Some More Updates
Posted By Colleen on September 13, 2008
First off, I want to thank all of you for your warm thoughts and all your prayers. Unfortunately Justin’s Uncle Thom passed away Friday afternoon. Justin’s sister, Jen, has much better details here. If you don’t mind, please keep the whole family in your thoughts while they grieve their loss.
Some of you may be aware that Cooper only has one tooth (and for those of you I purked 2 or 3 weeks ago about a 2nd tooth? I was wrong–it was an illusion). Well, he now does actually have that second tooth. yay! And the low-grade fever he had yesterday which kept me home with him was a result of the tooth (so far, knock on wood). He was still a little warm, was fussy and clingy all day today, and had a hard time going down to bed this evening…but so far no further ear issues (that we can tell…yet).
Gavin brought some papers home yesterday that he had done throughout the week. I kind of hate admitting it, but a lot of his papers and artwork tend to hit the trash because I can tell they’re just busy-work. But this one caught my attention and brought a tear to my eye:
The instructions were to draw something that make you special; Gavin drew a picture of himself with Cooper. That sound you just heard? Was my heart bursting with pride and joy and love.
This is a blog where I will share my adventures and mundane tasks as a work-out-of-home-mom. I now have 2 kids and my wonderful husband, so the juggling has gotten a little bit more tricky (man-on-man defense). We also have 2 dogs and 3 cats (we used to have 4) so as you can imagine, our household is pretty busy. Since I never feel like I'm being listened to, I figured I'll just start talking at the general Internet community and see what happens.
Awww, how sweet. I love brotherly love.
So sorry to read about Justin’s uncle
Gavin’s picture of himself with Cooper; that is just so precious!!!
Gavin is such a sweetie.
I hope Cooper feels better soon! And yay second tooth!
Oh my God that’s the sweetest thing EVER! Frame it. Keep it forever!!!
Sorry about your uncle. Some things just suck in the worst way.
- but the picture is sure a keeper!
So sorry about your loss. Prayer going out your way.
And congrats to Cooper!!! Yay teeth!
Oh my goodness, how sweet! That’s a keeper for sure!
So sorry to hear about your loss, we’ll be keeping your family in our prayers.
I’m sorry to hear about Justin’s uncle. We will be thinking about you guys and his family.
I’m so sorry about Justin’s uncle.
That picture needs to be laminated.
That is the sweetest picture ever…
Awww! That is too sweet! And I too tend to send a great deal of Cooper’s artwork straight to the trash – mostly because I can tell he wasn’t interested, and did nothing more than glue a single green square to a 16 x 16 inch piece of butcher paper.
I think the art is adorable. How great that he’s happy to be a big brother.
I just love his handlebar mustache!
Oh hun I am so sorry foy your loss. And that picture made me smile.
Sorry about the loss in your family
What a great heart bursting moment that picture brought about!
That picture is a framer!
I’m so sorry about Justin’s uncle.
That picture is so incredibly sweet! Especially considering it was something that makes him feel special! I love it!