Grace Turns 3!

Our little Grace Hannah was three years old on Sunday, Feb. 24th! We had a wonderful weekend celebrating with both sets of grandparents. Grace loved every second of "her" weekend and asked me this morning when it's going to be her birthday again.
Grace had requested a butterfly party, so her Memaw Mary worked diligently to produce this pretty cake. Now that Memaw Mary's done so many birthday cakes, no one is going to let her quit. Whether she likes it or not she's signed up for the next 18 years of cakes for all 4 children! She keeps trying to get me to take a cake decorating class so I can make them. Now why would I do that when I can get her to make them?!

She had to have help from Papa blowing out her candles.

We gave in and bought her ANOTHER doll for her birthday. She definitely has a nurturing personality. I think she owns about 12 dolls now and she plays with all of them!

Our little princess!

We also played "pin the tail on the donkey" as part of the party. Grace didn't enjoy being blind-folded but she enjoyed watching everyone else. Much to Weston's disappointment, I won by about 1/2". Memaw Mary lost as her tail ended up on the donkey's ear. It's a good thing she wasn't blindfolded when she made the cake!

New Title for Elsie!

Elsie now has a new title! Baby Dahl #4 is due the last week of September (c-section around 9/22/08). We are all very excited and have named our baby Snoopy Peanut until he/she is born. I had my first doctor's appt. today and everything looks good. I was able to see the baby's heart beating and they confirmed I'm between 8 and 9 weeks pregnant. Only 30 more weeks to go! :)

Dodge Rams Aren't Tough!

Well, we've had quite the week so far! Tuesday afternoon Weston started having intense stomach pains. He was crying, clutching his tummy, and sweating. Long story short, I drove him to the emergency room, they did a bunch of tests, and the doctor thinks it was just bad gas. While we are very relieved it wasn't appendicitus or something else, it is kind of funny that we went through all that hoopla for gas!
Now to the Dodge Ram. Last night Mike was walking home from the MAX station, and was hit by a Dodge Ram in the crosswalk. He was hit by the truck grill and thinks he was thrown about 5 feet. He's okay! We went to the emergency room AGAIN last night and they checked him all out. He had a bit of blood in his urine which was a concern, but all the other tests came back okay. Needless to say, he is pretty sore today! The driver of the truck stopped and was very concerned. He's cooperating fully and gave us all his information.
My friend, Courtney True, happened to call me when we were in the emergency room. She kindly came and met me at the hospital, helped me feed the kids some KFC, and then drove them home and got them in bed for us.
We think it's a miracle that I am not a widow and a single mother this morning! We are thanking God all day long that Mike's alive and unhurt. His clothes weren't even ripped or stained! We'll definitely be heading to the store soon to get some flashing lights and reflector tape to put on his coat. When you've been hit by a truck you don't take any chances :)
So I guess Dodge Rams aren't so tough after all!

Sunday Photos

Here's a few photos we took on Sunday before church. Elsie is wearing an outfit that my Grandma Gracie bought for Grace when she was about Elsie's age. Grace is wearing a birthday dress my brother bought for her when he was in town from South Korea (my mom picked it out). I thought they looked pretty cute in their plaids. Elsie isn't quite walking yet, but cautiously takes a few steps. Won't be long until she's running!

Back to Normal!

Well, we're finally feeling back to normal again! It took about 10 days for all the symptoms to disappear. The night I wrote the blog "Flu Mania" Grace threw up again all over her bed. This is really gross, so don't read if you have a sensitive stomach! I decided it would be best to take all her bedding outside to shake it out before putting it into the washing machine (there was a lot). As I was going through the pile of bedding, shaking it out, I flipped one of the blankets a little too hard. Some of the "stuff" came back onto my face, in my hair and on my arm!!! By that time I was so used to flu grossness that it didn't even bother me that much :) It's amazing what parents have to do sometimes! To all you who don't have kids yet, don't worry, they are still worth it!
We sure are enjoying our health after all that! The kids are also back to their normal, energetic selves.