truly blessed

This evening Gabriel and I went to Meijer to grab him some sippy cups. His speech therapist believes it is time for him to begin having them around. We have sippy cups with straws and sippy cups without. He sure likes chewing on them all! Silly little guy. Anyway back to my story. I have Gabriel in Meijer and he wanted to talk to everyone and everything. He had most of the store there watching him carry his little conversation on. They all though that he is the best thing ever;) (he is of course). What a cutie pie!

Happy Mother's Day

My first mother's day as a mother was wonderful. Gabe and Gabriel made me some art, pictured below. The weather was nice and we were able to get some yard work done. I put some of my pictures up finally... here they are


My car after the lady backed into it. It is still in the shop, hoping to get it back this week sometime!


my sisters car which is now being recycled. It was not drivable after being flipped. Thank goodness she was able to walk away!


maybe this should be her next car! too cute!


My little angel this morning. Happy Mother's day!


Gabriel sending Grandma a message


That is a good smile! Daddy was cracking Gabriel up. No way i could get a picture of a smile that good without daddy!


My art for Mother's Day from Gabriel. Daddy did very good!

busy week!

We have had a busy week at the Purdy houes. Gabe had softball Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. They won all of their games by a lot. This will most likely be Gabe's last softball season, so he wants to go out on top;). For those who don't know Gabe will be having surgery on both shoulders once things are calmer.

Gabe had surgery on his left shoulder last year in July. We decided to get it before Gabriel was born so that he should be mostly healed for Gabriel's arrivial. Sadly surgery went WAY wrong. When doing microscopic surgery there is a pump that pumps water through out the area to keep it clean so that the surgeon can see what they are doing. The pump broke during Gabe's surgery, his shoulder filled with water. There was a chance Gabe could have lost his arm. It was a whole mess. Needless to say they were not able to repair the labrum. Gabe will need to have surgery to repair that and to fix other damage caused by the water. Due to compensation his right arm (which was fixed four years ago) is in bad shape and will require surgery.

Gabriel on the other hand is doing AMAZING. He is putting a little meat on his bones. I don't realize how skinny he is until he is around other infants. He is so amazing! I was watching him sleep last night and got so lost in thought. He is such a strong little boy. We are truly blessed!