Baby Maverick

We've had a good weekend. Friday evening we went over to Greg's Aunt Sheila and Uncle Bob's house for a cookout. Most of the people from his dad's side of the family were there. Unfortunately, we haven't gotten together with all of them in several years. We had a wonderful time and I'd like to think little Mav played a part in making it happen. When he was in the hospital several of our relatives from Greg's side of the family came to sit with Mav in the evenings at the hospital. We've all become much closer since. I've loved getting to know them all - they're wonderful people. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins. I remember playing with my cousins as a child and what fun it was. I want that for the kids.

There were two sweet babies there - both were Sheila and Bob's grandchildren. Chloe tried to take over the care of little Kayleigh. Little Cooper was tired and was trying to go to sleep, so he was off the hook. Chloe got in on K's bath and fed her a bottle and helped put her in her jammies. She (Chloe) enjoyed it sooo much. Thanks to her parents Kasey and Paul for being so tolerant of her "help." Little K seemed to be okay with it, too.

Chloe helping with the bath - Miss K wasn't having such a great time at this moment.

Little Miss K loved Maddie's sparkly shirt.

Cooper is the son of Jill and Justin. They live in Texas and Justin visited us and little Mav a lot while he was in the hospital. It was great to see them and their sweet baby boy. This was the first time we got to meet both the babies. Thanks so much to Bob and Sheila for hosting the event. We really enjoyed it.

Greg with baby Cooper.

I think Carter wore Justin out. They played "washers."

Saturday was spent working on Maddie's desk and cleaning up Chloe's room. I'm still trying to get stuff ready for a garage sale. Hopefully I'll be ready this weekend. That may be a bit ambitious - we'll see. The pile in the garage is definitely growing.

I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, so we slept in this morning. Tonight is the last night the kids are staying up late. We'll try to get everyone (myself included) back into a routine before school starts on Wednesday.

The girls and I went to a wedding shower this afternoon. Greg and Carter had some male bonding time. C-man and I are having some time together tomorrow. When Maddie and I got home the other day from our "girls day" he asked when we could have our day together. Awww - isn't that sweet? So, tomorrow is our day and I'm sure we'll spend most of it at the skate park. I haven't looked at the weather, but I hope it's not as hot tomorrow as it was today.

I just finished reading the Sunday paper. There was an article about a patient in London who received a heart transplant at five months old. They left her original heart in hoping that the new heart would allow her own heart time to heal (she had two hearts in her chest). They've recently removed the donated heart and her heart is functioning well and has healed. She's now sixteen and is playing sports and living a normal life. I hope someday there are even more options for babies with sick hearts. Here's a link to the story if you're interested.http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=106&sid=1717022

Here's a sweet video of our sweet baby Mav.