When I got to work on Thursday morning, I learned that my boss, Kiki, had gotten "the call" from INOVA and she had gone to Fairfax for her lung transplant. Apparently Kiki was really scared and anxious on the way to Fairfax and then she became "at peace" that this was all in God's hands. Unfortunately, at 2am on Thursday she was told that the transplant was not going to happen. She still isn't clear on what happened but she and her husband packed up and came back to Richmond in the early morning. Her daughter had flown from Atlanta to Washington that night and her son was en route by car from Atlanta. Too bad it was a dry run. This whole experience has been so emotional. I am continually inspired by Kiki's perseverance. Please keep her and her family in your prayers. I so hope that she will get a new, healthy lung soon.
I wanted to share a few "Ian quotes" from today. We were driving from daycare to Chick-fil-a and Ian said, "My knees have hair on them, I'm starting to look like a daddy!" That cracked me up since I've always said that I know I will have children who are short and hairy. Later, when we were leaving Chick-fil-a, Ian said, "Mommy I want to fly to the moon. I've never been there." I said, "Well, you need to be an astronaut so you can fly in a space shuttle." He said, "Okay, I will do that." At bedtime Ian said, "When I am 17, I will drive a monster truck. Ruby can ride on your lap in my monster truck. It will jump so high that it goes over the clouds."
He is always thinking...
I've really been struggling with his behavior since he turned 4-years-old. Today was a good day. His name was not put on the board at daycare (for not listening) and we didn't have any time-outs at bath/bedtime. Yeah!
Ruby has been exploding with language and is such a happy little girl! She loves to play outside and sing the end of the alphabet song. She's not especially fond of the whole alphabet song, just the end... Every afternoon she gets in the car after daycare and says, "Chick-fil-a?" I say, "not today." She says, "Oh man!" So funny.
We had a good weekend even though Daddy worked OT on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday afternoon we went to our neighbor's birthday party. It was a party for their 2 children who are turning 7 and 4. Ian goes to daycare with the 4 year old boy, Marco. It was a fun party because they are Filipino and Marco's father cooks a great Filipino foods. We got to meet a lot of people and the children had a great time playing. They even sent a plate of food for Chris to enjoy when he gets home from work (12:00 or 1:00 am).
Sunday morning was nice because Chris let me go shopping in the morning alone. I needed a new bathing suit and as my dad says, "I'd rather lie on nails.." But, I went anyway and found a suit at Kohl's. It's not my favorite but it will work. I'm going to look some more later but this will do for now. I also found a nice dress and a couple of items at Old Navy. Later on Sunday I took Ian and Ruby to Crump Park and Erik, Landen, Kate, and Cohen met us there. Meg was on her way home from Northern VA and helping with new baby, Aislin Alexis Helsley (welcome sweet baby!). We had a great time but when it appeared that the sky was going to open up and pour rain, we left. It never rained so after dinner the 3 of us headed out for a walk to the playground and we enjoyed talking and hanging out with some neighbors there.
Now we're just trying to get through the week. I'm look forward to a 4 day weekend and we're counting down to the opening of the Magnolia Ridge pool. I'm also excited about seeing Sex and the City 2. I'm thankful that Chris will be home all weekend too.
I've got to get ready for tomorrow...
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