Life as a Leach

What an awesome day!  The weather was beautiful with low temps and humidity, which meant Abby could be outside!  We took full advantage of this today!  Her cousins were staying here, so they played in the water table, laid out on the hammock, and played with the fairy houses on the deck.   Later, some friends came to visit and we sat on the deck and ate had popsicles and played with light sabers.  There was a lot more hammock time too!  They all had a great time running around. In the late afternoon, we took a rare trip out of the house to our local beach!!  There were only a few families as far as we could see, the weather was gorgeous, and the kids had a great time playing in the sand, collecting shells, and getting their feet wet.  (Getting truly wet is a big no-no for Abby for several reasons, so we just told everyone not to go in any farther than mid-calf.) After a while, sweet Abs was so tired that she laid on the beach blanket!  She ac...

I realized I didn't post on here our updated surgery date.  If you don't follow me on Facebook, Abby's date was moved up to September 8th.  We were really happy about this because her kyphosis is getting worse and the concern for spinal cord injury is real. I'm so thankful that Abby gets to start school on time, even if it's just for a week.  She needs that little bit of normalcy and it's a "first" that should be celebrated! Speaking of normalcy, Matt and I talked the other night about our constant need to cram in as much normalcy as possible while we can.  Crafts, trips to the zoo, pool time...so much fun, so little time.  In my urgency to give them so much normalcy, I'm reluctant to just hang out and rest at home.  The rain today forced us to have a day at home.  After church, we got some things done around the house, the kids played Disney Infinity together, they went over to our neighbor's house for a little while, I made dinner, and we...