On TJ's 26th birthday I got a call from my mom. She informed me that my dad had suffered from a stroke. He hadn't lost any physical movement but was struggling with memory loss. It was very difficult for me to hear this and be so far away and unable to do anything. I wanted so badly to be with my dad and offer any comfort I could to him. I called all of my siblings to inform them of the situation. My brother Spencer immediately decided that he wanted to make the trip to Idaho and invited me to go with them. I was hesitant to drive such a long way with a 7 week old baby. I asked TJ if there was any way he could get time off and go with me, he was unsure but said he would try. Luckily he did get it off and we left at 4:00 that afternoon and drove through the night and arrived in Idaho around 3:00 the next afternoon. It was a long trip and other then a couple of nasty blowouts (diapers not tires) our little coco beaners handled it like a champ. We were so glad to be with my dad...and after repairing a hole he had in his heart which they thought was what had caused the stroke he was back to work. It has been a hard couple of months for him with the struggle of not being able to remember things as fast as he used to but he is now doing much better. We feel so lucky that his stoke was not any worse and appreciate all of the prayers and support we received from family and friends on his behalf....we love you papa!!!
While in Idaho Cohen got to visit one of his cousins on TJ's side of the family. Boston was born about 20 days after Cohen....don't they look so cute together!
Cohen in his church clothes...what a stud.
Cohen loves hanging out with his Uncle Spencer
While we were there we decided to celebrate my mom and TJ's birthday's (even though they were already passed...any excuse to have cake right?). Plus Kelan loves to sing a hapta birtday to you any chance he can. We pretty much sang hapta birtday to someone everyday for the rest of the trip.
Aunt Meme and Cohen are so sweepy!!!
I love love love this picture. Nothing better than a long cuddly nap with a sleepy infant to help papa to get feeling better!
Cohen loves his Papa! TJ and Spencer drove back to Omaha together then TJ flew home to St. Louis from there. Nikki, Kelan, Cohen and I decided to stay an extra week. We had lots of fun but when it came to the drive home...we wondered what we were thinking??? A newly potty trained two year old and an 8 week old made for a long, entertaining and interesting 16 hour (exept I think it took us 19 hours) drive to Omaha. It was fun though...and I'm so glad we went. I then made the 6 hour drive to St. Louis by myself which wasn't too bad either.
Cohen right before we left on our trip...we had lots of fun...lots of laughs...and made lots of long lasting memories...but most importantly we're glad that papa is healthy, here and happy!!! We love you so much!
