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Thank you all for your prayers and support. 
Mitchell John Cragg
Born: 12/16/2004 9:56 p.m. Weight: 7.1 lbs. Length: 19 in.
Journal
Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:28 AM CDT
This morning I woke up and took both boys while Paul slept in. (I got to yesterday morning) Anyway, it was a site to be seen as Samuel, Mitchell and I piled on our rocking chair to watch Sesame Street. In an odd way it was very relaxing…just mom and her boys. If you know Mitchell…you can guess it only lasted for about 5 minutes but it was great.
Both boys are doing well. Mitchell started school and has gone now for 2 weeks. He just loves it, which is so nice to see. The first day he smiled, laughed and walked out to the bus with the nurse. The second day he smiled even bigger, laughed even harder and ran out to the bus…and he hasn’t looked back since. We have this next week off and I know he is going to get upset when that bus doesn’t come. He has started signing “school” and he does it right away in the morning. I’m so glad he loves school. We hope that it continues as he gets older. I also enjoy school time. The time goes by so fast but it is a great time to get errands done, something done in the house or just sit and enjoy Samuel by myself.
Paul starts school this week. He “eased” me into staying home with the boys by myself when football started. It has gone pretty well-but next week with no school for Mitchell should prove interesting. I have managed to attempt outings by myself with both boys. It isn’t bad unless Samuel decides to be fussy…then we just have to stop what we’re doing and go home. It is just too hard if Sam isn’t cooperative. He is still a pretty good baby-he has 2 moods…happy or VERY unhappy. There really isn’t a mood in-between that for him. He does really enjoy just lying on the flood and looking around. He does like to be held, but only on his own terms and if he doesn’t want to be, he’ll let you know.
Mitchell continues to work hard at using his PECS. This is the picture system we use with him to communicate. He had a little setback when school started, but he has all new teachers and I’m hoping it wont be long before they get use to how he does things and how he communicates.
We really have had a great summer. It went so fast. We were able to get to the Lindow Golf Tournament last weekend. We had a great time with all of the Lindows. Paul golfed and his team proudly got the prize for the team with the highest score…and they really didn’t do badly at all, I guess the competition is just that tough. I stayed at the cabin with the boys-Nana helped take care of them. I had hoped to golf, but it just wasn’t going to work with still nursing Samuel, as the tourney is pretty much all day. After we went over to cousins Brent and Karin and had a big..no HUGE family picnic. Now looking back I wish we would’ve tried to gather all of the kids to take a picture…there were so many…and most under the age of 6. It really was crazy but a lot of fun!
We are really enjoying our new house. I think at least once a week either Paul or I will look at each other and one of us will say, “I love our new house”. We now have a few trees and a lot of flowers/bushes. We will (hopefully) get our sod put in at the end of the week or the beginning of the next. That has been a bit frustrating, as we had hoped it would be in a week or two ago. I have really enjoyed my desk area up in the loft. I feel like I have my own spot where I can print pictures, work on Mitchell’s Pecs book and scrapbook. (ya, I haven’t started scrapbooking yet) Though Paul threatens to take over my desk area as I think he likes it just as much as I do.
That’s about it for us. Medically Mitchell is doing great. We haven’t had to go see Dr.Welle for a while now. (knock on wood) In the next month he’ll be getting new braces for his ankles and will also have another eye dr appointment. I think that is pretty much it for appointments for him. He continues to do well with his brother as well. He just loves him so much-it is fun to see and yet frustrating at times as I think I spend all day telling him to leave Samuel alone. He really just can’t get enough of him. If Samuel isn’t up when Mitchell is up in the morning, Mitchell asks for him. The nurse has said that on the way home from school he always asks about Samuel. (he has a sign for Samuel)
I’ll try to post some new pictures soon.
Take care,
Paul, Katie, Mitchell and Samuel
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