Cartoon about Mylie

Grandma sent a letter to Mylie with this comic included. It describes Mylie. I think the creator of the comic spies on our family for material.

Foot Surgery

Andi went to a foot doctor about 10 years ago who explained that her foot pain was due to a mutated foot bone causing a bunion. He said that although it was painful, it wasn't the right time to fix it.

We hit our deductible this year and finally decided to fix it. Here is the before picture (the blue line is the doctors guide line).



Here is the 3 day after picture.





On the 3 day visit she got her permanent cast that she wore for 2 weeks. She let everyone sign it. She let me draw a (classy) halloween picture on it.



Here is a picture of her foot after she got her permanent cast off after two weeks.



Here are the x-rays of the foot after the surgery.




It has been one month today and Andi is walking around the house without crutches and can even put a little weight on her toe. She is really itching to get back to the gym. On the right is a little poll to see who can guess the total cost so far for this procedure (we already met our deductible, so it only cost us $25 for a shower bag for her cast).

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. Andrew was a zombie, Mylie was Jessie from Toy Story and Wyatt was Superman. They had a great time trick or treating with their cousins. Now of course we have too much candy!!

Park Fun

We took the kids to the park yesterday. Here is Wyatt's first swing ride.

Zoo Trip

This is Wyatt sweating to death in his carseat. Mitchell, Blake, Andrew and Mylie

We took the kids to the zoo on July 3rd. We meet my sister Ashley and her boys there. It was extremly hot that day but we still had a fun time together.

Wyatt's Blessing

On Sunday June 28 we invited friends and family to our home to be there for Wyatt's baby blessing. It was a very special day for us.

Andrew, Mylie and Wyatt

Just updated photos of the little twerps.

Father Son Campout

Unfortunately for Wyatt, he was too young to go with Andrew and me to the father-son campout in Larkspur, CO. First pic: Andrew getting his harmonica. Second pic: us being normal (goofy). Third pic: Andrew pushing himself out into the middle of a pond on a very low floating Huck Finn style raft. We had tons of fun.

Wyatt

Wyatt Wilson Stones was born this morning (5/21/09) at 8:14. He was 7 pounds 7 ounces and 20 inches long. We went in for the induction and they started the pytocin at 5:00am. Andi was already dilated to a 5. They gave her an epidural and broke her water at 7:00am. An hour later they said she was ready to push. Three strong pushes and Wyatt was born. Andi is recovering quickly with no rips and Wyatt is doing great.

Mother's Day

Andrew made a ceramic frog for Andi for Mother's Day. He was crushed to find out that he couldn't give it to her because it was selected for the regional art show. Andi was just as happy for the gift knowing it was beautiful enough for everyone else to see. She really likes it.

Mylie is Cool

My daughter is so cool. She is the perfect mix of feminine beauty and tom boy. I walked in on her organizing her purse with her chapstick, pocket mirror, play cell phone and necklace. Then she loaded everything back into her purse, then shoved it inside her ninja turtle backpack and was ready to go.

Then a couple days later I walked in on her playing with her stuffed animals having a tea party. Then she said, “hey Dad. These plates are awesome ninja stars.” Then she threw the ninja star tea set plates at her animals.

Then a couple days later she asked me to come play house with her. The house was made out of hot wheels and I was supposed to the be the daddy semi-truck.

Then a couple days later she asked Andi to paint her nails while she watched Superman.

She is so cool.

Easter Morning

I know this post is a little late but I just wanted to share some of our pictures. The kids had a great time on Easter. We first got to go to Papa Jim's house for an Easter egg hunt and pizza party on Saturday. Then the Easter Bunny came to visit. He left lots of yummy goodies and hid Easter eggs full of jelly beans all over the house. He did leave a little footprint trail in the kitchen too! That evening we went over to Grandma's house for Easter dinner and yet again another Easter egg hunt. What a fun day!!