Little Green Thumb

I ordered hanging flower pots from Brylane Home for Ava's swing set. She was very excited to plant flowers. They turned out really cute. Hopefully, we keep them watered and alive.

She really liked tearing the roots apart. We will see if some of the plants are strong enough to handle it.

Not only does she have a green thumb but a brown nose from dirt.

Hanging out with friends

Last weekend we got to see several different groups of friends. It was wonderful to visit with everyone.

On Friday, the kids and I went to Kimberly Ochs to visit with her and her children. Alayna is 5 days younger than Ben. This was the first time they got to meet. Ben didn't seem real thrilled.
On Saturday evening, we all went to Todd & Lindsey Coopers. Jeff & Martha's family came over also. It is always pretty crazy when our 3 families get together. Its a lot of little ones. Lanee & Wyatt (Lindsey's kids) are the same age as Ava & Ben. Lindsey and I have been friends for a long time. We never thought we would have kids the same ages. This picture was a miracle. To get all the kids looking at the camera is quite a task.
On Monday, we went to Jeff & Martha's just to hang out. All the kids climbed on Jeff's lap. Unfortunately, my camera battery went dead before Landon was up there.

Gage Miller Bonora

CONGRATULATIONS to Tracy (Jeff's sister) & Jeff Bonora on the birth of their new baby boy. I was thrilled when Tracy told me she was pregnant. When I was pregnant with Ava both of my sisters were pregnant and neither one of them seemed to think they needed to be pregnant with me again so my wonderful sister-in-law was instead. Ben and Gage are the 2 grandchildren that are boys in the Patchett family. I'm sure the 4 girls will teach them a lot.

Gage Miller Bonora
Born May 22, 2009
7 lbs 6 oz 20 inches long

Proud big sister Blake

Follow up at Riley's

Thursday we took Ben back to Riley's for his follow up appointment with the pulmonologist. It went great. She said he was a healthy, strong baby. He weighed 9lbs 12 oz so he is obviously growing like a weed. The only disappointing thing was we were supposed to see the hematologist after the 1st appointment and he couldn't see us so we couldn't do a sonagram on his blood clot. He called the other doc and had her look at and they decided to error on the side of caution and continue the Lovanox injections until we come back in July. I wasn't happy about sticking him twice a day until July when they didn't even get to check and see if the clot was going away. I called back and it got moved up to June 15th to continue shots and then they will sonagram it and we can hopefully be done with them.

On another note: We are getting our money's worth from our insurance company. We had to take Ava for a little trip to the ER yesterday. I gave her a bath in the afternoon and as I stood up to get her towel she thought it would be a good idea to jump in an empty, wet bathtub. Of course she fell down and split her chin open. It was about 1/2 inch across and kind of in the crease under her chin. You can't see it until she tips her head back a little. Amazingly enough it didn't bleed much and she cried just a little. Jeff came home a few minutes later and thought we should take her to the ER so we did. They superglued it instead of stitches and we were on our way. It doesn't seem to be bothering her at all.

Hopefully I will get a chance to post some new pictures of the kids this weekend. Hope everyone enjoys their long weekend.

Prom Night

Saturday evening was Oblong's prom. It is held at the grade school. The junior class & their parents to a great job decorating the gym and everyone always looks so nice. I love seeing all the dresses. I knew Ava and Alli would like it too so the girls, Martha & I all went for a little while.

Of course the girls had to get dressed up too.

The theme was Mardi Gras. Ava put on a hat immediately.

Alli liked the masks.

They really liked showing off all their dance moves. Here they are hanging out by the stage with my senior cheerleader, Sydney.

Growing Boy

When Ben was born he weighed 8lbs 5 oz. At the hospital he got down to low 7lbs. He was 8lbs 2 oz when we left. I had to take him to our local doctor on Wednesday just to follow up and he was almost 9 lbs. Everything checked out great. He is doing very well.

We go back to Riley's on Thursday to follow up with the pulmonologist and the hematologist about the blood clot in his leg. He got the clot from his IV line that was in his leg. I have to give him Lovanox injections 2X a day. It is going pretty good. He doesn't hardly even cry anymore about the shots.

Fashion Queen

Yesterday both kids napped at the same time in the afternoon. I thought it was a good time to clean out Ava's dresser. She woke up when I was finishing up the pajama drawer. She thought she should put on her bunny pjs and hat with her yellow crocs. It was quite the site. Then she thought it would be a good idea to wear it outside. She wore this outfit for several hours.