A Good Week...and a good husband...

This ended up being a good week for us! The Boys were able to stay, healthy! We spent a lot of time outside. Earle was off on Friday so he and Ben spent the day swimming and playing together. Collin had his 15 month appt. on Thursday morning, and he is doing really well. He is not yet walking on his own, but getting close! He has fallen back from the 20th percentile to the 7th percentile for his weight, he is right at 20 pounds, so we are having to pull him off of whole milk for awhile and do either toddler formula or pediasure. Earle and I were able to get a sitter on go for a night out for dinner with some friends, Kimberly and Joe, that we know through Earle's work. Then this morning, Earle got up with the boys..and I got to sleep until 8:00!! He had made a fresh pot of coffee and we were able to relax our way into this Saturday, and I was able to go work out without the kiddos for once!! So that was really nice! What a good husband!! Thanks honey!! Also, this week, I noticed that one of our banana trees is actually bearing fruit! This is amazing considering we don't do much to nurture the tree...but it was exciting to see the bananas coming up! You can see where the green starts on the tree...we cut it down all the way to that point in March, and the entire tree top has grown back since then...I have never seen anything grow so fast. The day we cut it, we left and went to Target for about an hour and when we came home there was already a stalk coming out of the top of where we had cut it down. Anyway!!

On a not so happy note, we just found out on Thurs. evening that Earle's mom, Brenda Brown a.k.a. Mops, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. We are feeling optimistic and hoping for a full recovery. She will be having surgery on the 28th of July, so until then we will be waiting to see what stage, etc. We would greatly appreciate it if you kept Earle's mother and family in your prayers! My sister and I and some of my church friends here were already planning to do Race for the Cure here in NOLA on Oct. 19th, so this just makes it even more important...we may even take the boys in their stroller for Mops! Anyone wanting to join us please feel free!!

CB