Happy Father's Day!

We still have the girls!  Actually, a good foster parent would say 'We still have the girls :(' because they would want them to find their forever home.  I do want them to find their forever home.  But I love them.  With every ounce of my being.  And so does Nigel.  When we got back from a recent Tennessee trip they went crazy when they were reunited.  And the other day when I was on the treadmill Nigel came into the room because he thought they were in there, but they weren't, and so he panicked until he found them!  Awwwww!  Big brother Nigel - who ever saw this coming?  I certainly didn't.

So the puppy dogs had to do something for Matt to show his love.  Too bad his horrible wife completely forgot about Father's Day and celebrated it about a week late.  Side note: I also haven't mailed our gifts to our dad's, either.  I blame getting behind on EVERYTHING while Matt was in the hospital, family coming to visit and having VBS.  If you fathered either Matt or I - your present will be mailed soon.  I promise.  Anyways, so to make it up to Matt the dogs put together this awesome banner and bought him some Tootsie Rolls.  They know their Daddy so well :)

NIGEL*SUGAR*AND*HONEY <3 YOU

Welcome Distraction

So Matt was in the hospital for a week.  Due to having an anal personality and not knowing when the doctors would be dropping by and not wanting to miss them I chose to stay at the hospital the entire time.  That's right... no fresh air for us. However, the night before we got out, Matt forced me to go to a long-standing girls night date.  He thought I needed to get away awhile.  I did.  It was so good doing something normal and having conversation that didn't revolve around pericardiums, medication, blood and vital signs.  While I did have my phone right on my easel the entire time just in case, it was nice to know that our friend Jason was hanging out with him so I could semi-relax.

So girls night was a painting class we'd set up about a month ago.  The place where we did it lets you pick a painting and then they teach step-by-step how to do it.  You can also paint whatever you want, but if you're not confident with your artistic abilities it's nice to be shown what to do.  Here are all of our creations!

 

I don't know what I would have done without these girls over the past week.  Amanda, the one on the far left, watched our sweet girls for us the entire week.  Heather (directly to the right of me) and Andrea (far right), came to sit with me at the hospital Saturday when we thought Matt would be having his surgery that day.  They also bought me lunch, brought me clothes from my house and let me borrow their pj's because I forgot to pack pajama pants.  Abbey, the girl in the middle, sat with me during surgery on Sunday and stayed until 4 that evening.  Abby, the awesome artist that did her own painting that night, came to visit us Saturday and brought me hair ties.  Sounds little, but I so desperately needed one.  And last, but not least Rebekah - she stopped at our house after work one day to bring me more clothes, underwear, shaving cream and brought us snacks when her sweet family came to visit.  It has to be a true friend who'll go through your underwear drawer and bring you some new ones :) Thank you girls.

P.S. Yes, I know I'm dressed for winter and everyone else looks like they're ready for the beach.  You try sitting in a hospital for days and we'll see how quickly you warm up.