long month

The month of October has been a long one. Thankfully it is over. The first week of the month Zach, Micah and I spent in Southern Utah, visiting my grandmother Cleone Wilcken and her husband Dee Wilcken before she passed away on October 11, one day after her 83rd birthday. The following weekend our whole family was down there again for her funeral. I feel blessed that I was able to tell her I loved her, and hear the same from her before she left this mortal life. It was a blessed release for her as her body and mind had decided to turn against her. It is so different to say good-bye to some one who has lived a full and happy life...
The Monday after my Grandmother's funeral Simon and I got sick with H1N1. Tuesday morning Seth left for a business trip. Wednesday evening Max got sick. Friday morning I came down with Mastitis. Luckily my cousin and sister-in-law were available to help because I couldn't do anything. Poor Micah had to wait for Megan to show up to get his afternoon bottle because I couldn't get up off the couch to feed him. Friday night (2 a.m.) Seth got home. Saturday afternoon I felt well enough that I thought to give him a kiss welcoming him home. (usually it's the first thing I do so that let me know how sick I really was). The following Tuesday Micah was sick. We took him in and had H1N1 confirmed. Seth and I didn't do anything except hold him all week until Saturday when he actually let me lay him down while he was watching his favorite Wiggles video. And then Sunday morning he was worse: he was either coughing or sleeping. After another trip to the doctors with another antibiotic prescribed he literally spent all day, coughing, sleeping, or falling asleep while taking his bottle. Today he was somewhat better, I was able to put him down and he didn't sleep all day and at one point he actually smiled. Hopefully he is on the mend now. Anyhow, that is why October was long.
Saturday was actually a fun day with boys working in the yard and trick-or-treating for Halloween. We met up with some other little boys in the ward and the gang had a fun time running from house to house together. the following are pictures of the boys "helping" and to quote Seth "actually being helpful" :)


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