also got to go take some flowers to my mom's grave with my dad. It is set in such a beautiful place. Here is a picture of the view from my mom's plot.

I miss her tremendously!