This weekend is filled with visits from grandparents. Grandma Pam came down after work on Friday and spent the afternoon with us. We did a little shopping and lots of playing with Jaxson. Then Grandpa and Grandma Cathcart came down Friday night and played. They were in town because Brad’s brother Andy and new wife, Mindy, moved into their brand new beautiful home in Ankeny. Brad was kept busy with helping them out today. Jaxson and I went up this afternoon to check it out. Tonight we are going to stay home, start a fire, and drink some hot chocolate because it is VERY cold out. It’s 7 degrees right now, but that doesn’t count the 30 MPH wind. . . BURRRR. Tomorrow Grandpa and Grandma Winter are coming down to play. What a fun and busy weekend with family. Here’s some silly pictures of Jaxson this week. . .
January 28, 2007
Weekend Events
January 25, 2007
Jaxson’s New Friend
January 17, 2007
Cold Cold Cold!
That explains the past few days here in Iowa. We got several inches of snow over the weekend and it is sticking around this time. It got up to a balmy 20 degrees today so Jaxson and I decided to get out of the house while we could. We went over to a friend’s house and had some pizza for lunch. Brad came home from work sick today; I think he’s got some kind of virus. Hopefully he won’t pass it on to either of us. Brad did take Jaxson back to Gowrie on Saturday by himself while I worked. They celebrated Grandpa Steve’s and Uncle Andy’s birthdays and they also had a Christmas with Steve’s sister and her family. Work went OK this weekend, but we sent too many patients home from my floor so I had to "float" to another floor to help out. I went to the Medical floor, which is pretty much like a nursing home. Of my 5 patients that I had, 3 of them were confused (1 of which thought we were at a police station and that I was the sherriff. . . pretty funny huh?) It made me very thankful to work on the floor that I do because I get to use a lot more of my nursing knowledge and skills working with surgical patients and most of the time they aren’t confused. Here’s some pics of Bubba this past week. . .
January 9, 2007
Events this past week
Sorry to everyone who checks our blog regularly because I haven’t updated in at least a week now. We’ve been quite busy at the Cathcart household. Jaxson and I made another trip back to Hubbard to spend the day with Grandma and Wendy before they went back to New Mexico on Saturday. I worked this weekend while the boys hung out and watched football. Jaxson continues to gobble up rice cereal and we started him on some applesauce tonight, which he also loves. Here’s some pics from this past week. . .
January 1, 2007
Happy New Year!
We celebrated by going over to our friend’s, Jason & Brandy McArtor’s, house. They had wonderful food for us and entertainment (their daughter, Anya). It was fun hanging out with friends, playing games, eating, and ringing in the New Year with them. Happy 2007!
Yum Yum Rice Cereal!
Jaxson tried rice cereal for the first time and absolutely loved it! Well, I don’t know what he liked eating more, the rice cereal or his bib. See for yourself. . .
Visiting Family & Friends
Jaxson and I made a trip up to Hubbard this week to see my very good friend, Erika, and her family. They live in Texas so we don’t get to see each other that often anymore. I had never met Barrett (her 6 month-old) or Walker (her stepson) and Erika had never met Jaxson, so we got together so the boys could meet and play and we could catch up. Erika is one of those friends that I can sit down and talk to and we would never know that we hadn’t seen each other for a year because we can just pick up where we left off. Then after we visited with Erika’s family for a while, we all took the party to our good friends, the Dubberke’s. Gene was the only one home, but as always it was great seeing and visiting with him. His family (Gene, Sue, Ryan and Jill) was my second home when I was growing up, so we try to get out to see them as much as we can when we have the chance. Then after we left Gene’s, Jaxson and I went to my Mom’s to see Great Grandma and Wendy for a short time before heading back to DM. We had a wonderful and exhausting day. . . but it was worth every second!
