Our baby girl

It's official!! our daughter will no longer be referred to as "the baby". Now we can actually call her by her name. Amazing huh? Her name is....

Heidi Louise Lamoreaux.

What do you think?? I'm just amazed that we've actually come to an agreement on this one. Yeah!!!

Irrigation!!

Yesterday was irrigation day. Daryl had to work late this week (we love being on-call), so I had to call my father-in-law to come help me. He stopped by Bret and Mindi's (Daryl's brother and his wife) and picked up Cameron so he and and Daniel could play together in the water. The three of them had a great time! The boys loved wading throught the yard and getting soaking wet. Grandpa found a piece of wood and showed the boys how to skim board. Then he took them for rides around the yard on it. They had a blast!! Thanks Grandpa!!!

Banana in Pajamas

We had an interesting morning today. I couldn't believe it, so I decided I would post it.

I got to bed later than unusual last night. I was still pretty tired when Daniel started crying at 6am. Luckily, I was able to get him back to sleep, and went back to bed myself. Maybe an hour or so later, I thought I heard him walking down the hall. I waited for him to come find me, but he never did. I fell asleep again. Daryl went out to mow the lawn. I woke up to a conversation that went something like this...

Daryl- "Honey, did you get up with Daniel?"

Me- "Um no."

Daryl- "How did he get the banana?"

Me- "Banana? I left on on the counter yesterday. Maybe he could reach it."

Daryl- "You didn't peel it for him?"

Me- "No, I didn't."


Apparently, Daniel woke up and decided he was hungry. So he grabbed a banana off of the counter, peeled it himself, threw the peels into the trash, and sat down in his TV chair to eat and watch HGTV (home and garden TV), because that's what Daryl had on before he went out to mow the lawn.
We were totally amazed. We had now idea he could do all of that by himself. What a smart kid.

What's your memory of me?

What's your memory of me?
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses.If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Knee Surgery

A few days after arriving home from Omaha, Daryl went to an appointment with a knee specialist. His knee had been bothering him off and on, but it's been getting increasingly worse. The doctor twisted it and moved it to see what he could find. Dr. Sharpe told us that Daryl had torn something in his knee and the only way to fix it was surgery. He said it would be out-patient surgery and Daryl would need to stay off of it completely for the next two days, and then be on crutches for a week or two.
The surgery was done this past Friday at a surgery center next to Banner Gateway (the new hospital). While he was in surgery, I left to fill the prescription for his pain pills. The entire procedure took about an hour, and then they monitored him for another 30 minutes or so before letting him go.
Shortly after we left the hospital, we road up with some of his family to the cabin for the weekend. Don't worry, I was a good little wife and made sure he didn't get off of the couch unless absolutely necessary. (If you know Daryl at all you know that this was no small task.)
Friday night and Saturday morning were really hard for him. His pain medicine wasn't helping at all. After talking to the doctor, and working things out, I was able to give him something a little stronger. We love percaset!! (however you spell it). He fell asleep for a few hours Saturday evening and woke up a new man! He didn't need much medicine after that. We rode home in his parent's truck Sunday afternoon.

He's still on crutches some. Yesterday and today he drove himself to work (in spite of my protests), and worked in the office on computer stuff. He has a follow-up appointment next Wednesday, the 2nd. I'll keep everyone posted.

Now, I just have to make sure that he doesn't over do it. I swear he thinks he's invincible! Even Superman has weaknesses.