fun pictures

Here are a few pictures of James and Jeanie from his visit to our house in March. Notice he has on his UNC jersey. James, his mother and his sister came to watch the UNC basketball game with us. As soon as Jeanie brought out her playdough and asked James to play, she had a friend.

She withstood snakes, jokes and lots of eating out.

I can't believe that it has been 8 weeks since Jeanie moved into our house.  Her Occupational Therapy rotation was over on Friday.  We had a great time with Jeanie, her boyfriend on his visits here, her brother, Chris, and her parents.

Jeanie fit in with all the teasing here.  She sat on the sofa with Kaitlin and Marisa many a night laughing at Youtube videos, she joined with them singing the songs they love, she sent an occasional poem and she even put up with Carl when he put a snake in her bed.*

Jeanie got herself up everyday and never missed a day of work.  She ate what we did and took care of herself when I said that we were on our own, but most important to me she always let me know where she was.  It was a joy to have her.

One of the unexpected things that we got from Jeanie was given to Kaitlin.  We have always had an open home- folks have stayed with us from a few days to a few months.  The last girl we had live with us for a summer did not leave on good terms with us and especially Kaitlin.  Kaitlin was wounded greatly.  I did not know that Kaitlin was afraid that the same thing would happen with Jeanie.  What a blessing that it did not!

We are all ready for our next guest!

*Snake in the bed story-  We live out in the country.  One afternoon there was a large snake near our road.  It was hissing at all the cars that went by.  Yuck!  Kaitlin and I saw it as we headed out for the afternoon.  We told everyone at supper that night at the Restaurant.  All the girls were generally creeped out by the snake.  Carl met us for supper that night.  We were all in different cars so we got home at different times.  Carl got home first.  Jeanie was the first one to find a rubber snake in her bed and she didn't even scream that loud.  The three girls then went to each of their beds to see if Carl had put a snake in all their beds- they weren't disappointed- he did.  

 

It's a girl!

I have got a new girl in house! Jeanie is the little sister of Chris, who is one of Andrew's buddies from AUBURN. She is doing an eight week rotation at a local hospital. She is a wonderful addition to our home. She fits right into all the teasing. On Friday evening she was a little chilly, so I got up without saying anything to her to get her a blanket. She thought I was getting me a blanket and she asked for the other one. I got her the blanket she wanted and gave it to her. She apologised for sounding bossy. It was no big deal but by the time Kaitlin got finished telling it the next day to her brother, Chris, it had morphed into Jeanie snapping her fingers and saying "Girlfriend, get me that blue blanket!" Jeanie just laughed with the rest of us.

Here are her parents Kirk and Rita and her boyfriend, Robert. Kirk and Rita have taken such good care of Andrew for years. It is nice to be able to do something for them.Kaitlin and Marisa are enjoying having another sister in the house. Carl is getting more and more out numbered!