What was she thinking?

For lunch today Callie had peas, strawberries, mac n cheese, and ground hamburger. She ate the peas, inhaled the strawberries, savored the mac n cheese, and stuck the ground hamburger in her ears. What was she thinking?

This morning I left Callie alone for literally one minute to get Elliott up from bed. Came downstairs to find Callie diaper-less and poop smeared in various places around the house. What was she thinking?

Today I was surprised by my 21 month old's behavior...what was I thinking?

Mommy is always telling me things I can't do--Callie

5-19-09
“No, you don’t need to rake Ellie”- mommy

5-22-09
“Callie stop putting the Yahtzee dice in my milk.” –mommy

5-24-09
“Callie, Caboose can’t talk on the phone” –mommy

“NO, you can not put your foot in my cup” --mommy

5-26-09
"Sister is not a chew toy"--mommy

"Callie you can’t take your blankies with you in the bath" –mommy

5-31-09
“Sister’s too little to eat Cheerios.”—mommy

5-31-09
“Callie you can’t put your farm house on top of sister.”—mommy

7-13-09
“Callie stop vacuuming sister. She doesn’t like it.” --mommy

Our little busy body.

A New Page

This week our family drove to Arkansas to attend Joe (Nate's dad) and Eva's wedding. It was nice to see Joe happy. It's been over 7 months since Angie died and it has been over a year that we've seen Joe stressed, sad, tired, depressed, unhappy... Normal feelings when your wife is dying. But, he's happy now. Eva lost her husband two years ago from cancer too. Her and Joe actually grew up together and dated in high school. It has been a quick romance since Angie's death, but we all have a peace about it. It takes a lot of worry from us. Joe won't be alone anymore.

It's a new page for us all. The Bishop farm house will get repainted and have new furniture. New plates and dishes will be used. New pictures will be hanging on the walls. New foods will be eaten. I think one of the weird changes will be seeing Eva cooking in the kitchen and not Angie. I want it to be Angie, but we all know life isn't always as we want. I like Eva. I can see her loving my kids like they are her "blood" grand children. She certainly loves Joe and treats his sons and us daughter-in-laws with a lot of respect and consideration. She's a good woman.

We will never forget Angie and the "Angie love" she poured out to us. I miss her dearly. We will see her again.

A New Page. Life will still be hard, and we will still grieve, but this new page in life brings the girls a grandma again and most importantly it brings Joe companionship and love again.

Here is photo of Joe and Eva and their grandkiddos.