Dad Scare

I had one of the biggest scares I've ever had today. My dad wasn't feeling well and ended up going to the hospital with symptoms like a heart attack. When my mom told me, I was at work, and I got that feeling people describe as "veins turning to ice". I walked right down to Kris's office and said, "Kris, my dad's in the hospital..." and when I was describing what happened, I just lost it. I've never thought about my parents as anything but invincible - they are my constants and have always ALWAYS been there for me. I was not - AM not - prepared for anything to happen to either of them.

Luckily, Kris said, "GO!" and I went. I went home, and mom went to Decatur Memorial Hospital for the tests. I prayed the whole way home. (And called Mandy, even though Mom told me not to get everyone worried.) It turns out it was NOT a heart attack (thank you, GOD!), but we're a little worried about his lungs. He doesn't complain EVER, so it's hard to know when something is wrong. He'll probably kill me just for writing about it on here. But hey, the more prayers, the better. He has more tests tonight and tomorrow.

I love him so much!

5 Months Already?!

Here is Beckett's 5-month photo shoot. We took these pictures before work today - Mom was helping me get him to look. I'm using the new camera for the first time, too. I think the shutter speed is lagging a little and I need to figure out how to speed it up.

Anyway, what was so cute this time was noticing the differences in Beckett's personality during the pictures. You can see he is starting to develop his own ideas about things by the pictures! The changes are amazing. Most notably:
1) He could sit up in the chair.
2) He chose to lounge instead.
3) When he got sick of that, he wiggle-wormed his way out of the chair and then looked at me like, "Are you seriously going to keep taking pictures, you crazy woman?"

Happy 5 months, baby!

Daddy Helps

Beckett kept looking behind him this morning during his birthday photo shoot. Mom and I called Shonn into the bedroom and he just lit up. In this picture, he's grinning up at his dad, probably thinking, "Please save me, Daddy!" (Or, "You won't believe the things I'm getting mommy to do so I'll smile!")

 

Buddies!

When I came to pick Beckett up from Casey's today, he was on a wagon ride with Kiptyn (Casey's little guy)! The boys are about 6 months apart, which is such a drastic difference at this age, but they will be in the same grade when they start school. Smitty (Kiptyn's dad) is hilarious - he is already counting on the dream team for Redskins Football, Class of 2029... (Yipes-that sounds sci-fi!) I'm pretty sure both boys are headed to the defensive line.

Love Note

Part of why I love my job...

Love this.

More hats

I mean, really?

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Special Vistior!

Grandpa Hild came to see Beckett yesterday! Beckett is spoiled with Grandma love, but he doesn't get to see his Grandpa that often, so it was a very special treat. (We were very thankful it rained so Grandpa didn't have to work in the fields.) You can tell he loves his Grandpa - they even went fishing like real modern men...on Grandma's iPad!

Janis found this cool app called the Pocket Pond, which is a virtual pond with Coy, Dragonflies, bugs, lillypads, and other fish in it. Whenever you touch the screen, the fish and insects scurry away as if they sense your presence. It is really neat, and Beckett loves it. When Janis told us about it, Shonn got it for his iPad, too, and so now he and Beckett can go fishing together every night!

Thanks for the visit, Grandpa Hild!