Braden's new boot

Somehow I don't have any pictures of Braden actually wearing his new boot. But he loves it and is able to walk around in it much better than the 'darth vader' boot.

Kohen and his new toy sink

A happy boy playing in water and making a mess. He had a great time!

March update

I just realized that I haven't posted in almost a month! Shame on me!
Braden is now off crutches (hurray!) and wearing his new bionic-superman-boot (I will post a picture of that later). He is weight bearing on that foot and walks with a cane. Not just any cane. A fancy dancy REI cane (the old man cane I offered to buy him from the pharmacy just wasn't going to fit his personality). At least this cane is height adjustable and will double as a hiking pole for later. Right now its second use it to turn the lights out at night when no one wants to get out of bed to reach the switch. What would I do without it. I think it might also be useful for beating down intruders in the middle of the night...but we haven't tested that out yet. Braden also started physical therapy this week and is making excellent progress! We are expecting him to be in his boot for another month.
Mt. Redoubt continues to spew ash all over Alaska. We have only seen small dustings here but it is wreaking havoc on the airlines trying to fly into and out of Alaska. Last time this volcano went off it blew periodically for 6 months. Oh joy. Maybe I will have a very fertile garden this year.

Bear's Lucky Day

To preface this, I will just say for those of you who don't know...Bear LOVES cheerios. And Bear doesn't get cheerios all that often.
So, I was busy in the kitchen and didn't know the pantry door was open and Kohen had pilfered the cheerio bag (mostly empty, thank goodness). By the time I arrived on the scene the cheerios were everywhere, Kohen was tossing them into the air and Bear was in a feeding frenzy. They both had a wonderful time and I just went back into the kitchen...wow, five extra minutes where they were both entertained and happy. Lucky me :-)

For those who wonder why there are no pictures of me...

So, I figured I would have to rename our blog to Adventures of the Galloway boys if I didn't start attempting to put in some pictures of me. But as is the typical problem for most of us...we are the ones taking all the pictures. I told Braden I needed some pictures of me. So he obligingly started grabbing the camera at less than ideal moments...so we have some rather unusual shots of me, I think. The above picture was taken this morning during my first 'how to use the snow blower' lesson. I may look happy, but it didn't last. I ended up breaking the handle screw peg off and probably running over it. Don't worry, it just topped off my morning of breaking the printer (trying to print my sunbeam handout), Kohen emptying a bottle of garlic/tomato/basil spice on the floor only to have me discover I had inadvertently clogged the vacuum to the point of uselessness the LAST time i had cleaned up his mess (and from the looks of the vacuum internals...that mess was the time Kohen emptied the paper shredder in my room). If only the picture below was of the nap I needed today. Alas, it was yesterdays nap, and thank you Braden for catching us sleeping with Kohen's finger up my nose...or at least close to it. We were both pretty tuckered out.
So anyways, for those who wondered where I was in my blog. Now you know. I'm hiding from the camera from here on out. Besides when you are putting on a pound a week (and that is being conservative), you don't exactly look for photo ops. Expect great pictures...oh around next September :0)

The Boys and their Boots

Braden now has a wonderful 'darth vader' boot to keep his foot stabilized. It will morph into a walking boot by April but for now...crutches only! Kohen, who previously despised his boots, now requests that he wear them and loves to talk about 'daddy's boot'. Ha! To prove my point, Kohen just walked up to me carrying his boot and requested I put it on. Just one boot. It's cool to be like daddy. :-)

IT'S A GIRL!!!

After showing so much restraint by NOT buying all the cute baby girl clothes I've been seeing...just in case...it is official. The next Galloway baby is a girl! And a wiggly girl too...she wiggled and waggled all over during the ultrasound... and waved at us a bit too. Kohen was at the ultrasound to meet his new little sister. At this point though, the tape dispenser in the room was way more interesting than goofy 2D images of a sibling. We are super excited! :-)