city library

once a week we like to go up to the city's library.

they have a small play area for children amongst the childrens books, a fish tank full of fish for the kids to read to... or in n's case wave hi, and blow kisses at.

they also have a large auditorium where they will do story time and different activities with the kids.

one of nash's favorite things to do lately at the library is color in the arts and crafts room

i love watching him try to decide what color he wants and how excited he gets when he decides his project is all done... he walks out of that arts and crafts room with such a strut... like he just made a masterpiece. and he did! i love what he creates... we always are sure to display it on our fridge or frame it and hang it up in his room.

i hope he continues to love to draw and color.....or at least making his mama a card on mothers day ;)

Storm Quid

Do you ever have one of those weekends where you have everything planned out and you just know, you just know what to expect.....

well this was one of those weekend, i was going to get cancelled from work thursday night, parents were coming on friday, i'd work friday night... sleep a little bit on saturday and then have the rest of the weekend with my boys.

the universe had other plans for us.

I ended up working thursday night- and my parents came down thursday to beat the snow (which we later name those 18 inches and 50mph winds "Storm Quid".)

friday nash spent the day with my parents here at home, while i slept. i get a message from nick saying he was coming home early from work, i figured it was because of the roads. .... nope. he was in a ton of pain and could barely stand. so friday evening before i was going in to work... we brought nick into the emergency department (long story short with that... it was his gallbladder)

meanwhile while nick was getting medical care i needed to get ready for my long 12 hour night shift on minimal sleep and the reality that there were going to be a lot of road calls from staff, so i needed to be prepared to be understaffed.

so naturally we went out for pizza ;)

grandma always telling him secrets

you can kind of see all the snow accumulating on the trees outside the window

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my parents dropped me off at work, and braved the roads back home, since we weren't sure if nick was going to have surgery, they didn't want to sit in the ED with nash all night. my dad stayed up to hear from nick and ended pick him up around 11pm. my amazing coworkers helped me out and let me go spend a few minutes here and there with him since the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where i work is exactly 3 floors above where nick was. its a comforting feeling being close even if i couldn't be at his bedside all night.

so once again my dad braved storm quid to pick up nick......and then again he picked me up saturday morning at 730am. i tell you what, that man has a heart of gold.

so what i thought was going to be a predictable weekend, it was anything but what i planned. and other than nicks gallbladder it was a wonderful weekend filled with family, pizza, fireplaces, and comfy clothes

hope you all stayed safe and warm during storm quid!

go go go go

we spent the morning running out our energy.....energy that is building up from being stuck indoors with all this snow and cold. he would run and kick balls and squeal and yell "go go go go go go go"

 whats not pictured here is the massive bouncy houses....those things were a battle ground. One was a big blow up thing that had stairs on one side and a large slide on the other.... that was mainly what my little one was wanting to do, but not of course without mama right by his side helping him. i was literally the only adult, but i did get a few sympathatic smiles and at one point another mom told me she was glad i was in there to prevent the mosh pit from accumulating at the bottom of the slide.

loving that one curl of his and how serious he is about his hydration :)