HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK!!!

For Ricks birthday his dad took us and Rick's sister with her youngest child to dinner and a Salt Lake Bees game.

Dinner was at Kyoto. I admit it was a little crazy to bring two toddlers, but it was still fun. The kids were both really good. We only had one spill across the table and one spoonful of soup flung.

The Bees game was easier. The kids could run around by our knees and we could give them room to run when we needed too. The Bees even won 5-4 hurray!

Rick received a few camping items that I hope we can enjoy sooner than later.

Birthdays are a great time to reflect on a person and let them know how much they mean to you. If I had to choose one person to be stranded on an island with it would of course be Rick. Rick is a positive upbeat person. He is easygoing but still thoughtful. Of course we would both go stir crazy on an island. Rick and I love to get out and do things.

The past 2 months haven't been easy on my amazing husband. Right before Clare was diagnosed, April 10th, with CF he began experiencing a bout of Vertigo that became sever enough to keep him in bed for 5 days. The immobility caused by the vertigo aggravated a herniated disk in his lower spine. He had it operated on on June 4th and is already feeling much better. But that time he spent from Easter until the operation he was in pain no matter what position he was in. He couldn't sleep in his own bed.

He was still my biggest support when it can to dealing with Cystic Fibrosis on a personal level. Of course Rick had that to deal with also but he was unable to attend the initial clinical appointments. He had to learn everything second hand through me. In spite of my flaws he picked up on the therapy and diet changes and ran with them. He even asked me if I would let him do the evening therapy. (Of course he can!) In spite of his own pain and discomfort he has done all he could to help Clare and I with our burdens.

Since his operation he has been feeling better joking and laughing just like before. I hadn't realized just how hard it was until I could compare. What a trial the last 2 months have been. I hope the rest of the summer is non-eventful and full of fun simple times with my best friend and favorite person, Rick.

Loves Her Baby Doll

Clare was playing around with her doll the other day. She got into the diaper bag and pulled out one of her diapers. For the next 30 min much to the delight of Rick and myself she tried to figure out just how to get the diaper on her doll.
She started by putting the diaper on the floor. Then she put the doll on the floor next to it. Then she would pick up the diaper and look at the doll. She'd pick up the doll and with the diaper in one hand and the doll in the other she would put them together trying so hard to get the diaper and doll to somehow fit onto each other.
The funniest part was Rick and I would be watching her and she would pick it all up and go into another room. And when we would follow her she would move again. She didn't want us watching her figure this out.
I finally showed her how took it apart and showed her again.
The video is what she accomplished after I showed her.

Clare also has taken an interest in the wet wipes. besides loving to pull the out one by one until the package is empty she also seems to know that they are used on babies. So she takes them out and places them on her doll where a diaper would go. I was trying to get a flick of her pressing a pile of wet wipes onto her doll but she stopped just one moment too soon. I guess she was pretty pleased with her work. check out the footage I did manage to get now that her doll has been properly wet wiped.