Park yuck!

Hey All :)

Ok, ok..Don’t feel bad I haven’t told you yet that SUZY BROKE HER ARM! Don’t worry she is doing great and feeling wild as ever. She actually broke her arm on Mon. but I didn’t take her in until Weds. (don’t call DCFS yet…the dr. said most people come in a week later) Here is the full story of why we hate the park…

Monday afternoon Suzy was going crazy and wanted to go play outside. I loaded Pearl in the stroller and Suzy on my shoulders because we haven’t picked out our double stroller yet. Even though the school is next door I was definitely “feeling the burn” and sweating trying to keep a 17 month old balanced with one hand and pushing a 45 lbs stroller with the other….and no she didn’t fall off my shoulders and break her arm. Wheeew, we finally got to the playground and were ready to play! Slide first of course, so as I waited at the bottom for Suzy, I wiped the water puddle off that had accumulated at the bottom. “Wait a sec”… I thought, “it hasn’t rained….” Sure enough, I smelled my hand and that is right it wasn’t water it was PEE! I know what you are asking yourselves, I asked myself as well. “WHO’S PEE IS IT?!” Kid pee? Dog pee? Teenager pee? All good questions but I was not sticking around to find out, we were out of there. One walk over the bridge back to the stroller and we were on our , I was holding Suzy’s left hand and she started to slip face first on the bridge incline. I tried to hold her up but she still fell and hit her head and caught herself with her right hand. She cried for a minute as I assessed the bump on her head. She held her arm and I looked it over and felt for any broken bones but it seemed okay. I gave her some Tylenol and she seemed great. She only cried once on Thurs when she fell out of her rocker onto her arm (she is 17 months so she falls a lot) but kids are tough so I still thought maybe she had sprained her wrist and it was still sore. Fri she fell again and held her arm so in to the Dr. we went.

It is a compressed break on her right arm (right above her wrist). They used to cast these breaks a few years ago but figured they heal just as fast in a splint. So try to get a toddler to 1. wear a splint and 2. keep it on. It is pretty much just as likely for them to start doing their own dishes, it just isn’t going to happen. So she is cast and splint free and feeling great. You get more sympathy when you have a cast but she would be miserable and feels great without it! You would never know her arm is broken unless we told you.

Sorry about the late news, she really is feeling and doing great! We love you all!

Becky :)

Timeshare time at Snowbird

I've been away from the blogging for a couple of months, update time! We stayed over at Snowbird in August and Suzy got to get in some pool time. She loves the water.

Lake of the BEAR!

Every year in July we go to Bear Lake. This year was the first for Suzy to get to spash around in the water.

No sun for little Sue without a thick layer of sun block first.

Why sleep when you can stand?

Suzy has learned to sit, scoot, crawl and stand. All of which are much more fun then sleeping.

Scout Jamboree

Suzy makes use of the crafts booth with the greatest of moms, Becky. Yes folks I am one very luck man.

Notice the last shot where Suzy takes control of the situation with Lanie.

The lower picture shows what cousin Caden was up to at his booth - Tikki place mats in offical scout colors. Suzy seemed to enjoy their taste as well.

Tea and crumpets with marmalade

As you can see Suzy is a big fan of tea time. Thanks to cousin Gabby she can have a tea party any time that she wants. Some people might think it uncouth to have tea on tile but I say nay, nay I say.

Grandpa time

This picture is just cute. Its our own Suebear with Grandpa Dick. I was thinking we could start a caption contest with the pictures. Yeah, I know so original.

For this one how about "Grandpa, hold me up to the camera."

OK so it's early in the morning and I'm not feeling very funny ha ha.

Any given day

First comes play time.









Then comes sleep time.

Spring time in the front yard

OK so Summer is almost here as well but I had to get some pictures out of Suzy from April. It has been a month since the last post so I've got some work to do. Suzy is a big fan of outsides.

My cousin's cousin cousin's cousin

Suzy got a visit from Dale and Dorothy. They are our local connection to everyone back east and live just two hours south of us. Dorothy is my Dad's cousin and my sister's Godmother. These two are the cutest couple and very sweet for taking some time before their drive home to visit. As Becky would say - We love you guys!

Suzy has a play date

Haddie stopped by for a visit. Her and Suzy as just about a week apart. Can you tell which one is the older? Mom is pretty excited about holding two babies at once. Suzy is one lucky daughter to have a mom like our Becky.

Green Bay Represent

Suzy has a wonderful wardrobe and smells great after a bath thanks to the shower that was thrown for her via mail. Many great gifts from the family back (mid)east. Suzy just has one question, when are the Packers going to get Brett some receiver support?

Suzy [snake] Charmer

We found a snake in our yard. A snake in our yard in January. Suzy's not afraid.

(Grandma Alert: Toy snake bought at store, put the phone down.)

Suzy is also a dad and mom charmer.

"Do you want a pony?"

Marriage Blessing

Becky and I met on New Year's Eve back in 1994/1995. While we've been married since 1999 I was due for some restating of my original vows. So on the Feast of the Holy Family (aka New Year's Eve) we had our marriage blessed in the Catholic Church. Father Gally was our priest for the occasion (below). It was a great ceremony and the food afterwards at our house was wonderful. Thanks to the Buchmiller sisters.

Pictures include Uncle Shane to the right, Aunts Lisa and Sydney below and of course the grand parents.

Suzy was so happy that she cried. Out loud.

Sobieski Christmas

Aunt Joyce saves the day on getting into a Suzy picture. She also saved our day by making some very nice baby blankets for little Sue. The only other person to get in on the photo taking was a Conway. Cousin Harrison. He is already taller then Becky.

The Maxfield Greats

Suzy has some Great Aunts and Uncles. That joke never gets old with me. These are some shots of the Maxfield Clan. Robynne and Melodee have the first shot with Suzy and some very thick winter coats for baby. Suzy has some good men around her as well with Uncle Rick and Uncle Jim.

There great!

Uncle Jeff turns 40 (and lives to tell)

You'll notice that Jeff got some iPod style hearing aids so that he can keep current with all the hip speak going on around him.










Uncle Mike and Aunt Dana with Suzy. I've got all kinds of ideas on what to say about Dana's happy face but I think I'd better let it go. Suzy has some great dark hair in this shot. It is almost gone now with some blonde peach fuzz growing in.

Suzy with Mom and then Dad

One post for each month of the last six months of Suzy's life isn't working out. Instead I'll post as a find pictures that I think are worth posting. So far they are all in order just not in a post per month format.

More from Suzy's first month

Uncle Jeff and cousin Lexi (aka Number One) with Suzy. First Peek-a-Boo
Suzy with great grandma Carol Birds of a feather...
The Ali's stop by for a visit.

Suzy's first month

The next set of photos follow right about up to the Thanksgiving holiday. First we need to get little SueBear bundled up for the ride home...

Then it's time to start showing her off. First shot is with grandpa Johnny and grandma Debbie.

Then we pass her over to great grandpa Dick and her cousin River who brought his Star Wars costume of Suzy to see.

Next Sunday and already Suzy's in white for her first Mass.

Grammy-Pammy

with Dad

safe with Mom