Learning to roll with the punches

I am terrible at keeping up with this blog, i am hoping after the baby comes i can do a better job...So there may be many random facts i put in posts just to log them, not because they all fit together perfectly in a 'post'
Erics favorite sayings" Sweep Sweeper= street sweeper- pack pack = back pack He hurt is chin the other day trying to put on his helmet he pinched his lip hard enough for it to bleed, to which he yelled and tried to convince us 'he was going to go to heaven soon" ( from the injury im guessing)
The last month has been very difficult for several reasons/ Bills injury to his arm put him on lights duty. On his first day of reporting for light duty another event (back spasm) took place, debilitating him. After an ER visit and 2 weeks light duty her reported back to shift work. He worked 1 24 hour shift this last tuesday. He reported to his shift on friday, around 10 am started having abdominal paid that worsened as the day went on, he came home sick at 4, by 6 we realized it was not going to get better, so we headed to silverton ER. Unfortunately they did not ultrasound bill's belly...we were sent home with a diagnosis of gastritis...that night neither of us got sleep, trying to manage his pain and nausea with our home pharmaceuticals. In the morning i called first thing to get an follow up with our primary. Bills sever pain on the way to the office subsided by the time we saw the doctor. The doctor decided to have an ultra sound done anyway. This showed there was an issue with his appendix. Long story short, bill had emergent surgery at 5 that night to remove his appendix that had perforated (we are guessing this perforation happened upon our arrival to dr. office...accounting for the pain relief). We are home now, after three nights at salem hospital we are blancing 2 antibiotics and bills pain. We are very thankful for where we are, his prognosis could have been MUCH worse because of the perforation to the appendix. So begins a schedule that includes me doing many closing shifts at Costco. Bills mom LInda is our angel, providing childcare essentially when we need it and she is not working, just another thing to be thankful for! AND bill and i had hoped to have 2 nights away together before this baby was born....God delivers in unconventional ways at times, our two night getaway was complete with two hospital beds and a view of a cement building, we had room service, and a selection of videos any child would dream of, as our stay was in the pediatric unit. We have to find ways to laugh in the midst of teh storm dont we?

Boys will be boys

This last weekend was one for the books! Friday Aaron stabbed himself with a steak knife...1 cm puncture wound from what i could determine by the size of hole in his jeans the knife went in 1/2 inch. Bathed and bandaged him. Saturday aaron decided to see what would happen when he stuck his finger into a piece sheet metal and turned it, slicing open the tip.....then sunday....the boys are outside playing while bill (he is refurbishing a BBQ) while bill is grabbing a tool in the garage eric decides to do a little spraying himself..literally! he sprayed the right side of his face with black spray paint. Bill did not see it at first and because eric could not see himself he was acting like "ill just act like nothing happened" until bill saw his face! he could not stop laughing as he looked at himself in the mirror. They make our days very interesting!

First Post

This is my first attempt at starting a blog! I'm a little intimidated by the task, but have realized that i will not be able to scrapbook or document our family any other way that will stay neat and tidy and sustain the damage that little ones can create! I hope this will also keep my family updated with the happenings under our roof, since talking on the phone is practically impossible! Enjoy!