Life on the Mississippi

Hello everyone!

I trust this finds you all well and enjoying spring....for the most part, we have been doing just that, with a few hindrances on the side. As I mentioned in my previous post, my parents came and went, and had a lovely time. Since they left, life has become even more insane, if that is possible. Bray has been working tons, plus preparing for the upcomin NY competition- and Hobbes has been keeping both of us hopping.

We had our first serious scare yesterday- Hobbes had fallen asleep on our bed, and Bray had put pillows on both sides of him. He is currently not officially crawling yet, but somehow, in the few minutes we were in the living room doing something, he scooched and rolled off our bed (2-3 ft)onto the hardwood floor. Needless to say, we were very worried, but he wasnt bleeding or anything, so Bray went to work, and Hobbes kept crying. I got out my parenting book, and was reading about head injuries, and for what had happened, they recommended immediately going to the hospital. Well, I was about to call Bray, when Hobbes started throwing up profusely, which sent me into a near panic....I called Bray, and we drove 45 min to the hospital. There, we went to the emergency room, had to wait 45min plus, but by this time Hobbes seemed to be returning to normal. In the car, he had kept getting sick, and I had kept him awake the whole time. Finally, 4 hours and one CT scan later, we were given the clear, and Hobbes is fine and dandy. God is merciful!

So, besides the norm of business and day to day routines, music stuff, hospitals, etc, we are doing well, and are very thankful at the graciousness of God! Love to you all!

PS- this is Hobbes enjoying sucking spaghetti noodles, and the pansies in one of our window boxes-I love flowers!

Oops:)

As you can see from the previous post, I accidentally hit the enter button as I was about to type, and it published...so I'll explain the pics in this blog. As I had mentioned, my fam came down from Idaho and Wisconsin to see us last week- and we had a wonderful, crazy, too short time together. We took them around the south- we went into the huge plantation house we had only seen the outside of last time, we shopped, ate, walked, played, and just had a good time together. My aunt Wendy and her fam were kind enough to drive down from Wisconsin as well, so we had a full house! But, oh, what fun!Hobbes loved all the attention- which I have truly noticed this week, as it's just me to entertain him during the day now.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, I do have internet at my house!!! So I shall be able to keep in better touch with all of you. Yay! The next month and a half are going to be crazzzyyy! I know I say that a lot, but this time it's reallly true. Bray made the finals for a Kurt Weill (composer) competition in New York in April, so he'll head up there and compete- pray it goes well...and my sister Carolyn comes April 1, so I get to play some more. We're getting very excited for my brother Seth's wedding, and seeing all the wonderful Moscow people again. Not to mention Bucer's coffee. Well, that's the major news for now, so until next time..love yall!
(Iknow, I did it, I wrote the Southern yall...just to keep you guys interested)
For the pics-me and the buddy wearing our cowboy hats and being crazy,
one is of the fam outside my house, my dad and Hobbes having a memorable moment on the tree stump outside our house(it was a Beautiful day), another is a really artsy pic of Uncle Matt and Hobbes through the window in Monroe-see the reflection of the clouds? I thought that was neat, and last but not least, another cool shot of the Mississippi river-for those of you who have only seen it on the cover of Mark Twain's book.:)
For my mom's benefit only:me and Bray really miss you:) heehee

The

Story:The Busy Little Hobbes; by his mom

Hobbes is a little boy. He is very young. He cannot walk or crawl, but does his best to get around. He has several favorite things he likes to do- eat, sleep, play, and cuddle with mom and dad.
Each day, Hobbes tries something new. Sometimes it's a new vegetable, sometimes something he's found on the ground, and sometimes just whatever comes into his head. Most often he goes with the latter. This week, Hobbes decided to do something different every day.
The first day, he stood up in his car seat in the grocery cart while riding in the store with mom and dad- and he didn't even fall down!

The second day, he decided to try to be like his Grandpa Garfield and learn to play the drums-but most of the time he just liked to put them in his mouth.
The third day, Hobbes found an apple a piano student had given his mom-and he decided that he should have it, too. So, he did...yum!
The fourth day, Hobbes got tired of all the hullabaloo, and decided to take all his clothes off and 'air out.' So, once again, he did- but, mom caught him!
The fifth day, Hobbes was just about to take out mom's Subway sandwich and eat it while she was driving, but....he fell asleep.

THE END!!!

PS- This is an actual restaurant near Natchez, that Bray and I accidentally found a week ago- it's called 'Mammy's Cupboard.' Fun, eh? We love you all! Oh, and for those of you who are wondering, I'm not computer illiterate, we just had to get a different modem, so our internet is still 'on the way.' We'll let you know when it's actually up and functional.