Charred Chicken and other little things

gigglin little girl

Just a little blog about an uneventful turned eventful weekend and such..
Jason and I had a little more of an eventful weekend than we had planned.  Sunday morning we discovered a pipe had broken in our basement, probably 4 days earlier, and water had been soaking the newer carpet and streaming down the walls..but luckily, Jason's sister Sara's boyfriend, Shane, is in the landscape/sprinkler business and came over in a jiffy to help us out.  Hopefully nothing a few rental pieces from Home Depot won't fix.  Then one of our dogs, Mr. Blue, came down with a swollen eye from a sty or a bug bite.  Next, a malfunction of the garbage disposal.  And then a GIGGLE from our Little Lu.  She seemed to think the order of events was somewhat funny and decided to give her mommy 4 sweet little giggles in a row- a RECORD breaking giggle session for Lu!  Now that's a Great day!

We also had planned to go to a couple open houses that afternoon to check out a few bigger homes that caught our eye-and all signs that day were pointing to BUY a new house!  So, a walk to the homes with dogs and stroller with Lu en tote was what we did.  However, when we got to the house and were picking up Lucia to go inside, one of Lucia's parents did not realize she was 'venting' her button (hooked up to a tube with a vent on the end so she can burp after feeds).  The vent in this case was tied to the side of the stroller so it wouldn't tip and spill any burp fluid...   So lifting Lucia out of the stroller, out came HER BUTTON!  Just a bare hole in her belly!  We knew this would happen eventually but we weren't quite prepared.  On the front porch of the 1st open house we were in a critical situation to either get Lucia home to put in her replacement button or go to the hospital for them to do it.  Luckily on our walk over, we had noticed my brother Joey's car, at one of his listings just a few blocks away. So we called him, he rushed over, picked up our whole crew, and sped us back to Holly street.  I tried, then Jason tried, then Joey tried and success! Joey got the replacement partially back in and then Jason got it the rest of the way!  WE DID IT!  Honestly, it couldnt' have been a better situation to have all 3 of us there, together to do this.  Joey is the most calm, cool, and collected person I know in an emergency situation. Also, as one of her favorite uncles, he is around Lucia a lot- so it worked out as best it could!  THANK YOU BROTHER JOEY!  And last but not least, Jason brought home one of his favorite items to grill, a marinated chicken from Tony's Meats.  About twenty minutes into cooking the chicken outside, we noticed the grill was engulfed in flames from a grease fire! Poor little charred chicken.  Phew, quite a day.

Today, Monday, Lucia had a really good physical therapy session.  Rebecca Downing, her PT, said she is seeming a lot stronger when we help her sit and her eyes have been tracking much better too!  I love watching her therapists with her,  she tries SO HARD and its hard for me to not step in and help my little girl...even just holding up her neck can be so difficult for Lucia so its amazing to see her progress and to hear it confirmed from her therapists.  Little birdie steps is all we need..

Monkey business from Jessica

And once again I was touched by the love of old friends.  It can be the littlest things that just 'get me'.  Someone I don't even keep in touch with from college,  but someone that wanted to show her support ordered 2 Lucia Light t-shirts.   I was holding Lucia when the order came through on my phone.  I just looked at her and thought how much love she as spread. A joyful tear, a kiss on her sweet little lips, and a big breath of fresh air.  Thank you Sara Bosin Fink!
Thank you Jessica Haller for the adorable monkey and banana toy with the matching Lucia blanket- Lucia isn't the only one that likes that monkey, mr. blue was busted carrying it around today..

Thank you Kristin Borgman for the very, very nice card- miss you Schaef! Thank you Taryn for the drop off of the most delicious pumpkin dark chocolate muffins!  Thank you Hunts and Fables for a fun night out Saturday and thank you Kim, Joey and kids for watching Little Lu! Congratulations Slaytons on the addition of your new PUPPY too!
And November marks the beginning of many birthdays in the family.  Tomorrow we celebrate Kent Dawkins, Jason's dad!  And then Sunday is a very special day for another very special member of our family.  My weimaraner, Frieda aka Lady Freeds, who I've had since she was 5 1/2 weeks old, is turning 10 years old on Sunday!  I love you Frieda and can't wait to celebrate with a trip to the indoor dog pool-dog friends welcome!!!!!
AND the total count is in and the St. Lucia White Party came to $28,970 raised.  Our little Light and her parents, are Shining Bright with LOVE! God Bless!

Freeds!

aw poor lady frieda..she just looks down, she really loves Lu!